THE ORCHID REVIEW. 49 
PAPHIOPEDILUM x HITCHINSIA. 
WE are now able to give a figure of the charming little Paphiopedilum x 
Hitchinsiz, which was described at page 335 ofour last volume. It is hardly 
necessary to repeat the information so recently given, but we may add 
that the intermediate character of the hybrid is very apparent from the 
picture. The horizontal petals, with their markings, strongly recall P. 
Charlesworthii, the pollen parent, and its modifying influence is also seen 
in the dorsal sepal, lip, and staminode, all of which show a marked 
departure from the character of P. insigne. It appears to have inherited a 
Fic. 7. PAPHIOPEDILUM X HITCHINSI#. 
8°0d constitution from the latter. As previously remarked, it 1s best 
‘omparable with P. x Leeanum, and, if at present not quite so large a: 
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that, the flatter dorsal sepal is an improvement. We have since learnt that 
the seedlings were originally raised in the collection of the late Major 
Genera] oS: Berkeley. We also find that the hybrid has previously 
flowered, having been raised by M. Duval from the same two species, and 
described as Cypripedium x Elmireanum (Le Jardin, 1899, p- 303). This 
fact was overlooked when our description appeared, but of course we adopt 
the earliest mame under the correct genus. A considerable amount of 
