i 34 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



A fine inflorescence of Chysis bractescens is sent from the collectio 

 T. Stutter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, by Mr. Johnson, bearing eigl 

 its chaste and beautiful white flowers. 



A good Odontoglossum crispum roseum is sent from the collectio 

 Mrs. Hollond, Wonham, Bampton, Devon, together with a pretty 

 form of O. X Andersonianum. 



CYMBIDIUM x BALLIANUM. 

 At a meeting of the Manchester Orchid Society held on April 27th, 1899, a 

 First-class Certificate was given to the above, which was exhibited by 

 G. Shorland Ball, Esq., Ashford, Wilmslow. It was noted as " a distinct 

 and handsome Cymbidium, with a three-flowered inflorescence, the colour 

 being ivory-white with a deep yellow crest. It is said to have been imported 

 with C. eburneum, and it is suggested that it may be a natural hybrid from 

 it and some other species " (Orch. Rev., vii., p. 154). The doubtful point 

 involved was never cleared up, but now another plant has appeared, in the 

 establishment of Messrs. F. Sander & Co., at St. Albans, and a careful 

 examination shows that it is intermediate between C. eburneum and C. 

 Mastersii, which suggests the probability that somewhere the two species 

 grow more or less intermixed. According to King and Pantling, in their 

 Orchids of the Sikkim Himalaya, C. eburneum grows at lower elevations 

 C. Mastersii, the former being noted as common between elevations 

 000 and 3,000 feet, and the latter occurring at elevations of from 5,000 

 doo feet. They also occur in the Khasia hills, the elevation of the 

 er being noted as 3,000 to 4,000 feet, and of the latter 5,000 to 6,000 

 but Gustav Mann, who collected both species there, indicates the 

 er as occurring at from 4,000 to 5,000 feet, which would suggest that 

 Lreas of the two practically overlap, and it is evident that our know- 

 ledge of the subject is not complete at present. The new form is 

 unmistakably intermediate, having a longer scape than C. eburneum, and 

 smaller flowers with narrower segments. The sepals and petals are z\ to 2 3 

 inches long by 5 to 8 lines broad, and more acute than in C. eburneum, 

 while their colour is ivory-white, slightly tinged with pink towards the base 

 of the sepals. The lip is narrower than in C. eburneum, nearly entire, 

 somewhat undulate, and the crest very deep yellow, with a sulphur yellow 

 band along the centre, and a broad yellow band in front of the crest, which 

 is slightly tinged with dusky purple. The face of the column is pink, 

 becoming deep yellow at the base. C. Mastersii, sometimes known as C 

 affine, is not common in cultivation, but those who have it should make the 

 cross with C. eburneum, and let us know the result, for Cymbidiums are 

 easily raised, and it would be interesting to have the matter proved. R. A.R- 



