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native of Chiapas in Mexico. A Fihst-Class Certificate was 

 awarded to it. 



Asplenium rachirhizon : — from Messrs. Vettch & Son, and 



Mr. Bull. A graceful fern, introduced by M. Linden under the 

 name of A, raehirh'uKe, and stated to be a native of Brazil. Its 

 fronds were ovate, with a long tail-like apex, prolonged in the 

 form of a filiform proliferous rachis several inches beyond the 

 pinnce; they w^ere bi-tri-pinnate a foot long or more, the pin- 

 nules obovate toothed at the apex, the lowest ones larger and 

 divided into three or four similar pinnules or lobes, and those 

 next to them having usually one such lobe on the anterior side ; 

 the rachis was dark- coloured behind towards the base. It was 

 awarded a Fiest-Class Certificate. This has been occasionally 

 seen in cultivation, but was always rare. 



Musa vittata : — from Messrs^ Veitch & Son. This was a 



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young plant of a very handsome striped form of the Banana 

 family, and was not yet more than a foot and a half in height. 

 The oblong leaves were transversely and freely striped with broad 

 bands or sections of greyish-green of two shades, and similar 

 markings of white, the whole producing on the dark green ground 

 colour, a very striking and effective variegation. It was awarded 

 a First- Class Certificate. This beautiful plant has been re- 

 cently introduced by Mr. W, Ackermann to the nursery of M. 

 Van Houtte of Ghent, from St, Thomas, a small island in the 



Gulf of Guinea. 



Piimula prsenitens {Jimb data flore -plow) delicata : — from 



Messrs. F. & A. Smith, Dulwich. A very fine double Chinese 

 Primrose, obtainable from seeds. It was of vigorous habit, with 

 bold full double flowers, measuring nearly a couple of inches 

 across, fringed, white, changing to a delicate blush. In addition 

 to the duplicature of the segments of the corolla, the central 

 organs were converted into small flowers, two or three of which 

 were observed in most of the blossoms, which were, consequently, 

 very full to the centre. This was one of the finest forms of 

 double Chinese Primrose which has yet been produced, fully 

 equal in merit to the var, dfro-rosea, exhibited at some of the 

 earlier meetings of the Committee (see vol. i., p. 106). It was 

 awarded a First -Class Certificate. 



Cypripedium barbatum, W7\ grander — from Mr. B. S. Wil- 



I.TAMS, Paradise Nursery, Holloway. Tliis fine variety was 

 awarded a Second-Class Certificate. Its most remarkable 

 feature was the vcrv broad dorsal sepal, wliich measured nearly 



