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India, was shown by Sir Trevor Lawrence ; the flowers are rather 

 large and fleshy, pink, white and yellow in colour. 



The Coelogynes were but poorly represented, owing to the 

 lateness of the season, many of them, especially those of the 

 pleione section being winter-flowering plants. There were, 

 however, plants of C. cristata (Lindley) ,nitida,ocellata, and ocbracea, 

 and cut spikes of 0. elata were shown by J. Southgate ; but the 

 most interesting species was the rare C. ParishU (Rchb. f.), with 

 its green flowers spotted with black, shown by Mr. J. C. Duke. 



Of the genus Calanthe but few kinds were shown. C. veratrtfol in 

 (R. Br.), the most widely distributed of the genus, ranging from 

 Southern India to Australia, was shown by Mr. Brymer. 

 C. Dominii, hybrid between C. furcata and C. masucci, was 

 exhibited by Mr. Cortauld. 



Mr. Lee showed fine plants of C. vestita var. igneo oculata 

 yigantea, and Mr. B. S. Williams brought C. Sanderiana 

 (Rchb. f.), the finest perhaps of the restita section. It seems 

 strange that so few species of this beautiful genus have found 

 favour with cultivators. There are a number of Malayan and 

 North Indian species of great beauty which are never seen now 

 in collections. 



Among the Epidendreae proper, Diacrium [Epidendrwn) 

 bicomutum (Benth.) was sent from Kew Gardens. The genus 

 was originally made as a section of Epidendrum by Lindley, but 

 was raised to the rank of a genus by Bentham in the " Genera 

 Plantarum," on account of its two-horned lip being free from the 

 column. The habit, too, is very different, and the flowers large 

 and showy. 



The true epidendrums are by no means popular among 

 cultivators, and indeed the genUs contains a very large propor- 

 tion of plants with small and dull-coloured flowers. Still a 

 considerable number of species have been in cultivation, but few 

 have attracted much attention. A small number were shown, 

 including E. ibaguense (Lindley), E. rhizophorwn (Lindley), 

 E. raniferum (Lindley), and cut spikes of E. erection, shown by 

 Dr. Paterson. 



There was also a plant of E. falcatum (Parkuisonianum) 

 shown by the Duke of Devonshire. This species is a near ally 

 of E. ciliare, having like that plant large pale yellow or white 

 flowers with a broad three-lobed lip, but it is especially interest- 

 ing from its fleshy curved, almost cylindrical-grooved, leaves, 

 recalling somewhat those of Tetramicra biculor. 



