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flaveola is a form of C. X scita, and that this and C. x hybrida are quite 
distinct hybrids simplifies matters enormously. The existence of another 
‘C. X hybrida (= C. X Brabantie) has already been pointed out. 
R. A. RoLFE. 
DISA ERUBESCENS. 
It is well known that the large and polymorphic South African genus Disa 
extends into the highlands of tropical Africa as well as into Madagascar, 
and now a handsome tropical African species has appeared in cultivation. 
It is Disa erubescens, Rendle, which was described from dried specimens 
about eleven years ago (Journ. Bot., 1895, p. 297). Tubers were sent to 
Kew from British Central Africa by J. M. Purves, Esq., and one of them 
has now flowered. The flower is both large and handsome, and the colour 
is nearer to the well-k Disa grandiflora than most other cultivated 
ones, though the structure is very different. The dorsal sepal is obovate- 
spathulate in shape, somewhat concave and obtuse, and r} inches long, 
while the colour is rich orange, spotted with crimson. Its spur is linear, 
five lines long and dull crimson in colour. The spreading lateral sepals are 
oblong, ten lines long, and scarlet, becoming paler at the base. The petals 
are erect, auriculate at the base, extending upwards into a linear lobe with 
a slightly broader diverging apex, this part being coloured like the dorsal 
sepal. The lip is linear, and half an inch long. The species is diffused 
over a considerable area, having been collected on Mount Ruwenzori, from 
6,000 to 7,000 feet elevation, by Scott-Elliot, near Lake Tanganyika, at 
5,250 feet by Nutt, and also in Nyassaland and on the Zomba plateau by 
Whyte, at elevations between 2,000 and 6,000 feet. Wild specimens are 
considerably over a foot high, and bear racemes of from five to eight flowers, 
but the Kew plant, owing to not being established, has at present only a 
single flower. It bears a single lanceolate leaf, six inches long, and the 
basal sheaths are regularly spotted with red-brown. It is a very interesting 
acquisition. _R. A, Rore. 
MASDEVALLIAS AT WOODHATCH LODGE. 
On December 21, upon entering one of the Orchid houses at Woodhatch, 
Reigate, the residence of Mrs. Haywood, I was astonished and delighted to 
see a number of well-grown and splendidly-flowered plants of the well- 
known Masdevallia tovarensis. Altogether there were nineteen plants 
arranged in one row through the entire length of the house, which is about 
twenty-five feet long. Each plant was a picture in itself, being literally 
‘covered with flowers ; one specimen produced as many as ninety spikes, 
