THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
799 
June 18, 1887.) 
Cumingi. The bracts are narrow, linear apiculate, 
nearly equal to the stalked ovary; sepals and 
re are three — o ge keels on the disc of 
e mid-lacinia, when 
an adventitious k ach side. The 
cartilaginous, ribbed leaves attain 14 foot in length, 3 
orein width, and have a very short petiole. 
the graceful l inflorescence soon be developed i afford 
quite a fresh stimulus to orchidists. H. G. Heb. f. 
OpovTOGLOSSUM Rossi (Lindi.) SwEEANUM, 2. var. 
This is an uncommonly fine ачан ыг which I have 
seen ai once in my life, It has large flowers ; 
that painful feeling that moves you whe n you à 
you experience a juvenil 
name with real pleasure. ower is once 
more before me—one of the grandest things, an 
amazing beauty ! 
ена e дай is duly named in England the 
queen of Orch You never see a fin 
out а fresh of emotion. 
plants as those exhibited a :sden by Bar 
Hruby, Messrs. Sander and Williams will always be 
admired by the oldest habitués of orchidic wonders. 
And now € is a most unexpected beauty before 
me. The very large kann have sepals and petals 
rose- pres sib as in the Lelia purpurata aurorea 
The lip is of the "d darkest, blackish mauve- 
purple. The light yellow at the base is nearly gone, 
Fic. 151.—oponToGLOssUM CRISPUM VEITCHIANUM. 
sepals оду нарачан M with. a few 
Whitish dots; petals quite white, АҢ a full self- 
Moni lobed эче gon disc mid-base, not 
ted; lip VS with а yellow cal. It was 
Kindly sent ш е by Mr. А. Н. Smee, The Grange, 
Hackbridge, Surrey, and whose name gA justly bears. 
Н. G. Rchb. f, 
Læra PURPURATA (Lindl. у LowI1ANA, 7». var. 
It is a fr requent practice d some folk to sneer at 
those orchidists who prefer to give a special name to 
lant. Are there really any plants of 
F. Sander. C'est une mer à boire. a yet there are 
cases when there suddenly appears a flower so widely 
distinct from anything before seen жын instead ot 
(ЗЕЕ Р. 798.) 
and what is left is interrupted by dark purple veins. 
Column purple at the top, with purple lines in front. 
It is чагат aml gran nd. 
t ha 
d in the “ great expanse 
e 
L d in respectful re 
venerable father. Ilearn that this unique plant is 
now in the possession of Mr. E. Di DRE of Lord- 
ship Lane, Wood Green. H. G. Reh 
+ PHALÆNOPSIS ALCICORNIS, %. typ. + 
тегу curious novelty, most probably 
with any known 
Low. The leaves are said to be silvery-green, as ligh 
in colour as those of Phalsmopsis Schilleriana. Its 
flower н near that of Phalenopsis grandiflora, 
Lindl., there are some great differences. To 
begin e the anterior lacinia of the lip is not hastate 
h 
open and parallel with the 
front side of the column, each being ligulate, retuse- 
i tl fluent anteri le call d lobed 
Thus one is reminded of the branch of a young elk. 
The colour of the sepals and petals is creamy-white 
inside; the sepals washed with light yellow outside, 
he lip has some yellow markings. There are light 
yellow spots on the callus, nail of the lip, and base of 
the side laciniæ. The anterior lacinia has the keel of 
the mid line yellow, and yellowish borders near the 
angles. A а on the anterior side of side lacinise 
is also yellow. What good luck it would be A = "om 
hear of the flowers in coming years. Н. G. Кель. f. 
Охсірсм (CYRTOCHILUM) LUCESCENS, 7. sp.* 
This j new Cyrtochilum cn very near to Onci- 
differs from it in the long, 
wavy, dorsal sopal in the trimembrate 
the pos 
yellow d uc 
Its stalk is very short, with auriculæ, which мее 
оп еасһ в ide into а narrow margin. The lateral 
тан have pues "mei an ae acute d edid. 
wn blade, whos dian nerve is rather green 
Petals very y aliod rt, 
short stalk, ues HAAG 
cinnamon, with crisp yellow limb. 
short, angulate at the base, dark peur? pes or 
margin 
part fine Indian-purple. lumn green with 
brown spots, orange at the anterior deri: , 
wings narrow, Indian-purple, semilunar, ascending. 
elty was kindly sent 
to me by Mr. B. S. Williams, of the Victoria and 
Paradise ursi. Н, G. Rchb. f. 
ASPHODELUS COMOSUS, Baker, n. sp.t 
For a living specimen of this interesting new 
Asphodel, I am indebted to our indefatigable corre- 
spondent, Max Leichtlin, It was brought by — 
Jaeschke, the well known Moravian as an 
Indian botanist, ау Rotang Pass, one of the iens 
d the Lahoul, in Ач статии 
Himalaya The plant from which the specimen 
was cut is he pos f Mr. V ; OF 
Herrnhut. This extends considerably the range of 
the genus in an e ction. It has entirely 
ode 
down the back. Peduncle very stout, about as long 
» uw lucescens, п. sp. aec auriculata, labello 
to). 
raaraa ve u 
laminis sony crispis; la 
edio paulo 
dentato 2 — € 0 адмы ext is 
tibus, Ex col exc. B. S. Williams, 
sphodelus comosus, Baker p.—Foliis ensiformib 
bipedalibus subglaucis acute carinatis ; peduneu ulo valido bi- 
pedali; fl pani 
pedicellis b ии ascendentibus infra diste articulatis; 
bractei is brunneis elon um rianthii 
opone т-д» ngis albis s vittatis basi coalitis ; 
staminibus perianthio sesqui-longiaribus. J. G. B. 
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