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names Buda, Arenaria, Tissa, or Spciy/ulana, and, with the alteration 

 of the terminal letter, under Lepu/onum or Urion, for it is blessed 

 with an astomiding variety of synonyms." It would appear from 

 this that Mr. Druce has here at one stroke created six combinations 

 — or seven, for '^ Urion'' is of course a misprint for '^ Corioji," 

 a generic name which cannot be used if 1753 be taken as the 

 starting-point of nomenclature. Whichever be accepted, the re- 

 mainder must, I presume, be cited by a future monographer as 

 synonyms, unless such wholesale naming can be ignored by common 

 consent. This proceeding, which has lately been suggested from 

 Berlin, would be difficult if not impossible of execution ; we can only 

 appeal to botanists to avoid a practice which, however gratifying to 

 an individual, can only result in unnecessary additions to our already 

 encumbered synonymy. 



QUEENSLAND OECHIDS. 

 By a. B. Eendle, M.A., D.Sc. 



We are again indebted to Mr. J. Sparkes for two interesting 

 Orchids which he has received from his correspondent in North 

 Queensland, Mr. Arthur Owen Jones, J. P. The specimens will be 

 found in the National Herbarium. 



The first is a form of Cijmbidiiim Sparkedi noh., received from 

 the same source and described in this Journal for 1898 (p. 221). 

 Like the type-specimens, it shows the longer ligulate perianth- 

 leaves which is the chief distinction from its nearest ally, C. canali- 

 culatiun E. Br., but approaches the latter in its less deep crimson 

 colour and its crimson-spotted lip. 



The second is a new Dendrohium. 



Dendrobium (Stachyobium) Jonesii, sp. nov. Planta caulibus 

 simplicibus 6-12-pollicaribus anguste fusiformibus teretibus pluri- 

 vaginatis, basi subtumidis, apice specimine 4-foliatis; foliis anguste 

 ellipsoideis basi angustatis apice breviter acutis ; racemis sub- 

 terminalibus folia subsequantibus gracilibus nutantibus specimine 

 12-floris, bracteis minutis ovatis obtusis ; floribus albidis, sepalis 

 petalisque erecto-patentibus, subacutis, sepalo dorsali anguste tri- 

 angulari, sep. lateralibus subfalcate-triangularibus, basi cum pede 

 columnae mentum obtusum efficientibus ; petalis sepala fequantibus 

 linearibus subacutis ; labello breviore concavo glabro transverse 

 purpureo-striato, lobo terminali truncate subobtuso, lobis lateralibus 

 brevibus obtusis, disco cum carina flava mediana instructo ; columna 

 superne purpureo-maculata. 



Habit of D. gracilicaule, but a larger plant with stouter more 

 fusiform stems 8-11 mm. in greatest diameter. Leaves about 

 10 cm. long by 2-5-3 cm. broad. Fertile bracts brownish, mem- 

 branous, 2 mm. long; flower-stalks 8 mm., white; ovary green, 

 2 mm. long. Sepals 12 mm. long, the dorsal 3 mm., the lateral 

 4 mm, broad at the base. Petals 1*7-8 mm. broad. Lip barely 



