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diesitvile floribus longe pedicellatis floribusque in tertia tantum parte 
basilari in tubum connatis recedit. 
Bulbi globosi, 8 cm. diametro, in collum 5-6 cm. longum 3 em. 
crassum a Folia desunt. Pedunculus ut videtur anceps, 
incrassatos = non Satan Perigonium ad 12 ¢ ig 
infundibuliforme, in orificio 4 cm. diametro, certe ear tubus 
tertiam circiter partem totius aequans, deinde divisus, segmentis 
sensim divergentibus, Sepala petalaque sneer Mtl ion pened 
obovata, petala sublatiora, teneriora, omnia acuta. Stamina 4-5 cm 
longa, orificium floris non attingentia. Ovarium breve, = ae 
vel elongato-obovatum, 1'2 ad 1°5 em. longum. tylum non vidi. 
Brazit. Chiefly Province of Goyaz, Glaziou 22,204. 
This species of which I have seen four specimens resembles at 
first sight C. americanum, L. or C. erubescens, Ait., both of which 
are known for their tendency to vary in all parts. It has also a 
C. podophyllum, Baker. The most striking feature and one by which 
it can be distinguished from all other species is the long flower-stalk, 
which is 5 to 6 em. (24 inches) in length. ‘The tube of the flower is 
comparatively short, surely shorter than in the three species quoted 
above. It is divided into six segments from a little above the basal 
third, the segments diverging oradual y to form a rather narrow 
funnel... The colour is undoubtedly white. 
XXXI—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Gift of Orchids by Sir George Holford—The Kew collection of 
orchids has sigan ist greatly enriched by the gift of about 150 
large plants of Cattleya, Laelia, Laelio-Cattleya, Brasso-Cattleya, 
Cymbidium and Cypriedinn by Lt.-Col. Sir George Holford, from 
his famous collection at Westonbirt. While the collection of 
orchids cultivated at Kew must be essentially botanical, its main 
object being to represent the family in as comprehensive a wa 
possible, the great progress made in recent years in the breeding of 
hybrids, many of which are botanically interesting as well as 
ssessed of exceptional claims as garden plants, necessitated the 
addition of a selection of them to the collection. Increased 
accommodation was provided last year by the erection of an inter- 
mediate house adjoining the T Range, and, thanks to Sir George’s 
Ron: Kew now possesses some of the best of the Cattleyoid 
sf 
i Spores of a, infestans.— The qneehion of the 
production of oospores by the Potato Blight fungus, Phytophthora 
Petes, yee long been the subject of investigation. Thou h the 
