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A. Clowesii. The locality given, however, “ Sierra Maestre, Cuba ”, as pointed out 
by Linptey, is probably a mistake, and has arisen by some accidental confusion of 
tickets. Scutim, however, collected A. uniflora in the province of Ocana, in New 
Granada, at an altitude of 1550 metres, in August 1851. It is labelled * A. virgi- 
nalis, fl. blanc pur”, but this is only a variety of the same species. WarsceEwIcz 
also met with it at the sources of the Maranon, in North Peru, and at Quindios, 
in the province of Tolima, in New Granada, from which latter source was obtained 
the plant figured in the Botanical Magazine. There is also a specimen in LINDLEY’s 
Herbarium sent by Jamison, probably from the neighbourhood of Quito; it 
is labelled “ Forests of the Andes at 7000 feet elevation ”. We have therefore 
evidence that the species is diffused along the Andes from southern Peru to the 
north of New Granada, and possibly into Venezuela, for it was near Merida that 
M. Linven’s dried specimens of A. Clowesii were obtained, and a batch of living 
plants sent home by M. Linpen contained all the three species of Anguloa. 
For just half a century nothing seems to have been known about the genus 
beyond that contained in the original description, but in March 1844 a second 
species, A. Clowesii, appeared. In describing it Lindley remarked: “ At last a 
genuine species of the genus Anguloa, which has hitherto puzzled every one, has 
made its appearance in the collection of the Rev. J. Clowes, of Broughton Hall, 
near Manchester, who obtained it from LinpEn’s Columbian collections. ” In the 
following month the long lost A. uniflora flowered with Mr Barker, of Birmingham, 
and later in the same year a third species, A. Ruckeri LinDt., blossomed with 
Mr Rucker, of Wandsworth. All three were obtained from M. LinpEn’s discoveries 
and it is somewhat singular that after the lapse of nearly another halfa century no 
additional species should have been discovered. It is true that two or three others 
have been described, but they have proved to be nothing but varieties of the older 
species. Two other forms, however, are of considerable interest, namely A. X media 
Reus. Fr. and A. X dubia Reus. Fr. The first named is an artificial hybrid 
between A. Clowes and A. Ruckeri (which by an oversight I described again as 
A. X intermedia), and singularly enough it has since appeared as a natural hybrid 
with imported plants. The second is a supposed natural hybrid between A. Clowesii 
and A. uniflora, which I have never seen. The other possible combination, 
A. uniflora with A. Ruckert, does not appear to have been yet heard of. 
The variety here figured chiefly differs in having the transverse rosy bars 
on the base of the lip more developed than usual, and a little more colour about 
the crest; it is dedicated, at M. L. Linpen’s request, it to M. TREvERAN, a well- 
known French lover of Orchids. 
R. A. Rore. 
