By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 



465 



feathered, the two side ones are rather the broadest and are 

 feathered towards the outer margin. The insides of the 

 petals are pale lilac, and finely marked with purplish veins. 

 The stigmas are orange, shorter than the anthers. It pro- 

 duces seeds, but not abundantly. 



Section IV. 



Contains those varieties, the ground of whose petals is 

 white, the outer petals having more or less of stripes and 

 featherings. 



1 1 . C. versicolor floribundus. 

 pectinatus. 



13. Morleon. 



1 4. inconspicuus. 



16. propinquus. 



17. affinis. 



18. urbanus. 



11. C. versicolor floribundus. Was received in the year 

 1823 from Holland, in a small collection sent by Mr. Arie 

 Cornelis Van Eden to the Horticultural Society. The 

 name of Morleon came with it, but this is not the kind to 

 which I believe that appellation properly belongs. This 

 comes into flower between the earliest and latest, and pro- 

 duces abundance of blossoms, it is a very superior variety, 

 by far the finest of all. The flowers stand high, are of con- 

 siderable size and very fragrant. The leaves are at first, 

 more erect than usual, they differ much in appearance from 

 the rest of the species, they subsequently become long, and 

 spreading. The tube of the flower is very thick, the upper 

 part marked with six purple lines extending some way down 

 the tube, and with shorter intermediate lines. The outer 



vol. vii. 3 P 



