May, 1917.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. Ill 
fresh air at all seasons. When in full growth it likes a fairly high tempera- 
ture, provided that air and moisture are also given. A warm Intermediate 
house is suitable to grow it in, and when at rest it should be exposed to all 
the light possible and kept dry. 
GENERAL REMARKS.—This is the busiest month in the whole year to the 
Orchid cultivator, who will, in many cases, find an incomplete staff to deal 
with it. Each one of us will feel it his duty to do whatever he can to carry 
on until the present strife is over and things resume their normal conditions. 
Continue to exercise the greatest diligence in the eradication of all pests 
which hinder us in the cultivation of the plants we love. Maintain a 
healthy and sweet atmosphere within the houses, apply water to all plants 
with discretion, and success will be the reward. 
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MEGACLINIUM ENDOTRACHYS, Krinzl.—Another species of Megaclinum 
has appeared in cultivation, a plant which has just flowered in the Royal - 
Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, proving to be M. endotrachys, Kranzl., which 
was described some twelve years ago (Engl. Jahrb., xxxvi. p. 115) from 
dried specimens collected at Grand Bassa, Liberia, by Dinklage. It was 
obtained under the name of M. velutinum, Lindl., a species which is quite 
distinct. M. endotrachys is an ally of M. falcatum, Lindl., but is distin- 
guished by its much longer, rather elongated rachis, and in certain details 
of floral structure. The pseudobulbs are oblong, 14 to 2 inches long, 
bearing two oblong leaves, somewhat narrowed below, and three to four 
inches long. The scape is ten to twelve inches long, the upper six inches 
forming the narrowly oblong rachis, on either side of which the flowers are 
borne at intervals of over half an inch. The dorsal sepal is elliptical- 
obovate, obtuse, with a thickened, somewhat recurved yellow margin, and 
some purple spots behind, while the acute lateral sepals are greenish with 
purple spots, and the clavate petals are yellow. The genus is entirely 
African, and numbers about forty species, several of which are known in 
cultivation. The species is remarkable for the broad, flattened rachis, on 
the side of which the flowers are borne in two ranks.— R.A.R. 
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MEGACLINIUM VELUTINUM, Lindl.—This species (which is mentioned 
in the preceding paragraph) seems to have been completely lost sight of. 
It was described by Lindley in 1847 (Bot. Reg., xxxiii. sub. t. 32), when the 
‘Nearly related to M. falcatum, from which its lateral 
sepals velvety inside distinguish it. The flowers are deep purple, as well as 
the rachis, except the upper sepals and petals which are dull yellow Messrs. 
Loddiges imported it from Cape Coast Castle.” The rachis is also nearly 
twice as broad asin M. falcatum. The original inflorescence and a coloured 
drawing of a flower are preserved in Dr. Lindley’s Herbariun.—R.A.R. 
author remarked : 
