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somewhat recently introduced to cultivation. The flowers re- 

 minded Dr. Lindley of an ichneumon fly, hence the name. 

 The curiously inflated spur is much like the bladder of a small 

 fish. The white flowers are borne in long, pendulous racemes, 

 yet the plant is rather curious than beautiful. — Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, January nth, p. 38. 



Cypripedium x Cythera, Rolfe, is a pretty little hybrid, 

 raised in the collection of Mr. R. H. Measures, of Streatham. 

 It is said to be derived from C. Spicerianum fertilized with the 

 pollen of C. purpuratum. The flowers much resemble the 

 former, and curiously enough there is no trace of tessellations 

 in the leaves, yet the dwarf habit and some characters in the 



C. X Lathamianum, a fact overlooked at the time the other 

 was described. — Gardeners' Chronicle, January 25th, p. 105. 



Calanthe x VEITCHII alba, Rolfe, is a very beautiful hybrid 

 raised in the collection of Sir Charles Strickland from C. ves- 

 tita and C. Rosea; thus it has either the same or the inverted 

 parentage of C. x Veitchii. It is, however, markedly different, 

 having the strongly four-lobed lip of C. vestita, while the 

 flower is of the purest white, without any trace of color any- 

 where. It is a great horticultural acquisition. — Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, February 1st, p. 132. 



Phauenopsis x Cynthia, Rolfe, is a handsome natural hy- 

 brid between P. Aphrodite and P. Schilleriana, which appeared 



Fig. 



-Ilex longipes. — See page 344. 



flower appear to be derived from the other parent. — Garden- 

 ers' Chronicle, January 18th, p. 73. 



Dendrobium x xanthocentrum, D. x JUNOand D. x Luna, 

 are three hybrids raised in the collection of Sir Trevor Law- 

 rence, which received first-class certificates at a meeting of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society on January 14th last. The 

 first, which resembles C. x Schneiderianum, was obtained from 

 D. Findlayanum and some unknown species, the second from 

 D. lYardianum and D. Linawianum, and the third from D. 

 Findlayanum and D. x Ainstuorthii. — Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 January i8th, pp. 87, 88. 



Cypripedium x Hera, Rolfe, was raised in the collection of 

 Mr. R. H. Measures, of Streatham, from C. villosum, crossed 

 with the pollen of C. Spicerianum. ' Thus it is identical with 



in the collection of Mr. F. Wigan, of East Sheen. It ap- 

 proaches the last named species in most of its characters, the 

 front lobe of the lip being almost identical in character, while 

 in P. x leuccorrhoda and P. x casta, which have the same par- 

 entage, that organ is long and slender, as in the other parent. 

 A paler variety with the same structure has since appeared 

 with Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. — Gardeners' Chronicle, Febru- 

 ary 1st, p. 132; February 22d, p. 227. 



Cypripedium x Northumbrian, N. E. Br., is a hybrid 

 raised in the collection of Mr. D. O. Drewett, between C. x cal- 

 ophyllum (itself a hybrid between C. barbatum and C. venus- 

 tum), and C.insigne Maulei, the latter being the pollen parent. 

 — Gardeners' CJironicle, February 8th, p. 160. 



Cypripedium Siamense, Rolfe, is a species introduced by M. 



