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PAPHIOPEDILUM X MADIOTIANUM. 
A distinct and striking hybrid raised in the same establishment as the 
preceding, from Paphiopedilum villosum ? and P. Chamberlainianum ¢, 
whose characters it combines in a very effective way. It is of strong and 
robust habit, and the scape has the racemose character of the pollen 
parent, the first scape bearing four flowers, two of which were open together. 
The dorsal sepal is 2 inches long, and much resembles that of P. Chamber- 
lainianum in shape, the basal third being shining brown, with about eleven 
similar nerves running up into the green area above. The petals are 
2} inches long, and most like P. villosum in shape and colour, but the 
brown veining is: more distinctly reticulated, and the margins much 
undulate and ciliate. The lip is 2 inches long, with the elongated shape of 
P. villofum, and the colour uniform light brown; and the staminode is 
broadly elliptical, convex, 5 lines long, and covered with short erect brown 
hairs. The colours of the two parents do not neutralise each other in the 
hybrid, as is sometimes the case, and it is a decided acquisition to the 
group. Messrs. Cappe wish it be dedicated to M. Madiot, of Fougéres, 
Ille-et-Vilaine, France, a great lover of Orchids. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X ENDYMION. 
This is a distinct and interesting hybrid raised in the collection of 
Reginald Young, Esq., of Liverpool, whose history is given by Mr. Young 
in the following note :— 
‘On the 20th March, 1893, my gardener, Mr. Thos. J. Poyntz, crossed 
a bloom of P. barbatum grandiflorum with the pollen of P. Mastersianum. 
In due time the pod ripened, and the seed was sown on the 27th November, 
1893, on a pot of P. X Ashburtonz superbum. Time passed and no seed- 
lings made their appearance, and as the Ashburtone required re-potting, 
this was done in October, 1895. On the 17th August, 1895, three seedlings 
had been discovered on an adjoining pot, one of which subsequently died. 
No suspicion was entertained at the time as to their origin, but now that 
one is in flower, there can be no doubt that they originated from the above 
cross. A few seeds must have dropped or been wafted on to the pot on 
which they were found. Both parents are distinctly represented in this 
new hybrid, in sepal, petals, pouch, and staminode.” With the final remark 
we fully agree, for no one who knows these two species well could fail to 
trace their characters in the hybrid. As compared with P. Mastersianum, 
the dorsal sepal is enlarged, and bears about seventeen stripes, which are 
purple towards the margin. The petals are nearly but not quite horizontal, 
24 inches long, suffused with purple towards the apex, and with the warts and 
spots larger and more distinct than in P. Mastersianum. The lip approaches 
the last named in shape and P. barbatum in colour, while the staminode is 
almost that of the latter, It is a very interesting addition to the group. 
