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yellow lip. It is dedicated to Mr. W. H. White, of Burford, Dorking. — 
Kew Bulletin, 1895, p. 7- | | : | 
_ MEGACLINIUM IMSCHOOTIANUM, Rolfe.—A species which flowered with 
M. A. Van Imschoot, of Gand, in July last. It is allied to M. oxypterum, 
Lindl., and has light yellowish green flowers with dusky brown markings. 
The precise habitat is not known, but the genus is entirely African.—Kew 
Bulletin, 1895, p. 8. 
MAXILLARIA SANGUINEA, Rolfe.—A_ distinct and very pretty species, 
peceryey from the neighbourhood of the Chiriqui lagoon by Mr. James 
O'Brien, with whom it flowered in April, 1890. It is allied to M. tenuifolia, 
Lindl., and has sepals and petals variegated with reddish brown and yellow, 
and a carmine or purple-crimson lip with a blackish purple crest.—Kew 
Bulletin, 1895, p. 8. 
oe ee Rolfe. —A_very distinct species allied to 
flowers ocrene, Rchb. f., but with smaller and more numerous 
Maire ate sent home with Odontoglossums, in 1891, by Mr. A. 
el owered in the collection of Welbore S. Ellis, Esq., Hazel- 
ourne, Dorking, last October. The flowers are deep reddish brown, the 
sepals narrowly margined with yellow, and the small side lobes of the lip 
of the latter colour, while the larger isthmus is shining brown.—Kew 
Bulletin, 1895, p. 9. = 
SARCANTHUS AURICULATUS, Rolfe.—A species allied to S. Parishit, Rchb. 
f., which flowered with Mr. James O’Brien, in June, 1890, and subsequently. 
The flowers are pale greenish white with a purple line on each of the sepals 
and petals, and the side lobes of the lip auriculate—Kew Bulletin, 1895; P- 9- 
Kranzl.—Described as a new species, or 
perhaps a natural hybrid between Cypripedium Lowii and another parent 
unknown, though the locality is different. It bears. much resemblance to 
the former, but the spots at the base of the petals are said to be absent, and 
the staminode different. It flowered in the collection of M. T. Walter of 
Magdeburg.—Gard. Chron., February 9, P: 166. 
CyPRIPEDIUM WALTERIANUM, 
eee 
CATTLEYA AURANTIACA. 
The flowering of this rare Cattleya in the collection of H. J. Ross, Esgq., 
of Florence, some time ago, has again called attention to its correct nomen- 
clature. It was originally described as Epidendrum aurantiacum, and is 
