OKCIIID COMMITTEE, MAY 26. 



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unanimous), from Sir F. Wigan, Bart. (gr. Mr. Young). Flowers large, 

 purplish-rose, with yellow markings on the base of the lip. (Fig. 189.) 



To Lcelio-Cattleya x Fascinator splendens (C. Schrodera x L. pur- 

 purata) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford. Sepals 

 and petals white, front of lip ruby-purple. (Fig. 190.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Schomburgkia Galeottiana, A. Rich, (votes, unanimous), from the 

 Hon. W. Rothschild, M.P. (gr. Mr. Hill). A fine specimen, described 



Fig. 187. — Odontoglossum Wilckeanum venerandum. {The Garden.) 



in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. iii., vol. iii. (1845), p. 23, and erroneously figured 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 4476 as Schomburgkia tibicinis grandiflora. Flowers 

 with all the segments broader than in S. tibicinis ; only slightly wavy at 

 the margins, and of a purple-tinted rose-colour, with red and yellow 

 markings on the side-lobes of the lip, the small, emarginate front lobe of 

 which is a good distinguishing feature. 



To Odontoglossum x ardentissimum numosum (votes, 13 for, 3 against) 

 from M. Hye de Crom, Ghent (gr. Mr. Coen). Flowers white, handsomely 

 marked with mauve -purple. 



To Odontoglossum x ardentissimum concinnum superbum (votes, 



