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C. NITIDISSIMUM, Bchb. /.—This is a hybrid raised by N. C. Cookson, Esq., 

 from O. caudatum Warscewiczii, and C. conchiferum. Mr. Rolfe describes it in 

 the Beichenbachia as follows : — " It is tolerably intermediate in character, though 

 the general habit of the plant, especially in the leaves and bracts, strongly 

 resembles that of the mother plant. The flowers point somewhat in the same 

 direction, though the petals do not attain to nearly so great a length. Ovary 

 4 inches long ; dorsal sepal 4^ to 6 inches long, the lower pair 3^ to 4 inches 

 long, light oohre with yellowish-brown nerves ; petals 9 to 10^ inches long, 

 yellowish on basal part, rosy -red on centre and apex ; lip 2 to 2J inches long, 

 about intermediate in shape and colour; staminode also intermediate." — 

 Oo/rden hybrid. 



ViG. — IteiclienbacUia, 2nd ser., i. t. 27. 

 Syn. — Selenipodium nitidhsimum. 



C. NIVEUM, Behb. f. — A lovely dwarf-growing species, with close-set 

 distichous oblong acute or emarginate leaves, which are purple beneath and 

 dull green above, marked with pallid oblong spots. The scapes are about 

 6 inches high, slender, purplish, and downy. The flowers are satiny-white 

 inside, speckled on the petals with a few minute dots of purple, and having the 

 exterior of the suborbicular cuspidate dorsal sepal streaked with bright red at 

 the back ; the lip is exactly ovoid, with the mouth contracted. It blooms during 

 summer, and sometimes produces two flowers on a spike. Every one who sees 

 it is charmed with it, as it is very free-blooming. A grand plant for exhibition 

 purposes. — Malayan Archipelago : Tambelan Islands. 



Fig.— But. Mag., t. 5922 ; Z'lU.JIort., 3rd ser., t. 83 ; Floral Mag., t. 543 ; Jentiings, 

 Orch., t. 28 ; Gard. Chnm., N.s., xix. p. 19, f. 3, front figure ; Journ. of Hurt., 2nd ser., xx. 

 339, with figs.; The Garden, ix. p. 524, t. 23 ; Florist and Pom.. 1871, pp. 156-7, with figs.; 

 Eemie Hort. Beige, 1886, p. 241 ; Beichetibaohia, i. t. 34 ; Veitcli's Man. Oroh. PL, iv. p. 40. 



C. " NORTHUMBRIAN," JV. E. Brown.— This, hybrid was obtained from 

 C. calophyllum, fertilised with the pollen of C. insigne Maulei, and was raised 

 by D. O. Drewitt, Esq. The leaves are similar to those of 0. insigne, but differ 

 in being faintly marbled with a dark-green venation ; the dorsal sepal is 

 elliptic, light apple-green covered with brownish-purple spots, the upper portion 

 and margin being pure white ; the petals are similar to those of C. Orossianum, 

 light brownish-purple, passing to yellowish-purple at the tips ; the lip is 

 pointed similar to that of C. insigne. — Garden hybrid. 



C. NUMA, Bolfe.—A cross between C. Lawrenceanum and C. Stonei, and was 

 raised by Mr. Seden in Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons' nurseries. The leaves 

 appear to favour the first-named parent. Mr. Rolfe says in the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, 1890, that " the flower has the general aspect of C. Stonei, but the 

 dorsal sepal is less abruptly acuminate, and bears eleven irregular stripes of 

 purple-brown. The petals are not twisted, and more spreading. The lip 

 almost imiformly light purple-brown, not distinctly reticulated." — Garden 

 hybrid. 



C. OBSCURUM — See C. AsiiBURiONiiE. 



