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of them in bloom at the time. In the midst of a floating mass of this kind, 
perhaps fifty yards in breadth, many yards from the shore, and exposed to: 
the bright sunshine, were many plants of a Habenaria that has been deter- 
mined by Mr. Rolfe as H. repens, Nuttall. They grew singly for the most 
part. Occasionally several would stand sufficiently near together to have 
their roots intermingled, but I did not notice any apparent connection. 
The plants grew in every case where slender-stemmed aquatics, such as 
Potamogeton or Myriophyllum, grew so thickly as to furnish a support. A 
rhizome about an inch long and an eighth of an inch thick was imbedded 
among the plants, rising obliquely from them, and at the top of this the 
stem grew erect, in no case much more than six inches above the surface. 
The yellowish white roots, well clothed with short and thick root-hairs, did 
not dip down into the water, but spread out almost horizontally through 
the mass of vegetation, a considerable body of which was lifted up when the 
Habenaria plants were raised. With a little shaking they were readily 
drawn out. The inflorescence was of a light green colour, the leaves of a ° 
rather light, but brilliant green, and suberect. 
“The plant would have been more carefully examined had it not beem 
found just as we were about to make a hasty return. It did not occur to 
us to investigate its germination, which we might have done, as many 
plants were in fruit. It seems reasonable to suppose that the seeds ger- 
minate while in the pods. 
“Tt is not improbable that the plant is common in such localities, but 
we had no other opportunity of finding it. It certainly did not grow along 
the shore, nor in the mud, for such localities, there and elsewhere, were 
often searched, so far as this locality is concerned, therefore, the plant grows. 
only as a natant.” 
CATTLEYA x LUCIENIANA. 
SoME further light is now thrown on the question of the origin of Cattleya 
X Lucieniana, so recently discussed (page 208). At the Holland House 
Show a hybrid Cattleya was exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
labelled “‘C. Harrisoniana X Schilleriana.” It was originally purchased 
on the Continent with this record, which has every appearance of being 
correct. The plant is clearly a seedling, as it still retained the tiny seedling 
gtowths, and the flowers unmistakably combined the characters of the two: 
species mentioned. Though most like the former in colour, the petals are 
distinctly undulate, and the lip is broad with ample side lobes, and this, 
with the distinctly dwarfer habit, shows the influence of the other parent. 
The front lobe of the lip is crisped, and suffused with purple ; the side lobes 
are cream yellow, slightly suffused with purple towards the margin, while 
some of the characteristic Harrisoniana markings occur on the disc. It 
