A hybrid derived from Selenipedium caudatum var. Warscewiczii and S. (hybridum) conchiferum, the former being the seed parent. It is tolerably 
intermediate in character, though the general habit of the plant, especially in the leaves and bracts, strongly resembles that of the mother plant. The flowers 
point somewhat in the same direction, though the petals do not attain to nearly so great a length. Ovary 4 inches long. Dorsal sepal 43% to § inches long, 
the lower pair 314 to 4 inches long, light ochre with yellowish-brown nerves. Petals 9 to 10% inches long, yellowish on basal part, rosy-red on centre and 
apex. Lip 2 to 214 inches long, about intermediate in shape and colour. Staminode also intermediate. 
SELENIPEDIUM (hybridum) NITIDISSIMUM, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron,, July 7, 1888, p. 6, in note. 
CyYPRIPEDIUM (hybridum) NrTrIpIssimuM, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron,, July 7, 1888, p. 6. gu 
This superb Selenipedium was raised in the collection of Norman C. Cookson, Esq., of Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, between S, caudatum Warscewiczii 
and S. (hybridum) conchiferum ; and, as the last-named was itself raised from S. caricinum and S. Roezlii, it will be seen that three species are involved in the 
parentage of the present plant. It has been compared with S. (hybridum) grande, raised between S. Roezlii and S. caudatum, to which it bears a general 
resemblance and agrees well in size. The leaf, however, is narrower ; the dorsal sepal, as well as the united lateral pair, longer ; the petals broader ; and the 
lip narrower ; to say nothing of a variety of differences in the colour. of the flower, all of which are easily explained by the different parentage. The present 
hybrid has one-fourth blood derived from S. caricinum, which is absent from S, grande, and a correspondingly smaller amount derived from S. Roezlii, hence 
the differences are easily accounted for, R.A. Rolfe. 
Icones analytic. Labellum. Columna fronte et a latere visa. 
THis acquisition has been obtained by the skill of Norman C. Cookson, Esq., of Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, and was 
the result of intercrossing Selenipedium caudatum roseum with the pollen of S. conchiferum (the latter a hybrid raised by 
AOR Bowring, Esq., of Forest Farm, Windsor Forest, by crossing S. caricinum with the pollen of S. Roezlii) ; we have 
no hesitation in awarding the highest honours possible to this noble production. There is no better in the section to 
which it belongs, and the committee of the R.H.S. have accorded the plant a First-class certificate—an award which is 
fully merited. It has bold, handsome, arching green leaves, and is very easily grown and soon makes a handsome 
specimen plant, but it is never coarse. The flower spikes are freely produced, and carry as many as five of its magnifi- 
cent blooms on a single inflorescence. Very few plants are in cultivation, only a small number having been raised, 
and we have had from Mr. Cookson the whole stock to dispose of. A plant recently sold by us to R. H. Measures, 
Esq., is now in bloom for the third time, and it is much finer than it has ever before been. We are confident that 
when this superb hybrid Selenipedium is better known it will be a universal favourite. 
Our plate was taken from a plant in the collection of R. H. Measures, Esq., Streatham, near London, 
MASDEVALLIA ROLFEANA N. SP. Kvranzlin. 
Tubo subcompresso infra ante basin constricto, sepalo dorsali triangulo extus carinato in caudam ipso ter longiorem porrectam elongato, lateralibus 
subobliquis oblongis obsolete carinatis sensim in caudas intermedia breviores ipsis sesquilongiores revolutas protractis ; tepalis minutis oblongis (fere 
linearibus) antice retusis ; labello equilongo oblongo obtuso articulato basi subcordato ; gynostemio aquilongo, androclinio postice denticulato, anthera 
minutissime verruculosa. 
Folia oblonga in petiolum angustata, crassissima, apice tridentata (apiculo minutissimo lateralibus majoribus interposito), 3 uncias longa. Pedunculus 
uniflorus, brevissimus, semiunciam longus, rarius longior. Bractea spathacea dimidium pedunculi proprii equans. Ovarium brevissimum, tres lineas longum. 
Tubus semiunciam longus, sepala tres partes quartarum uncie longa ; sine caudis, cauda sepali dorsalis sesquiunciam longa, lateralium paulo longiores 
quam unciam unam. Tepala, labellum, gynostemium duas lineas et dimidium ad tres lineas longa. Perigonium extus castaneo-fuscum basin versus intense 
sulphureum, caude basi luteo-viridescentes ceterum luteze, tepala fusca, labellum dilute-purpureum maculis purpureis decoratum. 
Tuts new Masdevallia was introduced by Mr. Sander, with whom it flowered in the month of July, 1890. The colour 
is a rich deep chestnut brown; the three tails are yellowish green at the base and bright yellow at end; the petals are 
dark, except the borders—these are whitish; the lip is very small, light rose, with little blotches of the same colour. 
The size of the flower is that of Masdevallia Schlimii, with longer tails. The scape is very short ; it bears on a short 
peduncle a single flower. The leaf is three inches long ; it is very stiff, and of an unusual thickness. The top of the 
leaf is three-pointed, the end of the middle rib forming the division. This is a peculiar feature in this new species. 
The native country is Peru. Kranzlin. 
