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light form of the same, which has probably not reached its full development. 
They are rather late for this Cattleya. A good flower of the beautiful 
Cypripedium insigne Chantini is also sent. 
In reference to our note at page 269 respecting the inclusion in the Flora 
Brasiliensis of Orchids not yet known within the limits of that country, 
M. Cogniaux writes that on completion of the work a statistical table will be 
given, showing the number of genera and species of each group actually 
known to be Brazilian, an arrangement we view with satisfaction, for 
reasons already pointed out. 
A flower of the beautiful white Sobralia macarantha Kienastiana has 
been sent from the collection of W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., of Hessle, by 
Mr. Baker, from a newly-imported plant. This variety occasionally appears 
among importations of S. macrantha, but is comparatively rare. It is also 
known as S. macrantha alba, a more suitable but later name. 
CATTLEYA x HARDYANA COUNTESS OF DERBY. 
THE two-fl d infl of this magnificent Cattleya has been sent 
from the collection of T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester. 
Its characters have been recorded in these pages on more than one occa- 
sion, and it suffices now to remark that the contrast between the pure white 
sepals and petals and the intense dark velvety crimson lip and the pair of 
yellow blotches on the side lobes, is more striking and effective than in any 
Cattleya we know, while the form of the flower is equally good, and it richly 
deserved the Silver Flora Medal which was awarded to it on October 13th 
last by the Royal Horticultural Society. Why it is that the plant is per- 
sistently called a variety cf C. Warscewiczii in the reports is a mystery. No 
d with C. Dowiana without 
one can compare it carefully with this species an' vith : 
seeing that the sepals and petals have the characteristic shape and arrange- 
so than some other forms of C. X Hardyana, while 
there are distinct traces of the veining of C. Dowiana in the basal half of 
the lip, as well as.of the deep colour in the front. It is certainly : natural 
hybrid between C. Dowiana and C. Warscewiczii, and the resemb| cag 
the latter—as, indeed, of other forms of C. X Hardyana—is 7 aden 
which is usually seen between a hybrid and its parents. Al : : c 
between these two species must stand as forms of C. X aoe nae : 
quite time the present magnificent variety was called by its prope . 
ment of the latter, more 
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