CCXC PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x ' Britannia ' (parentage unknown) (votes, unani 

 mous), from Messrs. Sander. A large flower of the C. x ' Aeson ' 

 giganteum class. Lower half of the dorsal sepal emerald green with 

 chocolate pm^ple spotting, upper half white; lip and petals honey 

 yellow tinged and veined purple. 



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Fig. 200. — Cypripedium x 'Princess Mart.' {Gardeners' Magazine.) 



(P. cclxxxviii.) 



To Calanthe densiflora (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Col- 

 man, Bart., V.M.H. (gr. Mr. Collier). An old but rare species from 

 Sylhet and Assam. Scape erect and bearing a dense head of pale 

 yellow flowers furnished with prominent bracts. 



