286 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [SEPTEMBER, rg06. 
A five flowered inflorescence of Lelia crispa Westonbirt var. is sent — 
from the collection of Major Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury, by Mr. 
Alexander. It has a good open lip, the front lobe of which is occupied 
by a very large dark purple blotch. 
ONCIDIUM x STANLEYI. 
AT the R.H.S. meeting held on August 28th last a very beautiful Oncidium 
was exhibited by Messrs. Stanley and Co., Chase Side, Southgate, under 
the name of Oncidium x Stanleyi, to which an Award of Merit was given. 
It is said to have come home in an importation of Oncidium Forbesii, 0. 
pretextum and O. curtum, and is supposed to be a natural hybrid 
between the last-named and O. Marshallianum, which grows in the same 
district. The plant bore two fine branching panicles, with an aggregate of 
over one hundred and twenty flowers, fairly intermediate in size and shape 
between the two species named. In fact, it most resembles O. Marshall- 
ianum in its bright yellow ground colour, while the crests are much more 
like those of O. curtum. The flowers have an expanse of over an inch and 
three-quarters across the petals. The dorsal sepal is broadly elliptical, 
obtuse, slightly concave, 7 lines long, and the colour bright yellow, with 
three or four broad, light-brown bands, and a few additional spots, while 
the lateral pair are rather narrower, and diverge above the narrow united 
base. The petals are broadly unguiculate, nearly orbicular, retuse, — 
undulate, 8 to g lines broad, and bright yellow, with a large, elliptical, 
light brown blotch, and a few spots nearer the margin. The lip is nearly 
an inch long, the side lobes very minute, and the front lobe very broadly 
dilated, broader than long, and bilobed at the apex. The unguis is short 
and broad, and the crest bilobed at the apex and base, with an additional 
ear-shaped tubercled crest on each side at the base of the side lobes. The 
colour of the lip is bright yellow, with the tubercles of the crest light brow” 
The column wings are very short, entire, and light yellow, closely dotted 
with brown. It is very distinct and handsome. RK 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
BRASSOLELIA X FLADOSA.—A very distinct and pretty little hybrid was 
exhibited at the R.H.S. meeting held on August 28th, from the collection 
of Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate, of which we have received 
a flower. Mr. Bound states that it was derived from Brassavola nodos® 
grandiflora @ and Lelia flava 3, and the specific name is taken from that 
of its two parents. The plant has several erect monophyllous pseudo 
bulbs, and the fleshy leaves are oblong in shape. The scape had oe 
flowers, in which the characters of the two parents were clearly combined: : 
The sepals and petals are spreading, slightly recurving towards the apex : 
