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to be C. Lowii, Lindl. If the locality can be relied on, the occurrence is 
very interesting, as this species has hitherto only been known as a native of 
Borneo. We shall be glad to hear if anyone can confirm the locality. 
There seems to be. nothing improbable in the matter, and very little is 
known of the Sulu Flora beyond ‘the discoveries made by Mr. Burbidge 
some years ago. 
Cattleya intermedia concolor is a very distinct and pretty variety which 
has flowered with Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., of Clapton. Its peculiarity 
is that the whole flower is light-blush, including the front lobe of the lip, 
which is of a bright crimson-purple shade in the typical form, with which 
it affords a distinct contrast. It flowered out of a recent importation. 
The last number of the Bulletin de L’ Herbier Boissiery contains descrip- 
tions of two Orchids from Kurdistan, by Dr. Kranzlin, under the names of 
Comperia Karduchorum and Cephalanthera kurdica. The last-named, 
however, is identical with C. cucullaria, Boiss. & Heldr., already known 
from the same region. 
A note appears in the last number of the Annals of Botany, by Mr. G. 
Massee (p. 170), to the effect that the common Orchid disease known as 
‘spot ” is due to the presence of a species of Plasmodiophora (one of the 
Mycetozoa, or slime fungi), which will be known as P. Orchidis, and that a 
detailed account will appear in a later number. The promised account 
will be awaited with interest. 
The same issue contains descriptions, by Mr. Rolfe, of nine new For- 
mosan Orchids from the collections of Dr. A. Henry, who formerly sent 
such extensive collections from China. The Flora is very imperfectly 
known. The Bankingsing Mountains are 8,050 feet high, but Dr. Henry's 
collector only reached 2,000 feet, being in constant fear of the native 
savages. 
A very pretty variety of Odontoglossum x Andersonianum has been 
sent by De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks. The flower 
measures fully three inches across the petals, and the ground colour is pure 
white, while the disc of each segment is covered with numerous bright 
chestnut-brown spots, being least numerous on the lip. It must be classed 
under the variety Jenningsianum. The clear colours and the arrangement 
of the spots give it a very bright and attractive appearance. 
We are very glad to hear that the notes on the cultivation of the genera 
Bollea, Pescatorea, and their allies, given in our last volume, have proved 
useful, Dr. Hogkinson, of The Grange, Wilmslow, writes that his plants 
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