42 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
LYCASTE MESOCHLENA, 
This is one of the best of the cultivated Lycastes, but its history is one 
mass of confusion, as the synonymy cited at the foot of this article wil 
show, and it is very seldom found in gardens under its correct name. It 
was discovered by Warscewicz at the head waters of the Maranon river, in 
Peru, and described by Reichenbach in 1854. Previous to this, however, 
in May, 1853, plants were sold at Stevens’ Rooms under the named 
Maxillaria conica, the flowers being described as ivory-white. One of them, 
which passed into the collection of the Bishop of Winchester, flowered a 
Farnham Castle, in 1855, as we learn from Dr, Lindley. Afterwardstt 
became in some way confused with Lycaste costata, Lindl., under which 
name it is usually cultivated. It was also figured under the name di 
Lycaste Barringtoniz variety grandiflora, a quite incorrect denomination. 
_ L. mesochlena is a bold and striking species, with large pseudobulls, 
very broad leaves, and a profusion of flowers borne on short peduncles, about 
six to eight inches long. The flowers are ivory-white, or suffused with @ 
flush of pale yellow or sometimes very pale green. The true L. costata 
Lindl., which, if in cultivation, is excessively rare, may at once be dis 
tinguished by its narrower leaves and peduncles a foot long, besides certaia 
floral differences, L. Barringtoniz has much smaller flowers with grett 
sepals and petals. The following is the synonymy of the present species- 
oT paetomn o~. Rchb. f. in Bonplandia, ii. p. 98; Lindl. in Gard. Chron., 18555 p.78 . 
L Batngtoniy vax. pando, Hook in Soy Megs wre ane 
» Var. » Hook. f. in Bot. Mag., xciv., t. 5706. 
CYPRIPEDIUM CHAMBERLAINIANUM. 
Messrs. F, Sander and Co., of St. Albans, has been flowering continuous) _ 
for the last three months, in the collection of W. G. Marshall, Esq»! 
Norton Manor, Taunton. 
Mr. Marshall remarks that 
bloomers. 
they have n 
In a note accompanying one of the ow | 
he has several plants of it, and all of them free | 
All are flowering from the growths made before importation, # 
ot yet had time to become established. It now appears pretty | 
Core that the racemes continue to elongate and develop flowets i 
succession for a long period, and that the long racemes of very numerous 
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bracts seen in wild Specimens are due to this peculiarity. 
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