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secondary hybrids, though the character is least obvious in the first two 
cases and in certain individuals among the secondary hybrids, while the 
shades of buff and bronzy yellow seen in the derivatives of C. Fobesii and 
C. Leopoldii are worth following up, as these colours are not numerous in 
the genus. 
In the last two species the side lobes of the lip are greatly reduced or, 
in the case of C. bicolor, nearly absent, which has ‘an interesting develop- 
ment among the hybrids, which are as follows :— 
bicolor. Iris. Venus. 
velutina. Maronii. Acis. 
The absence of side lobes from the lip is a dominant character in the 
primary hybrids, but in C. Iris the effect of recrossing with Dowiana 
results in two distinct types of secondaries, one having a bicolor-like lip, as 
in C. Iris, the other with the entire lip of C. Dowiana, and the latter are 
among the most beautiful that have yet appeared. Shades of bronze and 
salmon-yellow also predominate in the hybrids of this group, and further 
crossing of selected forms with C. Dowiana might tend to eliminate the 
purple from the sepals.and petals, thus giving further results.in the direction 
of C, Dowiana, with an improved constitution and a more open flower. As 
regards habit the hybrids most resemble the long-bulbed parent, and they 
are not very vigorous growers. 
CROSSES WITH L&LIA. 
Coming to Lelia we find seven species of which both the primary and 
secondary crosses with C. Dowiana have been raised, these being referable 
to Leliocattleya. The series may be divided into three groups according 
to habit and floral character. 
In the first set the lip is entire, and the inflorescence comparatively 
short, in fact the flowers are comparable with the Cattleyas of the labiata 
group except in the relatively narrower segments. The series is as 
follows :— 
L. crispa. Le. Pallas. Le. Anaconda. 
L. purpurata. Le. Dominiana. Le. Pathan. 
L. tenebrosa. Le. Truffautiana. Le. Carmencita. 
L. xanthina. Le. Ophir. Le. Thyone. 
The hybrids of this group are among the most popular of Leliocattleyas, 
the flowers being large and of good shape, but the yellow colour of C. 
Dowiana is lost, except in the L. xanthina series, and in certain forms of 
Le. Truffautiana, to which it imparts the flame-coloured or bronzy sepals 
and petals from which its later but more characteristic name of luminosa is 
derived. Further crossing of these with C. Dowiana should yield good 
results. 
The species of the next group are characterised by a. much-dwarfed 
