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C. ARGUS NIGRICANS, ITort. ~¥]owevs similar in sizo to the type, having 

 the dark wart-like spots much crowded, and running together. — Lu::on. 



C. ARNOLDIANUM, Manda.—'Vh.is distinct hybrid is the result of a cross 

 between 0. superbiens and 0. concolor, and is named after Hicks Arnold, 

 Esq., of Kew York. It is described by Mr. W. A. Manda as follows:— 

 " Leaves 4 inches long by 2 inches wide, light green, with hieroglyphic-like 

 tessellation of dark greeri; stem 5 inches high, dark brown, with white short 

 down ; ovary six-ribbed, slightly downy ; flowers large, measuring nearly 4 

 inches a,cross the petals ; dorsal sepal nearly round, slightly recurved on the 

 sides, lemon-colour at the base, extending upward,? ; the veins are of vinous 

 purple, slightly shading over the ground colour ; the lower sepal is of the 

 same colour, only the veins are not so pronounced ; petals 2 inches long, 

 very broad, the inner portion lemon-colour, while the outer portion is shaded 

 with vinous purple ; three-fourths of the inner circle is covered all over with 

 dark spots, as in C. superbiens ; lip long, with a narrow opening, bright lemon- 

 yellow at the base, with deep vinous purple veins and dottings in the upper 

 part ; the column is light green, and the staminode, which is of a horse-shoe- 

 ahape, is lemon-yellow, with purple border. This beautiful hybrid, whicTi is 

 well intermediate between the two parents, was raised at Short Hills, in a 

 flowering state, in less than two years." — Garden hybrid. 



Fig.— Gard. C'hnin., 3rd ser., 1890, Yiii. p. C33, f. 123. 



C. ARTHURIANUM, Bchb.f. — A handsome, small-growing hybrid, the result 

 of a cross between (7. insigne and 0. Fairrieanimi. It has ligulate lea,ves, and 

 flowers having the general appearance of G. insigne Maulei. The dorsal sepal is 

 pale yellowish-green, broadly-margined with white on the upper part, veined 

 and spotted with blackish-crimson ; the petals are pale green faintly spotted 

 with purple in the lower half, veined with deep crimson in the upper half, 

 and turned downwards like those of G. ' Fairrieanum ; the lip is veined and 

 mottled with brown on a pale greenish-yellow ground; staminode bright yellow 

 with a greenish centre. The flowers appear in the autumn months and last 

 Si long time in perfection. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig. — L'Orchidnphile, 1887, p. 209 ; Lindcnin, iii. t. 121 (ya,T. palliduvi) ; Orcldd 

 Album, ix. t. 389 ; Vcitch's Man. Orcli. PI., iv. p. 78 ; Orchid llemcic, i. p. 305, f. 16. 



C. ARTHURIANUM PULCHELLUM, Sort. Feifc/i.— This differs from the type 

 in having a broader dorsal sepal, which is covered with larger spots, and the 

 petals being richer and deeper in colour. It was obtained by crossing G.insighe 

 ptmctatum violaceum with G. Fairrieanum, the latter being the seed bearei', 

 whereas the typical G. Arthimanum was obtained by the reversed cross. — 

 Garden hybrid. 



FlG.—Jovni. of Iloii., 1892, xxv. p. 499, f. 66. 



C. ASHBURTONIAE, Rchh. /.—A very distinct hybrid, the result of a cross 

 between G. barbatum and C. insigne. The leaves are ligulate, bidentate at the 

 apex, dark green, faintly reticulated. The dorsal sepal is large, and somewhat 

 as in G. barbatum; having brown veins on a pale green ground colour, the 

 petals ligulate, white tinged with green, and veined with purple; lip pale 



