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shaped. It blooms in February, and continues in perfection 

 six weeks. — Guatemala. 



'EiG,— Warner, Sel Orch. PI, i. 1. 10, fig. 1. 



L. Skinneri gloriosa, Williams. — A fine and handsome 

 variety of this beautiful winter-blooming Orchid. The flowers 

 are seven inches across ; the sepals being very broad, of a 

 pale pink colour, whilst the petals are rich rose colour, espe- 

 cially on the inner surface, and the lip is large, white, marked 

 faintly with rose, — Guatemala. 



L. Skinneri nigro-rubra, Hort. — A very handsome deep- 

 coloured variety, bearing flowers of the largest size, with the 

 broad spreading ovate sepals of a deepish mauve colour or 

 lilac-rose, the petals of a rich pucy purple or plum colour, 

 and the lip with deep rose side lobes and a front lobe of deep 

 sanguineous purple, the appendage being yellow. Very fine. 

 — Guatemala. 



YlG.— Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 36, fig, 2. 



L. Skinneri picturata, Warner. — A choice and showy 

 variety, having flowers seven inches across. The sepals are 

 blush, strongly tinged with rose near the base and along their 

 centre, the petals are white, the basal part flushed with pink 

 and striped with rosy lake ; and the lip is creamy white, the 

 front part spotted with purple-crimson and the basal part 

 bearing an appendage or blotch of deep purplish crimson. — 

 Guatemala. 



Fig ._ Warner, Sel. Orch. PI, i. t, 10, fig, 2. 



L. Skinneri pnrpurata, Warner. — A strikingly bold and 

 handsome variety, with large flowers, of which the sepals are 

 oblong acute and of a faint blush white, the petals similar in 

 colour but smaller, and the hp wholly of the richest crimson- 

 purple, with a purple appendage. — Guatemala. 



■Fid.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PI., i. 1. 10, fig. 3. 



L. Skinneri rosea, Williams. — A magnificent variety, having 

 very large flowers, these being quite seven inches in diameter. 

 The sepals and petals are rich dark rose, and the lip white, 

 spotted with crimson. This is the finest variety we have 

 seen, and it lasts six weeks in beauty. — Guatemala. 



L, Skinneri roseo-purpnrea, Williams. — A large-flowered 

 and handsome variety, the flowers being seven inches in 



