182 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (JuLy-Aucust, 1918, 
The above very interesting note was elicited by an article and figure 
of L. brevispatha at p. 112. The plants mentioned have been the subject 
of much confusion. L. candida, Lindl. (Paxt. Fl. Gard., ii. pp. 37, 38, fig. 
I5I, 152) may be regarded as a form of L. brevispatha, Lindl., for Lindley, 
when figuring under the name of L. leucantha, Klotzsch, a Central 
American species that had been introduced by M. Warscewicz, remarked; 
“The first that blossomed, being quite white, received the provisional — 
name of L. candida, now superseded by that of leucantha, published, in 
December last, in the Allgemeine Zeitung, p. 402. But Klotzsch considered 
Lycaste as merely a section of Maxillaria, and the plant is not Maxillaria 
leucantha, Klotzsch (correctly understood above), but a form of M. 
brevispatha, Klotzsch, otherwise Lycaste brevispatha, Lindl. (Past. Fl. 
Gard., iii. p. 44). Lindley was wrong in identifying the plant with that 
of Klotzsch, as is shown by the specimen in his Herbarium, where also isa 
water-colour sketch showing a few red spots on the segments. Reichenbach 
adopted the specific name, candida, but brevispatha was published first, and 
is also not misleading. It may be interesting to add that three other Costa 
Rican Lycastes have been recorded, L. Dowiana, Endr. & Rchb. fae 
macrophylla, Lindl., and L. xytriophora, Linden & Rchb. f., though the 
two latter require confirmation. L. xytriophora is recorded by Hemsley as 
from ‘‘ Costa Rica (Carmiol),” which we are unable to verify. It is not 
mentioned in Sawnd. Refug. Bot., ii. t. 131, the only reference cited by him, : 
but we find there the note that “ L. macrophylla, Lindl., is a plant with an 
immense geographical range, from Costa Rica to New Grenada and 
Bolivia and Peru.” R.A.R 
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1) ieee of the Royal Horticultural Society, at the London Scottish 
Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminister, are fixed for July and, 
16th, and 30th, and for August 13th, and 27th. The Orchid Committe? 
meets at 11.45 a.m. The following meeting will be held on September roth. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. ie 
The meetings of the Manchester & North of England Orchid Society 
will be resumed, after the summer vacation, on September 5th. i 
Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to the inspection 
members and the public from 1 to 4 p.m. The following meeting 1S fix 
for September roth. 
It is with deep regret that we learn of the death, on June 1 
R. Hooper Pearson, for many years Managing Editor of the Gard — 
