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360. Cynorchis Morlandii, Rolfe ; affinis C. fastigiatae, Lindl., sed 
planta monophylla, folio late elliptico-ovato et labelli lobis longi- 
oribus distincta. 
erba terrestris, monophylla. Folia sessilia, patentia, late 
elliptico-ovata, apiculata vel breviter et abrupte acuminata, nitida, 
6-12 cm. longa, 4-7 cm. lata. Scapi erecti, nitidi, 20-30 cm. alti, 
infra medium vagina angusta obtecti ; racemi breves, subcorymbosi, 
5-9-flori. Bracteae oblongo-lanceolatae, acuminatae, 1-1°8 cm. 
longae. Pedicelli 2°5-3 cm. longi. Flores mediocres, lilacini. 
Sepalum posticum erectum, subobtusum, concavum, 5 mm. longum 
sepala lateralia subpatentia, late oblonga, subobtusa, paullo concava, 
5-6 mm. longa. Petala ovato-oblonga, subobtusa, 5 mm. longa, 
cum sepalum posticum in galeam conniventia. Labellwm subpatens, 
1-1°5 cm. longum, 4-lobum ; lobi ovato-oblongi, obtusi, denticulati, 
5-7 mm. longi; discus laevis; calcar filiforme, incurvum, circiter 
2°5 cm. longum. Columna 3 mm. longa. 
Tropicat Arrica. Mozamb. Dist.: Island of Pemba, C. £. 
Morland. 
Flowered at Kew in May, 1910, the tubers having been pre- 
sented by Mr. C. E. Morland, who brought them from the Island 
of Pemba in the previous autumn. The flowers are lilac-coloured, 
becoming greenish white on the disc of the lip and at the base of 
the other segments, 
XLI—INDIGO. 
J, OH: HOLLAND, 
Discovered in 1880 by Professor Baeyer, and made someon sped 
available in 1890 by Professor Heumann, Synthetic Indigo was on'y 
and required “all blue materials to be dyed with Natural Indigo from 
India,” at least until some experiments they were then conducting 
-were completed (Journ. Soc. Arts, xlix. 1901, p. 395). peat 
the artificial product was not wanting, but the attitude of this 
