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Odontoglossum 



illus 



leyae. 



cnspum 

 tratum. (g. w. 1906, 749, f.) G. 



Sepals nearly covered with a brownish- 

 pnrple blotch. Petals with a very 

 large blotch of the same colour in the 

 centre of a white ground. Lip 

 blotched with cinnamon - brown. 

 (L.Linden&Co.,Moortebeek, Brussels.) 



Odontoglossum crispumKarthausi. 



(R. II. B. 1906, 146.) G. Flowers 

 very large and flat, with copious 

 intensely - coloured blotches. (F. 

 Lambeau, Brussels.) 



Odontoglossum crispum Whate- 



(G. 0. 1906, ixxix. 254.) G. 

 * lowers well- formed, white, evenly 

 and profusely spotted with dark 

 purple. (H. Whateley.) 



Odontoglossum Fletcherianum. 



(0. a 1906, xl. 98 : 0. B. 1906, 255.) 



». A garden hybrid betwen 0. Ed- 



uardi and O, rirrhosum. (F. Sander 

 & >ons.) 



Odontoglossum Fowlerianum. 



(.G.C. 1906, xxxix. 158, 163. f. 65; 

 O tt 1906, 10S; Bard. 1906, lxix. 

 *e*i "a, f.) G. A garden hybrid 

 between O. SeuU rmbetemu and O 



cirrhiman. (F. Sander k Sons.) 



Odontoglossum Hudsoni. m Ji 



1906, 143.) G. A natural hybrid be- 

 tween O.ghriotun and 0. Hint newel- 

 Uannm. Colombia. (L. de Rothschild.) 



Odontoglossum Ossulstoni. (g m 



y 418. 419, f.) G. A garden hybrid 



between O. crim . ArrfMM and 



U. Pcscatorti. (Charlesworth & Co.) 



Odontoglossum Stewartianum. 



iX J -A 1J E1' 120 » fc "•) G - A garden 

 hybrid between O. Ande 



r»>» 



r soman urn 



wgnxflmm and ft tfrijrp*m heliotro- 

 pium, (R. Stewart.) 



Oncidium ClaesiL (0 . R iwe, 



191 : A i? 1906, 376.) Orehidaeeae. 



*?• l ^ rikin ff new ^ecies of the 

 MtrrocJna group. It resembles O. 

 maerentftum in habit, with flowers 

 about the size of those of O. mperbien*. 

 Sepata bright chocolate-red. Petals 



v?olPf P n? ep ^ rmine ' 8haded with 

 2£f ° mbla - (F1 ' Clae * ? Brus- 



Oncidium illustre. (a*. 1906,150.) 



#t / ? u PPosed natural hybrid be- 

 ™w. (±. Sander & Sons.) 



Oncidium Johnianum. {Orch. i. 4.) 



G. A new species allied to O. Wvnt- 

 worthlanum and O. pergamencum, 

 differing from both in having 1 -leaved 

 pseudobulbs and in the shape of the 

 lip, which is 3-lobed, shorter than the 

 sepals, with subeuneate-oblong very 

 obtuse lateral lobes about \ in. long, 

 and a semi-orbicular median lobe lacer- 

 ated at the margin. Brazil. (K. W. 

 John, Andernach, Germany.) 



Oncidium sarcodes ornatum, (G.c. 



1906, xl. 23.) G. Differs from the 

 type in the colour of the flowers. 

 Sepals and petals chestnut-brown, mar- 

 gined with yellow. Lip yellow, with 

 three large red -brown blotches in 

 front of the purple-spotted crest, and 

 smaller chestnut-brown blotches over 

 the whole of the front lobe to the 

 margin, which is bright yellow. 

 Brazil. (Hon. N. C. Rothschild.) 



Oncidium Stanleyi. (<?. a 1906, xl. 



169 ; O. II. 1906, 286 : J. of II. 1906, 

 Hii. 267, f.) 6. A natural hybrid of 

 which O. Marshall umum and O. r//r- 

 tum are supposed to be parents. (Stan- 

 ley & Co.) 



Oph 



. iopogcm Regnieri. (iz. //. iwe, 



370, ff. 146-149.) Haemodoraceae, 

 G. A new species allied to O. Grif- 

 fthiL Plant stemless. Leaves in a 

 rosette, erect or more or less reflexed, 

 lanceolate, up to 1 ft. long including 

 the slender petiole, marbled with pale 

 green and yellow. Peduncle 2-edged, 

 about 8 in. high including the sev- 

 eral-flowered racemose inflorescence. 

 Flowers f-f in. across, violet-white, 

 greenish at the tips of the segments. 

 Cochinchina. (Paris B. G.) 



CM. 



Pro- 



Opuntia csrvicornis. (Sptith 



1906-07, 156). Cactaceae. G. _.. 

 bably a hybrid of which O. fragile is 

 a parent It is a curious plant, with 

 cylindric strongly tubercled decum- 

 bent joints about 5 in. long, furnished 

 with golden-brown spines. Flowers 

 deeply cup-shaped, about 2| in. broad, 

 yellow, fading to a chamois colour. 

 Colorado. (L. Spath, Berlin.) 



Osmunda palustris tot. Mayi. (ff. C. 



1906, xl. 35, 161, f. 66; G. M. 1906, 



480, as O. Mayi.) Filices. H. The 



pinnae are cristate and the pinnules 



contracted and crispate, with linear 



markings of creamy-white. (H. B. 

 May.) J K 



