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then suspected, indeed, neither of its parents were then known, which seem 
rather curious. This original form had the sepals and petals light rosy 
purple, except at the base and along the centre, which parts were light green, 
and the lip strongly three-lobed, the front lobe very broad, and, together 
with the tips of the side lobes, deep violet-purple, the remainder being nearly 
white. This original form was afterwards called variety Morreniana, 
Round this original type the different varieties group themselves, diverging 
more or less in various directions. The variety Tautziana is near to the 
original type, and differs chiefly in the possession of a yellow stain on either 
side of the throat. Bluntii has rather darker colours, and the front lobe of 
the lip is more elongated. Dayana again differs in having the throat of the , 
lip orange-yellow, like some forms of Lelia purpurata. The one called 
prasiata has the disc of the sepals green, and the throat sulphur-yellow, — 
though in other respects it conforms to the type. Allied to the last is the 
variety picta, which has many small dark purple spots on the sepals and 
petals, and the throat yellow. ‘The spots are, of course, derived from 
Cattleya Leopoldi. The variety platychila is also nearly allied to prasiata, ) 
but wants the green disc to the Sepals, while the lip is very broad and flat, 
and the lobes nearly confluent. Houtteana has rose-coloured flowers with 
a little green near the base of the Sepals and petals, and some yellow on the 
sides of the throat. a8 
A few other varieties differ chiefly in colour, and some of them are 
extremely brilliant. Of these Turneri is characterised by its very deep 
colour, and the distinctly stalked obovate front lobe of the lip. The one 
called blenheimensis is rather smaller, with the disc of the sepals lighter, — 
organs are nankeen-yellow, with the lip much as in the original 
In the second, they are sulphur-yellow faintly tinged with rose; 4 
in the third sulphur-white, inclining to buff behind, and the lip white wit 
crimson-purple lobes, 
Four other very distinct varieties remain to be mentioned. The’ 
called lobata takes its name from the fact that the petals have an ol 
lobe on either side. They are washed with light brownish purple on # 
suffused with dull purple, and covered with numerous small darker 
lip is three-lobed and dull violet-purple in front. It appearet 
1856, but seems to have long been lost sight of. The variety gigam 
also very marked. It has nearly white sepals and petals which ? 
