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its reflexed sepals and much smaller petals, lip and column. It ranges 
from Brazil to Central America, and contains about 10 species. Mormolyce 
is nearly allied, and contains a single Mexican species. Chrysocycnis was 
described by Reichenbach as near Trigonidium, but it differs from both it 
and Maxillaria in floral structure. It contains two species, natives of New 
Granada. Scuticaria has long terete leaves, and large flowers, somewhat 
resembling those of Maxillaria in structure, but having a much broader lip. 
It is placed in this affinity, but is quite anomalous in habit. There are 
two species, natives of Guiana and Brazil. 
There remains the somewhat anomalous genus Dichza, which is much 
like the non-psendobulbous Camaridiums in habit, next to which it is placed 
by Bentham. The genus is widely diffused in Tropical America, and 
contains about 20 species. It has erect stems, usually short leaves, and 
axillary flowers. Pfitzer, whose classification is largely formed upon habit, 
separates Dichza as a distinct group, Dicheine. It apparently forms a 
transition to the Pachyphyllum group, comprising the genera Centropetalum, 
Nasonia and Pachyphyllum, and some dozen or more Andine species, none 
of which we believe are in cultivation. Bentham places them at the 
beginning of Sarcanthez, together with Lockhartia, where all are rather out 
of place, for the latter is much like Oncidiezw in floral structure. 
- There now remain the large and very characteristic subtribes Oncidiex 
and Sarcanthez, with the anomalous group Notyliee, which must stand 
over for future papers. R. A. RoiFe. 
(To be continued.) 
ORCHID COLLECTING EXTRAORDINARY.—lIn an interesting letter from 
Mr, E. W. Davy, Zomba, Nyasaland, published in the current issue of the 
Journal of the Kew Guild, we note the following :—‘‘On my last tour I 
secured one specimen, new to this portion of Nyasaland, if not to 
science; and thereby hangs an adventure (one must have some novel 
experience in Tropical Africa). I found a very tall tree, devoid of branches. 
My boys could not climb it, nor could I. Cut it down, says the ruthless 
collector; alas, I had no axe, I was in a hurry, and the specimen was rare. 
However, a .303 rifle did the trick. A well-directed shot, and an inflorescence 
fell to the ground ; another shot, and a stem bearing five pound fruits was 
severed ; a third brought down a leaf, and I went on my way rejoicing: 
I must take immediate steps to patent and copyright the idea in all 
countries, for it opens out a new world to the writers of popular magazine 
articles; e.g., ‘Mr. McMackmac, Orchid collector to Sir Caoutchouc 
Gossypium, instead of risking his life in fording unfordable rivers, penetrating 
impenetrable forests, and crossing uncrossable swamps, makes his residence 
in some salubricus hill-station, from which, with the aid of most powerful 
