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C. MOSSIAE HELENAE, ilfoore. — Eemarkable for its high-coloured flowers; 

 sepals and petals deep blush, mottled with dark purple rose ; the lip a rich 

 motley purple, orange at the base, and parbi-coloured at the margin. 



C. MOSSIAE KERMESINA MARGINATA, miliams.—This magniflcent variety 

 has rich peach-coloured sepals and petals, with a larga beautifully-fringed 

 carmine lip, edged with white. 



C. MOSSIAE LAWRENCEANA, J/oore.— Large-flowered, with erect stalks; 

 sepals and petals blush, the petals very broad and considerably frilled ; lip large, 

 rich deep violet-rose, slightly stained with orange in the interior, veined and 

 mottled in front, with a narrowish and nearly even frill of blush. It is in the 

 way of the variety splendens, but rather smaller in the lip, with the throat more 

 expanded. 



C. MOSSIAE MAGNIFICA, Williams.— In 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. Mossiae, if kept free from the damp, it will remain a long time in bloom. 



C. MOSSIAE MAJESTICA, Williams. — This is a remarkably fine flower; the 

 sepals and petals are broad, the latter measuring upwards of nine inches from 

 tip to tip, and of a dark rose-colour ; lip large and spreading, having the edge 

 beautifully fringed; ground colour dark rose, stained at the base with soft 

 orange, and variously blotched and streaked in front with violet-purple. In 

 habit of growth it is also very distinct ; the pseudobulbs are about three inches 

 high, bearing a broad single leaf some six inches long. 



C. MOSSIAE MARIANAE, Moore. — 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 one of the most elegant and pleasing of all the kinds, and is worthy 

 of a place in every collection. 



Yia.—Wanun; Sd. Orcli. PI., iii. t. 2i ; rOrchidophUc, 1802, p. 113. 



SrN. — C. Mossiae vestedis. 



C. MOSSIAE MARMORATA, Moore. — One of the finest light-coloured sorts, 

 and one of the largest-flowered ; sepals and petals pale blush, the latter very 

 broad; lip large, light 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 frilled, but con- 

 spicuously fringe-toothed. 



C. MOSSIAE MC MORLANDII, Williams. — A fine variety, growing about a 

 foot high, and having dark green foliage. The flowers are about six inches in 

 diameter, the sepals and petals of a beautiful light rose, the lip yellow and 

 fringed ; it blooms in June and July, and remains three or four weeks in per- 

 fection. Very distinct, and makes a fine exhibition plant. 



'YlGr.— Warner's, Sel. Orch. PI., iii. t. 16. 



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