THE ORCHID WORLD. 
A few of the semi-established plants. 
one single plant in the Royal Gardens, Kew, 
having been in bloom during the whole of 
the present winter (1846-7)." 
It is believed that only one 
plant of Messrs. Rollisson's 
importation lived, and the late 
Duke of Devonshire visited 
their nursery with the intention 
of purchasing it, but the owners 
were not willing that it should 
leave their place ; the Duke, 
however, insisted on taking the 
plant away with him, leaving a 
signed cheque for Messrs. Rol- 
lisson to fill in with whatever 
figure they liked ; it transpired 
afterwards that the sum paid 
was 100 guineas. 
About 1847 some plants 
flowered which had been col- 
lected in Java ; they were 
described by Lindley in the 
Gardeners' Chronicle, 1848, 
p. 39, with a wood- 
cut of each species, 
pointing out the dif- 
ference from those 
collected in the 
Philippine Islands 
by remarking : " The 
Javan plants have 
flowers which are 
much larger ; the 
petals do not over- 
lap the back sepal, 
nor have they the 
small point which is 
invariably present in 
the other species ; 
the lip is very nar- 
row, much shorter 
than the lanceolate 
sepals, and its chief 
lateral lobes are 
somewhat wedge- 
shaped, with the 
angles rounded off. 
The distribution of 
colour is different ; 
there is a large 
streak of deep-yellow on the front edge of 
the chief lateral lobes of the lip, and the 
P. intermedia Brymeriana. 
