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former has ovate leaves, which are dull purple beneath, the ribs of the 
sheaths al] hispidulous or shortly villose, and the greater part of the 
flowers dull purple, appearing spotted when held up against the light. The 
Guiana plant has lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate leaves, less purple beneath, 
the sheaths more distant, less strongly ribbed and not hispidulous, but 
prominently ciliate at the margin, and the flowers pallid, with the lip 
purple, and a stain of the same colour on each lateral sepal. As the genus 
Specklinia has been abolished, the latter species may be called Pleurothallis 
ciliaris, a characteristic name in view of the strongly ciliate sheaths. 
R. A. ROLFE. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
L&LIO-CATTLEYA X ELEGANS is one of the brilliant Orchids which 
enlivens our collections during the comparatively dull Summer season, 
and many beautiful forms are now in flower. Cattleya Loddigesii is also 
very effective, and, together with C. Gaskelliana, C. Warscewiczii, and 
C. Dowiana, makes a very good show. The beautiful C. x Hardyana 
is also becoming more common, and various artifically-raised hybrids are 
becoming more numerous every year, so that it is very doubtful whether 
in a few years we shall have a dull Summer season at all, so far as the 
Cattleya house is concerned. Other departments also have a few good 
things in bloom. ; 
Two superb Cypripediums sent from the collection of T. Statter, Esq., 
Stand Hall, Whitefield, by Mr. Johnson, are C. X Mabeliz var. Lord 
Derby (Rothschildianum x superbiens), and C. xX Lady Isabel (Stonei X 
Rothschildianum), and it is difficult to say which is the more beautiful. 
The former has shorter, drooping, and more densely-spotted petals, and 
the dorsal sepal more closely lined, giving the flower a darker appearance, 
while the latter has spreading, attenuated petals, five inches long, whitish- 
yellow in colour, less closely-spotted with dark brown nearly to the apex, 
and in other respects combining the characters of its handsome parents. 
A superb form of Lzlio-cattleya x callistoglossa is also enclosed, and a 
five-flowered inflorescence of the original L.-c. x elegans var. blen- 
heimensis, which is characterized by its rich purple colour without any 
tinge of green in the segments. All are exceptionally large, and are 
excellent examples of good culture. 
Several handsome flowers are sent from the collection of T. Baxter, 
Esq., Morecambe, by Mr. Roberts. A form of Cattleya Dowiana aurea 1s 
large and handsome, with clear yellow sepals and petals, and a very 
broad and richly-coloured lip, without any yellow at the sides. A form 
