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a hybrid between L. flava and cinnabarina. I took it for a form of the 
latter, and did not note the colour, but now I see that the lip is still more 
like Cowani. The plant is said to have borne six spikes, and others from 
the same collection are said to have been similar. A month later, Messrs. 
Linden, of Brussels, sent a flower from a plant said to have been found 
among cinnabarina, which was typical L. flava. In March, 1894, a plant 
flowered in the collection of Lord Rothschild, Tring Park, which had been 
imported with L. flava, and was thought to be a scarlet form of it, though I 
placed it as a form of L. cinnabarina. A year later, it was exhibited under 
the name of L. flava aurantiaca, and received an Award of Merit from the 
R.H.S. (O. Rev., iii., p. 159.) | Lastly may be mentioned a plant from the 
collection of Walter Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells, which is 
grown under the name-of Lelia harpophylla var. dulcotensis, and is said 
to have the true harpophylla habit, though the flowers are orange- 
coloured, a marked deviation from the type. L. flava and L. cinnabarina 
are known to be natives of the Brazilian province of Minas Geraes, but the 
precise habitat of L. harpophylla seems to be in doubt. Two localities are 
indicated with a “‘?” on Messrs. Veitch’s map, and the most probable one 
is near where the other two occur. The foregoing notes, at all events, 
suggest that some of them grow intermixed, and it would be interesting to 
have more exact evidence on the subject. There is, at least, a suspicion 
that natural hybrids may occur, but they seldom appear in quantity as 
L. Cowani has done, and at present we must consider the latter as an 
imperfectly-known local form. c.f 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society was 
held at the Drill Hall, James Street, Westminster, on March 13th, when 
Orchids were again well represented. The members of the Orchid 
Committee present were :—J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), and 
Messrs. H. Ballantine, H. J. Chapman, N. C. Cookson, De B. Crawshay, 
J. Douglas, J. T. Gabriel, E. Hill, H. Little, H. T. Pitt, J. W. Potter, 
F. Sander, H. A. Tracy, W. H. White, W. H. Young, and J. O’Brien 
(hon. SEc.). 
_ T.B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch, Reigate (gr- : § j 
splendid group of hybrid Dendrobiums, in which D. x Ainsworthii and _ 
hybrids were represented by numerous well-grown and finely-flowere 
€xamples. Among other good hybrids a finely flowered example of D. X 
Schniederianum was conspicuous. A Silver Flora Medal was awarded to 
he group. 
Mr. Salter), staged a 
