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later the first flowers appeared. It was named C. x Morganiz burfordiens, 
in order to distinguish it from the original form, which, however, it vey 
closely resembles. A plant was exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Hori 
cultural Society in November last, when it was unanimously awarded : 
First-class Certificate by the Orchid Committee. Our illustration rept 
sents a flower of this particular plant, kindly communicated by Sir Trew 
Lawrence. — 
C. x Morganiz bears a considerable resemblance to the rare C. Stone. 
platyteenium, from which circumstance the latter has been supposed tobe 
a natural hybrid with the same parentage. This, however, is impossible, & 
one of the species is a native of Malacca, the other of Borneo. 4 
Cypripedium x Morganiz, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1880, ii. p. 134 (by error “Mee 
ganianum”) ; 7d., 1886, ii, pp. 241, 243, fig. 49; zd., 1890, i. p. 264, with plate, also pp. i 
552, fig. 85 ; 2d., 1892, ii. pp. 217, 218, fig. 37 (abnormal) ; Journ. of Hort., 1887, i. pp. 234 
233, fig. 42. Orch. Album, vii. t. 313 ; Veitch Man. Orch., iv. p. 92, with fig. ; The Garileh, 
xxiii. p. 58, t. 372 ; Retchenbachia, ser. 2, i. p. 1, t. 1; Ll. Hort., xxxiv. p. 16, t. 5 7 
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FIGURES OF BRAZILIAN ORCHIDS. 
The following summary of an article by M. Cogniaux in the Fournal des 
Orchidées for December 15th (p. 308) will probably be read with interest — : 
About twenty-five years ago M. Barbosa Rodrigues, now Director of - 
Botanic Garden at Rio de Janeiro, commenced the preparation of a sh 
figures of Brazilian Orchids, natural size, coloured, and with analy 4 
details of floral structure. In 1871 he applied to the Brazilian Governmett 
for funds to enable him to publish the work, but without success. He there 
fore entered into negotiations with the Editor of the Flora Brasiliensis, ant 
with the late Prof. Reichenbach, but with no better result, and he had a 
content himself with publishing a brief account of the novelties, in two octal 
volumes, in 1877 and 1881, entitled Genera et Species Orchidearum nova 
They number about 570 species and 25 new genera, the value of which it we 
almost impossible to judge, as many of them were unrepresented in ie | 
pean Herbaria. % 
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M. Cogniaux, who has been entrusted with the revision of the Orchide® 
for the Flora Brasiliensis, has now received the drawings in question, neatly 
goo in number, and speaks of them as executed with really artistic talent: : 
and accompanied by analytical details of each species. It is a fortunal? 
ietiadias tt that these drawings will now be available for the work 
question. 
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It is certain that the novelties of this enormous tract of county 
are not yet nearly exhausted, and the forthcoming revision will doubtless | 
prove a gr 
eat advance in our knowledge of the Orchids of this interestiDs 
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