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C. GERMINYANUM, lichb. /.—A cross between C. vilhsuni and C. hirsuU 

 issimum. Leaves plain green, scape erect, one-flowered, the flowers, being very 

 large ; dorsal sepal brown, spotted with black, bordered with greenish-yellow ; 

 inferior sepal much smaller, yellowish-green in colour; petals much undulated, 

 especially near the base, divided by a deep-coloured mid-rib, the superior half 

 pale red, the inferior portion of a soft yellowish-green, the tips being violet- 

 purple; pouch brownish-purple. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig.— Joiini. of Hort., 1890, xxi. p. 89, 1 12 ; Id., 1893, xxvi. p. G7. f. 10. 



C. GIGAS, Hort. — This fine hybrid is the result of a cross between G. 

 iMirrenteanum and C. Jlarrisianiim nigrum, and was raised by Mr. Bond, 

 gardener to C. Ingram, Esq. Godalming. The dorsal sepal measures 2\ inches 

 in breadth and is veined with dark crimson-purple, with a v>hite border and 

 green at the tip. Petals broad, purplish, with a dark median line; lip purplish, 

 shining, — Garden hybrid. 



Fl^.^Juurii. iif Hort.. 18D2, xxiv. p. 257, f. 42. 



C. GLANDULIFERUM, BZitms.— Leaves ligulate, obtuse, from 18 inches to 

 2 feet long, coriaceous in texture, and deep green ; flowers some 5 inches across ; 

 dorsal sepal broadly ovate, creamy- white, passing into a yellowish hue in the 

 centre, and streaked with lines of reddish-brown ; inferior sepal similar in 

 colour, and slightly smaller ; petals some 5 inches long, slightly deflexed, spirally 

 twisted, yellowish-green, streaked with reddish-brown, and bearing towards 

 the base numerous glandular warts ; pouch soft yellow, veined with reddish- 

 brown. Summer months. — New Guinea. 



Six. — C.priu-stam. 



C. GODEFROYAE, Godefroy. — This is a very interesting addition to the 

 group represented by C. concolor and C. niveuin, and is in some respects inter- 

 mediate between these two species. The plant, which is acaulescent, has 

 ligulate oblong leaves, from 4 to 8 inches in length, purplish-red beneath, and 

 tessellated in a variable manner, with light and dark green on the upper surface. 

 The flowers, which stand each on a hair}- purple spotted scape, are very charming, 

 the roundish dorsal sepal and the deflexed oblong ovate, bluntly emarginate 

 petals white, heavily spotted with chocolate-purple, while the lip is pouch-shaped, 

 barely an inch long, white, marked all over with chocolate-purple spots, those 

 of the outer surface being brighter. Flowers in summer. — Eastern Asia. 



Fig.— Orchid Allum. iv. t. 177; L'Orehidopltilt'. 1883, p. 831, with fig; 1884, 

 p. 3«2. plate ; Florist and Poviuljgi't. ISSi, p. 37, with fig.; Veitdi, Cut., 1884, p. 18, 

 with fig. ; y/K' Garden, 1884, xxv. p. 396. with fig. : 1885. xxvii. p. 444 ; J3ot. Mag., 

 t. 6S76 ; Bnuf Sort. Belqe, 1886, p. 241 ; Viitch's Miui. Orch. PL, Iv. p. 27. 



C. GODEFROYAE GARDENIANUM, Gowcr.—lw this variety the flowers 

 resemble those of 6'. concolor in shape, but are larger, while the ground colour 

 is of the purest white, sparingly dotted with crimson. It is named after M. 

 Garden, of Bois Colombes, near Paris. 



C. GODEFROYAE HEMIXANTHINUM, Rclib. /.—A curious variety flowered 

 by the late J. Day, Esq., Tottenham. It has sulphury ochroleucous sepals quite 

 distinct from the normal form. — Cochin China. 



