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photographic illustration has appeared in these pages (ante ii. -p. 305, fig. 
29), and on comparison we find that the present one is quite distinct. The 
sepals and petals are proportionally broader, and hence the flower is fuller 
and rounder, and each sepal bears a large irregular deep yellow blotch in the 
centre, while the lip has a regular row of about eleven deep yellow 
blotches between the margin and the lighter yellow disc. The two are 
much more distinct than some of the spotted forms which have received 
distinct varietal names, and both on this account and because the varietal 
Mame given consists of four words we regret that it was not named 
differently. 
A curiously abnormal flower of Cattleya Bowringiana is sent from the 
collection of Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool. The two 
petals and the dorsal sepal are united into a single broad petal-like body, 
which occupies the position of the latter, and thus the perianth is reduced 
to four segments. The other twelve flowers on the scape are normal in 
character. 
Flowers of the charming yellow Odontoglossum called O. X 
loochristiense ‘‘ Canary Bird,” which received a First-class Certificate from 
the Manchester Orchid Society, and an Award of Merit from the R.H.S., 
at their last meetings, are sent from the collection of W. Thompson, Esq., 
Walton Grange, Stone, by Mr. Stevens. The sepals bear numerous small 
red-brown blotches, and contrast effectively with the clear yellow petals, 
which in two cases only show traces of spots. Mr. Stevens states that it is 
nota home raised seedling, but appeared as an imported plant, which 
Suggests the question whether it may not be a variety of O. X excellens, 
in any case it is different from the hybrids raised by M. Ch. Vuylsteke, 
from O. crispum and O. triumphans, and named O. X loochristiense. 
Whether this may not also occur as a wild plant is a point worth 
Consideration, especially in view of the note by M. Claes at p. 327 of our 
last issue. In any case the plant is very beautiful, and being yet rather 
small is likely to improve under Mr. Stevens’ treatment. 
OBITUARY. 
Ricarp Moore.—It is with deep regret that we hear of the death on 
August 18th last, of Mr. Richard Moore, Western Sub-divisional Magistrate 
of Rangoon, late Officiating Assistant Superintendent of the sae 
Shan States, at the early age of thirty-nine years. The Rangoon Gazette : 
September 4th says:—‘It is presumed that the Red Sea passage prove 
too much for him. He had been’in bad health for months past, suffering 
from attacks of malaria, and went home (to England) in May on a 
