OCTOBER, 1903.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 305 
CHONDRORHYNCHA CHESTERTONI. 
OrcHips with fringed petals are not a numerous class, though the 
occurrence of similar appendages to the lipis not by any means rare, 
familiar examples being the remarkable Dendrobium Brymerianum, 
Brassavola Digbyana, Nanodes Meduse, and Habenaria Susanne. The 
possession of fringed petals may perhaps be regarded as a higher degree of 
specialisation, for in most cases the lip is also fringed, as in the one now 
figured, in Dendrobium Harveyanum, figured on page 313, and in 
Sievkingia eichenbachiana (Bot. Mag., t. 7576). Chondrorhyncha 
Chestertoni was described by Reichenbach in 1879 (Gard. Chron., 1879, ii., 
p. 648) as “‘a very remarkable Neo-Granadan discovery of Mr. Chesterton,” 
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having a larger flower than C. fimbriata, and the petals ‘‘ with a very much 
developed long fringe, where there are but teeth to be seen in the old 
species.” In conclusion, the author remarked :—“ I had my material, with 
a beautiful yellow flower, from Mr. F. Sander, the possessor of the 
novelty.” For some years practically nothing further was heard about it, 
until it was re-introduced by Messrs. Linden, when a figure appeared 
(Lindenia, ix., t. 405), but now it is found in a number of collections. The 
one here figured flowered in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, some 
time ago, when the photograph here reproduced was taken by Mr. Leo 
Farmar. It isa very striking plant, as may be seen from the illustration 
