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washed-out appearance in this organ that is sometimes seen in the sepals 
and petals. 
Some of the extreme forms of this hybrid are so diverse in character that one 
would scarcely at the outset suspect their common origin, and, as a matter of 
fact, more that one of them have at first received distinctive names. Yet on 
comparison they are seen to be connected by such a series of intermediate forms 
as to leave no doubt of their common parentage. The diversity is due to 
the varying combinations of the characters of the parent species, some forms 
showing a preponderance of those of the one parent, some of the other. It may 
be necessary to distinguish the most distinct forms by varietal names for hor- 
ticultural purposes, but it is clear that all should be treated as forms of 
C. X Hardyana. 
Our plate was prepared from an inflorescence kindly sent us by M. Garpen, 
of Bois de Colombes, near Paris, a well-known Orchid-grower, in whose collec- 
tion the plant recently flowered. 
R. A. Ro.re. 
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