Sert.-OcT., 1918.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 193 
CIRRHOPETALUM PULCHRUM VAR, CLIFTONII. Se 
es 
Bi 
HE rare Cirrhopetalum here figuredisa plant which received a First- 
class Certificate from the R.H.S. in August, 1909, when exhibited by 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath. It is a handsome thing, 
and isch aracterised by the flowers being copiously blotched with rose on a 
pale cream ground. Its origin does nct appear to have been recorded, but 
AR. CLIFTONII. 
Fig. 22. CIRRHOPETALUM PULCHRUM Vs 
-, typical C. pulchrum is a native of Halmahera, or Gilolo, a large island 
: the Moluccan group, whence it was introduced by Messrs. Linden, 
Ny ee Over thirty years ago. It was described and figured in 1886 (N.E, 
rein IU, Hort.. In the original form the dorsal sepal 
XXXIll. p. 139, t. 608). 
rose colour. C. 
and petal. ‘ + 
pul ee are shown of a more nearly uniform dark 
ich Fae : . ee . 
fum 1s said to be allied to C. elegans, Teljsm. & Binn., a 
f the Molucc 1862 (Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind, 
lso a native 
as, which was described in 
