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in the rich collection of Eobert Warner, Esq., who makes 

 this species one of his special favourites, and where we have 

 seen as many as six hundred of these beautiful flowers open 

 together. Many of these forms are very distinct. The best 

 of those which I here introduce were named and described in 

 the Gardeners Chronicle in 1864 by Mr. Thos. Moore, of 

 the Botanic Garden, Chelsea. 



C. Mossia aurea. — A small-flowered variety, with the sepals 

 and petals blush, less spreading than in most other forms ; 

 lip small, strongly marked with buff orange at the base, 

 extending forward at the front edge, and having broken violet 

 rose lines in the centre, surrounded by a very broad pale 

 margin, which is almost white inwards, and tinged with blush 

 on the extreme edge. 



C. MossicB aurea grandiflora. — A large-flowered form ; 

 sepals and petals blush ; lip marked with a bar and a few 

 broken lines of violet rose, very much stained with orange at 

 the base, and towards the upper part of the margin. 



C. Mossia aurea marginata. — Large-flowered: sepals and 

 petals deep blush ; lip with deep violet-rose centre and yeUow 

 base, the yellow stain continued so as to form a broad margin 

 to the upper expanded portion of the lip. 



C. Mossue Blakei. — Sepals and petals deep blush, the latter 

 frilled towards the points ; lip orange bufi' at the base, and 

 mottled violet rose in front, the markings passing out nearly 

 to the edge, so that there is no sharply-defined pale frill. 



C. Mosnicc complanata. — A large-flowered variety, remark- 

 able for the almost total absence of frilliness on the petals, 

 and especially on the lip ; sepals and petals rather deep 

 blush ; lip broad and spread out at the apex, a good deal 

 stained with orange at the base, but faintly mottled and 

 veined with purple over the centre, leaving a broad pale blush 

 tinted edge. 



