22 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
orchid (Cattleya Trianxi), upwards of 250 individual 
blooms having appeared. Thirty-two different varieties of 
_ Burmese lady’s slipper orchids are in full flower, several 
plants having as many as six blossoms. The rare species 
Cypripedium insigne Sander, a native of north India, has 
produced three flowers of a rich yellow color. Various other 
interesting genera which are in flower are the Star of Beth- 
lehem (Angrecum sesquipedale), with its ivory, wax-like 
flowers, the long spur or nectar tube measuring 14 inches in 
length; Angrecum Humblotii, with greenish white flowers 
hanging down from its peculiar leaves; the bird’s bill orchid 
_ (Oncidium ornithorhynchum), its small mauve flowers pro- 
duced from pendant racemes; the yellow-flowered oncidium 
(Oncidium splendidum), its large yellow flowers contrasting 
with the golden fern beneath ; the butterfly orchid (Oncidium 
Papilio), with mottled lateral petals resembling the wings, 
and the linear sepals the antenne, of a butterfly ; Masdevallia 
tovarensis, with pure white flowers, and Pleurothallis villosa, | 
the hair-like bloom almost hidden by the ovate leaves. On 
examining the tiny flowers, the lip will be seen to oscillate 
with the least movement of the air. Various other species 
are in flower, totaling 64 species and varieties for the month. 
East Indian House. The bright red flowers of Anthurium 
Reynaldsianum and the clusters of scarlet seeds of Schisma- 
toglottis Rebelinii give a little color to the house. The bird 
of paradise flower (Strelitzia regine) has been much ad- 
mired, a series of eight flowers coming from a spathe-like 
bract at intervals of about three days. The orange-colored 
perianth resembles, in a general way, the wings, and the 
sagittate lip the beak, of the bird of paradise. This plant is 
- anative of Africa, where it grows to a height of 6 feet, and is 
much prized by the Kaffirs, who eat the ripe seed. 
Cycads. Several of the cycads are showing fruit, such as 
Encephalartos Altensteinii, Ceratozamia mexicana longifolia 
and Zamia chigua. The whole collection has been trans- 
planted into tubs and removed to the new conservatories, ex- 
cepting the two largest species of Encephalartos, which are 
now in the Linnean House. 
THE CURATOR OF THE HERBARIUM. 
Dr. Jesse More Greenman has been appointed Curator of 
the Herbarium and Associate Professor of Botany in Wash- 
ington University. Dr. Greenman received the de of B.S. 
from the University of Pennsylvania in 1893, where he was 
