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on its middle: line is the same, but there are fewer asperities. The chin 
would appear to be shorter. It is a discovery of Colonel Emeric J. 
‘Berkeley, whose name it justly bears.”’ 
A fine specimen was sent to Kew in October, 1882, and a letter explains 
that he brought the plant from the Andaman Islands, and that the locality 
could be stated without objection. Reichenbach’s plant, it is added, must 
have come from Dr. Heine, to whom plants had been sent about twelve 
months earlier. Of this variety Major-General Berkeley wrote :— 
‘For perfection of form the variety found in the Andamans is much the 
best. This plant, sent home by me for the first time about 1881, was 
described by the late Prof. Reichenbach in the Gardeners’ Chronicle as 
variety Berkeleyi. I first found this fine variety in great abundance at 
Casuarina Bay, South Andaman. The shape of the flower is more like 
that of D. infundibulum, the sepals and petals being in a perfect whorl and 
not with lax petals, as in the common Moulmein plant. This perfection of 
form adds great beauty to the plant, which is also distinguished by the 
exceedingly rich colour in the throat, at the base of the lip, which varies 
- from rich orange to the brightest red. This variety is widely distributed 
throughout the group of islands composing the Andamans, and appears to 
like the sea air, as I have frequently found it growing on mangrove trees 
on the sea coast, unapproachable at high tide.” 
D. FORMOSUM VAR. SULPHURATUM.—One other variety remains to be 
noticed, which was described by Reichenbach in 1882 (Gard. Chron., 1882, 
li. p. 437), as follows: ‘“‘ Dendrobium formosum var. sulphuratum, Hook.— 
An elegant variety. The front of the lip, in lieu of being of the richest 
orange colour, shows a very clear sulphur yellow. ‘It is the only plant 
seen by our collector in Upper Burma,’ is the remark of Messrs. Heath & 
Son, Exotic Nurseries, Cheltenham, when sending to me a couple of giant 
flowers.” The reference to ‘‘ Hooker” is not clear, but there is an 
unlocalised drawing in the Kew collection with a sulphur yellow disc to the 
lip which represents a similar colour variation. 
ORcHID SaLes.—On October oth Messrs. Protheroe & Morris held their 
first sale of Orchids for the winter season at their Central Sale Rooms- 
The Catalogue included a good selection of showy species of Orchids from 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, and hybrids from the St. Albans and other firms: 
There was a good attendance of Orchidists, and though prices ruled low 4 
fair amount of business was done. ‘The great attraction of these sales is 
the fine and varied show of Orchids in bloom, both hybrids and species: 
On this occasion there was a good display of Cattleyas, Lzeliocattleyas; and 
Odontoglossums, but the most effective plants were some finely flowered 
specimens of the old Odontoglossum grande.—Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
