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of the segments, and the latter in the modified colour and other characters. 
What I believe to be another form of the same hybrid appeared in the 
establishment of Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, in 1871, among 
masses of O. cirrhosum, and was described by Reichenbach as O. X elegans. 
It was described as having a branched panicle, and flowers much resembling 
O. cirrhosum, but nearly covered with brown blotches on the segments. 
The keels of the lip also showed characters apparently derived from O. 
cristatum. Reichenbach described it as ‘“‘one of those quasi-meteoric 
rarities,” and concluded with the query, “Is it a mule between O. cristatum 
and cirrhosum?”’ This is the original O. x elegans, but a second plant of 
the same name belongs to the next hybrid. Another plant appeared with 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., in 1880. i 
A fine infloresence sent from the collection of D. Tod, Esq., Giffnock 
Park, Glasgow, in November, 1892, as O. X elegans, is very similar in 
structure, but has fewer and smaller spots on the light yellow ground, and 
thus approaches O. cirrhosum a little more nearly than the preceding. 
Another which I believe to be a form of this hybrid appeared in the 
collection of H. M. Pollett, Esq., Fernside, Bickley, in 1890. It is a little © 
nearer to O. cristatum in shape than the preceding forms, and is about 
intermediate in colour, being blotched with chocolate on a light yellow 
ground. 
The following are references to the published descriptions and figures 
of this hybrid :— 
Odontoglossum x hinnus, Rchb. j. Xen. Orch., 11. p.-153; t.:160, fig. 3; 
id. in Gard. Chron., 1871, p- go2. 
O. X elegans, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1879, i., p. 462. 
O. X elegans var., Pollett Cat. Fernside Coll., 1893, p. 14, n. 198, t. 3, 
fig. 138. sie 
14. ODONTOGLOSSUM X cIRRHOSO-HALLII.—The hybrid well-known 
in gardens as O. X elegans, which I believe is not the original plant of that 
name, is generally considered to be a natural hybrid between O. cirrhosum 
and O. Hallii, between which it is precisely intermediate, but there are two 
older hybrids which I believe are descended from the same cross, namely 
O. X Marriottianum and O. x Victor, and these have almost or quite been 
lost sight of. 
Odontoglossum x Marriottianum appeared among masses of O. 
cirrhosum in the establishment of Mr. G. Marriott, Exotic Nursery, 
Edmonton. Reichenbach described it as one of the most difficult things he 
had ever had, just fit to make him despair of himself or of Nature, or of 
both. ‘‘ [have considered it fora month,” he added, “and feel as ignorant 
as before. I cannot guess its descent.” Finally, he concluded with the 
query --“* How would a hybrid between O. Hallij and O. crispum come 
between masses of O. cirrhosum”? From his remarks it is quite evident 
