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month at the Royal Horticultural Society, and from a different plant. The 
lip is 2} inches across, and the yellow blotches on either side of the throat 
extend nearly to the margins of the side lobes, and half-way to the apex of 
the front lobe, forming a splendid contrast with the crimson-purple of the 
latter, and the rose-pink of the sepals and petals. 
Some fine flowers of the superb Disa grandiflora are sent from the 
collection of John S. Moss, Esq., Wintershill, Bishop’s Waltham. Unfor- 
tunately, they throw no further light on the question of the occurrence of 
branched spikes in this species, to which attention was called at page 230. 
A handsome flower of Cattleya Warscewiczii Sanderiana from the 
collection of F. M. Burton, Esq., Highfield, Gainsborough, has the petals 
3 inches broad, and the rest of the flower correspondingly well 
developed, and of excellent form and colour. In two other cases 
flowers of this species have been sent, which were purchased as C. Dowiana 
aurea, but the explanation is that the two grow together, and, in some cases, 
are difficult to distinguish out of flower. 
Abnormal flowers in the Phragmipedium group are frequently met with, 
anda flower of P. X Dominianum from the collection of Mrs. Hollond, 
Wonham, Bampton, N. Devon, is remarkable for having every part of the 
flower represented by a single organ. The dorsal sepal is united to the 
lower one, the place of the former being occupied by a single petal, opposite 
to which is placed the single anther. 
An inflorescence of the rare and pretty Dendrobium bracteosum, with 
about a dozen richly coloured flowers, also comes from the same collection. 
It is one of the brightest forms we have seen. 
A fine flower of Cypripedium x Cleopatra (C. Hookere @ x C. X 
cenanthum superbum ¢) is sent from the collection of Eustace F. Clark, 
Esq., of Teignmouth. The foliage is very handsome, and most resembles 
C. Hooker ; and the peduncle, which is over twenty inches high, shows 
the influence of the same parent, while the flower is fairly intermediate 
between the two, though larger. Mr. Clark observes that it is more robust 
than either parent, and its foliage one of the handsomest in his collection. 
Its parentage is rather complex, as may be seen by an analysis at page 362 
of our fourth volume. 
An inflorescence of Miltonia vexillaria rubella—the small autumn- 
blooming form—comes from the collection of F. Hardy, Esq., of Ashton- 
on-Mersey, together with a flower which is similar in general character, 
except for a deep purple blotch on the lip, like that of M, v. Leopoldi., 
