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gi'oeii, bronzy in the upper part, the whole_ havmg a polished appearance ; the 

 interior of the flower is thickly studded with crimson dots and flushed with rosy- 

 pink. This very interesting hybrid has been raised by Mr. Osborne, when 

 gardener to the late H. J. Buchan, Esq., Wilton House, Southampton " (W. H. 

 Gower, in The Garden, 1889, xxxv. p. 8). — Garden hybrid. 



C. BURFORDIENSE, JJc7(6. /.— " The leaves are said to be like those of 

 0. Barteti, but about one-third broader, one-third shorter, as well as a 

 little thicker. The upper sepal is very large cuneate elliptical acute, of a very 

 light rosy-mauve hue, excepting the tip, which is adorned with a white nearly 

 rhombic patch; there are seventeen strong dark purple nerves; the connate 

 sepal is whitish oblong ligulate acute, exceeding the length of the lip ; descend- 

 ing petals light greenish at the base, with superior border of the lightest purple, 

 and brownish-purple on the anterior or exterior somewhat dilated part, its 

 nerves green ; there are some purple hairs at the base and ciliae around the 

 border ; near the superior margin are two very dark mauve-purple lines, and 

 this is, as far as I know, quite novel ; in addition to these there are very few 

 (four in the flower at hand) mauve-pnrple exceedingly short narrow spots or 

 lines ; the lip is of the shape of that of G. Argus, brown-ochre-coloured under- 

 neath, with a yellow border around the mouth of the spur; the inflexed 

 margins of the stalk ochre-coloured, with small red spots ; the greatest part of 

 the lip is reddish-brown of the usual tint ; the staminode is nearly like that of 

 C. Argus, but the lateral teeth are shorter than in G. Argus ; both the vexillar 

 dorsal sepal and the lines on the petals are very remarkable. It remains in 

 flower a very long time. It is supposed to be a hybrid between C. Argus and 

 C pidlippinense {laevigatum) ; there is much resemblance to G.Arqiis; the 

 latter species might have given the very thick leaves " (R. A. Eolfe, Gardeners' 

 (flironicle, 3rd ser., 1888, iv. p. 724). — Garden hyhrid. 



C. BULLENIANUM — See C. Hookerab Bullenianum. 



C. CALANTHUM, Rclib. f. — A cross between a form of C. harhatum and 

 C. Loivii ; dorsal sepal brown, suffused with a green shade, and streaked with 

 brown, inferior sepal pale green ; petals pale green at the base, with a few 

 purple spots, passing into rosy -purple at the tips ; lip brownish-purple, 

 the inflexed portion dull purple. — Garden hyhrid. 



C. CALLOSUM, Mchh. f. — Leaves broadly oblong, some 9 inches long, 

 marbled and tessellated with bright green, on a very deep green ground; flowers 

 very large, dorsal sepal broadly cordate, white, bearing numerous streaks of 

 unequal length, which are light green at the base, passing upwards into 

 bright purple ; inferior sepal smaller, white, veined with green ; petals deflexed, 

 ligulate, pale rose, passing into purple at the points, and bearing a few black 

 warts on the upper edge only; pouch large, purplish-brown on the superior 

 side, green beneath. Blooms in spring and early summer. — Siam or Cochin 

 China. 



Fio.— Li iidoila, ii. t. 73 ; Jouni. of Sort., 18S7, xiv. p. 7, f. 1 ; Gard. Chro?i., 

 3rd ser., 1887, i. p. 315, f. 61 ; rOrcliidopliUe, 1888, p. 115 ; Renic Hurticole, 188S. 

 p. 252 (plate). 



