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magenta,, the lip three-lobed, opening out on -both sides of the column, the side 

 lobes pale magenta, almost white towards the middle ; down the centre of the 

 throat is a broad bright yellow stripe, while the front of the lip is rich bright 

 magenta-purple. A very handsome high-coloured plant, flowering in June. 

 Raised at Messrs. Veitch and Sons'. — Garden hybrid. 



TlQ.— Floral Hag., 2 ser., t. 437 ; Orchid An>um,yi. t. 287. 



C. MARGINATA, Pinel. — A handsome dwarf-growing species, about six 

 inches high, the stems cylindraceo-fusiform and one-leaved. The iiowers arc 

 large, usually solitary, Ijut sometimes two on a spike ; sepals and petals rosy 

 crimson; lip deep rose, margined with white. It produces its blossoms in Sep- 

 tember and October, and lasts three weeks in perfection. It is a very desirable 

 plant, and ought to be in every collection, however small, as it requires but 

 very little room. It grows best suspended from the roof of the cool-house, on 

 a block of wood, with a little sphagnum moss, and it requires a good supply of 

 water at the i-oot in the growing season. There are many varieties of this 

 species, and some of them are very beautiful in colour. — Bra::il. 



Fm.—Pujctun, Mag. But., x. 265, with tab. ; III. Hurt., t. 193 ; F'utrld, 1S50, 91, 

 t. 34. 



Sys. — C.pumila major ; (\ spcctaiilis. 



C. MASTERSONIAE, Sedeyi. — A hybrid raised at Messrs. Veitch and Sons', 

 between C. lahiata and an unnamed seedling Cnttleya. The stems are about 

 eight inches long, two-leaved, somewhat resembling C. superba. The flowers 

 are intermediate in aspect between C. Loddigesii and C. lahiata, amethyst- 

 coloured, the lateral lobes of the lip yellowish white with a delicate amethyst 

 border, and the middle lobe an intense rich purple. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, ix. t. 385, 



C. MASSAIANA, Williams. — This gorgeous Catdcya is doubtless a natural 

 hybrid between C. Dowia,na aurea and G. gigas, which two species are found 

 growing together in the same district in Antioquia, U.S. Colombia. This plant 

 was first flowered by M. le Duo de Massa, Chateau de Franconville, Luzarches, 

 France, in 1888. The sepals and petals are in form like those of C Dowiana 

 aurea, bright rose-colour, mottled with white and softening off into white towards 

 the base. Lip two and a half inches across, the margin beautifully frilled, rich 

 magenta-crimson. The throat is striped with brownish crimson on a yellow 

 ground, having two largo areas of bright orange-yellow; flowers scented. — 

 U.S. Colombia. 



Fia.— Orchid Album, viii. t. 362. 



C. MAXIMA, lAndley. — A magnificent species, growing from a foot to 

 eighteen inches high, distinct in character, with furrowed club-shaped stems, 

 bearing two oblong submarginate leaves, and producing from five to ten flowers 

 on a spike in November and December, continuing in perfection for three 

 weeks. The sepals and petals are bright rose, the lip richly variegated, with 

 dark crimson veins down the centre. Of this species there are many varieties, 

 and many plants have been imported within the last few years. There is a 



