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66 Ada Leh?nanni, Rolfe, differs chiefly in the foliage from 

 the well-known A. aurantiaca. 



" Aerides Laurencice var. Amesiana, Sander, is a grand va- 

 riety of a grand orchid. It has racemes over two feet long, 

 crowded with larger flowers than those of the type (Sander & 

 Co). 



" Angrcecum fragrans, Spreng., is an interesting little spe- 

 cies of economic value in the Island of Bourbon, where its 

 leaves, when dry, are used as tea. (Kew. ) 



" Catileya Lowryana, Hort., is a pretty hybrid, raised by F. 

 Sander & Co., and described by me in Garden and Forest, iv. 

 292. 



" Cirrhopetalum Collettii, Hemsley, is the largest, handsom- 

 est and most remarkable species of a remarkable genus. It 

 was discovered in upper Burma by General Collett, and sent 

 by him to Kew, where it flowered for the first time in June 

 last. C. Wendlandianmn, Kranzlin, is described as a new spe- 

 cies which combines the characters of C. Medusce and C. fim- 

 briatwn. It is not unlike General Collett' s plant, and comes 

 English from the same country. 



plants. (( Coelogyne Micholitziana, Kranzlin, is a white-flowered spe- 

 cies in the way of C. speciosa, which Messrs. Sander & Co. in- 

 troduced from Macassar. 



" Cochlioda Noezliana, Rolfe, is a charming little orchid for 

 the coolhouse, easy to manage, free-flowering, with elegant 

 racemes of orange-scarlet and yellow flowers. It was intro- 

 duced in quantity from Peru by Messrs. Linden, Brussels. 



" Cymbidium pulcherrimum, Hort., Sander, is a beautiful 

 plant, with the habit of C. Mastersii, and bears a dozen or so 

 waxy white flowers striped and flushed with crimson. Messrs. 

 Sander & Co. have introduced it from northern India. 



" Cypripedium. There are numerous hybrids of this ge- 

 nus, as usual, few being of any real decorative value. The 

 best are C. Antigone* (from C. niveum and C. Laurencianum), 

 C. Berenice (from C. Reebelini and C. Lowii), C. Ceres (from 

 C. hirsutissimmn and C. Spicerianum), C. Castleanum"\ (from C, 

 C. hirsutissimum and C. superbiens). 



" Dendrobium Leeanum, Hort., Sander, is a species from 

 New Guinea, with the habit of D. superbiens, the flowers 

 being white, mottled with rose and tinged with green (F. 

 Sander & Co. ) 



♦Annals for 1890, 57. f Annals for 1890, 57. 



