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purple, tinged with yellow, and slightly blotched with purple. This distinct 

 mule was obtained by Mr. Cross, when gardener to Lady Ashburton, of 

 Melchet Park, Eomsey. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig.— Gard. Chron., 1871, p. 1647, f. 348 ; GaHenflora , t. 976. 

 Syk. — C. oiscuram. 



C. ASHBURTONIAE CALOSPILUM, Rort.—A form with larger flowers than 

 the preceding, and having a white border all round the dorsal sepal, which is 

 ornamented with large spots. — Garden hybrid. 



C. ASHBURTONIAE EXPANSUM, Rchb.f.— This variety is very much superior 

 to O. Ashburtoniae ; the leaves are much shorter, stouter, and broader ; flowers 

 much larger and more brilliant in their colouring ; dorsal sepal 2 inches across, 

 white striped with green, and regularly spotted with crimson-purple, the spots 

 follow the direction of the nerves ; sepals dull pale green, with a few purple 

 spots ; petals reddish-brown, faintly striped with green ; pouch reddish-brown ; 

 staminode dull orange, veined with green. Blooms in November and December. 

 — Garden hybrid. 



C. ASHBURTONIAE LAUCHEANUM, S'araier.—" A dark variety with the dor- 

 sal sepal more distinctly striped with purple than usual and the petals coppery- 

 purple, which may be traced to the preponderating influence of G. harbatwm." — 

 Garden hybrid. 



Fig. — ReiclwribacUia, 2nd ser., i. t. 38. 



C. ASHBURTONIAE SUPERBUM, WaZiams.— Avery superior form of this old 

 favourite, showing the results of careful selection in hybridising, being a cross 

 between C. barbatum auperbum and a good variety of C. insigne, whereas the 

 parents of the original C. Ashburtoniae were only ordinary types ; as a conse- 

 quence we have a much finer flower, being larger and more distinctly and 

 beautifully colonrei.— Garden hybrid. 



Fig. — OroUd Album, ix. t. 400. 



C. ASHWORTHAE, Hort. — A hybrid between C. Leeanum superbum and 

 C. selligerum majua, exhibited by E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow. 

 The flowers resemble those of a large G. Leeanum, the dorsal sepal is very broad 

 and has the white portion very large. — Garden hybrid. 



Fm.— Gard. Mag., 1893, p. 705 (woodcut). 



C. ATYS.— See C. Pitchianum. 



C. AUROREUM, Rchb.f. — A cross between C. Lawrenceanum and C. i-enustum. 

 Leaves reticulated with light green on a deeper ground of the same colour. 

 Dorsal sepal white, stained with rose on the edges near the base, profusely 

 streaked with veins of green and purple; inferior sepal smaller, whitish streaked 

 with green ; petals pale green at the base, passing into reddish-purple upwards ; 

 lip brown, tinged with green, the inflexed portion yellowish, dotted with rose. 

 — Garden hybrid. 



C. AYLINGI, Caslle. — A most beautiful and distinct novelty, raised by 

 Mr. Ayling, gardener to A. J. Hollington, Esq., Enfield. It is a cross between 



