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purple dots on a yellowish ground. The remaining flowers are a very fine” 
P. X aureum virginale, P. X Olivia, P. x Helen II., in which the dorsal. a 
sepal is very regularly spotted with purple on a white ground, and two 
diverse forms of P. x Valletii, in which the ch ters of P. x L r 
and P. Boxallii are combined. We should like to add that Mr. Young's” 
records are kept with the most praiseworthy accuracy, and it is always a 
pleasure to work under such conditions. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM MASTERSIANUM. 
Tue habitat of this handsome species has hitherto been mysterious. 
Messrs. Veitch remark :—‘‘ We find nothing recorded of the habitat of this. 
very distinct Cypripede beyond the statement that it is of Sondaic origin, 
and, although Prof. Reichenbach adds that he was indebted to us for the 
materials for description, the plant was not imported by us, but was received — 
from the Royal Gardens at Kew” (Veitch Man. Orch., iv., p- 39)- Mr. Day 
painted it as Messrs. Veitch’s in 1885 (Coll. Draw., xlv., t. 5), and remarked 
that Reichenbach’s description was prepared from a flower from the self- 
same plant, which was the only one in Europe, adding :—‘ I am told that” 
Messrs. Veitch received it from Kew, and that it came from Java.” A 4 
subsequent note adds that “in June there were two plants of this in flower 
at Mr. W. Bull’s, of which I bought one.” Twelve years ago the species 
was figured in this work from a rather poor flower, the only one then | 
accessible (O.R., ii., p. 17, fig. 4), where the remark occurs:—‘‘ It is DOW 
known to be a native of Java, from whence Messrs. Hugh Low & Co- haved 
imported it.” In the face of these records I was somewhat puzzled not t0 
find any mention of the species in the recently published ‘ Orchideen von 
Java,” by J. J. Smith (FI. von Buitenz., vol. vi.). Hallier, it is true, 
1897, had briefly mentioned the plant as a native of Amboina (Ann. Jari 
Bot. Buitenz., xiv., p. 36), but I had overlooked the record until repeated by. 
Pfitzer. Now it is confirmed. In an interesting paper entitled Die Orchideat 
ie Ambon, recently published by Mr. Smith, I find three Amboina recor” 
pies (p- 7), as follows :—* Salhoetoe (Teysmann), Toena (Teysmanm 
Micholitz), and Hoetoe Moretoe (J. J. Smith).” We may therefore con 
clude that the original record was erroneous. It would be rather interes! 
it. I wish I had come across a 
hunting for ferns on Mt. Geder, 
paid the expenses of my trip then, Japan included,” R. 
R. A. & 
