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ing, rich dark lege fran Flowers one-sixteenth of 
an inch in diameter. N. E. Brown, Herbarium, Kew. 
CATTLEYA DuxzAwa, 7. hyb. nat. f 
Dr. Duke kindly writes:—“ By this post I have 
The old pseudobulbs 
ickness about intar- 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Arr 30, 1887. 
inside. The lateral IE are bent at an angle, of 
the sam side dimidiate, the superior 
half. brownish, the puras mauve-purple. Petals 
broader, UH. lighter at the borders, mauve- 
. Side-lacinix of the lip not quite 
with a broad stal 
liked to enjoy it longer. Four hours after the 
arrival of the flower my letter with this note was 
ready. Н, G. Rchb. f. 
LACHENALIA AUREO X REFLEXA : 
This is a very decided acquisition to our set of 
garden Lachenalias. I do not k 
raised, but our Kew specimens, — whic 
de, came last year from 
vin, Men are in full 
flower at the pr ALES time (the middle of April). It 
new garden hybrid, 
There are no old а but all the new 
igh and be 
| about re 
and 2} inches broad. = ул sent is the 
only one on present spik Ta t came up with- 
rl a sheath, another i = probably more 
The flower i is a very pretty thing, equal to a good 
flower of Cattleya Lodd igesi (yet not of M. pig ones 
edition). It has nearly the stiff Vandaceous sub- 
koe of Cattleya guttata Leopoldi, and the sepals 
look most mostly outside as if v arnished. The rather long 
edian ierit ae e rok 
Fic. 109.—cvPRIPEDIUM MARMORATUM. (SEE Р. 577.) 
coloured at the base. Then there run six mauve 
keels over the mid, leaving on the base of the mid- 
acinia a triangular sulphur-coloured area. The 
mid-lacinia, excepting this area, is of the finest 
mauye-purple, and has a narrow decided white border. 
neo very strong, white, yellow at the base, with 
e purple lines on the sides, full of mauve-purple 
lines i in front. Pollinia quite Cattleyoid. 
I have named this fine flower in aig" of my ex- 
cellent correspondent, Dr. Duke, The en Lewis- 
ham 
— 
both in his remarks шер һеге, pf Mri a fine 
model), as for er quite ipn, 
even when the Some himself ion j 
slightly ed towards 
has the bright golden colour of L. Aure combined 
with — entricose flowe reflexa. 
— Bulb yenit came грне bright 
green, dualis, — eolate, recurved, 6—8 
inches long, 14—2 i Peduncle terete, 
unspotted, rather anes half a foot long. eme 
4—6 inches long, eight to twelve flowered; pedicels 
short, erecto-patent ; bracts small, deltoid. Peri ianth 
oblo ong easier 1—1} in inch — bright yellow, 
the base and tip of the outer 
a e with green, fading to reddish-brown ; inner 
segments obtuse, inch longer than the outer. 
reaching to the tip of the inner segmen nts, 
J. G. Baker. 
