232 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Aucust, 1903. 
Calanthe is represented by C. X Dominii, the first hybrid Orchid, now 
. bearing five racemes, and C. japonica, a rare species with showy deep 
purple flowers; Oncidium by a good O. longipes, O. trulliferum, O. 
exasperatum, and O. Cebolleta; and Epidendrum by E. nocturnum, 
E. floribundum, E. fragrans, and the Floridan E. tampense. 
Ornithidium bicolor (Rolfe) is a remarkable Orchid having bright yellow 
flowers with a crimson blotch on the lip. Its peculiar dimorphic growths 
have already been pointed out (O. R., ix., p. 195). Microstylis Thomassetii 
(Rolfe) is a native of the Seychelle Islands, somewhat resembling the 
Indian M. Wallichii in general character. The Javan M. commelynifolia is 
also flowering profusely. Habenaria triquetra (Rolfe) is a native of the 
Shan States, allied to H. pectinata, but differing in having a strongly 
triquetrous overy. 
A few other plants which may be mentioned in conclusion are, Oberonia 
ensiformis, Geodorum candidum, Gongora galeata, Dendrobium macrosta- 
chyum, Jerdonianum and trinervium, Spathoglottis Fortunei and X 
kewensis, the latter very effective, Satyrium longicauda, Macradenia 
lutescens, the graceful Platyclinis filiformis, Promenza_stapelioides, 
Sarcochilus Roxburghii, Luisia brachystachys, Brassia caudata, two 
Specimens of Eria velutina crowded with flowers, Aérides suavissimum, 
Maxillaria picta, rubescens, and crocea, Gomesa planifolia, &c. No mention 
is made of the common showy species, of which numerous examples are in 
flower. A good many of the foregoing are often classed as Botanical 
‘Orchids, but for some the term is a complete misnomer, and the houses are 
certainly now very attractive. 
MAXILLARIA FUNEREA., 
AN interesting miniature species of the Caulescent group, which was 
described by Lindley, in 1842 (Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot., i, p. 188), from dried 
specimens, collected on dry rocks at Praya Vermelha, Brazil. It has now 
appeared in cultivation, having flowered with Mr. F. W. Moore, at the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. According to a drawing made by 
Rodrigues, it also grows on the branches of trees. The stems are stoutish, 
and somewhat elongated, the pseudobulbs oblong, channelled, about half an 
inch long, and monophyllous, and the leaves oblong, and 1 to 1} inches 
long. The flowers are four lines long, with broad purple-brown sepals and 
‘petals, and a darker shining lip, with a broad crest. The stem and base of 
the pseudobulbs are covered with ovate striate sheaths, from which the 
shortly pedicelled flowers are slightly exserted. It is a very curious little 
plant, and a member of a small group that is very rarely seen in cultivation. 
R.A.R 
