THE ORCHID REVIEW. 77 
OBTUARY. 
THE MaArouis or Loruian.—The death of the Marquis of Lothian, 
which was recently announced, removes from us another enthusiastic 
amateur of the quaint and pretty genus, Masdevallia. His collection of 
these plants at Newbattle Abbey, Dalkeith, was very rich, and formed the 
basis of a fine monograph of the genus issued by him same time ago, 
illustrated by Miss Woodward, with geographical notes by Consul F. H. 
Lehmann. 
W. H. Lumspen.—Another well-known Orshinict passed away on 
January 7th, in the person of Mr. W. H, Lumsden, F.R.H.S., of Balmedie, 
Aberdeenshire. The deceased, who was in his 48th year, has been in 
failing health for some months, though he was only confined to his room 
between two and three weeks. Mr. Lumsden was the possessor of a fine 
collection of Orchids, which of late have been under the charge of Mr. G. W. 
Cummins, and we believe that it was in this collection that the first. hybrid 
of Paphipedilum Charlesworthii flowered something over a year ago. P. 
x Balmedianum, noted at page 10, was also raised in the collection. 
LALIA CRISPILABIA. 
Tuts rare little Lelia now seems to have been introduced in some quantity, 
by Messrs. John Cowan and Co., of Gateacre, and has flowered in the col- 
lection of Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool, and other collect- 
ions. It seems to have been first published in 1862, under the name of 
Bletia crispilabia (Xe. Orch., i1., p. 61), by Reichenbach, who informs us 
that it is the Lelia crispilabia of A. Richard’s Herbarium, and that it was 
supposed to have been collected in Mexico, by Galeotti, a statement which 
he scarcely credited. It was afterwards figured under the latter name by 
Warner, in his Select Orchidaceous Plants (ii. t. 6), where we learn that it is 
the Lelia Lawrenceana of English gardens, and that it had been grown by 
Mrs. Lawrence for several years, though nothing further could be added 
about its history. Messrs. Veitch reduced it to L. cinnabarina var, 
crispilabia (Man. Orch., ii., p. 63) adding that the plant has since been 
imported once by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., in very restricted numbers. 
It is now known to be a native of Brazil, and to be specifically distinct 
from L. cinnabarina, not ouly in having light purple flowers, but in various 
other details, and, if not showy, it is at all events a very interesting little 
plant. 
R.A. R. 
