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species, not as varieties, so as to keep their nomenclature within reasonable 
limits. For example, Cattleya Mendelii var. Bluntii (of course ‘‘var.,” being 
understood, may be omitted). We may admit genus, species and variety, 
but we ought to draw the line here. Life is too short for polysyllabic 
nomenclature. 
In conclusion, we may add that we have tried to clear up-a matter 
respecting which much misconception exists, and on which we have 
frequently been asked to express an opinion, and we venture to hope that 
this will be accepted in principle and carried out in practice. The other 
alternative would be a considerable reduction in the number of species, not 
only in the labiata and guttata groups, but also in others; and this, we 
believe, is neither desirable from the point of view of a rational nomen- 
clature, nor yet in accord with the facts. 
ONCIDIUM x GARDNERI FLAVESCENS. 
A very curious Oncidium has flowered in the establishment of Mr. W. 
Bull, of Chelsea, on two or three occasions, which fully agrees with O. X 
Gardneri in shape and structural details, but differs in having lost the 
characteristic brown spots.on the sepals, petals, and margin of the lip, and 
thus the flower has become yellowish, with a suffusion of olive-buff. The 
crest is blackish-purple, and this colour is also suffused across the isthmus 
of the lip, but of a lighter shade than in the type. It is evidently a variety 
of O. x Gardneri, though the absence of spots gives it a very different 
appearance. It has now appeared in another collection. The absence of 
spotting is perhaps due to the influence of O. dasytyle. In general habit 
the plant most resembles O. Forbesii. 
——— ae 
CATTLEYA GASKELLIANA DELICATA. 
This distinct and charming variety of Cattleya Gaskelliana has recently 
flowered in the collection of M. A. A. Peeters, of Saint Gilles, Brussels. 
Of several plants which bloomed, the flowers are said to have been 
almost all alike. The collector found them in a locality in Venezuela 
outside the beaten track, and being in bloom he took a drawing on the 
spot, which, on comparison with the living flower, proves to be very correct. 
It isa very light-coloured form of the species, the flower being white with 
a very faint trace of lightest blush, and the disc of the lip deep yellow 
with a small light purple, somewhat veined, blotch in front. The plant 
we have seen bears a single flower, the result of the first pseudobulb 
made after importation being small; but when it becomes strong, it 
will doubtless reach the normal development of C. Gaskelliana. 
