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Streatham Hill. This beak is about three inches long, three times as long 
as the swollen basal part which bears the seeds, while the pedicel itself is 
very short. The shrivelled segments at the base of the column can also be 
seen. A third character is that the whole plant is covered with a peculiar 
glaucous bloom, which probably has some protective nature, and, lastly, it 
may be mentioned that the lip is invariably twisted slightly to one side, 
which gives the flowers a quaint appearance when several of them are seen 
together. 
Striking as the flower is in shape, it is rather deficient in colour, and it 
was not until the possibilities of the plant as a parent were recognised that 
Fig. 5. BRrASSOCATTLEYA LEEMANNIZ (see p. 16). 
it was much sought after. The first hybrid from it was raised by Messrs. 
James Veitch & Sons, Cattleya Mossi being the seed parent. It flowered 
in 1889, and received a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. under the 
name of Lelia Digbyano-Mossiz. It now bears the name of Brasso- 
cattleya Veitchii. The plant made quite a sensation, but it was not until 
eight years later that a second hybrid followed, also raised by Messrs.. 
Veitch, from C. Triane and B. Digbyana, which received a First-class 
Certificate from the R.H.S. in April, 1897, under the name of Lzlio- 
cattleya Digbyano-Triane. It is now called Brassocattleya Sedenii. A 
third hybrid flowered before the year was out in the collection of T. W. 
