July, 1914.] 



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Pleione Hookeriana, in the collection of H. ] . Elwes, Esq., F.R.S., 

 Colesborne, Cheltenham. 



Landour in the N.W. Himalaya, where Royle 

 lound it on the branches of oaks at 7,500 feet, 

 but he says " only in the moisture of the rainy 

 season," which indicates that it flowers earlier 

 or later than in Sikkim. I found it on the 

 hills round the valley of Nepal, at about 

 7,oaj feet, in February last, when it had gone 

 out of flower ; but the plants sent home by 

 post were so little checked that the capsules 

 are now swelling, and the leaves nearly 

 mature. It also grows on Kollong rocks, in 

 the Khasia Hills, at about 5,000 feet, and in 

 Aracan at a lower elevation. 



Lastly, a species was described in a quaint 

 and characteristic way by Reichenbach 

 {Gardeners Chronicle, 1882, II., p. 840) as 

 P. birmanica. This was found by Boxall in 

 Burmah, and is treated in Veitch's Manual, 

 Vol. I., pt. vi., p. 58, as a synonym of prascox. 



It seems to me that a critical revision of the 

 genus is necessary to decide as to the specific 

 differences, if any, of these forms. 



Perhaps the most beautiful and one of the 

 easiest to grow and increase of all the 

 Pleiones is one introduced some years ago by 

 Messrs. Sutton as P. yunnanensis (/ oiirn. 

 Linn. Soc, XXXVI., p. 23), of which I have 

 two very distinct varieties. From Messrs. 

 Sander I have received a similar species 

 under the name P. Delavayi {Kew Bull., 1896, 

 ]). 195). 



My companion in Formosa, Mr. W. R. 

 Price, introduced another Pleione — P. formo- 

 sana — which I hope to flower next year ; and 

 there are other allied species in S. China 

 which I should be very glad to get if anyone 

 possesses them. 



H. J. Elwes, Colesborne, C heltenham. 



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