106 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (APRIL, 1922. 
Localised as these Cymbidiums were in their native habitat, many of 
the plants from the same district may have developed similar characteristics, 
as naturally their requirements would be more or less similar, and there yet 
remains the hypothesis of a distinct, undiscovered, and possibly strongly 
characterized species. Whatever it may be, C. roseum remains a most 
pleasing addition to the Cymbidium house, being »floriferous and _ easily 
grown. : 
At Frant Court were several well-grown examples of Cymbidium 
Pauwelsii (Lowianum X Sanderi), carrying up to twenty-five flowers on 
bold well-developed spikes. Though in Pauwelsii, up to the present, no 
outstanding colour form has appeared, no two varieties are quite alike. 
Always the bright lip colour, derived from Lowianum, is present, but the 
sepals and petals show innumerable gradations from red-brown to ochreous 
yellow. 
Cymbidium Gottianum Frant Court var. well deserves its varietal name. 
The brighter tints of the flowers, and their number, ten on the spike, give it 
prominence to other Gottianums. | Well-balanced and typical of the hybrid 
in size and shape, the segments are more deeply fiushed than in the type, 
and the labellum is far more highly coloured. Bright red, occasionally 
broken and always margined with white, extends to the apices of the side 
lobes, while a central median line and a few dots of the same colour orna- 
‘ment the front lobe. The rose lines present on the lateral divisions of the 
lip are in this form strongly exaggerated, both in number and colour. 
Although C. Gottianum (eburneum x Sanderi) usually bears but three to 
five flowers on a spike, the individual blooms are among the largest of the 
genus, and are always admired on account of their wax-like purity. A good 
typical plant was fortunately with the Frant Court variety for comparison, 
and it is to be hoped that the taller spikes and greater number of flowers 
produced by the latter will yet be developed in other varieties of this 
handsome hybrid. BAG, 
CyPRIPEDIUM VILLOSUM.—This well-known species was first discovered 
-by Thos. Lobb, on the mountains near Moulmein, at 4-5,o00 ft. elevation, 
and introduced by Messrs, Veitch in 1853. Subsequently, in the same 
‘region it was found by the Rev. C. Parish, who has stated that it is never 
found below 4,000 ft. elevation. Farther North, near Tongu, it has been 
found growing in large masses in moss and decaying vegetable matter high 
up on the branches of trees. The variety Boxallii, sometimes regarded as 
a distinct species, was introduced by Messrs. Low & Co. in 1877, through 
the collector whose name it bears. It differs from the type in having the 
central area of the dorsal sepal covered with numerous blackish spots that 
are more or less confluent in the middle and towards the base. 
