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■without disturbing the roots. A curious fact with this variety is that its roots 

 remain plump, and do not die off every 3-ear as in the old species." — .'' Borneo. 



Tia.—OrcJdd Allum, v. t. 211 ; Sciiw Hurt. Beige, 1889, p. 121 (C. vestita 

 graiidiflora). 



Syn. — C. vestita grandiflora. 



C. VESTITA OWENIANA, Williams.— This is certainly the finest hybrid 

 variety known of this popular species. The sepals are white suffused with 

 rose, the petals deeper in colour, lip rich rosy crimson. with large white centre. 

 Named after G-. D. Owen, Esq., of Eotherham. It was raised in the Victoria 

 and Paradise Nurseries, and is a cross between C. vestita and C Veitcliii. — 

 Oarden hybrid. 



Fig.— Orchid Album, i.. t. 46i. 



C. VESTITA RUBRO-OCULATA, Teitcli. — A charming free - flowering 

 deciduous Orchid, producing, from October to February, long drooping flower 

 spikes, which are clothed with soft white hairs, and rise from the base of the 

 silvery green pseudobulbs before the latter produce their leaves. The flowers 

 are upwards of two inches across ; the sepals and petals delicate white, the lip 

 of the same colour, with a blotch of rich crimson in the centre. — Mouhnein. 



Fig.— Warner, Scl. Oreli. PI., i. t. 29, lower, fig.; ^Flore des.Serrcs, It. 13P3 — 9, 

 fig. 2 ; Veitch's Man. Orch. PL, vi. p. 71. 



C. WILLIAMSII, Moore. — This handsome plant has been introduced by 

 us, and is very charming. The flowers are from two to two and a half 

 inches in diameter ; the dorsal sepal is white, the base of the lateral sepals 

 white on the upper side, and rosy pink on the lower ; the petals are white, 

 bordered with rosy pink, and pencilled with the same colour on the loweJi' 

 halves ; the lip is entirely of a deep rosy crimson with an intense crimson eye. 

 It flowers during the winter months. — Cochin China. 



Fig.— Orchid Album, iii. t. 134 ; Journ. HoH., xiii., 1880, p. 47,>f. 8. 



C AMAR OTIS, Lindley. 



(Tribe Vandeae, mbtribc Sarcautheae.) 



A. small genus of scandent Orchids, having narrow coriaceous leaves, 



and flowers with a thick fleshy lip, which is hollowed out near the tip 



somewhat in the form of a slipper. They are included by Bentham and 



Hooker in the Indian and Australasian genus, Sarcochilus. 



Culture.— The. temperature of the East Indian house is required for 

 their successful culture. They succeed best grown in sphagnum and 

 , suspended in baskets, and require care to grow them well. They may 

 be planted ,either in pots or baskets with moss, but the latter are 

 preferable ; and they require a good siipply of heat, and moisture over 

 the roots tod leaves during the period of growth, but need very little 

 rest, and should never be eillowed to shrivel. 



