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between it and the column, which appear as if speciaJly constructed for this’ 
purpose. The bucket contains a great number of juicy hairs, which are’ 
probably nibbled by bees, as in other Orchids; but our native bees did not. 
seem to understand how to get to work. Presently, therefore, they tried to’ 
return by the way they came. They could not, however, fly straight out, as 
the opening of the bucket itself was too narrow for them to spread their 
wings. They, therefore, had to crawl out; and as soon as ever they crawled 
over the edge, they came upon the highly-polished surface, upon which they 
could get no grip. Sometimes they hung by their hind legs for a time; but: 
usually they slipped down at once, slid down the cage and out at the mouth. 
It was quite ludicrous to see the way in which the bees ‘ tobogganed ’ down’ 
inside the cage; they mostly fell upon the table before they realised what 
had happened.’ 
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SEEDS OF: THE: MARSH’ ORCHIDS: 
T the meeting of the Linnean Society held at Burlington House, 
London, June 2tst, 1923, Mr. T. A. Dymes spoke upon the Seeds of 
the Marsh Orchids, with lantern slides, coloured drawings by Mrs. Godfery, 
and living plants. He stated that the Marsh Orchids fall into two groups: 
(t) Maculatze, and (2) Latifolia. In the first group belong (a) maculata, 
L.= Fuchsii, Druce; (6) ericetorum, Lint. = pracox, Webst.; and (c) 
O’Kellyi, Druce; to the second (a) pretermissa, Druce; (6) incarnata, L. + 
(c) purpurella, Steph. patr. et fil. 
The seeds of these groups are separable by their testal cells. Maculate 
have the testal cells sculptured ; the Latifoliz not. Further distinctions 
are, in Maculatz, maculata, L., apex and testa curved and pointed, coils 
loose ; ericetorum, Lint., kernel about one-third larger than in the other 
two; O’Kellyi, Druce, long straight seed, not much dilated above the 
kernel ; incarnata, L., seed much shorter and broader than the last, mesh 
and testa smaller: purpurella, Steph., smallest, testa indented above the 
kernel and tapering, mesh small. 
Seeds even from the same plant may vary greatly. There is a form, 
Orchis majalis, Reich., with uniform seeds. All questions connected with 
the foregoing forms can only be solved by systematic cultivation. Colonel 
Godiery gave an account of the occurrence of certain of these forms abroad, 
especially in the case of those which did not grow associated with allied 
orms., 
ZYGOCOLAX LEOPARDINUS.—This hybrid between Zygopetalum maxillare 
and Colax jugosus first flowered in 1886, when it was described from a 
plant raised by Seden for Messrs. Veitch. 
