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lateral lobes oblong, 1 inch long, violet-rose at the margin, 
passing into a fiery orange with a yellow disc; median lobe 
fan-shaped, notched, with a shorter claw and broader blade 
than in V. teres; it is 1> in’ch across, and It inch long in 
the hybrid, as oppose^ to 5/8 across and 1-1/8 long in V, 
teres; the margin is waved as in V. Hookeriana, and the base 
orange, thickly spotted with red, the rest of the blade 
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violet-rose; the column is glabrous; the anther cap narrower 
and crested; the loculi smaller and hardly distinct; the pol¬ 
len masses are bigger and rounder; the pedicel broader and 
not narrowed to a point, and the disc is broader and more 
triangular. Summing up the whole plant, it seems to have 
taken the fore of V. Hookeriana, and the colouring of V. 
teres. It is a very lovely plant, and is, I think, a great 
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improvement on both the parents, beautiful as they are. The 
plant, is now in the botanic gardens, Singapore, where it is 
being propagated by cuttings. 
H. N. Ridley. 
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