erlacing crimson
lines dotted with maroon, saving the clear margin. The petals almost form
a semi-circle, greenish with a white edge, netted over with pale crimson
and dotted with maroon in lines. The slipper greenish, with a pretty pink
network round the upper part.

_Holidayanum_ (concolor x almum).--Excepting a narrow white margin the
dorsal is bright crimson, darkening towards the greenish base; petals
greenish, with edges and dotted lines of crimson. Slipper dull crimson,
with yellowish toe.

_Hirsuto-Sallierii._--The upper half of the dorsal is white, the lower
clear yellow-green, the whole covered with antlered lines of grass-green;
petals yellow-green, finely frilled, tipped with palest purple. Pale
purple and greenish also is the slipper.

_Mrs. Herbert Measures_ (Lathamianum x Leeanum giganteum).--The great
dorsal, yellow tinged with purple, has the shape of a flattened peg-top. A
broad splash of maroon bisects it. The cinnamon-coloured petals are
flushed with red, and lined with the same tint; the midrib is maroon.
Slipper abnormally wide, purplish.

_Javanicum._--A species, named from its habitat. Small and solidly green
save the white crest of the dorsal, and the pale purple tips of the narrow
petals. Such strong and decided colouring makes it useful to the
hybridiser.

_Measuresianum_ (villosum x venustum).--The small triangular dorsal,
white, is evenly striped with green; petals yellow-green, with a
grass-green base and emerald lines from end to end. The slipper shows a
charming network of vivid green on a tawny yellow ground.

_Marchioness of Salisbury_ (bellatulum x barbatum superbum, Sander's
variety).--Dorsal hollow, broadly crimson all round the margin, dusky
white inside, striped with crimson and speckled with maroon. Petals
closely depressed, white, with a shade of green above, of crimson below,
dotted with maroon. Slipper tawny crimson, with clouding of the same.

_Marshallianum_ (venustum-pardinum x concolor).--Unique in effect. Dorsal
and petals ochreous white, with a faint crimson flush; all densely
covered with minute crimson dots. Slipper of a yellow almost bright.

_Brysa_ (Boissierianum x Sedeni candidulum).--A handsome plant, with long
pale leaves. Dorsal greenish, corkscrew petals similar, tinged with pink.
Slipper pale pink, all the inside prettily dotted with brown.

_Muriel Hollington_ (niveum x insigne).--A broad flower but compact. The
globular white dorsal has a pink cloud