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Jan.-FEep., 1919.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 35 
THE R. H. S. JouRNAL.—Regret is expressed as to the unavoidable 
delay which has attended the publication of the Society’s JOURNAL during 
the year—delay due entirely to the three-told causes of depletion of staff, 
extreme shortage of paper, and the difficulties which have attended the 
printing trade all over'the country. It is confidently hoped that the present 
year may see a great improvement in these respects. 
British Orcuips.—In the items of Special Expenditure for the year 
occurs an item, Paintings of British Orchids, £56 tos. 4d. 
The Society’s numerical position has greatly improved during the year, 
the number of new Fellows elected bzing 1146, and the losses by deaths 
and resignations 345, leaving an increase of Sor, and a net increase of - 
income of {gtr 8s., which is highly satisfactory considering the abnormal 
circumstances. * 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 
meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on February 6th and 2oth 
and March 6th and 2zoth. The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits, 
are open to inspection from I to 4 p.m. 
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ABNORMAL CYPRIPEDIUMS.—A curiously abnormal Cypripedium is sent 
by Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans. It has three free sepals, most resembling 
the dorsal in shape, four petals, two staminodes, and four anthers, the 
pouch being absent, though there is one short additional segment of a 
nondescript character. It has all the characters of two flowers fused into 
one with supression of the lip. It is unnamed, but appears to belong to the 
C.’Leeanum group or some derivative of it. . 
Another curiosity comes from Mr. J. H. Lane, Brougham Hall Gardens, 
‘Penrith. It is a flower of the richly-coloured C. Harrisianum superbum 
with a double pouch, that is te say the basal part of the lip is single, but 
in front of this there is a division, and there are two perfect pouches placed 
side by side. It is probably only an accidental freak. 
A very curious flower of Cypripedium triumphans has 
Its most obvious characteristic is the absence of the lip bee 
between the two petals, but these are connected with other significant 
abnormalities. For example, the place of the lipis taken bya stout tubercle, 
a quarter of an inch long and of column-like texture, and bearing a few 
hairs similar to those of the column, while the usual stigma 1s broken up 
into three, somewhat unequally developed, but thus restoring the original 
Humber. The petals are curious. The one on the left is scarcely a es 
‘a8 broad as usual, but fleshy and of lip-like texture, while the opposite one © 
is strongly sagittate at the base on the upper side, while above the middle 
appeared at Kew. 
and the diversity 
