THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



DENDROBIUM REGIUM. 



A new Dendrobium from Lower Hindustan is described by Dr. Prain 

 in the recently issued part of the Journal of the Asiatic Society (lxxi, p. 80), 

 under the above name. It is said that " among the Orchids that flowered 

 in the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, during 1901, one of the most 

 beautiful was a Dendrobium that differs from any of the Indian species 

 hitherto described. To be assured that the plant is in reality a previously 

 unknown species a drawing from life has been compared with the material 

 and drawings preserved in the great national collection at Kew. The 

 species is very nearly related to D. nobile, Lindl., but is quite distinct from 

 any of the known varieties of that somewhat variable species. In the 

 nearly uniform coloration of the sepals and petals (though not in the colour 

 itself) it approaches most closely the form of D. nobile distinguished and 

 figured by Lindley (Sertum, t. 18) as D. coerulescens. That plant, however, 

 has a lip with purple throat and yellow margin ; the present species has a 

 ■cream-coloured tube and throat, with a magenta limb coloured and marked 

 like the petals and sepals. The lip of D. regium is, moreover, narrower 

 than in any form of D. nobile, and is not pubescent." A technical description 

 is given. We hope to see it in flower in England before long. 



LIPARIS TRICALLOSA. 



Under the name of " Metroschillus sp." (the name is printed twice, 

 though we suspect Microstylis was originally written) we find in American 

 Gardening for September 13th a figure of the above interesting plant 

 (p- 595, fig- 126), with the following note :— "Through the courtesy of Mr. 

 Thomas Knight, representing L'Horticole Coloniale, Brussels, Belgium, 

 we are able to present the accompanying picture of a new pretty species of 

 an obscure group of Orchids. The flowers are purple, with darker stripes, 

 and are characteristically described as resembling a small tortoise or a 

 turtle. The species shown is unidentified ; it was introduced last year 

 from Borneo. The flowers are produced from July until September, and 

 the spikes last about a month. 



" There are a number of most interesting plants in these obscure, lesser 

 known genera of the Orchid family, all more or less curious and fascinating. 

 They are not so showy as the more popularly known kinds of Cattleyas, &c; 

 yet to the Orchid enthusiast who grows Orchids because they are Orchids, 

 these quaint members of the family always appeal with much force." 



It will interest our esteemed contemporary to know that the plant is 

 Liparis tricallosa, described by Reichenbach as long ago as 1882, and 

 recently figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 7804). 



