etals, which in Harryanum refuse to expand, are almost as flat
as in crispum.

_Humeanum._--We may confidently assume that this is a natural hybrid of
Od. Rossii and Od. cordatum. The former parent is so handsome that he has
begotten a very pretty progeny, though the mother is so plain--sepals
primrose, closely spotted with brown, petals and lip white, the former
similarly spotted at the base.

_Tripudians oculatum._--A rare and beautiful variety of an interesting
species. Very much larger than the common form; sepals of a lively brown,
with yellow tips, petals yellow, mottled with brown; lip white, with
violet spots above, a large blot below.

_Platycheilum._--One of the oddest and rarest Odontoglots. Sepals and
petals white, with a few brown dots at the base; lip large and widespread,
pink, spotted with crimson.

_Baphicanthum._--A valuable hybrid of Od. crispum and Od. odoratum or Od.
gloriosum, as internal evidence suggests. All primrose of ground colour,
but the sepals and petals are thickly dotted with red-brown.

_Schillerianum._--Exceedingly rare. Pale yellow; sepals and petals spotted
with chestnut. The lip has one large chestnut splash in the centre.

_Murrellianum._--Probably a natural hybrid of Od. Pescatorei and Od.
naevium. White tinged with violet, sepals and petals spotted with purple.

_Lindeni._--A superb species, but uncommonly reluctant to display its
charms, as a rule. In my own poor little house it has been growing bigger
for years and years. The pseudo-bulbs are five inches high now, and more
than two thick, but I look for flowers in vain. When they condescend to
appear they are all sulphur-yellow, crumpled, or, as the phrase goes,
undulated, in a fashion quite unlike any other Odontoglot.

_Grande magnificum._--The common form of grande ranks among the showiest
of flowers, much too big, indeed, and too strong in colour, to be approved
by a dainty taste. But this is even bigger, its yellow more brilliant, its
red-brown markings more distinctly red. There is record of sixteen flowers
on one spike, each seven inches across!--I scarcely expect to be believed,
but 'chapter and verse' are forthcoming on demand.

_Crispum aureum._--Almost as yellow as polyxanthum, 'the very golden'--a
most remarkable variety. The spots are few and small.

_Crispum Cooksoni_, on the other hand, is white, superbly spotted, or
rather blotched, with crimson brown. Perhaps the best of its class.

_Crispum Reginae.