December 24, 1890. ] 



Garden and Forest. 



621 



Clematis paniariata is an ornamental plant of great value. 

 It is vigorous and very hardy ; it grows rapidly, and 

 flowers later in the season than the other species which 

 resemble it, and at a season when few woody plants are in 

 flower. The fruit is very handsome and retains its beauty 

 until winter, and its foliage turns to rich colors in late 

 autumn. The plants sent to the Arboretum as C. Flamntula 

 robusta are sometimes killed back in severe winters, and are 

 less hardy than those raised from seeds gathered at Sap- 

 paro. It is from one of these that Mr. Faxon has made the 



drawing which is here reproduced. 



c. s. s. 



SOBRALIA Sandi r.k, Rolfe, is a very handsome species 

 introduced from Central America by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., 

 of St. Albans. The flowers are larger than in S. leucoxantha, 

 and without the orange markings in the throat, but paler and 

 somewhat smaller than in S. xantholeuca. The segments are 

 three and a half inches long and pale sulphur-white, with the 

 throat of the lip of a bright clear yellow. — Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 November 1st, p. 494. 



CATTLEYA LINDEN! is a beautiful form allied to C. X Hardy- 

 ana, and probably a natural hybrid between C. gigas and C. 

 Doiuiana anrea. The sepals are pink, the petals lilac-rose 

 with lighter veins, while the lip is very rich crimson, with two 



Fig. 82.— Clematis paniculata. — See page 620. 



New Orchids. 



Angr^ecum Henkiquesianum, Rolfe, is a very neat and 

 pretty little species from the island of St. Thomas, West 

 Africa, which flowered in the Botanic Garden of the University 

 of Coimbra, Portugal, during 1889, and at Kevv during the 

 present year. It is closely allied to A. bilobum, but is a much 

 smaller plant in every respect. — Gardeners' Chronicle, October 

 25th, p. 466. 



Cirrhopetalum Mastersianum, Rolfe, isan elegant little Cir- 

 rhopetalum introduced from the Dutch Indies by Messrs. Lin- 

 den, L'Horticulture Internationale, Brussels, during the pres- 

 ent year. It is allied to C. gamosepalum of Griffith, a species 

 probably not in cultivation. The flowers are buff, variously 

 marked with reddish brown, and with a purple-brown lip. It 

 is described and figured in Lindenia, vol. vi., p. 33, t. 245. 



lateral yellow blotches in the throat. It was exhibited by 

 Messrs Linden, L'Horticulture Internationale, Brussels, at a 

 meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on October 28th 

 last, when it received an award of merit. — Gardeners' Chron- 

 icle, November ist, pp. 507, 508. 



Masdevallia O'Brieniana, Rolfe, is a tiny little species 

 about two or three inches high, which appeared in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. R. I. Measures, of Camberwell. It is closely allied to 

 Masdevallia simula, but has much larger Mowers, which 

 measure half an inch in length. The flowers are light yellow, 

 spotted with maroon, and very pretty.— Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 November 8th, p. 524. 



Oncidium Leopoldianum, Rolfe, is a noble and handsome 

 Oncidium, introduced by Messrs. Linden, L'Horticulture Inter- 

 nationale, Brussels. It belongs to theCyrtochilum section, and 

 is allied to O. corynephorum, Lindl. The peduncle is said to 



