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the dorsal sepal and petals. The rachis is also ivory-white, narrow, and the 
flowers rather crowded. The flowers of M. Bufo are arranged at distant 
intervals on a much broader rachis, and are green, spotted with dull brown, 
while the lateral sepals are greenish-white, with very minute dusky dots. 
Its history has already been given (O.R., vili. p. 293). The vegetative organs 
are very similar in the two species, the pseudobulbs being oblong, 4-angled, 
with two oblong leaves, those of M. eburneum four to five inches long, and 
those of M. Bufo about five to eight inches. R. A. ROLFE. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Royal 
Horticultural Hall, Vincent-square, Westminster, during April, on the 6th 
and 20th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o'clock noon. The following meeting will be held on May 4th, and the 
subject of the afternoon lecture will be Mendel’s Law and its Application 
to Horticulture, by Mr. C. C. Hurst, illustrated by lantern slides. 
Three meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society will be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, during April, on 
the 1st, 15th, and 2gth. The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits 
are open to inspection from I to 4 o’clock p.m. 
The remarkable group of Phalznopsis Schilleriana, for which Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, received a Gold Medal from the 
R.H.S. on February gth last, is illustrated in the Gardeners’ Magazine for 
February 2oth (p. 146). It is very well pointed out that no such group has 
previously appeared there. 
R. H. S. ORcu1D CoMMITTEE.—Some interesting Orchids have appeared 
at recent meetings, which are mentioned in the following report :— 
January 26th, 1g09 :— 
CATTLEYA MALFORMED.—A flower of a Cattleya having three stamens 
and a much reduced perianth was received from Mr. Gurney Wilson, and 
referred to Mr. Saunders for further examination. 
February 9th, 1909 :-— 
MALFORMED ORcHIDS.—Mr. Saunders reported that the flower of 
Cattleya Trianz referred to him from the last meeting showed three perfect 
stamens surrounding the pistil, three very short and regular petals, and 
three sepals shorter still. Mr. Saunders showed drawings illustrating these 
points. 
ALBINISM IN ORcHIDS.—Mr. Gurney Wilson exhibited specimens 
illustrating the inheritance of albinism in Dendrobiums. He found that 
