248 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [AuGusT, 1907. 
CYMBIDIUM HUMBLOTII. 
AFTER being lost sight of for a considerable period, this very distinct 
Madagascar species has reappeared in cultivation, in the establishment of 
M. A. A. Peeters, of Brussels, a flower having been sent for determination 
that was received some time ago. with Phaius from that country. The 
plant was exhibited at the recent Holland House Show, and received an 
Award of Merit. The species was originally discovered by M. Humblot, 
and was described in 1892, when it flowered in the collection of C. N. L. 
Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, Godalming (Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1892, i. 
p- 8). It had been obtained as Cymbidium Loise-Chavieri (the supposed 
*‘ scarlet ’’ Cymbidium), and was exhibited at a meeting of the R.H.S. on 
June 7th, when it received a Botanical Certificate. The flowers are borne 
in an erect branching panicle, and are light green, with some blackish 
markings on the lip, recalling Coelogne pandurata to-some extent as regards 
colour. Though very distinct from C. rhodochilum in the colour of the 
lip it is a very near ally of that species, and it may be remarked that the 
Madagascar species of Cymbidium differ from their Asiatic confreres in 
having a paniculate inflorescence. They also seem more difficult to cultivate. 
C. rhodochilum is known to grow in clumps of Platycerium, and the pre- 
vent one has also the appearance of an epiphyte. One other species is 
known, namely, C. flabellatum, Lindl., which has not yet appeared in culti- 
sation. -R.A.R. 
ERIA LATIBRACTEATA. 
Ir is unfortunate that we have two species of Eria bearing the name E. 
Jatibracteata. The first is a native of Borneo, which was sent to Kew for 
determination by Messrs. Sander & Sons, in July, 1895, and after being 
named as above by the writer was exhibited at a meeting of the R.H.S., 
and received a Botanical Certificate, its characters then being briefly 
recorded (Gard. Chron. 1895, ii. p. 102; Orch. Rev. iii. p. 285). A year 
later it flowered at Glasnevin, and in July, 1897, also at Kew, when it was 
figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 7605). In the meantine another species 
had been described as Eria latibracteata, by Mr. Ridley (Journ. Linn. Soe. 
Xxxil. p- 294). It had been collected at Sungei Ujong, in the Malay 
Peninsula, by a Dr. Braddon, and is described as a rather pretty plant, the 
large apple-green bracts setting off the white and madder-coloured flowers: 
It is said to be an ally of E. acervata, Lindl., and E. recurvata, Hook. f, | 
with the habit of E. floribunda, Lindl. As the latter requires a new name 
it may be suitably called E. Braddonii, after the collector. Both the — 
species belong to the section Hymeneria, and the latter is probably not 
yet known in cultivation. RR: Av BE 
