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C. DIANA, Hort—This hybrid was obtained in the splendid collection of 

 E. J. Measures, Esq., of Camberwell, and was exhibited by him before the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. It is the results of a cross between G. barhatiwi superbum, 

 and O. Spicei-ianum. The dorsal sepal is very broad, white veined with rose- 

 purple, and having a dark purple medium lino. In other respects the flowers 

 are much like C. Lecamim. — Garden hybrid. 



C. " DIBDIN," O'Bi-ien. — A cross between O. Argus and G. Bor'.allii, raised 

 by Mr. Cowley, gardener to F. Gr. Tautz, Esq., of Dibdin House, Ealing. It is 

 in the way of C. vemixium. The dorsal sepal is green, striped with purple, 

 and almost entirely covered with purple spots, except the narrow blush 

 margin ; the petals are whitish, and have blackish spots on the upper halves^; 

 lip greenish-white, tinged with rose in front. — Garden hybrid. 



C. DILECTUM, Bchb.f. — A natural hybrid, supposed to be from G. Boxallii 

 and 0. hirsuUssimiim. "The median sepal is narrow, oblong, quite, blunt at 

 tlie top, where there is a short white margin ; the light green lamina is covered 

 with rows of irregular spots of a peculiar black, with a hue of Indian purple ; 

 the lateral sepals form a narrow oblong light-green body, with some short 

 rows of dark lines and spots at the base ; the petals are cuneate, oblong- 

 obxivate, and blunt ; a dark line of black runs over the middle ; the superior 

 part is of a peculiar purple-mauve, excepting near the black line, where it is 

 light gi-een ; the base is light green, with numerous black spots ; the inferior 

 part is green, with some obscure indigitations of some mauve reticulations ; 

 hip rather slender, central portion two-horned, with retuse median border, 

 yellowish-green outside, full of blackish-pvirple spots inside ; staminode 

 narrower than in G. Boxallii, trilobed at the apex, mid-lobe roundish retuse, 

 broadest side lobe tooth-like ; ovary covered with dense hairs, nearly equal to 

 the light-green bract ; peduncle with numerous hairs " (H. G. Eeiohenbach, in 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1888, iii. p. 330). 



C. DISCOLOR, Echh. f. — A hybrid of G. venustum parentage, which was 

 raised in Mr. R. Warner's collection. The leaves are faintly marbled with green 

 and grey ; the dorsal sepal is somewhat triangular, with sixteen dark purple 

 stripes between the green nerves, white in the upper part ; petals ligulate, 

 of a vinous red, yellowish at the base, with some greenish nerves, a deep 

 crimson-purple median line, extending from base to tip, numerous dark 

 purple-brown spots near the base on the upper half, and a few minute spots 

 of the same colour on the lower half, the edges ciliate near the base ; lip long, 

 pallid reddish-brown, light green at the base ; the whole pouch beautifully 

 veined. — Garden hybrid. 



C. DOLIARE, Echb. f. — "It is very near G. plunerum. It is distinct by the 

 leaves having very narrow dark bars, by the petals having no large black spots 

 at all on the border, but simply green at the base, brownish-purple in front, 

 and with very numerous point-like little dots at the base, well ciliate on the 

 borders, by the staminodium being dark brown with a lighter border; the 

 cinnamon-brown lip is shining, very large, and suggested to me the idea of 

 a cask. The parentage is obscure, and I should not wonder if it came even 



