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Orch. Ambon, p. 21) he excluded it as belonging to P. gratus, Blume. 
But he then added another old figure as representing P. amboinensis, 
namely, Rumph. Herb. Amb. vi. p. 113, t. 52, fig. 1. This, however, is very 
doubtful, for this particular figure is the type of P. Rumphii, Blume, which 
has since been reduced, and I believe rightly, to P. callosus, Lindl. Again, 
P. gratus, Blume, was based upon an old description of Rumphius, so that 
these points remain to be cleared up. The species of the P. flavus group 
are very imperfectly known at present. Smith unites the Indian P. 
maculatus, as well as three others described by Blume and two by Reichen- 
bach, with P. flavus, but some at least of them appear to be distinct. P. 
amboinensis, as now understood, is a native of Amboina, Java, and Celebes, 
and may be easily distinguished from P. flavus by the colour of the flowers. 
There are three white hairy keels on the lip, the reddish purple lines extend- 
ing to the side lobes, where they are lighter in colour and somewhat broken 
up into dots. It would be interesting if the other species could be intro- 
duced. R. A. ROLFE. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
A Two-flowered infloresence of the original and very handsome Cattleya X 
Chamberlainiana is sent from the collection of the Right Hon. J. Chamber- 
lain, M.P., by Mr. Mackay, who remarks that the plant has been for 
seventeen years in the Highbury collection. He adds:—‘‘I believe, there 
were three plants raised by Messrs. Veitch, and it would be interesting to 
know if the other two are still alive.” The parents were Cattleya Leopoldi 
and C. Dowiana, and the hybrid first flowered in 1881. 
A pretty little hybrid, raised from Cattleya Aclandie x Lzlia tenebrosa, 
is sent from the collection of R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham, by Mr. Black. 
It is a form of Lelio-cattleya Remula, originally raised by Messrs. Veitch. 
Several interesting flowers are sent from the collection of a J: 
Neale, Esq., of Penarth, by Mr. Haddon, including the handsome Miltonia- 
spectabilis Moreliana and M. Regnellii, the brilliant Disa grandiflora, a fine 
Vanda ccerulea, Oncidium dasytyle, Epidendrum fragrans E. prismato- 
Masdevallia demissa and Coelogyne carrugata. 
from the collection of W. Thompson, 
Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, by Mr. Stevens. A flower of Odontoglossum 
X Crawshayanum, taken from a spike of twelve, is extremely beautiful. 
The sepals and petals are bright yellow blotched with brown, and most 
resemble O. Hallii in shape, while the lip is nearer O. Harryanum, being 
large and flat, with many brown dots on the basal half, and a very spiny 
crest. The ground colour is pure white at first, but afterwards changes to 
light yellow. The others are inflorescences of O. constrictum and 
Trichopilia fragrans. 
carpum, Brassavola nodosa, 
Three interesting Orchids are sent 
