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that O. x Fascinator (O.R., xiii., pp. 201, 202, fig. 43) bears a precisely 
similar relation to O. X Adriane. 
It affords curious matter for speculation as to what this plant would 
have been called had it appeared in an importation of O. crispum. Some 
would probably have regarded it as a spotted crispum, and others a good 
form of O. x Andersonianum, for the limits of the two are not well defined. 
It is doubtful if anyone would have guessed its exact parentage, though 
with the record it is easy to trace the resemblances to the two parents. It 
will be interesting to match it or to find the nearest approach to it among 
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importations of O. crispum, for it has long been suspected that certain 
‘spotted crispums”’ were of hybrid origin, and the extreme polymorphism 
of O. x Andersonianum has been equally puzzling. The production of 
secondary hybrids of known origin should throw a flood of light on this ques- 
tion, and we hope to see what the other seedlings are like when they flower. 
It may be interesting to give an illustration of the pollen parent, O. 
crispum heliotropium (Fig. 14) for comparison. This, it may be remem- 
bered, is a plant from the collection of R. Brooman White, Esq., of 
Arddarroch, N.B., which received a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. 
in April, 1897. The ground colour of the flower is bright lilac-rose, and the 
spots red-brown. 
