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intermediate forms have appeared m importa- 

 tions that the marks of distinction between 

 T. fray-rans and the variety nobihs observable 

 111 the earhest introduced plants have 

 ])ractically vanished. The T. Lehmanni ol 

 Regcl was gathered by Lehmanni on the 

 western Cordillera of Colombia ; no definite 

 specific character is discoverable in the figure 

 in the Garlcnflora by which it may be 

 separated from T. fragrans. 



The date of the first introduction of T. 

 fragrans into European gardens is uncertain. 

 The plant figured as T. fragrans in the 

 Botanical Magazine was cultivated by Lady 

 Dorothy Nevill at Dangstem in 1857, and this 

 is the earliest mention of its being in 

 cultivation m this country. A few years 

 later it was imported from Colombia m 

 considerable quantities by Messrs. Low and 

 Co., M. Linden, and others. 



The cool house suits this species admirably. 

 It IS best grown in pans, with ample drainage, 

 and requires plenty of moisture during the 

 season of growth. — Veilch's Manual of 

 Orchidaceous Plants. 



Brassia MACULATA. — The genus was 

 founded by Dr. Robert Brown on Brassia 

 maculata, and named m commemoration of 

 Mr. Brass, a skilled botanical draughtsman, 

 who collected seeds, plants, and dried 

 specimens on the Guinea coast and in South 

 Africa for Sir Joseph Banks and others in the 

 early part of the nineteenth century. About 

 forty species are now known, natives of 

 tropical America, from the West Indies and 

 Mexico to Brazil and Peru. B. maculata was 

 introduced from Jamaica by Sir Joseph Banks, 

 who presented plants to the Royal Gardens 

 at Kew, where one of them flowered in April, 

 1 8 14. Sepals and petals yellowish-green 

 spotted with brown on the basal half ; 

 labellum cream-white dotted with brown- 

 purple ; the bilamellate crest orange-yellow, 

 slightly pubescent. A house with a tempera- 

 ture of not less than 55 degrees will be found 

 suitable. 



Brassia maculata. 



POLYSTACHYA PANICULATA. — A recent 

 issue of the Botanical Magazine contains an 

 illustration (t. 8618) of this striking species 

 with dense panicles of orange-red flowers. It 

 was discovered by Afzelius in Sierra Leone, 

 and considered by Swartz to be a Dendrobium. 

 Its true identity was only discovered when 

 the type specimen was sent to Kew from 

 Upsala m connection with the preparation of 

 the " Flora of Tropical Africa." It has recently 

 been found by Mr. C. B. Ussher in the Mabira 

 Forest, Uganda, and its introduction is due 

 to the late Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., whose 

 son, Capt. C. T. Lawrence, sent plants from 

 West Africa. 



