106 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ May, 1g9tj- 
Venezuela, between Porto Cabella and Cape Codera, whence it has long 
been imported in quantity. It first flowered in this country in the 
collection of Mrs. Moss, Otterspool, near Liverpool in 1839, when it was 
figured and described as Cattleya Mossia in the Botanical Magazine 
(t. 3669), being dedicated to Mrs. Moss. Lindley afterwards regarded it as 
a variety of C. labiata, a view, however, which is no longer current. C. 
Mossiz is well known as one of the most variable of Cattleyas as reyards 
colour, particularly in the extent and intensity of the purple of the front 
lobe of the lip, and the amount of yellow on the disc. A large number of 
varieties have received distinctive names, but they can hardly be regarded 
as more than individual variations. Of the white forms the most distinct 
are var. Wageneri, pure white, with a a yellow disc to the lip, and 
Reineckeana, with the addition of some rosy veining on the front lobe. 
CYMBIDIUM MADIDUM.—An inflorescence of a very distinct and 
interesting Cymbidium, which proves to be the Australian C. madidum, 
Lindl., has been sent from the collection of G. Hamilton-Smith, E'sqi; 
Northside, Leigh Woods, Bristol. Mr. Hamilton-Smith remarks: ‘ The 
history is that it was imported some years ago from Brazil, with an 
importation of Cattleya bicolor, and I have not the least doubt that the 
statement is correct, but, if so, how did it get there?” The latter remark 
is in allusion to the fact that the genus Cymbidium is not a native of the 
New World, and if the record is correct we can only suggest that the plant 
came from some garden there, for some Old World Orchids are cultivated 
in Brazil—it is hardly likely that the species is naturalised there. C. 
madidum has a rather confused history. It was described by Lindley in 
1840 (Bot. Reg., xxvi. Misc. D. 9), as a new species of East Indian 
Cymbidium imported by Messrs. Rollisson. For a long time nothing 
further seems to have been heard about it, but in 188g it was identified 
with the Australian C. albuczeflorum, F. Muell (Rolfe, in Garden Chron. 
1889, ii. p. 401), a species introduced to cultivation just previously. It was 
exhibited by G. C. Raphael, Englefield Green, ata meeting of the R.H.S. 
held in March, 1889. The plant having been sent to Mr. Raphael from 
Australia. It was exhibited without a name, but was subsequently 
identified (Gard. Chron., 1889, i. pp. 406, 587). I have since found a 
painting made by Mr. John Day, in June, 1884 (Orch. Draw., xliii. t. 31), 
with the record, ‘ Drawn at Mr. William Bull’s from a plant of his own 
importing from Queensland.” How he obtained the name is not clear, 
and it may possibly have been added afterwards. The species was also 
obtained from a friend in Australia by Major H.N. Chearnley, and there 
are dried specimens collected at Rockingham Bay, by Dallachy, and on 
Mt. Dryander, by Fitzalan. The name C. madidum is not included in 
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