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C. TRIANAE HARDYANA, Bchh. /.—This novelty is described by Professor 

 Eeichenbach as having white petals washed with a whitish purple, especially 

 on the middle part ; the anterior part of the lip is of the warmest purple, and 

 has a light border of purple extending round the wavy margin, and there is a 

 light ochre-coloured central line with two anterior streaks. This variety was 

 tirst flowered by Geo. Hardy, Esq., Pickering Lodge, Timperley, in honour of 

 whom it was named. 



C. TRIANAE HILLII, Williams. — This beautiful variety was flowered in the 

 collection of C. G-. Hill, Esq., of Nottingham. It is a very fine and distinct 

 sort, the flowers large, and of flne form ; the sepals and petals ai-e of pure 

 white, the lip rich magenta, and the throat yellowish. 



C. TRIANAE HOOLEANA, PTiZZiaros.— This lovely variety was first flowered by 

 the late A. Potts, Esq., Hoole Hall, Chester. The flowers are about five inches in 

 diameter ; sepals pale rosy purple, petals deeper tint, of same colour ; lip rosy 

 magenta on the upper side ; anterior portion deep magenta purple ; throat 

 marked with a pair of curved cone-shaped blotches of a rich orange-yellow 

 CDlour. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, vi. t. 265. 



C. TRIANAE lO, Marshall. — The flowers of this variety are of the full size ; 

 the sepals and petals are clear rose, the petals very finely serrated at the 

 margins ; the lip is large, rich deep purple shaded with violet, with a marginal 

 band of rosy purple, the edges beautifully crisp ; throat orange-coloured. 



C. TRIANAE LEEANA, Sander. — A very large-flowered and distinct variety, 

 named in honour of W. Lee, Esq., late of Downside, Leatherhead. The flowers 

 are about seven inches in diameter ; the sepals and petals three inches across, 

 rosy lilac ; the lip two inches in diameter in the fore part, deep magenta-mauve, 

 faintly margined with lilac-rose ; the throat is very large and open, and has the 

 peculiarity of being striped with orange. This is one of the best of the large- 

 flowered section. 



C. TRIANAE MARGINATA, Williams. — A distinct and large-flowered variety, 

 with the blossoms six inches in diameter ; sepals and petals blush white ; 

 anterior portion of lip bright magenta-purple, broadly margined with white, 

 and beautifully fringed ; throat orange ; very distinct and deliciously scented. 



C. TRIANAE MASSANGEANA, Bchb.f. — A very distinct and beautiful variety, 

 first fiowered by M. D. Massange, Marche, Belgium. The sepals are pale rosy 

 purple, longitudinally banded and striped with purplish magenta ; petals vari- 

 ously striate in the direction of the venation deep rosy purple ; lip rosy purple, 

 striped diagonally with deeper purple; throat streaky orange, flushed with 

 pale rose. 



"FlQ.— Orchid Alhim, vi. t. 242. 



C. TRIANAE OSMANNI, Williams. — This gorgeous variety produces very 

 large flowers of great substance, and bears as many as five blossoms on a spike ; 

 they measure seven inches across ; the sepals are one inch broad, the petals 

 two and a half inches, both sepals and petals being of a bright rosy magenta 



