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standpoint, and puzzles when considered by the scientist. 

 They swell the number of those crosses (enumerated in 

 the supplement) which refuse to combine the characters 

 of the parents employed, and instead take wholly after 

 one parent only. They are: 



Cspd. Corndeanii, " supposed to have originated from 

 (Cpd. Lawrenceanum ? X Spd. Sedenii x), though 

 only the influence of the former is apparent " (0. R., 

 June, '95). " It was bought at a sale of Proth. & 

 Morris, and cannot be vouched for in its record. Sown 

 April, '90; sdlgs. July, '90. Exhbt. at RHS., May 14, 

 '95, for Swinburne, Corndean Hall, Cheltenham, by 

 Reiidel. 



Cspd. Cunea (Spd. longifolium Hartwegii $ X Cpd. 

 Stonei). Raised by Robert M. Grey, for Graves, 

 Orange, Mass. Its record is not clouded through un- 

 certainty. It was crossed March 4, '92; sown May 8, 

 '92, germinated July 8, '92, and flowered Aug. 23, '94. 

 " The pollen was removed from the seed-bearing plant 

 before the flower was fully expanded. The plant re- 

 sembles the seed-bearing parent very closely; scape 

 pubescent; flowers colored much as in Hartwegii, but 

 broader at apex of lip." He remarks: "I had very 

 many hybrids between the two genera up when I left 

 Mr. Graves' employ." In litt. , July 27, '95. 



