260 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [SEPTEMBER, 1903- 
It is very satisfactory to find that the raising of Odontoglossum seedlings. 
is being pursued with such success, and we hope that before long some of 
the difficulties encountered in the study of natural hybrid Odontoglossums 
will be removed by experiments in this direction. 
The foregoing notes will suffice to show what an interesting work is- 
being carried on here, all the crosses being select, or with some definite 
object in view, and we shall hope to hear of some of them again as they 
reach the flowering stage. 
COLAX TRIPTERA. 
TuIs interesting little plant, which flowered at the Royal Botanical’ 
Gardens, Glasnevin, in 1898, and on subsequent occasions, is again:in bloom. 
The sepals and petals are oblong, an inch long, and light green, the latter 
being closely dotted with dusky brown. The lip is three-lobed, the: ground 
colour white, and the whole of the crest and side lobes lined with rows of 
nearly confluent purple dots. The column is white, and the anther so much: 
curved near the apex as to be concave at the back. The ovary’ is whitish, 
and bears three narrow green wings. Mr. Moore remarks that it was: 
obtained from Mr. A. W. Grimsditch in 1895 as Colax jugosus, so that it 
is probably Brazilian. It is, however, nearer to C. modestior, Rchb. f., 
whose habitat was given as “Guatemala?” The latter species, by the: 
way, has not re-appeared. 
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EPIDENDRUM IMSCHOOTIANUM.. 
THis remarkable species has again flowered in the Royal Botanical! 
Gardens, Glasnevin. It is a tall plant, bearing erect stems about three 
feet high, very short coriaceous leaves, and a terminal raceme of about six. 
to fourteen flowers. The apex of the inflorescence arches over, but the. 
flowers themselves remain erect. The sepals are oblong, nine to ten lines 
long, spreading, and light green, tinged with dull purple, especially at the. 
back. The petals are narrower and light green, and the lip three-lobed,. 
with oblong subobtuse lobes, and white tinged with green at the margin. 
It belongs to Lindley’s section Amphiglottium, having numerous im- 
bricating bracts below the inflorescence, and to the division Schistoglossa 
Integra, the lip being three-lobed, with entire lobes. It was- introduced by 
Messrs. Sander, and flowered at Kew, and in the collection of M. Houzeau.. 
Hyon, Mons, Belgium, in 1893, and at Glasnevin in 1898.. Its habitat is. 
not on record. 
Re AK. 
