272 THE. ORCHID . REVIEW. 
vegetative organs, and frequently separates closely allied plants, and some 
times brings together those which have no generic affinity. It is not adoptei 
in its entirety. however, as the very first genus shows. Pfitzer separated” 
the species of Selenipedium with coriaceous leaves and added them to thos 
of Cypripedium with a similar character, under the name of Paphiopedilum; 
which M. Cogniaux very properly rejects. Of course, the line must be 
drawn somewhere. Six species of Selenipedium are enumerated, but ‘we 
observe that three of them are said only to grow in Guiana, and tf d 
inclusion is therefore unfortunate, as one has to go through each of the 
species, before being able to ascertain how many really grow in. Bra 
How long would this take for the exactly one-hundred Habenarias ent 
erated? Selenipedium palmifolium is also.a Guiana species only included 
the authority of Martius, whose specimen probably belongs to the Bre ili ian 
S. Isabelianum. S: Sargentianum, described at p. 239 of our last issue, 9 was, 
of course, too late to be included. S. paulistanum, mentioned on the same 
page, is however not recognised, being considered ° synonymous ‘with $ . 
vittatum, through Rodriguez stated that it was quite distinct. Thus We yd 
have only three undoubted Brazilian species of Selenipedium, namely, : 
vittatum, S. Isabelianum, and S. Sargentianum. Vanilla must also be 
reduced from eight species to six on the same grounds, not even the ] 4 
phetic opinion that one of them will probably yet be discovered in Br I 
being sufficient to justify its inclusion. Prophecy might be indulged in ] 
footnotes, or in smaller type; and the numbers should certainly be omit! et ) 
seeing that the work is a Flora Brasiliensis. We call attention to hese 
points, because we are anxious to see so excellent a work, and one ‘that is 
likely to remain a standard of reference for many years to come, all tha 
professes to be. Further numbers will be awaited with interest. 
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EPIDENDRUM EBURNEUM. 
This distinct and pretty Epidendrum has re-appeared in the collectio 
Major-General E. S. Berkeley, Spetchley, Bitterne. Park, Southampton} 
received it from. Panama, whence also the original specimens came. It 
described in 1867, from a plant which flowered in the collection of Te 
Tuffnell, Esq., of Spring Grove, Isleworth, in the previous December: 
was sent by Mr. P. Henderson, of the Royal Mail Packet Company's * 
who discovered it within a few miles of Colon, Panama, growing in SMe 
close to the railway. It is allied to E. leucochilum, Klotzsch, and Ey i 
florum, Kunth. The flowers are largish and few in number, the i a 
petals yellowish green, and the broadly ovate lip white, with ne 
calli at the base. It would appear to be a very rare plant. 
Epidendrum eburneum, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1867, p. 404; Bot. Mag: t sole 
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