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C. Mossia HelencE. — Eemarkable for its high-coloured 

 flowers : sepals and petals deep blush, mottled with dark 

 purple rose ; the hp a rich motley purple, orange at the base, 

 and parti-coloured at the margin. 



C. Mossia kei-mesina marginata. — This magnificent variety 

 has rich peach-coloured sepals and petals, with a large carmine 

 lip, edged with white and beautifully fringed. 



G. Mossia, Lawrenceana. — Large-flowered, with erect stalks ; 

 sepals and petals blush, the petals very broad and consi- 

 derably frilled ; lip large, rich deep violet rose, slightly staiued 

 with orange in the interior, veined and mottled in front, with 

 a narrowish and nearly even frill of blush. It is m the way 

 of the variety splendens, but rather smaller in the lip, with the 

 throat more expanded. 



C. MossicB maynijica. — la this variety the flowers are 

 of a very fine form, from eight to nine inches in diameter ; 

 sepals and petals of a deep rose colour ; lip orange, 

 streaked with purple. Like all the varieties of C. Mossia, 

 if kept free from the damp, it will remain a long time in 

 bloom. 



C. Mossia marmorata. — One of the finest light- coloured 

 sorts, and one of the largest-flowered ; sepals and petals pale 

 blush, the latter very broad ; lip large, hght rose, broken up 

 into marbled markings, covering the whole surface, except a 

 narrow fringe at the edge ; it is a good deal stained with deep 

 orange at the base, and the margin is not only strongly friUed, 

 but conspicuously fringe-toothed. 



C. Mossia Mariana. — Small-flowered, but very distinct and 

 chaste, and very rare ; sepals and petals white ; lip with a 

 bright yellow stain at the base, prettily mottled with violet 

 rose in the centre, and broadly and evenly margined with 

 white. Although this variety is not so large flowered as many 

 others, it is at once the most elegant and pleasing of all the 



