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C. CERES, 2V". E. Brown. — A hybrid obtained by Mr. J. Keeling, gardener to 

 Drewitt 0. Drewitt, Esq., of Riding Mill-on-Tyne. It is the result of a cross 

 between C. Spicerianum and C. hinutissimum. " The leaves are intermediate in 

 breadth between the two parents, moderately dark green with very faint traces 

 of darker irregular transverse bars, and scarcely shining, the underside is dull 

 green clouded with purple at the very base ; the scape is purple-brown and 

 hairy ; upper sepal similar to that of C. Spicerianum in shape, but not arching 

 forward quite so much ; the base is green, densely dusted with purple-brown ; 

 the upper two-thirds is white, faintly tinged with rosy purple, and dotted in 

 the lower part, especially on the nerves, with bright dark purple, and with a, 

 broad middle line of the same colour ; the back is rosy-purple, with rather 

 darker nerves, and a moderately broad white border ; the lower sepal is oblong- 

 ovate, and similar to that of C. hirsutissimum, but flatter, with recurving 

 margins ; pale green, with two purple-brown nerves on the inner face ; botli 

 sepals are pubescent ; the petals are almost identical with those of G. hirsutissi- 

 mum, in form and colour ; the lip is also like that of C. hirsutissimum, but 

 rather broader, and the sides of the basal part are not inflexed so much, but are 

 more so as in C. Spiceriamum; the colour is brownish around the mouth, shading 

 into purple at the apex; the staminode is quadrate and slightly undulate, but 

 much less so than in G. Spicerianum, bright purple, with a whitish centre and 

 narroTy whitish border; it is shining and has a few hairs at the base" 

 (N. B. Brown, in Gardeners' Ghronicle, 3rd ser., 1891, ix. p. 360). — Garden hybrid. 



C. CHAMBERLAINIANUM, O'Brien.— A beautiful and distinct novelty intro- 

 duced in 1892 by Messrs. Sander & Co., of St. Albans. It appears to be quite 

 different from every other section of Gypripedium, and comes from a hitherto 

 unexplored district in New Guinea. "The plant is robust, and resembles a 

 giant of G. Spicerianum, or it might easily be taken for a large Angraecum 

 pellucidum, so distinct is its growth from that of any other species. From the 

 evidence of the dried spikes sent over by the collector, and those which opened 

 immediately after their arrival, it is seen that native specimens have spikes 

 showing from twelve to twenty or even more flowers [flower seats?] on a 

 spike, each flower springing from a stout and ornamental bract. The flowers 

 themselves may be likened in colour to those of G. superbiens or C. Morganiae, 

 but in their botanical features there is nothing to compare them with; the 

 dorsal sepal is yellowish-white, with six rosy-purple lines, three on each side 

 of the mid-rib, and the base of the sepal has a profusion of rosy-purple spots ; 

 the lower sepal is similar to the upper, but smaller ; and a very peculiar feature 

 in both is, that they are strongly pubescent or hairy on the backs ; the petals 

 are spreading, curled and twisted, and beautifully spotted with crimson, the 

 margins undulated, and furnished with white hairs at the edges ; the labellum 

 or pouch is white, beautifully and densely spotted with rose colour on the 

 lower portion ; altogether it is a charming plant, and well worthy to bear the 

 name of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., to whom Messrs. Sander 

 have requested it to be dedicated" (J. O'Brien, in Gardeners' Chronicle, 3rd 

 ser., 1892, xi. p. 224).— New Guinea. 



Fig.— Journ. of Hort., 1892, xxiv. p. 294, f. 49 ; Gard. Chron., 3rd ser., 1892, xi ii 241 

 f. 84; Revuo JioTt., 1892, p. 104, f. 27, p. 105, f. 28; Id., 1893, p. 141 (plate);' The 

 Garden, 1893, xliii. p. 304 ; Bevue liort. Beige, 1893, p. 142. 



