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of Brazil, and sent it home in 1837.” Cattleya pumila (t. 3656) is the plant 
now known as Lelia pumila, and it issaid to have been “‘ received from the 
Essequibo by John Allcard, Esq., in whose collection it flowered last year, 
and who kindly sent the well-executed drawing here engraved, from the 
pencil of Mr. Withers.” The locality, however, appears to be erroneous, 
for the plant is now known to be Brazilian. Zygopetalum Murrayanum 
(t. 3674) was discovered in the Organ Mountains, Brazil, by Gardner, and 
flowered under the care of Mr. Stewart Murray at the Glasgow Botanic 
‘Garden. 
(To be continued.) 
ODONTOGLGSSUM x BRAECKMANII. 
THE last number of Lindenia (t. 744) contains a figure of Odontoglossum 
x Braeckmanii, which is described as probably a hybrid between 
‘O. Hallii and O. Harryanum. It was raised in the collection of M. 
Metdepenningen, of Ghent, an amateur of Odontoglossums, and who has a 
very interesting collection of the genus. Its origin is said not to be exactly 
known, but it is supposed that the species just mentioned were the parents, 
and the character of the flowers supports the theory. The general shape 
may be described as intermediate, with an approach to O. Harryanum in 
the shape of the lip, and to O. Hallii in the colour and markings. The 
‘details of the crest are not well shown in the plate, but the markings are 
such as might have been expected from such a cross, and there can be little 
doubt that the parentage has been correctly inferred. Fortunately another 
seedling flowered shortly after the appearance of this plate, respecting which 
no such doubt exists. At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
held at Chiswick on July 16th last, an Odontoglossum was exhibited from 
the collection of De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks, under 
the name of O. xX Crawshayanum, to which an Award of Merit was given. 
It was raised from a cross effected on July 7th, 1895, between O. Hallii and 
- Harryanum, the former being the seed parent. The flower has the 
general shape of O. Harryanum, together with the very characteristic 
bristly crest, while the pale greenish yellow ground colour and brown 
markings are nearer those of the seed bearer. Its general resemblance to 
the preceding seems sufficient to indicate their common origin, in which case 
the latter will have to take the rank of a variety. Mr. Crawshay must be 
congratulated on a third success in this difficult genus. Now that the 
secret of raising seedling Odontoglossums has been discovered, it is likely 
that their number will steadily increase in collections, and I hope that it 
will be possible in time to prove the parentage of most of our natural 
thybrids. / 
