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plants, as also those shown by Mr. F. Sander, being in excellent 

 condition. The most interesting were varieties of C. Mendelli, C. 

 Mossia?, and C. Wagneriana. C. Blunti was also very attractive, 

 and some plants of C. citrina were much admired. This last- 

 named species is quite anomalous in the group, resembling 

 Epidendrum vitelhnum in general appearance, but having the 

 peculiar habit of growing head downwards ; it also prefers a bare 

 board or block of wood to compost of any other kind. Thirteen 

 varieties of C. Mendelli were shown by Mr. Sander and others, 

 some forms being gorgeously coloured on the lip ; C. gigas, C. 

 labiata pallida, C. nobilior, C. Percivaliana, C. Skinneri, C. 

 Triana?, C. Warneri, and others, were well-grown. The gems of 

 the whole group, however, were a couple of plants of C. Skinneri 

 alba, one from Kew, and the other, of which mention has already 

 been made, being from Mr. Sander's collection. 



Chysis. — Two species were shown, viz., C. bractescens, 

 from Oaxaca, and C. Lemminghei, from Tobasco. The former 

 has large, sweet-scented, ivory-white blossoms, the latter has 

 smaller white flowers tipped with rosy purple blotches. Two 

 hybrid kinds were also shown. C. Chelsoni is the result of a 

 cross, effected between C. aurea x C. bracteata. Another 

 Veitchian hybrid, named C. Sedeni, Was also represented. 



Cirrhopetalum. — This genus now forms a distinct sub-section 

 of the Eastern Bulbophyllums, and are so exquisitely beautiful 

 when closely examined that one regrets the more their rarity in 

 our modern collections. C. fimbriatum, the only species repre- 

 sented, came from the Boyal Gardens, Kew, and bore three- 

 quarter whorls of purplish flowers on the apices of slender erect 

 peduncles or scapes. 



CffiLiA. — The only species of this genus shown was C. 

 triptera, native of Jamaica and Cuba. It has several synonymes, 

 such as C. Baueriana, C. glacialis, &c. It has erect spikes of 

 rosy-coloured flowers. 



Coslogyne. — Of this well-known and highly popular Eastern 

 genus eight species and varieties were exhibited. The white- 

 flowered C. cristata, and its pale form, C. Lemoniana, were 

 especially attractive. C. elata, C. ocellata var. maxima, and 

 C. ochracea, were also represented by well-grown plants ; but 

 perhaps the most interesting were C. Parishii and C. pandurata, the 



