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C. MOSSIAE SPLENDENS, Jfoore.— Large-flowei-cd ; sepals and petals 

 blush ; lip ricli full purple-rose, with orange base, the margins blush, and very 

 much frilled. 



C. MOSSIAE STRIATA, Mooie. — A curiously-marked sort; sepals and petals 

 deep blush, with paler veins, producing a motlej^ striated appearance; lip 

 motley rose, striped throughout with dark purple rose, the margin paler and 

 venosely striated, the orange tint confined to the base. 



C. MOSSIAE SUPERBA, Ifoore.— Dark blush sepals and petals, the lattei' 

 narrow and very slightly frilled ; lip large, prominently stained with deep 

 orange at the base, the front part brighter, and the centre, veined and somewhat 

 mottled with violet-rose, leaving a broadish irregular pale margin. 



C. MOSSIAE VENOSA, Moore. — ^A very handsome variety, distinct-looking 

 from there being very little orange present, and from the markings of deej) 

 violet rose being evenly distributed ; sepals and petals deep blush, the petals 

 becoming paler towards the margin ; lip marked with lines of violet-rose, 

 beautifully fringed, extending nearly to the margin ; the base very slightly 

 stained with orange. 



0. MOSSIAE VESTALIS.-See C. Mossiae Maei.ixae. 



C. MOSSIAE VICTORIA, Jlfooi-e. — A very large and beautiful variety; the 

 sepals and petals large, of a blush tint ; the lip deep purple-rose, with bold 

 orange m.arkings at the base, and narrow even margin of blush. 



C. MOSSIAE WILLIAMSII, Jl/boce.— A large-flowered variety; sepals and 

 petals blush white ; lip finely mottled with rose, stained with orange at the 

 baseand having a broad pale margin ; the flowers are amongst the palest in 

 the series, and very beautiful. 



C. NOBILIOR, Rchh. f. — A pretty species in the way of C. Walkeriaiia, but 

 having larger oblong bulb-stems and a pair of oblong leaves ; the sepals and 

 petals are delicate rosy lilac, the lip of the same colour, having a large primrose- 

 coloured blotch. — Brazil. 



Fig.— III. Hort., 3 ser., t. 485 ; Gard. Chmii., N.S., xix. 728, fig. 120. 



C. PARTHENIA, Bleu. — This beautiful hybrid was raised by M. Alfred 

 Bleu, of Paris, and is the result of a cross between C. fimbriata and C. Mossiae, 

 the first -named parent itself being a hybrid between C. anisthystina and 

 0. Aclandiae. It is thus described by M. Bleu : " Pseudohidbs 20 c. (about 8 

 inches) long, fusiform, elongated and depressed, resembling in growth a young 

 Laelia Schilleriana, sepals pure white, petals pearly-white undulated and lightly 

 suffused with rose, lips fimbriated, porcelain white outside, throat sulphur 

 yellow at the base marked with four carmine lines in the centre, front portion 

 delicate violet-rose, striated with carmine." It flowers at different periods of 

 the year. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig. — L'mdeuia, \i. t. 276 ; Iteiclienbachla, 2 ser., ii. t. 67. 



