206 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Var. sulphureum, Rehb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1884, i: p. 306. 
Var. varians, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1881, i. p. 330. 
O, X Bergmanii, L. Lind. in Lindenza, vi. p. 95, t. 286. 
O. X Claesianum, L. Lind. in Lindenia, vi. p. 65, t. 271. ~ 
- X macrospilum, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1885, ii. p. 70; O’Brien, /.c., p. 620 
Orchidophile, 1885, p. 132, fig. 9. - 
O. X prionopetalum, O’Brien in Gard. Chron., 1885, ii. p. 620. | ‘ ; 
O. X Scottii, Hort., Gard. Chron., 1883, i. p. 222 ; O’Brien, Z.c., 1885, ii. p. 620. ; 
Odontoglossum X Shuttleworthii, Hort., Gard. Chron., 1884, i. p. 490; O’Brien, Le. — 
1885, ii. p. 620. 
R. A. ie 
(To be continued.) 
MASDEVALLIA CHIMZERA VAR. VANNERIANA. 
At last we have a seedling Masdevallia of the section Saccolabiate, 
though it is a little doubtful whether, strictly speaking, it can be called a 
hybrid. It was obtained in the collection of W. Vanner, Esq., Camden 
Wood, Chislehurst (gr. Mr. W. H. Robbins) from Masdevallia Chimera _ 
var. Wallisii crossed with the pollen of M. C. var. Roezlii. Both these, 
with several others, were originally described as distinct species, but so 
many intermediate forms have since appeared that the differences originally — 
relied on have been obliterated, and as no new ones have yet been dis- 
covered, all have been reduced as varieties of one very polymorphic species, — 
the original M. Chimera. We must therefore consider our new seedling as 
a variety also, for which the above name is proposed. It has the general 
shape of the first named, the sepals ovate, very hairy, an inch and a 
half long, and the tails as much longer. The ground colour is very 
light, almost pale drab, and covered with. numerous dull liver-coloured — 
spots, which are somewhat confluent towards the margins. The whitish 
hairs are reduced to papille on the disc of the sepals. The lip is’ 
pale flesh-coloured. It is intermediate in character between the two é 
parents. The lip, petals, and column are too similar in the different — 
varieties of M. Chimera to enable any distinctive characters in these © 
organs to be traced. Experiments have shown that it is a very difficult — 
matter to effect a cross between the species of the section Saccolabiate — 
with the brilliantly-coloured species of the section Coccinee, though it 
would be rash at present to affirm its impossibility. Could the cross” 
be effected, something remarkable would probably result. But it would 
be an interesting matter to cross the best forms of M. Chimera on to the 
flowers. And the cross with M. bella, M. Carderi and M. Chesterton 
might also be tried, as it is probable that the same difficulties would not 
be found in crossing the species belonging to the same section, and some 
interesting forms would be sure to result. 
