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Brassia_ Lewisu, Rolfe.—This. pretty little Brassia flowered with 
Messrs. W. L. Lewis and Co., of Southgate, by whom it was exhibited 
at the recent Temple Show. Its exact habitat is not known; but the plants 
were purchased from a man who collected them when searching for 
Cattleyas, and who has since died. It is much like a small compact form 
of B. macrostachya, Lindl., next which it may be placed. Lindley, indeed, 
afterwards reduced this and B. pumila, Linden, to the rank of varieties of 
B. Lanceana, Lindl., which, however, leaves their acknowledged differences 
just where they were. And the present form is equally distinct. ‘It agrees 
with B. pumila in the presence of a pair of erect teeth in front of the crest, 
but its lip is not pandurate, and the colour is different. It has a compact 
raceme of about eleven flowers, whose characters are given in the technical 
description below :— 
Pseudobulb oblong, compressed, 2} in. long. Leaves linear-oblong, subacute, 5-6 
inches long, t} in. broad. Raceme a little longer than the leaves, 10-12-flowered. Bracts 
lanceolate-ovate, acute, 3 lin. long. Sepals lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, greenish 
yellow with a few small dusky-brown spots at base; the dorsal one 1}-1} in. long, 
laterals 2-3 in. long. Petals subfalcate, acuminate, }.in. long, rather more spotted than 
the sepals.. Lip ovate-elliptical, acuminate, 1 in. long, 5 lin. broad, light yellow, with 
a pair of parallel fleshy pubescent age truncate keels, which are white and marbled 
with orange on their inner sides, and a cf erect teeth in front. Column stout, light 
‘ green, 2} lin. long. This graceful little iui is dedicated to Mr. Lewis. 
ANSELLIA NILOTICA, N. E. Br., vAR. Rossiana, Rolfe.—A bright and 
pretty Ansellia has just flowered in the collection of H. J. Ross, Esq., of 
Florence, which appears to be a very light-coloured form of A. nilotica, and 
may therefore bear the above name. It is said to be from the Zambesi 
district, and at present to be rather dwarf for an Ansellia. The shape of the 
flower, including the lip with its spathulate front lobe and three keels, is 
that of the type, but the colour is primrose-yellow, and the spots smaller, 
less numerous, and lighter brown in colour. A. nilotica is from the Nile 
district, but I think this Zambesi plant must be considered as a variety of 
the same. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM X BAPHICANTHUM, Rchb. f., VAR. IMMACULATUM, Rolfe. 
—aA very pretty little Odontoglossum has flowered with Messrs. F. Sander 
and Co., of St. Albans, with primrose-yellow flowers, slightly suffused with 
rosy mauve, especially on the lateral sepals. In fact, it is just an unspotted 
form of O. x baphicanthum. It is an elegant little plant, and of course a 
form of O. x glorioso-crispum. 
L2LIA PuRPURATA, Lindl., vAR. DISCOLOR, Rolfe.—In the collection of 
W. Brown, Esq., Holly Lawn, Beech Lanes, Birmingham, is a handsome 
and quite unusual form of Lelia purpurata. The sepals are blush-white, 
and the petals beautifully veined and suffused with purple, which is brightest 
