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and lip are paler in colour. It is very promising, and Mr. Appletorr 

 remarks that the plant is at present very small. 



P X ixgens is a remarkably vigorous hybrid, supposed to be from 

 P. insigne X Rothschildianum. It is most like the former in general 

 character, but the petals are broader, not horizontal, suffused with purple- 

 brown, and spotted at the base, while the acute dorsal sepal is spotted 

 much like P. insigne, except that the spots are somewhat confluent in lines. 

 The plant has been noticed for a long time as very distinct, and made six 

 strong growths before flowering. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM X Coradinei. — A curious form of Odontoglossum 

 X Coradinei has just flowered with Mr. James O'Brien, Harrow -on-the 

 Hill. It is rather small, and has numerous dots and small blotches on the 

 lower part of the sepals and petals, the basal ones being quite line-like in 

 character. Owing to this I at first thought there were traces of O. 

 gloriosum in it, but other characters are not in agreement, and I find traces 

 of similar markings in certain forms of O. Lindleyanum. This parent 

 comes out very strongly in the flower, while the broader more mem- 

 branaceous segments show the influence of O. crispum. The plant is 

 very small at present. 



It is rather curious that the hybrid between O. Lindleyanum and O. 

 gloriosum has not yet been recognised. I pointed out the probability of 

 its existence over ten years ago (O. R., i., p. 277), but nothing is yet 

 known about it. R. A. R. 



ORCHIDS FROM STREATHAM. 



A very beautiful series of Dendrobiums is sent from the collection of 

 R- G. Thwaites, Esq., of Streatham (gr. Mr. Black). First may be 

 mentioned a flower of the chaste D. nobile virginale, raised from seed, 

 from self-fertilised flowers. The seedlings were mentioned at page 259 of 

 our last volume, and it is interesting to find that they come true from 

 seed, as has been the case with several other albinos. Dendrobium X 

 Thwaitesias is represented by three quite diverse forms, from seedlings now 

 flowering for the first time. One has buff yellow flowers with a red-maroon 

 disc; the second is larger, and has whitish flowers, with a red-purple disc ; 

 while the third is rather small, and has light purple segments, brighter 

 towards the apex, and the disc dark maroon in front, but broken up into 

 radiating lines behind. A flower of D. X Wiganise is said to be from a 

 plant bearing over one hundred flowers, and must have been very effective. 



