THE ORCHID REVIEW. 369 



CATTLEYA x IRIS VAR. OCULATA. 



We have received from Captain C. C. Hurst, f.l.s., Burbage, Hinckley, a 

 flower and photograph of the handsome Cattleya X Iris var. oculata 

 (bicolor ? X Dowiana aurea $), to which a First-class Certificate was 

 given by the Manchester Orchid Society in November 1901. The photo- 

 graph, here reproduced, was taken this year, but from the type plant, and 

 Captain Hurst remarks that the colour is darker than last year. When the 

 flowers first open the sepals and petals are of a shade of pale buff, reminding 



Fig. 38. Cattleya X Iris var. oculata. 

 one somewhat of C. Dowiana aurea, but they soon change to a bright rosy 

 mauve. The front lobe of the lip is rich purple-crimson, and there are two 

 yellow eyes in the throat, by which it is distinguished from the typical form, 

 and in reference to which the name is given. The plant was purchased from 

 Messrs. Charles%vorth & Co. In the small side lobes of the lip, and the 

 well-expanded flower, it shows its descent from C. bicolor, but in most other 

 respects the flower is greatly modified. It is certainly a very beautiful form. 



