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out of the same seed-pod as C. plunerum. If we continue to obtain hybrids 

 of uncertain parentage, we may, botanically speaking, sink down to a very 

 deep level" (H. G. Reicheiibach, in Gardeners' Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1887, 

 i. p. 447). 



C. DOMINIANUM, HM. /. — This is one of the many startling results of 

 hybridising realised by the late Mr. Dominy, whose name it worthily bears ; 

 it seems exactly intermediate between its parents, C. caricinum and G. caudatum. 

 The leaves are linear-elongate, broader than in G. caricinum, and the flower stems 

 are erect, bearing three flowers at one time ; these are of yellowish-green tinged 

 with coppery -brown, the lip. deep reddish-brown in front with darker reticula- 

 tions, yellowish-green behind, the incurved mouth also yellowish with many 

 dark purple dots in groups. In shape the flowers resemble those of G. caricinum, 

 whilst in size they are intermediate. It is a valuable addition to this flne 

 genus. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig.— Floral Mag., t. 499 ; VeitcJi. Cat., 1873, p. 12, with fig. ; Florigt and Pomol., 

 1874, 57, with fig. ; The Garden, iii. p. 491, with fig'., 1891, xxxix. p. il2 ; L' Orcliidophile, 

 1882, p. 452 ; Veitch's Man. Orch. PL, iv. p. 103. 



Syn. — Seletiipedium Dominlanum. 



C. DORIS, Bolfe. — " Leaf ligulate-oblong, greyish-green above, and sparingly 

 variegated with irregular transverse lines and blotches of dark green, pale 

 green below, with numerous obscure purple markings; scape one-flowered, 

 pubescent ; bract not half equalling ovary ; dorsal sepal ovate, acute, pale 

 greenish-white, with about twenty-one light green veins ; lower sepal smaller, 

 and with fewer veins ; similar in colour; petals ligulate-oblong, slightly broader 

 towards apex, sub-obtuse, almost 3 inches long, pale greenish-white, with about 

 eleven light green veins below, passing into light purple-brown towards apex, 

 and with numerous large dark brown blotches, except at extreme base and 

 apex ; lip much like G. venustum in shape, light purple-brown in front and sides, 

 and veined with olive-green, paler behind and near base, with brighter green 

 . nerves ; infolded sides yellowi sh, with a few small light brown warts ; staminode 

 with nearly circular outline, bi-cuspidate above, pale yellowish-green with 

 dusky-purple reticulations in centre; derived from Gypripediuin venustum, 

 and G. Sionei" (R. A. Eolfe, in Gardeners' Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1890, viii. 

 p. 716). — Garden hybrid. 



C DRURYI, Beddome. — A most distinct and desirable species of the stemless 

 group, having stout ligulate acute leaves about 9 inches in length and li inch 

 in breadth. The flowers are produced singly on an erect brownish hairy scape ; 

 the dorsal sepal is greenish-yellow, covered on the outside with dark glandular 

 hairs, and having a purplish-brown stripe down its centre; the petals are broad, 

 ligulate, bent somewhat downwards, greenish-yellow, and like the dorsal sepal 

 having a purplish-brown central stripe, marked also with small dark spots near 

 the base ; and the lip is pale yellow with numerous brown spots on its channelled 

 base. It was introduced by Colonel H. Drury, and flowers during May and 

 June. — India : South Travancore Mountains. 



FZG.—Bedd. Icon. PI. Or., 1. 112 ; L'lll. HoH., Srd ser., t. 265 ; Floral Maj., 2ad ser., 

 t. 425; Lindenia, i. t. 6 ; Veitch's Man. Orch. PI., iv. p. 22. 



