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nitens and its variety Sallieri, P. x J. Howes, a form of P. insigne with 
very large blotches, the handsome P. xX Madame Jules Hye, P. x Ceres 
var. Fascinator, which combines the characters of P. Spicerianum and 
P. hirsutissimum in the most charming way, and the richly coloured P. X 
calloso-barbatum. A seedling from P. Spicerianum ? X Sallieri Hyeanum 
g bears a considerable resemblance to P. X Lathamianum, but is appar- 
ently not yet fully developed. 
A good flower of the chaste and beautiful Dendrobium Wardianum 
candidum is sent from the collection of H. Cary Batten, Esq., Abbots’ 
Leigh, Bristol. The sepals, petals and front of the lip are pure white, and 
the disc orange-yellow, without any trace of the maroon spots found in the 
typical form of the species. A flower of the pretty Cattleya Triane 
delicata is also enclosed. 
MASDEVALLIA XANTHINA VAR. ALBIDA. 
MASDEVALLIA XANTHINA, according to Consul Lehmann (Woolw. Masd., t- 
82) is a widely diffused and variable species, ranging over a geographical 
area of at least’ six hundred miles from North to South, indeed he remarks 
that “of all known species of Masdevallia, M. xanthina has the most 
extensive geographical distribution.” It is found in very numerous localities 
in the states of Columbia and Ecuador, growing near the ground on the 
trunks of oaks and other trees, in dense and very damp woods, at an 
elevation of about 5800 to 8100 feet, flowering in October and November. 
The common yellow form known in cultivation comes from Antioquia. 
Further South, in the province of Cauca, the flowers become ‘larger and 
paler in colour, var. pallida, Lehm. (figured from Lehmann’s drawing in 
Woolw. Masd., t. 82, fig. 7). He further remarks that ‘in plants growing 
on the volcano of Sotara and at Paisbamba, near Popayan, the flowers are 
nearly pure white, and have not the purple spot-.at the base of the lateral 
sepals which is a constant feature in the flowers from all other localities.” 
This form he appears to have succeeded in sending home alive, for a plant 
received from him has now bloomed at Glasnevin, which has pale yellowish 
white flowers, slightly yellower at the base, but without any trace of purple, 
in which latter respect they chiefly differ from the variety pallida, which 
does not yet appear to be in cultivation. Owing to its very different colour, 
the new form looks distinct from M. xanthina, but we may adopt the view 
that it is only a variety of it. 
R. A. ROLFE. 
‘Since this note was written, the plant has been described under the 
above name by Mr. J. O’Brien—Gard. C hron., 1900, XXVii, Pp. 33+. , 
