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The brown markings on the petals consist partly of somewhat interrupted 

 lines, a condition which we do not remember in any other variety, and 

 another unusual character is that they are absent from the sepals, in which 

 organs we get a pretty suffusion of blush pink. As in the case of O. c. 

 Oakfield Sunrise (noted at page 106 of our eighth volume), there is some- 

 thing morphologically abnormal about the petals, and the flowers may be 

 considered as in a peloriate condition. It is very beautiful, and it may be 

 added that Mr. Gregory also sent a second photograph, showing the entire 

 inflorescence, as exhibited at the Temple Show, but this, being necessarily 

 considerably reduced in size, was not considered so suitable for reproduc- 

 tion. Mr. Potter must be congratulated on the possession of such a 

 remarkable variety. 



PAPHIOPEDILUM BARBATUM, 

 Until recently comparatively little has been known about the distribution 

 of this well-known species beyond the fact that it is a native of Mt. Ophir, 

 Malacca, where it was discovered by Cuming in 1840, and sent to Messrs. 

 Loddiges, at Hackney, and shortly afterwards was sent to Messrs. James 

 Veitch & Sons, from the same locality. Mr. H. N. Ridley, Director of the 

 Singapore Botanic Garden, has supplied some additional information. He 

 states:— "This well-known species is often most abundant, sometimes 

 covering rocks in masses, as on Penang Hill. On Mt. Ophir and Kedah 

 Peak, though plentiful, it is more scattered, growing in moss by the stream 

 in exposed places. Nearly all the named cultural varieties grow together. 

 C. superbiens, Reichb. f., in Bonplandia iii. (1855), P- 227, 1 am quite unable 

 to distinguish specifically; it seems to be merely a fine form, and is said to 

 have been obtained on Mt. Ophir ; it is commonly called Bunga Kasnt (Shoe 

 flower) by the Malacca natives."— Joum. Linn. Soc, xxxii., p. 414. Mr. 

 Ridley also mentions it as found on the Remban Hills, Malacca, and a 

 single plant was found in dense jungle at Gunong Panti, in Johore. 

 Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. have now obtained it a new locality, their collec- 

 tor having obtained it from Gunang Tahan, Pahang, at an altitude of 3,000 

 feet, this being some distance north of the original locality. 



This additional information is interesting, but I cannot help thinking 

 that some mistake has been made about C. superbiens. The shape of its 

 dorsal sepal is so different, the purple lines are absent, and the petals are 

 densely spotted right to the apex. In short both shape and colour are so 

 different that I cannot understand any one who knows it remarking that 

 he is quite unable to distinguish it specifically. In any case it would be 

 interesting to know if Mr. Ridley has really re-discovered this beautiful but 

 rather mysterious plant. Messrs. Veitch remark respecting it :-" A special 



