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Avere curled over its surface. It is closely allied to C. fimbria turn, though 

 the colour of the flowers (which are of a warm reddish purple) is far more 

 brilliant and attractive. The upper sepal of C'» fimhriatu7n (fig. 71) and the 

 petals are fringed round their margins with long glandular hairs. The fleshy 



lip has two erect longitudinal keels, and is attached by a very slender 

 l)ristle, the balance being so nicely adjusted that a slight touch sets the 

 whole of the lips in the umbel oscillating in a very curious fashion. A 

 compact plant of C. nutans, smothered with umbels of small white 

 flowers, makes a charming object. C. refract urn is known as the 



