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Lowianum concolor with five spikes was conspicuous, together with Laelia 

 purpurata, Odontoglossum X Adrians, O. crispum, Cattleyas, Miltonias, 

 Cypripediums, &c. 



M. Fl. Claes, Etterbeek, Brussels, sent a choice little group of Odonto- 

 glossums, consisting mostly of imported O. X Adrianse and spotted forms 

 of O. crispum, of which one called O. c. etterbeekensis, was remarkable for 

 its light yellow segments prettily spotted with brown. 



Messrs. Janssens & Putys, Antwerp, showed a pretty little group, 

 containing Cattleya Mendelii, C. intermedia Parthenia, Odontoglossum 

 X excellens, O X Adrians, some good O. crispum, Cypripediums, &c. 



Lastly may be mentioned a few good hardy Cypripediums noticed 

 in the collections of hardy plants exhibited by Messrs. R. Wallace & Co., 

 Colchester ; Messrs. T. S. Ware, Feltham, and others. In the first- 

 named we noticed C. acaule, C. Calceolus, C. pubescens, C. 

 candidum, and C. Reginse, forming quite a charming little group. 



LYCASTE CRINITA. 



Lindley, in 1851, wrote:— "The yellow-flowered Lycastes related to 

 cruenta approach each other so nearly that without knowing exactly on 

 what their differences depend, the one may easily be confounded with the 

 other " (Paxt. Fl. Gard., i. p. 126). There were only six of them then, and 

 the subsequent appearance of several others has not diminished the 

 difficulty, especially as some of them are rarely met with in cultivation. 

 Lycaste crinita is a very interesting member of this group, which was 

 introduced from Mexico by Messrs. Loddiges, and described by Lindley in 

 1844 (Bot. Reg., xxx., Misc., p. 39), but subsequently lost sight of. It has 

 now re-appeared, but unfortunately has been re-baptised as L. Micheliana 

 (Cogn. in Rev. Hort., 1900, p. 264), from specimens which flowered in the 

 collection of M. Mark Micheli, of Geneva, and M. Ed. Andre. The plant 

 was collected by M. Langlasse, in the Sierra Madre, Mexico, where it 

 grows between the altitudes of 1,700 and 2,000 metres. It is compared 

 with L. aromatica, Lindl., but differs greatly in the shape of the lip and 

 crest, and the much broader hairy petals. The sepals are broad and 

 greenish yellow ; the petals ovate, deeper yellow, and very villous at the 

 base; and the lip trilobed, with the front lobe oblong and villous, the side 

 lobes somewhat incurved and obtuse, and the crest linear-oblong, with a 

 dense mass of hairs diverging at right angles on either side. There are a 

 few light brown dots on the crest. It is figured in the Dictionnaire 

 Iconographique des Orchidces, and an authentic plant from M. Micheli has 

 now flowered at Kevv. 



R. A. Rolfe. 



