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exactly opposite, is immediately underneath the stigma, which, like the 
lip, is turned round opposite the petal. This, I believe, is the true 
explanation of the changes which have taken place, and thus the flower 
is remarkable for the presence of a staminode, which is completely 
effaced in the normal flower. The only alternative is that the perfect 
anther, underneath the stigma, represents this missing stamen; but this, 
I think, is not the case, for the style is slightly twisted below the stigma, 
and the anther is slightly lateral at its insertion. Besides this, the 
relation of the other parts to each other only agree with the former 
enplanation. The peculiarity is not likely to be permanent, but is 
interesting for the light it throws on the modification which an Orchid 
flower has undergone. 
Re A. KH 
CATTLEYA DOWIANA IMSCHOOTIANA. 
A VERY beautiful variety of Cattleya Dowiana has just flowered in the collection 
of W. S. M’ Millan, Esq., of Maghull, Liverpool, in which the sepals and petals 
are white with a faint tinge of sulphur, forming a very striking contrast with 
the typical yellow form, with which it agrees in shape and in the colouring 
of the lip. The plant is an imported one now flowering for the first time. 
Two or three other forms having this character have previously appeared. 
The first which I find a record of was called C. aurea Imschootiana, and 
received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society on 
October 14th, 1890, when exhibited by Baron Schréder. It is described as 
having pure white sepals and petals (Gard. Chron., 1890, viii, p. 447.) 
C. D. Hardy, for which Messrs. F. Sander and Co. received a First-class 
Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society on August 27th, 1895, has 
sulphur-white sepals and petals (Orch. Rev., iii., Pp. 229, 320). The 
following year a similar award was given to C. D. Wheatley’s variety, from 
the collection of F. Wheatley, Esq., of Teignmouth. This, too, had the 
sepals and petals white with only a very faint trace of yellow (Orch. Rev., 
V., p. 348). pes 
Whether any differences exist between these three named forms can only 
be ascertained by comparison, but it is clear that all represent what may be 
termed the albino form of this beautiful species, and those who are fortunate 
enough to possess them should take special care of them. 
; K. A. R. 
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