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the parents, remarking that he now suspected that D. rhodopterygium might 
bea mule. Shortly afterwards the same author described D. x polyphlebium 
var. Emericii (l.c., 1887, ii., p. 242), remarking that the stem was 
intermediate between D. Pierardii and D. Parishii. An examination of 
materials Of these three forms from Major-Gen. E. S. Berkeley, Spetchley, 
Bitterne Park, Southampton, proves that all are forms of the same hybrid, 
D. Pierardii and .D. Parishii being evidently the parents. D. x rhodop- 
terygium has erect stems, which are smooth, as in D. Pierardii, which the 
flowers also much resemble in shape. The sepals and petals are light 
purple, and the lip a little deeper, nerved with purple, and with only a 
trace of the dark blotches of D. Parishii. The variety polyphlebium has 
pendulous stems, which are loosely sheathed, as in D, Parishii. The 
segments are rather broader and darker than in the type, and the lip shorter 
and more open, with a sulphur margin and suffused blotches. The variety 
Emericii has almost the shape of the latter with the colour of the former, 
the pale marginal band of the lip, however, being much broader. The 
thubarb scent of D. Parishii can be traced in each, but especially in the 
latter. Major-Gen. Berkeley found the hybrid on four different occasions 
growing with D. Pierardii, and a few other plants are in cultivation which 
have appeared with the parent species. The characters of the two are so 
distinctly combined as to leave no doubt of the origin of this interesting 
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ODONTOGLOSSUM GALEOTTIANUM. 
A plant of this rare and distinct species has just bloomed in the 
collection of H. J. Hunter, Esq., of Edinburgh, of which a flower has 
been sent. It is pure white, with the exception of the light yellow iin 
on which are a number of deeper yellow lines, and a little brownish 
spot at the base of each petal. Another character by which it may 
quite distinct in the character just pointed out. 
at page 215 of our first volume. 
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