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C. Guriisii and C. niretim. "The foliage is fairly intermediate between the two 

 named, that is to say, in strength and general appearance it approaches 

 0. Guriisii, but the foliage is thicker, the markings obscurer, and a tinge of purple 

 shows on the other side ; the scape is covered with hairs, brownish in colour 

 ■ the bract (like all the segments of the flower) is also ciliolate, and possesses 

 some purplish spots ; and the ovary is of a green colour, tinged with brown ; 

 the flowers, in their massive proportions, bear much rescjmblance to those of 

 G. Curtisii, but the petals are wider, and the colouring is difierent ; in fact, the 

 shape of the flower and the spotting have a greater resemblance to G. Marshall- 

 ianum which flowered some time ago with Mr. Tautz, but the ground is white, 

 and the spots are darker and more closely set together than in G. MarshalUanum. 

 The reverse side of the flower is wholly white, with a slight tinge of green on the 

 middle of each segment; the purplish spotting of the petals showing through at the 

 edges. Eegarding the front of the flower, the upper sepal, which is white, and 

 is slightly concave in form, with about fifteen clear dark purplish-crimson lines, 

 more or less dotted, and tinged with rosy purple between them, radiating from 

 the base almost to the edge, so as to leave only a narrow white margin wholly 

 unspotted or tinged; the petals, which are not so much deflected as in 

 C. Guriisii, are ovate-oblong, their tips curving slightly backwards ; they are 

 white, and almost the whole of their surface is covered with small dark purplish 

 crimson or claret-coloured spots ; the base of tlie petals is tinged with claret 

 colour, which at a little distance gives them a shining purplish-crimson colour ; 

 the white ground between the spots is more apparent at the tips of the petals, 

 where about an eighth of an inch in length is white and unspotted ; the white 

 lower sepal is furnished with a few purplish lines. The face, sides, infolded 

 lobes, and interior of the lip, are of a bright rosy-purple colour, and the 

 staminode is dark purple, with a whiie margin on its upper edge (J. O'Brien, 

 in Gardeners' Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1892, xi. p. 72). — Garden hybrid. 



C. CREON, Hort. — A hybrid raised by Messrs. J. Yeitch & Son, between 

 G. oenanthum superbum and a variety of C. Harrisianmn. The dorsal sepal is 

 rich purple with a white margin ; the petals and lip with a purplish tinge. — 

 Garden hybrid. 



Vie.—Journ. ufJIort., 1892, xxiv. p^ 205, f. .'U. 



C. CROSSIANUM, Rchb. /.—A fine garden hybrid raised by Mr. Cross, of 

 Melchet Court, between G. insigne and G. rcnustum. The leaves are oblong, 

 blotched with dark green upon a glaucous ground; the scape is purplish, hairy; 

 the dorsal sepal broadly ovate, white with green lines and numerous blackish 

 dots near the base; the petals are ligulate, brownish copper-coloured, with 

 blackish dots towards the basilar half, and the lip brownish-yellow with greenish 

 veins. — Garden hybrid. 



C. CRUCIFORME.— See C. Lowii. 



C. CURTISII, Bchb. f. — A very beautiful acaulescent species, very nearly 

 related to G. swperbiens and G. ciliolare ; the lip is, however, much larger than in 

 the latter and has acute side angles ; the distichous leaves are broad, oblong acute, 

 recurved, boldly chequered with oblong dark green blotches on a dull green 

 ground; the scape is downy, dull wine-purple, and the flowers large, distinct in 

 character, and showy ; the dorsal sepal is short and acuminate, greenish with a 



