by some authors in Sect. Cynophalla, but in that the sepals 
are still broader, and broadly imbricate in two series. 
_ The introducer of C. flexuosa into cultivation was a M. 
Miiser, who sent it in 1850 to M. de Jonghi, of Brussels. 
The specimen here figured was procured from the Royal 
Botanical Garden of Brussels in 1888, and flowered in a 
Stove of the Royal Garden, Kew, in April of the present 
year.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower bud ; 2, corolla, torus, gymphose and ovary ; 3 and 4, anthers; 
5, transverse section of ovary :—all enlarged. 
