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class certificate. The sepals are upwards of three inches long and about an inch 

 broad, white shaded with rose ; the petals are of the same colour, but broader 

 and less pointed ; the lip three inches long, pale rose with a broad band of orange 

 in the throat. 



C. TRIANAE BACKHOUSIANA, Backhouse. — A very chaste and beautiful 

 variety, which was imported by Messrs. Backhouse and Son, of York. The 

 sepals and petals are blush pink ; the lip large, and having a large bright 

 magenta stain on the anterior part ; the throat marked with pale yellow. This 

 is one of the finest of the dark varieties, and bears very large flowers. 



Fid.— Joum. of lioH., xiii. 1886, p. 337, f. 51. 



C. TRIANAE COLEMANNI, Williams.— T\as fine variety was flowered by E. 

 J. Coleman, Esq., Stoke Park, Slough. The flowers measure eight inches across, 

 the sepals and petals tipped with rose; the lip is prettily fimbriated, and of a 

 deep rose colour, and the throat beautifully striped with various shades of 

 yellow. This is a very free-flowering plant, and a grand addition to the already 

 large number of varieties of this species. 



Fig. — Floral Man., 2 ser., t. 176. 



C. TRIANAE CORNINGII, Williams. — A most beautiful variety, and one that 

 should be in every collection. It grows about the same height as O. Triatiae, 

 and produces several large flowers on a spike ; sepals and petals pure white, 

 slightly tinged with pale rose ; lip white, with a slight blotch of orange on the 

 anterior part. This is one of the most delicate-looking forms of G. Trianae we 

 have seen. It is named after B. Corning, Esq., of Albany, New York, a great 

 admirer of this noble class of plants. 



C. TRIANAE DODGSONI, Williams. — A grand variety, with flowers from 

 eight to nine inches in diameter ; sepals and petals pure white ; lip deep violet- 

 crimson, slightly margined with pale pink ; throat orange-yellow. This variety 

 was flowered in the collection of the late B. B. Dodgson, Esq., Beardwood, Black- 

 burn, and is the most distinct of the light varieties we have yet seen. There 

 have been several plants of C. Trianae sold under this name, but they have 

 always proved inferior.to this variety. When the Beardwood collection was sold 

 by auction the original plant realised the large sum of 18.5 guineas. 



Fig. — Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 64 ; Orchid Album, vi. t. 249. 



C. TRIANAE ERNESTII, Hort. — A distinct variety with large irregular blotches 

 of crimson purple on the extremities of the petals ; lip richly coloured ; from 

 the collection of E. J. Measures, Esq., Camberwell. 



Fig. — Jleickenbaohia, i. t. 43. 



C. TRIANAE FORMOSA, Williams. — A very fine large-flowered variety of 

 this favourite type. The sepals and petals are of a fine bold form, blush pink ; 

 the lip large, two and a quarter inches in diameter, rich rosy magenta with a 

 fine frilled margin; throat orange, veined with deeper orange; it flowers in 

 February. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, iii. t. 108. 



