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other genus which has got in among the Vanda seeds in some way—a 
kind of accident with which most hybridists will be familiar. 
A very curious flower of Cypripedium Charlesworthii has appeared in 
the establishment of Messrs. Hurst and Son, Burbage Nurseries, Hinckley. 
The dorsal sepal is absent, or, rather, it may be described as united to the 
lower one, for the single sepal present is underneath the lip, and has the 
appearance of the dorsal sepal divided, and half of it united to either side 
of the lower one, each organ retaining its own distinctive colouring. The 
two petals are united into a single erect one, thus taking the place of the 
dorsal sepal, while the fertile anthers are either absent, or united with the 
staminode, which itself is only represented as a single white tooth. The lip 
and stigma are normal. 
A curious proliferous growth of Epidendrum cochleatum has also 
appeared in the same collection. It appears at the base of the pseudobulb, 
and quickly divides into two small, almost seedling-like shoots, from 
which roots have begun to push. It looks very different from an ordinary 
growth, but it is difficult to suggest any reason for the peculiarity. 
EPIDENDRUM OSMANTHUM. 
Tuts is one of the hand Epidend of the Encyclium group, and 
is now flowering freely in collections, though under other names. It is a 
native of Brazil, end was described in 1881 by Rodrigues (Gen. e# Sp. Orch. 
nov. ii. p. 134). The author remarks that it grows in the sages ee 
Casa de Pedra, in the province of Minas Geraes, flowering in os septa 
the flowers being very aromatic. In 1891 Messrs. F. Sander and Co. te 
duced some plants from the Pernambuco district, and the original na 
being overlooked, the plant was re-described under the name of E.G > 
anum (Rolfe in Gard. Chron., 1892, xix, p+ 136), and still later a5, 
Capartianum (L. Lind. in Lindenia, VIL., t- 333). The identity o! 
°smanthum with these later forms was only recently Lomas eee 
‘xamination of M. Barbosa Rodrigeuz’s original drawings, ine et ince 
‘coloured sketch of a single flower, and, of course, the ae oa large 
be retained. The flowers are about 1} inches across, a a Gedook 
Panicles, the sepals and petals being light, greens or a he gastaile 
herved with light brown, and the lip white, with some a Saki 
lines on the front lobe. It is allied to E. atropurpureum, ? 
NOW pretty well known as a useful autumn-flowering species: R. A. R. 
