November 22, 1893.] 



Garden and Forest. 



485 



Messrs. Linden, who introduced and distributed it last year, 

 when it was described by Mr. Rolfe. Messrs. Linden have 

 a great many plants of it, and when seein.sj them in quan- 

 tity one is struck by the peculiar habit of growth and form 

 and texture of leaf which characterize this species. Another 



the rich magenta or rose-puri)lc of the lip, there are good 

 distinguishing characters. Plenty of water and sunlight 

 during the growing season arc evidently required by this 

 plant. It is, 1 believe, Brazilian. 



ILvBEXARiA CAKNEA. — You published (vol. iv., p. 475) a 



Fig. 70.— Fiaxinus rliyncophylla — See page 484. 



extraordinary character is that of the brittleness of the 

 pseudo-bulbs, which snap off as clean and easily almost as 

 carrots. The species is, of course, allied to C. Leopoldii, 

 but in the length of the flower-spike, two feet or more, and 

 the wavy segments, their shining yellow-brown color and 



photograph of this plant taken from a specimen flowered 

 at Kew, whither it had been sent the year previous from 

 Penang, where it is a native. Since then several importa- 

 tions of it have been sold in London, and it is now a 

 favorite with Orchid fanciers generally. Its variegated 



