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green, the apical portion tinted with very pale brown ; the 

 lip is large and handsome, white spotted and veined with 

 crimson, its mouth margined with yellow. We believe this 

 was first flowered by C. Winn, Esq., The Uplands, Selly Hill, 

 Birmingham. — Ecica dor. 



Fig. — Xenia Orch., ii. t. 181. 

 Syn. — Sdenipedimn Wallisii. 



C. Williamsiainiill, Rchh. f. — A very fine variety, and 

 according to Keichenbach the best of the crosses obtained 

 by Mr. R. Warner, reminding one both of C. villosum and 

 C. Harrisianum. The leaves are distinctly tessellated, and 

 the scape is light brown and hairy. The flowers have the 

 dorsal sepal oblong acute, very large, white with a dark 

 blackish brown central bar and prominent green nerves ; the 

 petals are oblong-Hgulate, acute, ciliate on both margins, and 

 having numerous small black dots in rows near the base, a 

 dark brown median line of a reddish brown hue along the 

 upper side, and white with a coppery tint on the lower, the 

 chief nerves green on both halves, but nearly vanishing in 

 the upper ; the lip is yellowish beneath, light brown above, 

 with an ochre-coloured border. — Garden hybrid, 



Ctetochilum. — See Oncidium. 



CyRTOPERA, Lindleij. 



( Tribe Yandeae, subtribe Cyrtopodiese.) 



A small genus of terrestrial plants, containing a few very 

 handsome species. It is united by Bentham and Hooker with 

 Cyrtopodium, from which it difi'ers in its simple inflorescence, 

 and in the lateral sepals being wider at the base and connate 

 with the foot of the column. They have fleshy stems, in 

 some cases short and tuberous, in others more elongated 

 and fusiform, long thin plaited dark green leaves, and flowers 

 generally of a showy character in erect spikes springing from 

 the root. The few known species are widely scattered, occur- 

 ring in India, Madagascar, South Africa, Peru, and the West 

 Indies. 



