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ihickly spotted with purple-brown and tipped with white ; 

 the oblong-obovate petals and the saccate lip are greenish, 

 more or less tinged with olive brown. This is a most useful 

 species for autumn-flowering, and should be largely grown on 

 account of the long-lasting properties of its flowers ; it thrives. 

 best when grown in the cool house. — India : Nejjal, Sylhet^ 

 Khasya. 



'FiG.—Lindl. Coll. Bot., t. 32 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1321 ; Hooker, Ex. FL, 

 t. 34 ; Bot. Mag., t. 3412 ; Maund, Bot, ii. t. 56 ; Florist and Pom., 1870, 

 280, with fig. ; Orchid Album, iii. 1. 155 ; Blume, Rumphia, t. 195 ; Grif. PI. 

 Asiat., t. 322; Hart, Parad., i. t. 1. 



C. insigne albo-marginatum; Hon. — This is a very peculiar 

 and beautiful variety, having flowers of a yellowish caste. 

 The dorsal sepal, which is entirely margined with white, is 

 quite devoid of the spotting usually found in the type. — India. 



C. insigne Maulei, Moore. — A very handsome variety of 

 C. insigne, which has the same habit of growth, but has 

 shorter and smaller foliage. It flowers at the same time with 

 the type, but is much handsomer, the broad incurved dorsal 

 sepal being more tapered below, pure white on the upper 

 half, heavily and regularly spotted with purple above and 

 purple-brown below, the spots larger and bolder, so that the 

 whole flower is richer in colour, while the lip is broader, 

 and of a light olive brown. The blossoms will continue in 

 perfection six weeks. This was introduced by Messrs. Maule 

 & Sons, Bristol, after whom it is named. There seems to be 

 some confusion in gardens between it and the following (see 

 Gard. Chron., n.s., viii. 68-i). — India. 



Fig. — Floral Mag., t. 57 ; Floi-e des Serres, t. 1564 (poor) ; Gard. Chron., 

 N.S., xviii. 716, fig. 126 ; Garden, xxi. 444, t. 342, left-hand fig. 



C. insigne punctatnm violaoenm, O'Brien. — This choice 



variety is a still finer plant than C. insigne Maulei, the flowers, 

 which on the whole are rather smaller, being superior in size 

 as regards the breadth of the dorsal sepal, the white portion of 

 which is equally broad and conspicuous, the purple spotting 

 being considerably bolder and more marked ; the lip, more- 

 over, is smaller and narrower, and of a darker chestnut brown. 

 It was first bloomed by Messrs. E. Gr. Henderson & Son, and 

 is found in some collections under the name of C. Chantinii. 

 — Nepal. 



Fig. — Revue Hort., 1878, 130, with tab. (Chantinii) ; Gard. Chron., s.s., 

 xviii. 716, fig. 127 ; Garden, xxi. 444, t. 342, right-hand fig. ; Orchidophile, 

 V. 36, with tab. (Chantinii). 



