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crispum and O. Lindleyanum, though the influence of the former 1s 
more pronounced than usual. Generally speaking, the influence of 0. 
Lindleyanum preponderates, for which reason many forms of O. X 
Coradinei are not very highly prized. Some, however, are good, though 
nothing which we have yet seen approaches the present one. It is this 
exceptional character which has given rise to a suggestion that it may 
possibly have arisen from the re-crossing of O. Xx Coradinei and 0. 
crispum. We do not yet know what such a cross would produce, but at 
present it seems more probable that the crispum parent was exceptionally 
large, or that it obtained a preponderating influence. The Lindleyanum 
character is apparent enough in the photograph, but still more so in the 
characters which would have been brought out by a side view, and in the 
substance of the fresh flower. It remains to be added that the ground 
colour is ivory-white, the markings cinnamon-brown, and the crest and 
disc bright yellow streaked with brown. Baron Sir H. Schréder must 
be congratulated on the possession of such a gem, which is very aptly 
named. , 
ANSELLIAS FROM THE CONGO. 
AN interesting article by M. Em. Laurent, under the above title, appears 
in the September number of the Revue de l’Horticulture Belge, accompanied 
by coloured figures of the two species found in the Congo district, namely, 
A. confusa and A. congoensis. They are nearly allied, but the latter. has 
much smaller and more numerous flowers, and their geographical distribu- 
tion is also distinct. On this point the author remarks as follows :— 
“Ansellia congoensis is localised at the mouth of the river. Until 
lately, it was very abundant on the trunks of Elzis, and especially those of 
Hyphzne guineensis, on the isle of Mateba and in the neighbourhood. 
Large quantities have been collected during the last twenty years, and the 
species has become rare since the time of my first journey in 1893- it 
should be noted that at the mouth of the river a savannah climate prevails, 
with a dry season of five or six months. 
** Ansellia confusa, discovered originally in Sierra Leone, and afterwards 
at Fernando Po and in Angola, inhabits several different districts of the 
Congo basin. I have seen it many times in the forest of Mayombe and in 
that of Massamba, along the old caravan route. In 1895-1896, I again 
found it along the Kassai and the Sankuru, and also on the rivers of the 
Lualaba-Congo, and above Stanleyville. The distribution of this Orchid 
is ue very great, while that of Ansellia congoensis appears to be very 
small.” 
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