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the latter, both, however, being slightly modified. The lip also is much 
like that of C. Lowii. The staminode is broadly obovate, with a small 
tooth at the base, as in both parents. The flowers are racemose. It 
was exhibited by Messrs. Linden, of Brussels, at the meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society held on December 12th last. It is named after a 
son of R. H. Measures, Esq., of The Woodlands, Streatham. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X NIOBE, SHORT HILLS VAR. 
This is a distinct and handsome variety, which differs considerably from 
the typical form (Orchid Review, i. p. 7, fig. 1). The dorsal sepal is veined 
throughout with purple, even to the apex, leaving only a very narrow white 
margin; the petals spread at an angle of 45° from the perpendicular, and 
the pouch of the lip is very short, measuring only three-quarters of an inch 
in front. It is a dark and handsome form, raised by Messrs. Pitcher and 
Manda, Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S.A., from whom we have received a 
flower, in excellent condition, in spite of its long journey across the 
Atlantic. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X NIOBE MAGNIFICUM. 
This is another beautiful variety, of the same origin as the. preceding, 
and received with it. In shape it is almost identical, but in colour remark- 
ably different, for the purple veining of the dorsal sepal is quite absent, or 
rather limited to the broad deep purple median band. The basal third is 
very light green, the remainder being pure white. It is also a little broader 
and shorter than in the preceding. The petals are also a little broader and 
still more spreading, the lip equally short, and the staminode wholly bright 
purple except a narrow white margin. It is a chaste and very beautiful ° 
form. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X HORNERI. 
This is a rather distinct hybrid raised by Mr. H. Horner, gardener to 
Colonel Marwood, of Flowergate, Whitby, from Cypripedium Boxallii ? 
and C. Argus f. Thus it bears a general resemblance to C. x vernixium 
(C. Argus # x C. villosum ) in shape, but the petals and dorsal sepal are 
all rather heavily spotted with dark purple-brown on a light green ground. 
The dorsal sepal has a narrow white margin, and the superior halves of 
the petals are suffused with a light purple tint. The lip is pallid with a 
slight suffusion of faint purple, and the staminode bears a dark green 
central tubercle. In general appearance it most resembles the. mother 
plant. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X LAUR&A, 
A pretty hybrid Cypripedium has been raised-in the collection of 
Richard le Doux, Esq., of Marlfield, West Derby, Liverpool, from C. 
villosum ¢ and C. x superciliare ¢, which has been dedicated to this 
gentleman’s wife. It bears some little resemblance to C. x Harrisianum, 
