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ing of the latter is fairly midway between that of the two parents. These 
are C. Triane crossed with amethystoglossa, with luteola, and with L. 
anceps; and C. Percivaliana X L. anceps. In five others the period is 
longer than that of either parent—in some considerably so—from which it 
is evident that further observations are necessary. The four cases in which 
the period of maturing of the pollen parent is unknown cannot be cited 
either way. Further experiments might explain away some of these 
apparent discrepancies. The seedling Bletia verecunda x Lelia 
purpurata we shall hope to hear of again. We would suggest that a number 
of flowers of some common species should be crossed with different things 
at the same time, and the results recorded. We should be glad if Mr. 
Mead will kindly explain the phrases “L. Perrinii x C. labiata plus L.-c. 
elegans alba’ and “C. Triane x L. harpophylla + flava,” which we fail 
to understand.—Ep. | 
Breet ir es 
NOVELTIES. 
CIRRHOPETALUM ROTHSCHILDIANUM, O’Brien.—A very fine species which 
was exhibited by the Hon. Walter Rothschild at a meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, on October 15th last, and received a First-class Certifi- 
cate- It is allied to C. ornatissimum and C. Collettii, but has larger 
flowers with much longer tails, and the prevailing colour crimson-purple 
with some yellow markings. _ It is believed to be a native of the hills beyond 
Darjeeling.—Gard. Chron., Nov. 23, 1895, pp- 608, 609, fig. 102. 
L&LIA X FINCKENIANA VAR. SCHR@:DER#&.—A beautiful variety, which 
appeared in the collection of Baron Sir H. Schréder, the Dell, Egham, and 
said to differ from the original type in having a few thin purple lines at the 
base of the lip only, the rest of the flower being pure white.—O’Brien in 
Gard. Chron., Dec. 28, p. 762. 
EPIDENDRUM BaRBEYANUM, Kranzl.—A species bearing umbels of large 
green flowers, nearly two inches in diameter, much like those of E. latilabre, 
Lindl. It is a native of Costa Rica, and flowered in the collection of M. 
W. Barbey, of Chambesy, Geneva.—Bull. Herb. Boiss. I11., p. 607. 
R Inconspicua, Kranzl.—A Costa Rican plant, with very 
small whitish flowers, which flowered in the same collection as the 
preceding. The author refers Lindley’s Trichocentrum candidum to it as 
a synonym, but it does not bear the slightest resemblance to it, either in 
habit or character, that plant being a true Trichocentrum in every respect, 
except that the spur is nearly obsolete——Bull. Herb. Boiss., I11., p. 630, 
t. 18. 
