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purple, and the other parts of the petals marked with dark 

 irregular featherings on a pale ground. 



25. C. vermis pictus. 



26. C. fucatus. 



25. C. vernus pictus. (See Plate XL Fig. 15.) Flowers early 

 in the middle season, but not very freely. The leaves few, 

 broad, and rather spreading. The tube and bases of the 

 petals a shining rich dark purple ; the petals large, broad, 

 and obovate, forming an obovate flower, though not a very 

 perfect one ; the outer petals at back are most beautifully 

 marked; from the spots at the base, at even distances 

 from each other, rise from five to seven purple lines on a 

 whitish ground ; the lines towards the middle of the petals 

 become feathered and gradually widen till they are united in 

 broad feathered patches of purple on the top ; the backs 

 of the inner petals are covered with large broad purple 

 feathers on white ground, the inside of the outer petals are 

 like the outside of the inner petals ; the inside of the inner 

 petals are beautifully feathered with purple and white. Stig- 

 mas deep yellow, very large, standing above the anthers. 



26. C. vernus fucatus. (See Plate XI. Fig. 14.) Raised 

 by Mr. Williams of Turnham Green. It first flowered in 

 the year 1809, and was then named Mrs. Clarke. Flowers 

 rather late in the middle season. The leaves are few, and 

 grow upright. It produces but few blossoms, they are not well 

 shaped, but are long, wide at the top, and contracted at bot- 

 tom ; the top of the tube and lower part of the petals are 

 a peculiarly rich purple ; the petals are long, pointed, concave, 

 rather irregular, the whole middle part of the petals within 

 and without is a rich mottled purple ending in featherings, 



