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CALANTHE. 



0. Hallii. 



C. cestita X C. Vcitchii. 



Flowers white with the exception of the tips of the lateral sepals 

 which are pale gi-een and a light cream-yellow stain on the disk of the 

 lip. The two front lobes of the lip are small and distinct from those 

 in either parent. 



Calanthe Hallii, Hort. Hall. 



Cultivated in the collection of the late Mr. Hall, of Upper Tulse 

 Hill, Camberwell. 



0. lentiginosa. 



C. labrosa X C. VeitcMi. 



Flowers intermediate in size between those of the two parents ; in 

 form nearly like Calanthe labrosa, especially the lip, the claw of which 

 is adnate to the column, forming Avith it a wide-mouthed funnel, the 



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Calanthe lentiginosa carminata. 



blade obscurely four-lobed with crisped margin, convolute over the 

 column at the base; in colour white with a faint flush of pale rose 

 at the base of all the segments, the base of the lip spotted with l)right 

 rose. 



Calanthe lentiginosa, Rclib. in Gard. Chrou. XIX. (1883), p. 44. 



SUb.-vars. — ro.'ipa, light rose with deeper spots on the lip ; carminata, 

 rose-carmine, the side lobes of the lip toned with scarlet. 



Raised by Seden at our nursery. The sub-variety carminata is the 

 richest coloured hybrid Calanthe yet obtained. 



O. porphyrea. 



C. labrosa X C. restifa nibro-oculata. 



Flowers more nearly in form like those of the seed than of the 

 pollen parent, with the lip more open, sub-orbicular, three-lobed ; spur 



