﻿November, 1904.J 



THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



A year later Lindley transferred the plant to Eulophia, under the 

 name of Eulophia Mackaiana (Bot. Reg., t. 1433), but he gave no reason 

 for the change, and this introduced the first element of confusion into the 

 question, for although Z. Mackaii. Hook., is given as a synonym, the plant 

 figured is what was afterwards described as Z. intermedium, Lodd. 



In 1833 Lindley reduced Eulophia Mackaiana as a synonym of 

 Z. Mackaii, and at the same time added a variety crinitum (Gen. and Sp. 

 Orch., p. 187), which was based on Z. crinitum, Lodd. Dot. Cab., t. 1687. 

 This variety was afterwards figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 3402), 

 when Dr. Hooker added that this species seemed to be liable to considerable 

 variation, and that the Eulophia Mackaiana of the Botanical Register 

 appeared to be intermediate between the true Z. Mackaii and the variety 

 now figured. 



In 1838 a coloured plate of so-called Z. Mackaii appeared in Faxton's 

 Magazine of Botany (iii., p. 97), but the plant figured is really Z. inter- 

 medium. It was drawn in the collection of Mr. Bowe, of Manchester, in 

 October of the previous year. There is a note on the method of treatment 

 adopted at Chatsworth, where the plants are said to grow satisfactorily, 



In 1844 Lindley gave an enumeration of the species (Bot. Reg., xxx., 

 Misc., pp. 8-10), in which he treated Z. Mackaii, Z. intermedium, and 

 Z. crinitum as three distinct species, remarking of Z. intermedium : " This 

 is generally confounded in collections with Z. Mackaii, from which it is 

 readily known by its downy labellum. It is perhaps the finest of the genus." 

 Z. Mackaii, he remarked, was " known from all the genus by its blue- veined, 

 perfectly smooth lip, and two-lobed crest. The blotches on the sepals and 

 petals are somewhat smaller than in the other species." He, however, 

 enumerated Eulophia Mackaiana as Z. Mackaii, and it is evident that he 

 had not fully grasped the difference between it and Z. intermedium. The 

 latter species seems to have been first characterised here (p. 9), though the 

 name had previously appeared. Lindley cites "Lodd. Cat., n. 1136," 

 which may possibly refer to the second edition of a work entitled " Orchidea 

 in the collection of Messrs. Conrad Loddiges & Sons, Hackney;' which is 

 said to have appeared in 1842. The earlier edition is undated, and Z. inter- 

 medium appears on page 19, n. 722, without any description. 



In the paper just mentioned Lindley also described Z. brachypetalum 

 (I.e., p. 9), as a new Brazilian species which he had received from Mr. 

 Waterhouse, of Halifax, in December, 1840. He described it as having 

 "flowers most like those of Z. intermedium, but less than half the size." 

 Four years later it received a Certificate of Merit from the Horticultural 

 Society, when exhibited by M. de Jonghe, of Brussels. The report states : 

 " This species was originally brought into notice by Mr. Waterhouse, of 

 Halifax, in the year 1840. and is little known. It is one of the handsomest 



