416 



Sent for determination by Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, 

 with whom it flowered in July, 1908. The sepals and petals are 

 brownish green, somewhat darker at the base, and the lip dark 

 purpie and very shining, with a lighter apex. The allied species 

 are natives of Brazil. 



320. Sigmatostalix Eliae, Rolfe, ; affirms S. pictae, Reichb. f ., 

 sed partibus omnibus minoribus et floribus maculatis differt. 



Pseudobulbi compressi, ovato-oblongi, circa 1*5 cm. longi, apice 

 monophylli, basi 2-3 phylli. Folia oblonga, oblique et brevis- 

 sime bidentata, tenuia, basi attenuata, 2-7 cm. longa, 6-13 mm. 

 lata. Scapi tenues, circa 18 cm. longi, multiflori. Bracteae lan- 

 ceolato-oblongae, circa 4 mm. longae. Pedicelli 3-4 mm. longi. 

 Sepala et petala oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, reflexa, 6-7 mm. longa. 

 Labellum patens, late unguiculatum, 3-lobum ; lobus intermedius 

 reniforrni-orbicularis, convexus, 7-8 mm. latus, apice reflexus et 

 acutus ; lobi laterales reflexi, lineari-oblongi, obtusi, 2 mm. longi ; 

 unguis 3 mm. longus. Columna clavata, arcuata, basi gracilis, 

 5 mm. longa, alis obsoletis. 



Colombia. Velez district, Birchenall. 



Flowered in the collection of Mr. Joseph Birchenall, Alderley 

 Edge, Cheshire, in January, 1908, and dedicated by request to his 

 wife. It was found growing in the Velez district, at a lower 

 altitude than Odontoglosmm crispum, Lindl., in intermediate 

 temperature. The flowers are yellow, spotted with reddish brown 

 on all the parts. 



LI.-A LANCASHIRE WILLOW FARM. 



W. Dallimore. 



For upwards of half a century the village of Mawdesley has 

 been famous for its willow beds and basket-making industry, and 

 t\ 1 w-ti y ; gro ™ rods have acquired a considerable reputation in 

 fro J^T ^? e f ° r Stren ^ th and durability. Mawdesley differs 

 mlviT T"^^ centres in Possessing very little wet or 



5 ?fJ™ ' Wlll ° WS are 8rown un<ler sirailar conditions to 

 Z^twJt f° PS " P **™*. cabl >ages, corn, &c. It is to this com- 



voZ ZlZr, TJ 5* v°? ? f calture that the s Pecial toughness of the 

 rods grown m the district is attributed. 



herein itl iS S^J? south -west Lancashire, almost midway 

 hUls Ti^P n P00 l a ? d - Preston ' at thef00t °f HarA)ckand Parbold 

 wnUst l h :ZZT^^ R ^.^ distance of about 2* miles, 



rxT.rrv ' ,1 **"^vi lout IU 



a^vay in the opposite direction. 



Wigan 



payS^ took the opportunity of 



grower in the distri^T.w^' ?*** °T le >> who is . ** e lar S e8t 



as to the metWi* rt V 'n , l ,ur P°se or obtaining information 



notes. hp Particulars erabodici in the following 



