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C. Robbelinii, Rchb. f. — This fine plant is a near neigh- 

 bour of C. philippinense, according to Professor Reichenbach, 

 but the leaves are narrower, aucl the scape more hairy. The 

 dorsal sepal is narrow, whitish, with five long aud three very 

 short dark purple lines ; the lip is light yellow, the staminode 

 light ochre. This plant appears to have been first bloomed 

 in this country by Mr. Cypher, of Cheltenham, by whom it 

 ■was exhibited at the Regent's Park Exhibition in May, 1884. 

 It was introduced by Mr. Sander through his collector, M. 

 Robbelin, who states that the plant is found near the sea, 

 growing on stones without any shade, the strongest and most 

 compact plants being those which are entirely exposed to the 

 full sun. — Philippine Islands. 



C. Roezlii, Rchh.f. — This magnificent species resembles C. 

 longifolium in habit. The scape or flower-stem grows three 

 feet high, and bears many flowers. The leaves are two 

 feet long, two inches broad, ligulate keeled, and of a bright 

 green. The flowers are very large, the dorsal sepal yellowish 

 green, with a sufiused rosy purple border, the lateral sepals 

 flesh-coloured, the linear-lanceolate petals spreading, green, 

 with a bright red-purple border and tip, and the lip three 

 inches long, with the saccate portion greenish yellow. It 

 blooms during March, April, and May ; indeed it may be 

 called a perpetual bloomer. — New Grenada, 



'Fid.— III. Hort., 3 ser., t. 138 ; Floral Mag , 2 ser., t. 119 ; Bot. Mag., t. 

 6217; GartenJlora,t.7b4:. 

 Syn. — Sdtnipedium Roezlii. 



C. ScMimii, Linden. — A very beautiful species, quite 

 distinct from most others in its style of growth, as well as in 

 its flowers. The leaves are ligulate, acute, eight inches long, 

 light green. The flower stem is hairy, longer than the leaves, 

 branching, bearing as many as eight flowers, which are two 

 inches across ; the sepals and petals white beautifully mottled 

 and striped with dark rose, and the lip white with a large 

 blotch of deep rose on the front of the pouch. This is a difiicult 

 plant to cultivate. The imported plants appear as if they had 

 been growing beside streams of water which are subjected to 

 being flooded, for the leaves are frequently coated to a great 

 extent with deposited mud ; and it would, therefore, appear 

 that our difficulties with this plant have arisen chiefly from an 

 insufficient supply of water. We pot in peat, adding a little 

 turfy loam and sand, with good drainage, and take care that 



