8 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (JANUARY, 1908. 
Burmese plant above mentioned, which is still only known from the 
original specimens collected by Parish, and a drawing. «The Sikkim plant 
must take the name of PorPpAX ELWEsII. 
The original species of the genus is PORPAX RETICULATA, a native of South 
India, which flowered in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges, at Hackney, in 
1845 (Bot. Reg. 1845, Misc. p. 62). It was afterwards described and figured 
by Wight, under the name of Aggeianthus marchantioides (Wight Ic. t. 
1737), the specific name being suggested by the habit, while the generic 
name commerorates the resemblance of the perianth to a vase. It also has 
the names of Cryptochilus reticulatus and Eria reticulata. 
Four other species are known from dried specimens, as follows :— 
P. FIBULIFORMIS (King and Pantl. in Aun. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii. p. 
114. t. 157) is a second Sikkim species, found in tropical valleys at the base 
of the hills, flowering in October. 
P. JERDONIANA is a South Indian species, based on Lichenora Jerdon- 
jana (Wight Ic. t. 1738), the generic name being given in allusion to the 
flattened pseudobulbs adhering like lichens to the branch on which they 
grow. It has also the names of Eria Lichenora, E. Jerdoniana and Crypto- 
chilus Wightii. 
P. PaRisHit (Eria Parishii, Lindl. and Rchb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
XXX. p. 147) was discovered by the Rev. C. S. Parish, in Moulmein, in 
1856. Its history is thus recorded on his excellent little drawing :—‘“‘ This 
was the first Orchid I ever gathered! When searching for mosses I found 
this (to me then) singular plant, leafless. and flowerless, and knew not that 
it was an Orchid. The naming of it by the great Lindley incited me to pay 
attention to the Order!’’ And to what excellent purpose is well known! 
P. USTULATA (Eria ustulata, Par. and Rchb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 
p- 147) was also discovered by Parish in Moulmein, some two years later, 
making a third Burmese species. 
P. E_westt is the only one known to be in cultivation at the present 
time, and succeeds in a small pan or a piece of bark, suspended near the 
glass in a warm house. All the species are much alike in habit, and are so 
small that the whole of them might be accommodated in a pan a few inches 
across. R. A. ROLFeE. 
THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
May I take the opportunity of expressing my pleasure and interest in 
your monthly issue, as there is always something highly interesting to be 
found, especially in records of habitats, cultural notes, amateurs notes, &c. 
Trusting you may have a happy and prosperous New Year with an increased 
circulation for the ORCHID REVIEW. ARTHUR E. BaMForp. 
Prestwich, near Manchester. 
