336 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
been several years in many orchideous collections, and originated in the first 
place, it may be presumed, in that of the late Mrs. Harrison.” There can 
be little doubt, however, that it was one of the plants sent home by Mr. 
William Harrison, a merchant residing for some time at Rio de Janeiro, 
who sent large quantities of Orchids to his brother and sister, Mr. Richard 
and Mrs. Arnold Harrison, whose collections at Liverpool were famous about 
this period. The plant alluded to was evidently a fine specimen, for it is 
said to have made ‘‘this season no less than twelve good shoots, nine of 
these have flowered, mostly with five good blossoms, which remained more 
or less perfect for upwards of two months.” Shortly afterwards it appeared 
in an enumeration of species by Mr. P. N. Don, as C. Harrisonii (Florist’s 
Fournal, 1840, p. 183); while in 1844 it was figured in the Botanical 
Magazine (t. 4085) as C. intermedia var. variegata, from a plant sent from 
Brazil by Gardner, which flowered at Kew in May of the previous year. 
In 1845 it was also figured under the name of C. Papeinsiana (Ann. de 
Gand, i. p. 57, t. 5) from a plant which flowered in the collection of Dr. 
Van Aken, of Gand, Belgium. 
On the other hand, it has been variously confused with C. Loddigesii, 
which, however, has more reflexed sepals and petals, which are usually of a 
lighter colour, and a broader lip with smooth disc. In fact, the texture of 
the flower, as well as its general appearance and the disposition of the side 
lobes of the lip, are quite distinct, while the peculiarities are constant in 
character. 
It is a native of the Organ Mountain district, in Brazil, as Gardner found 
it on trees growing in marshes at the foot of these mountains, in 1841, while 
Burchell, as long previously as 1826, collected good dried specimens at the 
head of the river Pacaqué, in the same region. Thus it appears to be a 
comparatively local species. : 
CATTLEYA x» HARDYANA, COUNTESS OF DERBY. 
We have now received a flower of the magnificent Cattleya x Hardyana, 
Countess of Derby, described at p. 294. The front of the lip, including the 
two yellow blotches at the side are almost exactly as in C. Warscewiczii, 
but behind this, on the side lobes, is the unmistakable veining of C. Dowiana 
aurea. The petals also are short and broad, as in the latter, and these facts 
fully establish its hybrid origin. Although creamy-white when first opening, 
it soon becomes pure white, and this is one of its most remarkable charac- 
ters, as well as of C. x Hardyana Statteriana, whose lip is so different from 
that of the present one. Albinos of the parent species are excessively rare, 
which only increases the difficulty of accounting for their appearance as 
hybrids, unless, indeed, it results from some peculiar blending of the two 
colours, which seems not improbable. 
