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‘CIRRHOPETALUM Masrersianum. 
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Orcurpacean. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. 
Cmruoreranum, Lindl.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ili. p. 504. 
Cirrhopetalum Mastersianum, Rolfe in Lindenia, vol. vi. p. 33, t. 255; 
eh dep + or is Ake erg 3; species distincta a C. gamo- 
sepalo, Griff., scapis longior1bus, oribus majoribus, petalis et sepal ico . 
minutissime ciliatis differt. : 4 i rialihaaaes 
Herba epiphytica; pseudobulbi ovoidei, obscure angulati, monophylli,2°5-3°5 cm. 
longi, basi vaginis ovatis membranaceis obtecti. Folia oblonga, subobtusa, 
basi subattenuata, coriacea, 10-12 em. longa, 2-8 cm. lata. Scapt floriferi ad 
basin pseudobulborum producti, graciles, suberecti vel arcuati, 12-15 em. 
longi; umbellae 6-8-florae; practeae lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, 6-7 mm. 
longae. Flores mediocres, lutei, brunneo-suffusi. Sepala: posticum elliptico- 
ovatum, subacutum, valde concavum, circiter 6 mm. longum, margine 
previter ciliato; lateralia fere ad apicem connata, lineari-oblonga, emarginata, 
8-3°5 em. longa, 1-1°2 em. lata, basi subattenuata. Petala falcato-oblonga, 
acuta, trinervia, 6 mm. longa, margine minute ciliata. Labellum recurvum, 
carnosum, lineari-oblongum, 3-4 mm. longum, margine integrum. Columna ° 
pee 2mm. longa; dentes triangulares, acuti, 0-5 mm. longi.—R. A. 
OLFE. 
ee eNOS 
The attractive Orchid here figured was first introduced 
from the Netherlands East Indies by Messrs. Linden of 
Brussels, with whom it flowered in June, 1890, when it was 
described and figured in Lindenia ; it was named in compli- 
ment to the late Dr. Masters, then editor of the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle. The exact habitat of C. Mastersianum has not 
been recorded. It is very distinct from the majority of the 
cultivated species of Cirrhopetalum, and while it is in some 
respects comparable with C. gamosepalum, Griff., it is quite 
different in colour, and has the ciliae of the petals and of 
the dorsal sepal very minute. The plant from which our 
‘llustration has been prepared is one which was received at 
Kew from the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, 1n 1903. 
C. Mastersianum 1s a species which 1s very easily grown ; 
it thrives well in a mixture of equal parts of peat, osmunda 
fibre and sphagnum, in a basket suspended in a shady 
‘tion near the glass of a moist tropical house. It is 
i i eriod of rest, 
peculiar among its congeners in requiring NO per 
and it possesses the unusual habit of flowering at intervals 
throughout the year without deteriorating in vigour. 
December, 1913. 
