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shaped tendrils. It inhabits much the same area as the preceding, and is 
sometimes found associated with it. 
P. x leucorrhoda (Fig. 22) originally appeared in 1875, in an importation 
made by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., of Clapton, and was described by 
Reichenbach as a natural hybrid between P. Aphrodite and P. Schilleriana, 
on account of the way it combined the characters of these two distinct 
plants, The original form had mottled leaves and flat roots, and passed 
for P. Schilleriana until it flowered. Afterwards, other plants appeared with 
green leaves (or nearly green) and more rounded roots, though the flowers 
showed the same intermediate character. One of these was described as 
P. x casta. It will be observed that the lip has slender tendrils, as in 
P. Aphrodite; yet the basal angles of the front-lobe are rounded, and the 
shape of the side-lobes also more like P. Schilleriana, while the petals are 
flushed with pink, especially near the base. 
P. xX leucorrhoda var. Cynthia (Fig. 23) appeared in 1889, in the col- 
lection of F. Wigan, Esq., Clare Lawn, East Sheen, and was not dis- 
tinguished from P. Schilleriana until it flowered. Then, however, its hybrid 
origin was apparent, for the characters of P. Aphrodite could be clearly 
traced, especially in the side-lobes of the lip and crest. The sepals and 
petals were strongly flushed with rose, shading off to nearly white near the 
margins. The tendrils, however, were very similar to those of P. Schil- 
leriana. Immediately afterwards a form appeared with Messrs. Hugh 
Low and Co., with the same anchor-shaped tendrils and the usual hybrid 
characters, but with white flowers. Last spring another form appeared in 
the same establishment with the same characteristic shape, but with rosy 
flowers very similar to Mr. Wigan’s plant, and it is this which is represented 
in the photograph. It approaches P. Schilleriana more nearly than the 
other forms, yet the hybrid characters are obvious enough, and in the living 
flower strongly marked. i 
The photograph was taken by Mr. G. I’Anson, of Upper Clapton, 
P. x leucorrhoda from a flower kindly sent by Mr. W. Bull, of Chelsea, 
and the others from the establishment of Messrs. Hugh Low and Co. It 
illustrates in a graphic manner the way in which the characters of the 
parent species are combined in the offspring. If a series of the hybrids be 
examined some will be seen to approach one parent very nearly in certain 
characters, while others lean as strongly towards the other, though in every 
case the combination of characters can be traced, and the transition through 
intermediate forms is gradual. The group is very interesting and beautiful. 
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ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM VAR. BARONESS SCHRODER. 
‘This is a very dark and richly-coloured variety, for which Baron 
Schréder, The Dell, Egham, received a First-class Certificate at the Royal 
