Kew Herbarium from various collectors and various locali 
ties in Madagascar, from near the sea to the central region. 
The plant here figured was obtained in 1889 from 
Messrs. F. Sander and Co. of St. Albans, who imported it 
from Madagascar, whence it was transmitted by the 
brothers Humblot. It flowered in the Royal Gardens in 
February of the present year. Mr. Watson informs me 
that its successful cultivation is difficult, and that at Kew 
it is planted on a piece of tree-fern stem with sphagnum, ' 
and kept in the. most humid and hot part of the stove. 
The flowers have a faint sweet odour.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, side and front view of column; 3, anther; 4 and 5, pollinia. 
