May, 1903.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 135. 
facts suggests D. Bensone as the most probable. Both D. Findlayanum 
and D. Hildebrandii have been crossed with D. nobile, yielding, respectively, 
D. X Cybele and D. x Ellisii; but neither of them agree with the present 
hybrid, while the hybrid with D. Bensonz has, we believe, not been recorded. 
The sepals and petals are practically those of a light form of D. nobile, but 
the lip is much more like D. Benson, being white, with a small purple 
tip, a bright yellow disc, and a broad band, maroon in colour, and consisting 
of confluent maroon lines, all round the claw. The latter character strongly 
recalls D. X Pitcherianum, but the band is broader and darker in colour. 
This, and the yellow disc, would be expected if D. primulinum were replaced 
by D. Benson. The shape is compatible with such a cross, and it would 
be interesting to see the matter cleared up by experiment. 
R. A. ROLFE. 
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THE HYBRIDIST. 
BRASSOLZLIA X ROLFEI.—This is a new hybrid from Lelia crispa ¢ 
and Brassavola Digbyana g, which has just flowered in the collection 
of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.p., Highbury, Birmingham, 
of which a flower has been kindly sent by Mr. Chamberlain, accompanied 
by the following note :—‘‘ I wish to call this hybrid Brassolelia x Rolfei, 
in compliment to Mr. R. A. Rolfe, and as a tribute to the work which he is 
doing for Orchidology. There is, I think, no doubt of the correctness of 
the parentage, as the flower had the crisp appearance of Lelia crispa, 
though now somewhat faded. It came to me as a young plant from 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co.” The flower has the general shape of the 
existing Brassavola Digbyana hybrids, and the lip is considerably fringed, 
and more crisp than usual, but the dark purple markings which form such a 
prominent feature in Lelia crispa have vanished, leaving the flower nearly 
white throughout, except for a little pale yellow on the lip’s disc. Messrs. 
Charlesworth inform us that only a few seedlings were obtained, and this is. 
the first which has yet flowered. 
DENDROBIUM’ X CLARENSE,—An interesting and pretty little hybrid, 
raised in the collection of Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East 
Sheen, by Mr. Young, from Dendrobium F indlayanum ? and D. signatum ¢ . 
The flowers bear a general resemblance to D. signatum, the sepals and 
petals being yellow, with a faint trace of pink at the tips, and the lip is also 
yellow at the margin, with a large orange-yellow disc, and a few crimson 
radiating lines on either side of the claw. The face of the column bears 
some maroon lines. The pseudobulbs also approach the pollen parent in 
shape. It is a floriferous little plant, and has probably not reached its full 
development. 
