8 ‘THE ORCHID REVIEW. ] 
the staminode is fairly intermediate in character. Our figure was prepared : 
from a plant which recently flowered in Messrs. Veitch’s establishment, at — 
Chelsea. © : 
‘Cypripedium x Niobe, Rolfe in Gard. Chron., 1890, i. p. 9; Wien. Ill. Gart. Zeit., 1890, | 
PP. 342, 343, fig. 69; Orch. Album, x. t. 438; Orchidophile, 1892, p. 81, with fig. 
C. X Gaskelliana, Gower in Garden, 1899, ii. p. 150. 
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LAELIA VIRENS. 
Certain species of Orchids never seem to become common in gardens, — 
and this interesting little Lelia must be placed among the number. It was } 
originally discovered by Gardner, on the Organ Mountains, near Rio de : 
Janeiro, in 1837, and in 1844 it flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney. . 
Subsequently it was lost sight of, until it re-appeared in the collection of © 
Sir C. W. Strickland, Hildenley, Malton, in 1879. Then it appeared with 
E. C. Ball, Esq., Down Lodge, Fairlight, Hastings, in 1888, and recently 
with Messrs. Linden, of Brussels, and W. L. Barclay, Esq., of The Briars, 
Reigate. When out of flower it is not unlike a small L. crispa, and has — 
also been compared with Cattleya Mossiz. It is a modest little species, — 
the flowers about an inch long, and borne in racemes of about five. The — 
sepals and petals are light yellowish green, and the undulate lip white. 
Lelia virens, Lindl. Bot. Reg., xxx., Misc., p. 1; Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1879, i+ P- 
716; Rolfe, /.c., 1888, i. p. 360. 
CATTLEYA LABIATA ALBA. 
The re-introduction of the old autumn-flowering Cattleya labiata is 
certainly one of the most important events of recent years, and during the — 
past autumn has brightened up many a collection. From its habit of — 
flowering during a particularly dull season it is especially valuable. 
Though very variable in colour, pure white varieties are not so common as 
we were led to expect, though more than one has been recorded. One fine 
one is in the collection of M. G. Warocqué, of Mariemont, and a very chaste 
form was exhibited at the last meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
by M. Wells, Esq., of Broomfield, Sale, near Manchester. It had pure 
white flowers, with a yellow tinge in the throat, and was greatly admired. 
Another handsome form has flowered in the collection of T. R. Watt, Esq., 
The Briars, Chislehurst. It has pure white sepals and petals, but the lip — 
is little modified in colour, and the contfast renders it very effective. This 
form has been called C. labiata elegans. 
