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O. CRISPUM CHESTERTONI, iJctt./.— A very handsome Odonioglot, uitro- 

 duoed by the late Mr. Chesterton. It has the sepals much serrated, -white 

 heavily barred with reddish-brown, the petals white with a few small reddish- 

 brown spots towards the centre, deeply toothed at the edge, and the lip pale 

 yellow, having a large reddish-brown blotch in the centre, and the margin 

 beautifully fringed. It flowers at different times of the year, after the growth 

 has been completed. — New Grenada. 



Fia.—L' Orchidopkile, 1885, p. 133, f. 8 (plate). 



Syn. — 0. Ckestertowi.^ 



O. CRISPUM COOKSONI, Williams et Moore. — A very splendid variety, 

 one of the best spotted forms yet obtained. The sepals and petals are white, 

 heavily marked in broad patches with dark brownish-crimson, and the lip is 

 white, having a large blotch of the same brownish-crimson on its anterior part 

 and a few spots on either side of the crest, which, with the disk, is golden- 

 yellow. It flowers during the summer months. — New OrenadM. 



Fig.— Orchid Alimii, iii. t. 118 ; Jour/t. ofHort., 1886, xii. p. 471, f. 88. 



O. CRISPUM DUVALI, Qodejroy.—K handsome variety, flowered by M. Duval, 

 of Versailles. The segments are of fine form and bold substance ; the sepals 

 white, faintly tinted with rose, and having a large central reddish-brown blotch, 

 and a few indistinct markings near the margins ; petals white, having a large 

 reddish-brown central blotch; lip white, also blotched with reddish-brown. 

 This variety has the peculiarity of having the outside of the sepals distinctly 

 marked with brown. — New Grenada. 



Fig.— L'0jchidv2)hi!e, 1836, p. 255 (plate). 



O. CRISPUM FASTUOSUM, Hort.—A very distinct and beautiful variety, 

 with flowers 3 to 4 inches in diameter ; sepals lanceolate, with revolute and 

 undulate margins, white, having a central stripe of rosy-lilac, and a few round 

 purplish-brown spots, generally clustered; petals white, irregularly serrate 

 at the margins, having one or two purplish-brown spots ; lip large, white, 

 undulate at the margins, having a few brownish-purple spots in the centre as 

 well as a row of small ones on the margins near the base. — New Grenada. 



O. CRISPUM FLAVEOLUM, Rchh. f.— A most distinct and pleasing variety, 

 having the flowers of a pale sulphur yellow-colour, and the lip of a bright yellow; 

 marked with about three reddish-brown spots. — New Grenada. 



Fig. — OrvMd Album, 1. 1. 43. 



O. CRISPUM GIGANTEUM, Moore.— A. magnificent variety, in which the 

 pseudobulbs and leaves are large and robust, and the flower spike 3 feet high, 

 and many-flowered. The flowers are large, 4y inches across, white slightly 

 flushed on the sepals with blush, the sepals and petals otherwise colourless, 

 very broad and very densely frilled ; the lip, which is large and frilled, with a 

 broad apioulate recurved apex, has the usual yellow disk, and in front of it a 

 few chestnut-brown spots, which are sometimes confluent into an irregular 

 blotch. The noble flowers are arranged in two series, one on each side the 

 rachis, and form a full secund inflorescence. — New Grenada. 



■Fig.— Warner, Sd. Ordi. PL, iii. t. 20. : 



