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are very similar in general character. S. Vicillardii is a larger plant, with 
broad leaves and tall scapes, the sepals and petals being nearly white, with 
the front lobe of the lip light purple, and the side lobes much darker in 
colour. The hybrid is a very free-grower, the largest leaves measuring 1} 
feet by nearly one inch broad, and the scape is at present rather shorter 
than the leaves. The bracts are ovate, reflexed, subacute, } inch long, and 
tinged with purple. The flowers are over 2} inches across, and the sepals 
and petals lilac-purple, rather darker along the centre of the petals. 
The side lobes of the lip are oblong, obtuse, 4 inches long, and uniformly 
red-purple in colour, and the obcordate front lobe lighter purple, passing 
into yellow about the middle of the slender stalk. The crest is of the latter 
colour, with some brown markings, and somewhat hairy on the sides and 
apex. It is thus unmistakably intermediate in character, though most like 
the seed parent in habit. It promises to be a very free-growing and flower- 
ing garden plant. 
CYNORCHIS X KEWENSIS.—Another interesting hybrid raised at ew, 
from Cynorchis Lowiana ? and C. purpurata ¢. The two species 
flowered together in the spring of 1901, and a flower of C. Lowiana was 
fertilized with pollen from the other species, the result being a good 
capsule, which matured rather quickly, as the seed was sown early in the 
’ autumn. Seedlings soon appeared, and steadily progressed, and about the 
end of May of the present year two of them flowered, and prove quite 
intermediate between the two parents. C. Lowiana (Bot. Mag. t. 7551) is 
a slender plant, having rather narrow leaves, few flowers, light green lateral 
sepals, a purple lip, and a clavate spur; while C. purpurascens (Bot. Mag. 
t. 7852) isa robust thing, with broad leaves, stout scapes, and many-flowered 
heads, of large purple flowers, with a white blotch on the disc of the lip, 
and a linear spur. The seedlings have not yet reached their full 
development, but are already more sturdy than the seed parent, and have 
lost the light green lateral sepals and the clavate spur, the former being lilac 
in colour, and the latter slender throughout, and 1} inches long. The lip is 
strongly four-lobed, over an inch broad, and lilac-purple in colour, with a 
white blotch on the disc in one case, and a darker purple blotch in the 
other. Probably more variation may appear when other seedlings flower. 
It is likely to be a good garden plant, as both the parents are easily grown 
and handsome. It will be noticed that the two seedlings mentioned 
flowered in about two years from the date of crossing. 
Disa X Exwesit.—A handsome hybrid Disa has been received from 
the collection of H. J. Elwes, Esq., Colesborne, Cheltenham. Mr. Elwes 
writes :—‘‘It was raised here, I believe, between kewensis and Veitchiis 
but am not sure.” A flower of D. x kewensis, raised in the collection, 
is also sent to show how great an improvement it is, and the plant is still 
