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C. Mossia conspicua. — Large-flowered : sepals and petals 

 blush ; lip richly marked with violet rose, dashed with orange 

 at the base, and having an irregular broadish pallid border ; 

 it blooms in great profusion. 



C. Mossia elegans. — Kather small in size, but lively and 

 effective in colouring : sepals and petals deep blush ; lip 

 small, with bright orange yellow base, and the central portion 

 marked sparingly with veins of violet rose, surrounded by a 

 broad pale edge. 



C. Mossia fimhiata. — One of the largest-flowered of the 

 whole series, and prettily though not heavily marked ; sepals 

 and petals rather pale blush, the latter broad and a good deal 

 frilled throughout ; lip very much frilled, marked with a bright 

 orange stain at the base, and in front decorated with broken 

 veins of violet rose on a white ground, the extreme edge being 

 blush ; the lip is thus distinctly edged with blush. 



C. Mossim flammea. — Rather small, but richly coloured, the 

 petals and lateral sepals less spreading than in other forms : 

 sepals and petals deep blush, the latter frilled towards the tip ; 

 lip small, very deep rich orange at the opening, dense violet 

 rose in the centre, the orange intermingling therewith, and 

 producing a fiery crimson, the purple broken up with white in 

 front, and irregularly margined with blush. 



C. Mossia grandiflora. — A large-flowered variety : sepals 

 and petals blush, the petals less frilled than in some forms ; 

 lip a deep rich purple rose, slightly stained at the base with 

 orange, and having a narrow even edge of pale blush. 



C. Mossice grandis. — The largest of all the forms in respect 

 to the size of its lip ; sepals and petals pale blush ; lip mottled 

 violet rose, with an irregular blush-coloured edge ; the base 

 stained with buff orange. This is beyond doubt one of the 

 finest of all the varieties of C. Mossia that have ever come 

 under my notic'e. 



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