Then comes L. Dowiana Enpr. & Reus. F., from Costa Rica, which has smaller 
flowers and a narrower lip, but very similar colours. L. xytriophora LinDEN 
& Reus. F., well figured at t. 131 of the Refugium Bolanicum, is a native of 
Ecuador, and very closely allied, though separated by certain botanical details. 
L. lasioglossa Rens. F., the species here figured, is readily distinguished by its 
hairy lip, though very similar in other respects. L. Schilleriana Reus. F., also 
well figured at t. 134 of the Refugium Botanicum, is always easily distinguished 
by its very long sepals. It also appears to be rather widely diffused, having been 
met with in Surinam, Brazil and New Granada. There are also two or three 
others rather nearly allied, though perhaps not easily confounded with the ones 
just mentioned. 
The plant here figured has flowered with M. A. Van Imscuoor, a well-known 
Belgian amateur, who obtained for it a first-class Certificate of Merit at a meeting 
of L’OrcHIDEENNE, of Brussels, on September 13 last. 
R. A. Roe. 
CATTLEYA ALEXANDRAE Linn. — The collectors of L’HorticuLTure 
INTERNATIONALE announce the discovery of a new and most striking Cattleya. 
We have dedicated it to H. R. H. the Princess of Wales, paying this 
homage to an illustrious patroness of horticulture, to the Princess with whose 
sorrow England and the whole world respectfully sympathize at the. present 
time under her painful bereavement, and also to the great country in which 
horticulture, and especially Orchid culture, is so deservedly patronised, and to 
which we are indebted for the kind welcome given to our efforts in the cause 
of general knowledge and progress. 
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