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C. ELECTRA, Bolfe.~The origin of this hybrid is doubtful, but it is 

 presumed to be the result of a cross between O. Harrinianum and G. insigne, 

 or one of its varieties. It was raised in the Nurseries of Messrs. J. Veitch 

 & Sons. The dorsal sepal has a broad white border, and the spots are almost 

 confluent in lines, on a bright green ground; petals varnished, veined and 

 reticulated with purple-brown on a paler ground and with a few small dark 

 spots on the inner half near the base ; lip shining purple-brown " (R. A. Eolfe, 

 in Gardeners' Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1888, iii. p. 297).— Garden hybrid. 



C. " ELINOR," JV. E. Brown. — A cross between G. selUgerum majus and 

 0. superhiens, the latter being the pollen plant. " Leaf oblong, acute, and three- 

 toothed at the apex, and growing to 1 foot in length by 3 inches in breadth ; the 

 upper surface is bright green, with dark green nerves and cross veins, the latter 

 more or less grouped in irregular bands ; under surface uniform greyish-green ; 

 peduncle stout, brownish-purple, hairy, about 1 foot long ; bract about 1 inch 

 long, acute, light green, rather shorter than the pedicel of the ovary, which is 

 light green, with darker ribs, and hairy ; upper sepal orbicular, acute, nearly 

 2 inches broad, white, faintly tinted with green in the centre, yellowish-green 

 at the base, with numerous ochre-green nerves, slightly tinted with purple- 

 brown ; lower sepal ovate, white, with green nerves ; petals 3J inches long, in 

 shape like those of G. selligerum majus, but broader, more drooping, and 

 somewhat curved back, purplish, with a whitish area under the mid-line at the 

 base ; the nerves purplish or brownish, the mid-line and upper margin with a 

 dark olive hue spread over them, the basal part above tj;ie mid-line for nearly 

 halfway to the apex is rather densely marked with blackish-purple spots, and 

 the upDer margin for about four-fifths of its length is marked with wart-spots 

 of the same colour, and there are some similar wart-like spots at the middle of 

 the lower margin ; the lower nerves at the basal part are marked with small 

 purple-brown spots; the base is light green, and both margins are ciliate, with 

 blackish-purple hairs nearly or quite to the apex ; the lip is 2 inches long, and 

 like that of G. selligerum in shape; the inflexed sides arc shining purple, with 

 darker spots, and the pubescent toe part dark brownish-purple, shading into 

 greenish at the apex ; staminode transverse reniform, three-toothed in front, 

 ochreous reticulated all over with green, pubescent. From the above it will be 

 seen that this novelty is more like the seed-parent than its male progenitor, but 

 differs markedly in the pale colour of the upper sepal, and the more drooping 

 and more densely spotted petals." (N. E. Brown, in Gardeners' Chronicle, 3rd 

 ser., 1890, viii. p. 38). — Garden hybrid. 



C. ELLIOTTIANUM, O'Brien. — Leaves distichous, ligulate obtuse, from a 

 foot to 15 inches long, bright green on the upper side, paler beneath ; scape- 

 erect, furnished with numerous large bracts, which are white tinged with 

 green, and streaked with lines of deep chocolate, bearing towards the apex 

 from two to five large and showy flowers ; dorsal sepal large, ovate acuminate, 

 ivory-white, suffused with yellow, profusely streaked with broad lines of deep 

 brownish-purple, lower sepal smaller, but similar in colour and markings; petals 

 long, ciliolate on the edges, gradually tapering to a point, white, flushed with 

 yellow at the base, and spotted with brownish-purple, and this colour is 

 continued in lines throughout the entire length ; lip large, projecting forward, 

 contracted at the base, ivory-white, suffused with brownish-purple, and veined 



