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from P. Dayanum ¢ and P. Boxallii ¢ must be referred to P. x Scylla, 
and is chiefly remarkable for the very dark, almost black basal half of the 
dorsal sepal. Another seedling is from P. Curtisii ¢ and P. villosum eo 
from which two species P. X St. Hilda was derived. It is most like the former 
in shape, and good in colour, but the petals and lip are disproportionately 
large as compared with the dorsal sepal. A two-flowered scape is marked 
as of unknown parentage, but bears much resemblance to P. X Harrisianum, 
and may be a form of that or a seedling from it. The flowers are almost 
without exception large and very well developed, and their condition reflects 
great credit on Mr. Rogers, Mr. Wrigley’s gardener. Three other seedlings 
are described on another page. 
MACODES ROLLISSONI, } 
In the sixth edition of Williams’ Orchid Grower’s Manual, published in 
1885, an Orchid is described uuder the name of Goodyera Rollissoni, 
Hort. (p. 366), as follows :—< A most distinct and beautiful species. The 
leaves are rich dark green, margined, striped, and blotched with pale yellow 
on the upper side, whilst below they are of a rich velvety purple. A most 
desirable plant and one that should be in every collection. Native country 
not known.”” In Stein’s Orchideenbuch (p. 274) it is given under the name of 
Hemaria Rollissonii, Lind., with the synonyms Ancectochilus Rollissonii, 
Lind. and Goodyera Rollissonii, Hort., and the habitat is recorded as Malay 
Islands. The source of these additional names and the habitat, I have 
failed to discover. Still later, in seventh edition of Williams’ Manual 
(p. 411) it appears as Goodyera Rollissoni, Gower, and it is said to have 
been originally imported by Messrs. Rollisson and Son, of Tooting, the 
habitat having been lost, because the original plant came up in the mixed 
débris of several importations. A plant has now flowered in the collection 
of H. J. Elwes, Esq., Colesborne, Gloucestershire, and proves it to be a 
species of Macodes, though distinct from the species previously known, 
hence the above name. The flowers are much like those of Macodes 
argyroneura, Rolfe (Kew Bull., 1896, p. 47; Hemaria argyroneura, Mig. 
Choix Pl. Rar. Jard. Buitenz., t. 16, fig. 1), though the veins of the leaves 
are different both in arrangement and colour. In the present species the 
transverse veins on either side of the midrib are very oblique, and all are 
yellow instead of silvery white. It is interesting to be able to refer the 
plant to its correct genus. M. argyroneura does not appear to be cultivated 
in Europe. 
; R. A. ROLFE. 
