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characteristic blotch of O. Lindleyanum on the lip. There is also a trace 
of the more entire column wings of the last-named. Unless appearances 
are misleading, it is impossible to deny the absence of either crispum, 
gloriosum, or Lindleyanum in it. A cross between O. X Andersonianum 
and O. X Coradinei would be crispum 4, and gloriosum and Lindleyanum 
each 4, and this cross might be anticipated to produce such a hybrid. 
The second case isa plant from Messrs. F. Sander and Co., and looks 
like O. x Andersonianum, with the sepals and petals enlarged to 2} inches 
long, the side teeth of the crest slightly developed, and the column wings 
toothed to the base behind the cirrhus-like apex. A cross between O. X 
Andersonianum and O. X Wilckeanum (crispum 4, and gloriosum and 
luteopurpureum each +) might yield such a hybrid. The characters do not . 
admit of a suggestion of its being either an anomalous form of either O. X 
Andersonianum or O. X Wilckeanum. The sepals are suffused with light 
rose and spotted with brown, and the petals paler and less spotted. 
The appearance of these plants should stimulate some of our hybridists 
to make a few experiments. 
R. A. ROLFE. 
(To be continued.) 
ACINETA HRUBYANA (COLOSSA). 
AT a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, held on August 23rd last, 
a plant was exhibited by F. W. Moore, Esq., of Glasnevin, under the name 
of Acineta colossa, Sander, to which a Botanical Certificate was given. The 
flowers were light whitish-yellow, with a few dull purple markings towards 
the base of the lip, and the column pubescent (O. R., vi. p. 287). The 
species has now flowered in the collection of Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead 
Park, near Epsom, and, although distinct from the species usually met with 
in gardens, is, I believe, identical with A. Hrubyana, Rchb. f. (Gard. Chron., 
1882, xviii. p. 102) which is very rare in cultivation, if not quite lost sight of. 
It was described from a plant in the collection of Baron Hruby, of Holde, 
Bohemia. It is said to have been imported from New Granada, by Mr. 
Sander. It was described as differing from all known species of the genus 
in the narrow, erect side partition of the lip, and in the white colour of the 
flowers, which have only a few purple spots inside the lip. I should 
describe it, however, as pale whitish yellow rather than white, for I have 
seen living flowers cut from Baron Hruby’s original plant. The Acinetas 
are very distinct in their Stanhopea-like habit and dense pendulous racemes 
of very fleshy flowers, and give a pleasing variety to a miscellaneous 
collection. 
RAs Ke 
