296 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
1860, p. 422), since which period nothing further seems to have been heard 
of the species. Reichenbach sent to Lindley a tracing of the inflorescence, 
with analytical details of the flower, marked ‘ex planta originali!! 55,” 
probably alluding to an inflorescence produced by the type plant in the 
following year, and this tracing now fortunately leads to the re-identification 
of the species. A Stanhopea sent to Sir Trevor Lawrence by Mr. Lehmann 
has just flowered, and a flower which has been sent to Kew for determina- 
tion has both the characters and the colour of the lost plant. It is remark- 
able for the very broad, short, globose hypochil of the lip, which is united 
as far as its middle to the base of the column, and marked at its junction 
with the mesochil by a strong constriction, while the usual articulation 
between the mesochil and epichil is absent, a combination of characters by 
which Reichenbach separated it from every other known species. The 
flower is throughout of a very deep yellow—almost orange-colour on the 
lobes of the lip and base of the petals—with the lower half of the petals 
blotched and spotted with maroon (the larger blotches being at the base), 
and the hypochil of the lip suffused and blotched with the same colour out- 
side, and more or less banded with dark brown inside. The short, stout 
column is greenish white at the back, but yellow on the front. On either 
side of the hypochil is a strong keel, situated about the middle of a deep 
yellow area. The epichil of the lip and the horns of the mesochil are very 
fleshy, and nearly parallel with the column. Altogether it is a very 
remarkable plant. There is a figure in Reichenbach’s Xenia Orchidacea 
(iii., p. 136., t. 277). It would be interesting to get together a complete 
collection of the species of this remarkable genus. 
R. A. ROLFE. 
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St. Albans, assisted by eminent scientific authorities.’ Such is the title of 
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magnificently illustrated with coloured plates, and by reason of its price 
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long been wanted at Cardiff, for Orchid growing by amateurs is increasing, 
and quite brilliant results are obtained by amateurs of very moderate means 
with greenhouses and other appliances of quite an inexpensive type. Such 
a pursuit deserves every encouragement, and the purchase of this valuable 
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