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which flowered, its parents being Calanthe Masuca ¢ and C. furcata Ch 
and its raiser, Mr. Dominy. 
Calanthe X Veitchii (t. 5375), another of Mr. Dominy’s early hybrids 
descended from C. rosea ¢ and C. vestita g¢, and the forerunner of a 
beautiful race of autumn-flowering Orchids, of which it is still one of the 
most popular. It has since been found as a wild hybrid. 
Serapias x papilaceo-lingua (t. 6255), a handsome natural hybrid from 
the Mediterranean region, believed to be descended from Orchis papilio and 
Serapias lingua. 
were believed to be pure species at the time they were figured. It is not a 
little curious that one of the latter (Cattleya x Lindleyana) should have 
been carefully examined and described by Mr. Bateman, a man who could 
Cocoa-nut Bulbophyllum,” and after the name adds “ Bateman in litt.” 7g 
history is thus given :— A pretty little species of this extensive genus, im- 
ported by Messrs. Loddiges from Sierra Leone. It is related to B. recurvum, 
tetragonum, and the others in the neighbourhood, but is readily known by 
the pale, flesh-coloured flowers, the serrated petals, and the concave, short 
lip, delicately ciliated towards its base. It flowered at Hackney in January, 
1835, filling the house with the scent of a cocoa-nut, and I received it about 
the same time from Mr. Bateman.” This fragrance is very marked in the 
present example, but the sepals are not tinged with pink as in the plant 
figured. At the present day the species would be better characterized 
» received from Sierra Leone, is 
but the present one must be described 
as very light green. A plant received from Liberia also flowered at 
Glasnevin in 1893. 
R, A. R, 
