LES ORCHIDEES, MANUEL DE L’AMATEUR. 847 
Apropos of the plate of Pachites Bodkini (Tab. 26), we note that the 
indicating figures 3 and 4 have become t transposed, so that the 
is doecetbed as ‘‘one of the catals, ” and vice versd. This is the — 
— of -~ kind we have saiainedl in looking through the boo 
Brownleea, another genus of the Disa affinity, but differing in oa 
adhesion of the lateral petals to the odd iets and the rom of the 
insignificant lip, is enriched by the description of a new species and 
its variety, major. Disa itself — a larger proportion of Icones 
than any other genus, tabs. en 9 being devoted to it, while the 
subtribe Disee@ is very predominant. 
We can enlighten Mr. Bola: on one point. He says of Pogonia 
purpurata (t. 12), “the original description was based upon a plant 
in Sonder’s herbarium supposed to have been found in the Maga- 
aibetgei whence we may infer that it was most probably collected 
by Zeyher.” It has since been found by Mr. Culver, and though 
Mr. Bolus has not seen any authenticated specimen, he has little 
doubt of their identity, as Mr. Culver’s specimens agree very well 
with Reichenbach’s a —— — x4 oe Pogonia is known 
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feainn outh Africa. e in the B useum Herbarium a 
Pogonia collected by Zeyher (No. 1684), shsisloatg identical with 
that figured in the Icone A. B. Benvrz. 
Les Orchidées, manuel de Amateur. D. Bors. ae send & 
fils. 1893. 12 mo, pp. viii, 3238. Price 4 fran 
Messrs. Bamurére’s “‘ Bibliothéque des Pc utiles’ 
contains some useful handbooks, and the one now before us is an 
addition to their number. Orchids which for many years were to 
be found only in few collections, have become, in ee ty 
words, ‘les fleurs & la mode.”’ Orchid amateurs are now legi 
and it is on their behalf that M. Bois has inte ‘aicdtad bimael. 
His book is nto < two rests the first, Orchids 
botanical point of view, comprising 282 pages ; acid the iat 
Orchids from a hartiditural point of view, ptt thew! about a 
score; while at the end is a glossary of technical term 
a few short chapters the ome are a brief but clear, and 
for his purpose sufficiently full, ace of the systematic position, 
morphology, and geograp phical daeteibation of the family. Then 
follows a synoptic table for running down the genera, in which a 
number of rough explanatory woodcuts will no doubt be a help. 
After a list, defining the abbreviations of names of botanists and 
orchidophilists, with one lieutenant-colonel, come two pages of 
“principal works treating of Orchids,” in which we notice ater 
serious omissions. We look in vain for mention of Lindley’s 
works, which, though ay to be purchased with difficulty, gt 
generally accessible, and certainly valuable. Reichenbach’s Xenia 
Orchidacea is quot oted, but not the Otia Botanica ; and ‘‘ Manual of 
piacere sirtue (Veitch & Sons), London, 1887” is sist an 
urate citation of the excellent series of manuals for -ahdieh 
Mesiin: Veitch ai are paapiendibis: We fear M. Bois is not up to date 
in literature; has he not heard of the Orchid Review? and does he 
