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gemmiparous, the name gemmipara being solely founded on a_ mis- 
apprehension of Drummond’s ambiguous statement. 
Reichenbach’s figure of S. gemmipara (Icones xtit. t. cccclxxvit.) isan un- 
coloured copy of E.B.S. 2, t. 2786, which Mr. Turrill tells me was made from 
FIG, 2, SPIRANTHES ROMANZOFFIANA (From The Garden.) 
a dried specimen, and is very misleading, whilst the analyses are totally in- 
accurate and worthless. Reichenbach wrote his diagnosis from this figure, and 
it is not surprising that he doubted whether it belonged to the — venus. 
FERTILISATION._-S. Romanzoffiana is entirely dependent on insects for 
10 has grown it for seven years at 
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pollination. Mr. St. Quintin, w 
Scampston Hall, York, in a cool house with open windows, putting the 
