THE ORCHID REVIEW, 205 
FREAKS AMONG ORCHIDS. 
A plant of Odontoglossum crispum in the collection of Sir Frederick 
Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen, has produced a raceme in which 
every flower is.said to have had three stamens, and one of them as many 
as four. An illustration in the Gardener's Chronicle (June 24th, p. 413, 
fig. 125) shows that the two column-wings,—which are well known to be 
staminodial in origin—have reverted to normal stamens. What the 
fourth stamen may have been is not mentioned, but the writer of the note 
mentions having “had the good fortune before now to see all six stamens 
in Odontoglossum crispum.” 
A still more curious flower has appeared in the collection of J. Lehmann, 
Esq., West Bank House, Heaton Mersey. It had the appearance of 
being double, owing to the column having broken up into petaloid bodies, 
on which were several anther-like bodies in an immature state. The 
flower, however, was cut at a very early stage, and it would have been very 
interesting if fully developed. It would be interesting to know if the 
flowers are similar next season. 
A flower of O. Reichenheimii, from the collection of E. F. Clark, Esq., 
Teignmouth, has one additional anther, which replaces one of the column- 
wings, while the other is in the normal condition. The pollen masses are 
below the normal size, and there is an additional gland, but no connecting 
stipes. One or two other flowers on the panicle are said to have been 
similarly abnormal. 
A flower of Phragmipedilum X grande, from the same collection, is 
curiously modified in shape, the lip being only represented by one of its 
side lobes, to which the corresponding petal is united throughout its 
length, and strongly undulate on one side, owing to the effort. made to 
elongate itself. 
A remarkable sate of Habenaria chlorantha has been collected 
by Mr. W. Hoskyns-Abrahall, Copthorne, Surrey, in which eleven out of 
thirteen flowers have an additional anther. An examination shows that it 
belongs to the median stamen of the inner whorl, which is usually the 
most difficult to trace ina normal flower. The remaining parts (even the 
staminodes) are present precisely as in the normal flower, except that in 
three cases the dorsal sepal is partially divided. The column is so little 
modified that the normal anther cells occupy their usual position, the two 
additional cells being adnate to the rostellum. In four flowers they are 
small, and apparently contain no pollen; five others have one cell of the 
normal size and shape, the other being smaller, but in several cases 
containing a few pollen grains; while the two remaining flowers have the 
cells and pollinia of normal size. One of these has the ovary untwisted 
