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be capable of a wider application should occasion require. And there may 
yet be coloured reversions among this particular batch. of seedlings. It 
will then be an interesting point for discussion as to which is the type and 
which the variety, as in the case of the coloured form of Cypripedium 
Maudiz which was submitted to us some time ago. The question of a 
varietal name, however, may be left until a coloured variety appears. The 
specific name is now the important consideration, and it should be a 
single name, in accordance with the rules governing specific names, so 
that varietal names can be added afterwards, as required. 
On two or three occasions we have been urged to prepare a General 
Index to the Orchid Review, and the question is again raised in connection 
with the completion of our twentieth volume by the issue of the next or 
December number. It is suggested that such an Index would be a boon to 
-Orchidists, and would not be difficult to prepare. We may admit both the 
utility of the suggested work and the appropriateness of the period, but 
another point is not so clear, for the amount of time and labour required for 
the undertaking would be very considerable. The matter would have to be 
compiled afresh, for no amalgamation of existing indices would meet the case, 
and it would be necessary to make.a selection of the most important matter, 
so as to keep the thing within reasonable limits. We are giving the matter 
serious consideration, and should be glad to receive further suggestions 
from-our readers, as the practicability of the work depends upon the amount 
of support received. ; We hope to be able to refer to the matter more 
definitely next month. 
LISSOCHILUS GRANTII. 
LissocHILUs is a large and polymorphic African genus of terrestrial Orchids 
which is, perhaps, best known in gardens through the large and handsome 
L. giganteus, which has flowered in several collections. Several other 
species are occasionally met with, and among them the South African L. 
Krebsii, whose yellow and brown flowers are very attractive. An ally of 
the latter has just flowered in the collection of James Bush, Esq., Cardiff, 
which agrees well with L. Grantii, Rchb. f. (Trans. Linn. Soc., xxix. p. 153); 
a species described from dried specimens collected by Messrs. Speke & 
Grant in December, 1860, during their expedition to the sources of the 
Nile. It was found near water at 4700 feet elevation on the Robeho 
Mountains, Usagara, German East Africa. The plant which has flowered 
with Mr. Bush was obtained from the Kisumu district, British East Africa. 
The scape is about three feet high, and the raceme is six inches long, and 
bears fourteen flowers, having an expanse of 14 inches. The sepals are 
Spreading, brownish green in colour, and the petals nearly orbicular, over 
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