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it as ‘resembling M. spectabilis in habit of growth, and perhaps a hybrid 
between that species and M. candida. Sepals and petals greenish-white, 
spotted with a distinct shade of violet-purple. Lip pure white except at 
base, where there is a violet-purple suffusion on either side of the yellow 
ridged disc.” I have not seen the plant, but the figure shows no re- 
semblance to M. cuneata, and I believe that Mr. Chapman is right in his 
suggestion about the parentage. The following are the references :— 
M. X LEUcoGLossa, Gard. Chron., 1898, xxiv., p. 242; Orch. Rev., vi. 
p. 318; Chapm. in Gard. Mag., 1898, p. 736, with fig.; Journ. R. Hort. 
Soc., ¥Xil. p. 498, fig, 117, Proc. p. 167. 
M. X castanea, n. hyb. This, the latest addition to the ranks of 
natural hybrid Miltonias, was really the first to appear, though its origin 
does not seem to have been suspected. In March, 1856, Reichenbach pub- 
lished a short account of the genus Miltonia, in which appeared a plant 
called M. Clowesii var. castanea, said to differ from the type in having the 
perianth brown (not yellow), girded: with pale spots, and the lip wholly 
purple. No further particulars or history were given. In September, 1887, a 
similiar form appeared in the establishment of Messrs. James Veitch & 
Sons, at Chelsea, and in October, 1889, another plant flowered in the 
collection of H. J. Ross, Esq., of Florence, Italy. Messrs. Veitch noted it 
as having “sepals and petals chestnut-brown, paler towards the tips, 
stained with plum colour at the base ; lip wholly plum purple, shaded with 
maroon at the base, paler at the apex.” Besides these differences, a 
comparison shows that the lip has lost the characteristic narrowed basal 
half, and has become broadly pandurate, with only a slight constriction in 
the middle. This form I am convinced is a natural hybrid between M. 
Clowesii and M. Regnellii. It would be interesting to know what has be- 
come of the two plants just mentioned. The following are the references :— 
M. X CASTANEA. M. Clowesii var. castanea, Rchb. f. Xen. Orch. 1., p. 
130; Veitch Man. Orch., viil., p. 100. 
R. A. ROLFE. 
STANHOPEA CONNATA. 
THE re-discovery of a lost species is often more interesting than the 
appearance of a new one, and it is very curious how many plants which 
were originally described from some garden and were subsequently lost sight 
of have failed to re-appear. Stanhopea connata is a species which was 
described by Klotzsch in 1854 (Allg. Gartenz., xxii., p- 226), from a plant 
which flowered in the collection of Herr Mathieu, at Berlin, and which is 
said to have been sent from Peru by Warscewicz in the previous year. A 
second example from the same collector flowered with Messrs. Booth & Sons, 
of Hamburg, in 1860, and was noted by Reichenbach (Hamb. Gartenz., 
