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seven flowers, one of which has been kindly sent. The way the characters 
of the parents are combined is very remarkable. The general shape of the 
flower is almost that of O. Harryanum, but with the petals as widely 
expanded as the sepals; thus it is nearly flat. The ground colour, however, 
is ivory white, slightly stained with purple at the tips of the sepals, and all 
the segments bear numerous, small, purple spots, those of the lip being 
confined to the basal half, and those of the petals aggregated in a zone near 
the centre. The flower measures just three inches from tip to tip of the 
petals, which latter and the sepals are nine lines broad, and the lip an inch 
broad. This organ is also flat, and somewhat pandurate, with the crest 
much like that of O. Harryanum, only the hairs are shorter and stouter. 
The column-wings are narrow, serrulate, and white, with several brown spots, 
thus recalling O. Pescatorei. It is very beautiful, and we must again 
congratulate M. Vuylsteke on his success with this difficult genus, this 
being the third hybrid Odontoglossum which he has flowered during the 
present year, M. Vuylsteke wishes it to bear the above name. 
PAPHIOPEDIUM X MAHLER2. 
Flowers of a very handsome hybrid, derived from P. Rothschildianum xX 
Lawrenceanum, are sent from the collection of R. H. Measures, Esq., The 
Woodlands, Streatham, and well combine the characters of the two parents. 
The dorsal sepal is very large, broadly ovate, and acute, with a greenish- 
yellow ground colour, and about nineteen strong, longitudinal, purple-brown 
stripes, with a few slender intermediate ones. The petals are rather spread- 
ing, tapering to the apex, nearly four inches long, and strongly ciliate, with 
a similar ground colour, and numerous, purple-brown spots which are 
prominent and wart-like towards the base. The lip is most like P. Lawrence- 
anum in character, as is also the staminode, being broad, trilobed, and 
nearly flat, but very pubescent at the base. In its racemose character it 
most resembles P. Rothschildianum, and is one of the finest hybrids derived 
from that species which we have yet seen. 
CATTLEYA X H. HANNINGTON. 
Another handsome hybrid has been sent from the collection of R. H. 
Measures, Esq., with the above. Mr. Coles states that it was derived from 
a very fine form of C. Leopoldi, crossed with the pollen of a plant they have 
under the name of Lzlio-cattleya X Marion, of whose origin and parentage 
they have no record. It is much like a glorified edition of the seed-parent, 
for the flower is considerably increased in size and in its richness of colour- 
ing, while, at the same time, retaining the same general character. The 
pollen agrees with Cattleya, and, if the pollen parent is a true Lzlio-cattleya 
as its name implies, most of the original Lelia character seems now to have 
been lost, It is certainly very handsome. 
