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the petals and lip are reduced in size, and terminate each in a long narrow 
filament or tail, somewhat as in the sepals of Masdevallia. The petals are 
of the usual breadth in the basal third, beyond which they abruptly ter- 
minate, except the tails. In the lip, however, the tail-like filament is 
pendulous under the lip, and only united to it up to the middle, this organ 
being less than half the usual size. As the column and other parts of the 
flower are normal, it is difficult to account for the peculiarity, and it will be 
interesting to note if it appears again next year. 
A curious flower of Odontoglossum odoratum comes from the collection 
of Mrs. Holland, Wonham, Bampton, Devon, with seven sepals and petals, 
two lips, and two columns fused together side by side. The ovary is also 
somewhat flattened, and the example apparently consists of two flowers 
fused into one. 
An infl of a richly-coloured form of Odontoglossum x Rucker- 
ianum has been sent from the collection of W. J. Thompson, Esq., Walton 
Grange, Stone, by Mr. Stevens. The sepals are suffused with light rose, 
and bear two or three large irregular deep red-brown blotches, while the 
petals are nearly white, with several small spots. The lip also bears one 
large blotch in front and a small spot on either side of the crest. It is a 
very pretty form. 
The handsome Miltonia Schreederiana is also sent from the same 
collection, its brightly-coloured crimson and yellow lip being very effective. 
It is a native of Costa Rica, and still seems to be rare in cultivation. 
Another very pretty Orchid from the same collection is Oncidium 
onustum, an inflorescence of a dozen of its bright yellow flowers being very 
effective. It seems to be an easily cultivated species, and flowers regularly 
in the autumn. Its history was given at page 329 of our last volume. 
An inflorescence of the handsome hybrid Cattleya x Brymeriana has 
been sent from the collection of T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, 
Manchester, by Mr. Johnson. The sepals and petals most resemble those 
of C, superba, but the lip is more open, rather obscurely three-lobed, and 
the throat light yellow in front, and nearly white at the sides, in whic 
Tespect it approaches C. Eldorado, the other parent. A fine flower of 
Cattleya x Ashtoniana is also sent, in which the characters of C. Harrr 
soniana and C. Warscewicziana are combined, those of the former being 
the most obvious. 
A fine flower of Cattleya Gaskelliana has been sent from the collection 
of F.M. Burton, Esq., Highfield, Gainsborough, together with a small 
