THE ORCHID REVIEW. 83 
MASDEVALLIA X SHUTTRYANA VAR. CHAMBERLAINII. 
A very handsome variety of Masdevallia x Shuttryana has been raised 
in the collection of the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., by Mr. Burberry, 
of which we have received a flower. The original type, as may be remem- 
bered, was obtained by crossing M. caudata Shuttleworthii ¢ and M. 
coccinea Harryana g, and flowered in 1892, in the collection of Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart. The present one is the reverse cross, according to a letter 
from Mr. Burberry, and is a great improvement on the original. The 
perianth measures 1} inches long, and is divided to the middle, while the 
tails are rather longer than this, the dorsal one being 2} inches long. The 
flower is about intermediate in shape between the parents, and the colour is 
light rose-purple, except on the dorsal sepal, which is whitish yellow, veined 
and suffused near the margin with light rose-purple. This organ much 
resembles M. caudata in shape, and some minute darker spots on the 
lateral sepals show the influence of the same parent. The petals and lip 
are intermediate in character. It is a very pretty hybrid, and received an 
Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society on February r1th last. 
CypRIPEDIUM X LtLoypIa&. ‘ 
This is an interesting little hybrid raised in the establishment of Messrs. 
F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, from Cypripedium Godefroye ? and C. 
venustum 3, of which we have received a flower from the collection of 
R. H. Measures, Esq., The Woodlands, Streatham. The vegetative organs 
we have not seen. The flower is quite intermediate in shape, though on 
the whole it most resembles the mother plant. The dorsal sepal is ovate, 
acute, concave, over 1} inches long, and with about nineteen light green 
lines on a pale whitish ground, and a few traces of purple spots on the 
nerves. Petals oblong, 2 inches long by ten lines broad; the ground colour 
Pale yellowish white with a few dull purple blotches and many nae 
Spots, mostly on the nerves, and in some cases slightly suffused. Lip 
oblong, equalling the petals, and whitish yellow with greenish yellow 
nerves, except round the mouth, where they are dull purple. Staminode 
Teniform, apex obscurely tridentate, colour yellowish, veined and suffused 
with dull purple except round the margin. The characters of the pollen 
Parent are most strongly represented in the dorsal sepal and in the veining 
of the lip. Itisa very distinct little plant. 
MasDEVALLIA X_ CURLEI. 
A pretty hybrid raised in the collection of A. Curle, Esq., Pi verge 
Melrose, N.B., from M. macrura 9 and M. tovarensis ¢. The leaf an 
Scape most resemble the seed parent ; the latter is ro inches long, ne so 
one or two nearly white flowers, with a few minute purple dots on the mY 
a slight blush tint at the back, and pale greenish tails. The column, lip, 
