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The figure was taken from a glorious specimen that flowered in the nursery of Mr. 

 Veitch, in May, 1865. In the size of its blossoms and the delicacy of its tints, this 

 variety eclipses all that have as yet shown themselves. 



Descr. Leaves from six to eighteen inches long, oblong and coming to a blunt point, 



beautifully marbled on the upper side with irregular whitish streaks on a dark-green 

 ground, the under side being purple. Peduncle one to three feet long, bent downwards, 

 branched, many-{10-100-)flow^ered, all the flowers being open at the same time. Se^ah 

 an inch or more long, the dorsal one obovate and rather sharp-pointed, the lateral ones 

 ovate and more acute. Petals of a rhomboid form, much wider than the sepals, and, 

 like them, of a rich rosy -lilac colour, becoming fainter or almost white at the edges, 

 i//} thrcc-lobcd, the lateral lobes white, oblong, rounded, and stretching backwards, 

 with a four-cornered yellow callosity at their base ; the middle lobe rosy-lilac, oval, and 

 split at the summit into two slender portions, that diverge from each other and are 

 gracefully curved. Column blue, clavate, prolonged, and free at the base. 



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Fig, 1. Lip and column ; — slujldhj magnified^ 



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