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under the name of Sc. Mrs. J. Ansaldo (O.R., xxvi. p- 89) will rank as a 
variety of Sc. Ramilles. 
SOPHROCATTLEYA SISTRON (5. grandiflora xX C. Adula) is a flower of 
an intense crimson shade, while the shape of the lip, with its small rounded 
side lobes, recalls the pollen parent. Mr. Thwaites remarks that it is from 
a tiny plant, with a pseudobulb only 24 inches high, and that the flower is 
of a lovely colour. 
SOPHROCATL&LIA SOUVENIR (S. grandiflora .x Le. Ballii) is a charm- 
ing little thing, the scape bearing two flowers, of a nearly uniform light 
cherry red, most like the Sophronitis in shape, and with a few yellow lines 
on the disc of the lip. This also is from a very: small plant which has not 
nearly reached its full development. 
ROLFEARA RUBESCENS (Sophrocattleya Blackii x Brassocattleya Lee- 
maniz).—This is a novel and interesting hybrid, which combines the 
characters of three genera, Brassavola, Cattleya and Sophronitis, and thus 
comes under the R.H.S. rule for naming multigeneric hybrids. Mr. Thwaites 
therefore desires that it should bear the name of Rolfeara, in recognition of 
the Editor’s long services to Orchidology. The flower shows unmistakably 
the Brassavola shape, and there is a trace remaining of the fringe of the lip. 
The colour of the sepals and petals may be described as salmon-rose, with 
a somewhat darker lip, on the disc of which are traces of the characteristic 
yellow veining of Cattleya Dowiana aurea. The flower arrived in advance 
‘of the letter, and we immediately detected the influence of the three 
species Brassavola Digbyana, Cattleya Dowiana, and Sophronitis grandiflora 
but, of course, could not tell in what way they were combined. The 
history shows that Cattleya Dowiana aurea comes in through both sides of , 
the ancestry. Mr. Thwaites remarks that the Brassocattleya Leemanize 
used is a particularly fine one, probably due to selection of the Brassavola 
parent, in which the tawny colour sometimes seen was entirely absent. Be, 
_ Leemanie has also been used as the pollen parent with the following 
Sophrocattleyas, Atreus var. gloriosa, Doris, Dorilla, Saxa, Thwaitesiz, 
and Wellesley, and the seedlings are expected to bloom shortly. He 
adds: ‘‘ We have been unable to get a pod to set on Brassavola itself or on 
the primary Brassavola hybrids. Even when the pod is on the Sophronitis 
side, the seed is very difficult to raise, and although I have plants of a 
number of varieties, generally speaking, there are oniy a few of each cross.” 
While dealing with the group we may mention another hybrid which 
has inadvertently received a second name. Sophrocatlelia Rafaelie (SI. 
Psyche X C. Rafaeliz) flowered with Mr. Thwaites, in February, 1918, 
and was described in O.R., xxvi. p. 59. The one shortly afterwards 
exhibited by Messrs. Flory & Black as Scl. Beta (O.R., xxvi. p. 9) will 
rank as a variety of Scl. Rafaeliz. 
