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C. LEEANUM, Fitt's variety. — A variety with a. green pouch was exhibited 

 b rfore the Eoyal Horticultural Society on November 14th, 1893, by Mr. Fitt, 

 gardener to Earl Cowper, Panshanger, Hertford. 



C. LEEANUM GIGANTEUM, Bolfe.— This giant form is the result of a cross 

 between C. Spicerianuni and a large form of 0. insigne which was' obtained by 

 Mr. Heath, of Cheltenham. The dorsal sepal is of a purer white than any other 

 form, and measures over 2f inches in diameter, while the petals are nearly 

 3 inches long. — Garden hybrid. 



Flft. — Bi'ichcnhachia, 2nd ser., ii. t. 57 ; Gard. Mag., 1892, p. 48 (woodcut). 



C. LEEANUM MACULATUM, Bbrf.— This is a very superb form ; the dorsal 

 sepal is white, with a, blotch of bright green at the base, the petals being 

 heavily spotted with purplish-magenta, and the pouch flushed with crimson. 



C. LEEANUM SUPERBUM, Yeitch. — A cross between C. insigne Maulei and 

 C. Spicerianuni. Of this form we hare seen numerous examples in the Burford 

 Lodge collection, some of them being d.eserving of special names. The variety 

 in question is chiefly to be distinguished in the superior size of the dorsal sepal, 

 and in the green patch at the base being reduced, giving a greater area of white, 

 ■whilst the spotting is deeper in colour. It is a charming plant. — Garden hyirid. 



Fia.—L' OrcMdopMlc, 1885, p. 238 ; Heme Hort. Beige, 1885, p. 232 ; Veiteh's Man. 

 OrcJt. Pi., iv. p. 89. 



C. LEMOINIERIANUM, RM. /.—This hybrid, which closely resembles 

 C. calurum, was raised by Mens. Raymond Lomoinier, of Lille, who exhibited it 

 at the Quinquennial Exhibition in Ghent in 1888, and obtained the prize which 

 was offered for the finest new seedling Orchid. " No record of its parentage 

 was kept, but it evidently belongs to the same section as G. Sedeni, and may 

 be a cross between a variety of that hybrid and, perhaps, C. calurum. It has a 

 very robust habit ; both upper and lower sepals are creamy- white on the inner 

 surface, which is longitudinally transversed by alternate red and green zig-zag 

 lines ; the outer surface is of a, deep purplish-red, which shows through at the 

 sides on the inner surfaoe of the upper sepal ; the lower sub-orbicular concave 

 sepal is piuch larger than the upper one, which is oblong-ovate ; the ligulate- 

 lanceolato petals are twisted upwards near the apex, which is purple-red, 

 passing into creamy-white towards the broader base, where there is a tuft of 

 reddish hairs ; the lip is carmine in front, passing into greenish-white behind, 

 and the inflexed lobes are ivory-white, covered with purple spots; the staminode 

 is also ivory-white, with a fringe of dark purple hairs." — Garden hybrid.' 



Fig. — Ileichenlacliia, ii. t. 89. 



C. LEONAE, L. Linden. — This is a cross between C. insigne punctatwm 

 violaceum and U. callosum, the result being intermediate between the two 

 parents. The dorsal sepal is of large size, nearly round, dark green at the 

 base, striped and spotted with crimson-purple and reddish-brown, and broadly 

 margined with white; the petals and lip as regards form remind one of 

 0. callosum, and are of a vinous-purple colour ; the petals without spots and 

 with a pale green border at the extremities. It is dedicated to Mrs. H. S. Leon, 

 of Bletchley. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig. — Lindenia, viii. t. 360. 



