tt. Schilleriana. Sepals and
petals smooth dainty green, the latter just touched with a suspicion of
purple at the tips. It has the shovel lip of Schilleriana, a yellow tube
and golden throat, from which descends a line of darkest crimson. The
ground-colour of the disc is white, but clouded with crimson-lake and
closely barred with dark crimson up to the white edge.

_L.-C. Bellairensis_ (Catt. Bowringiana x L. Goldiana).--So curiously like
L. autumnalis that a close observer even would take it for that species.
In shape, however, it is more graceful than the pink form, and in colour
much more pale than atro-rubens.

_L.-C. Tiresias superba_ (Catt. Bowringiana x L. elegans Turneri).--I
heard some one exclaim 'What a study in colour!' It is indeed, and in form
too--not large, but smoothly regular as pencil could draw. The sepals make
an exact triangle, delicate rosy purple, netted over with soft lines.
Petals broad and short, darker. Lip rather long, white in the throat with
a faintest stain of yellow, the disc and edges of the lobes glorious
crimson-purple, with a dark cloud above which stretches all up the throat.
A gem of beauty indescribable.

_C. x Browniae._--Bought as a hybrid of Catt. Bowringiana x Catt.
Loddigesii, but it shows no trace of either parent. Very pretty and odd,
however. The tiny little sepals are hardly seen, lost behind the huge
pink petals. The lip also has pink lobes above a gamboge throat, and a
bright crimson-purple disc.

_L.-C. Albanensis._--A natural hybrid, doubtless the product of L. grandis
x Catt. Warneri. Pale rosy-mauve, lip crimson, deepening as it expands,
but fading again towards the margin. A large and grand flower.

_L.-C. Aphrodite_ (Catt. Mendelii x L. purpurata).--Sepals and petals pure
white. Labellum deepest crimson with rosy tip.

_L. x Sanderae_ (L. xanthina x L. Dormaniana).--Sepals and petals crimson,
lip purplish rose.

_C. x Mariottiana_ (Catt. Eldorado x Catt. gigas).--Very pretty, dark
rose, lip bright crimson with yellow throat.

_L. x splendens_ (L. crispa x L. purpurata).--Pink. Lip crimson-purple,
edged with white, heavily fringed.

_C. x Atalanta_ (Catt. Leopoldii x Catt. Warcewiczii).--Large and waxy.
Sepals and petals rose veined with crimson, lip bright magenta.

_L.-C. excellens_ (Catt. gigas ocullata x L. purpurata Brysiana).--A
superb flower, very large, rosy mauve, lip crimson.

_L.-C. Amazon_ (Catt. maxima x L. purpurata).--Sepals and petals