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of C. quadricolor, making choice of a descriptive term which does not se to 
us particularly well adapted to the plant, may. be immediately recognized by 
the foregoing characteristics. 
The following is a short description of the eight varieties Hae on our 
plate, beginning by the upper part of the lithograph and going from left to right. 
C. Trianae festiva. A bright coloured variety with harmoniously blended 
tints. The petals are very broad, slightly drooping and gracefully undulated, 
of a pale rose rather deeper on the edges; the sepals, slightly rosy; the lip full 
and longer perhaps than is usual, while the margins are very wavy and fringed; 
the lateral lobes rose, veined with bright rose colour outside towards the centre; 
the disk orange-yellow margined with white on the sides; the anterior lobe 
of a beautiful purple-crimson red, margined with very pale rose colour, the 
purple blotch passing into a few veins going towards the interior of the tube 
along the median band. 
C. Trianae regalis. What immediately calls forth our admiration and atten- 
tion, when we see this magnificent variety is the full, rounded, dark purple-red 
lip, comparable to that of some celebrated hybrids, such as C. x Hardyana 
or Laeliocattleya x eximia. The orange blotch of the disk is completely covered 
by this rich colour; only a feeble trace of it may be discovered in the red-brown 
at the orifice of the tube. 
The sepals and petals are pale rose, tinted with lilac-rose towards the 
edges and the base; the petals are horizontal, broad, nearly elliptic. The tube 
is pale rose, enhanced by bright rose inside. 
This variety is undoubtedly one of the most distinct we have ever seen, 
and deserves special mention in the fine group we are describing. 
C. Trianae dulcis. This variety forms an absolute contrast with the preceding 
one : it reminds us of C. Trianae pallida or C. Trianae delicata or Rollissoni. 
It is however clearly distinct by the lilac-rose and not rosy-white coloration, 
of all the segments, by the smallness of the orange blotch of the disk, reduced 
to a mere narrow band and margined with white at the front, by the rose annular 
band which encircles the anterior lobe. The tube is pale rose, with white edges. 
The general aspect of the flower is very graceful and attractive with its wavy 
edges and beautiful coloration. — 
C. Trianae amplissima. This flower draws attention to it, as may be seen 
‘by our plate, by its compactness and the fulness of its short lip and petals. If 
Lindley has given to the species the name of C. quadricolor, the lip, here, would 
well deserve the epithet tricolor; its coloration is quite distinct. The whole 
circumference of the anterior lobe is white, which is rare in the C. Trianae; 
on the disk the orange blotch is very clear, fan-shaped, and in front is a broad 
crimson band. The contrast is striking. 
The petals and sepals are delicate lilac-rose, the former very broad at the 
base, and rather elongate. 
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