542 JOUENAL OF THE KOYAL HOIITICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



an inch wide ; flowers three-quarters of an inch across, rose-coloured, with 

 purple hairs on the filaments. — G. H. 



Cyclamen pseudibericum nov. sp. Hildebrand (Beih. Bot. 

 Cent. bd. x. ht. 8, p. 522). — Herr Friedrich Hildebrand describes a new 

 species, which he calls one of the prettiest and most sweet-scented of 

 Cyclamen in cultivation. It was received from Heer C. G. Van Tubergen, 

 jun., in Haarlem. Diagnosis: Corm nearly spherical ; the upper surface 

 covered by a layer of cork, and the roots scattered on the lower half of 

 the corm. Leaves obcordate, rounded at the apex and bases ; margin 

 with irregular rounded teeth ; upper surface dark green with a silvery 

 reflection, and lower surface dark violet. Flowers in spring. Sepals 

 lanceolate, slightly undulate at margin. Corolla tube elongate, ovate, 

 somewhat contracted at the throat ; petals not auricled at the base, 

 elongate ovate, violet red, pure white at the base with a dark violet spot, 

 covered above with globular glandular hairs. Style projecting slightly 

 out of the corolla throat. Native country unknown. — G. F. S.-E. 



Cydonia sinensis. By Dr. Alfred Burgerstein {Wien. III. Gart. 

 Zeit. p. 207). — Accompanying the figure is a synopsis of the Cydonias, 

 but the article is mainly devoted to the Japan Quinces, the author 

 enumerating five species, viz. vulgaris, japoiiica, Ma nlei, Sargeuti, and the 

 Chinese — sinensis. The plant, bnt recently reintroduced into England (it 

 is growing in the Cambridge l^otanic Garden), was figured from Whitley's 

 (later Osbom's) Fulham Nurseries in Bot. Bev. vol. ii. p. 905. — G. P. 



Cyperaceae Chilenses. By C. B. Clarke (Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXX. 

 Beibl. 68, pp. 1—44; 2/ 7/1901). — A systematic accoimt of the CyperacecB 

 of Chili, excepting the Carices. Includes a useful clavis of genera, and 

 also one for the species of each genus. — A. B. B. 



Cypripedium * James K. Polk ' {Rep. Miss. Bot. Gard. vol. xi. ; 

 1900 ; plate). — x\ hybrid between C. nitens magnificum and C. Cliamher- 

 lainianinn, raised by Henry Clinkaberry, gardener to C. S. Roebling, of 

 Trenton, N.J., and presented by him to the Missouri Garden. — G. S. B. 



Cypripedium (Paphiopedilum) x Baron Schroder (Ore i?cr. 

 p. 81, fig., March 1901). — A good representation, and particulars, of 

 this, one of the finest of the hvbrids of the C. Fairrieanum section. 



H. J. C. 



Cypripedium (Paphiopediiumi xRolfei (Orch. Bev. p. 305, fig., 

 Oct. 1901). — A good illustration of the hybrid recently exhibited before 

 the Orchid Committee at the R.H.S., and descriptive particulars. 



H. J. C. 



Cypripedium spectabile, Sw., Eine Bluthe v., mit Riick- 

 SChlagserscheinungen. By A. Osterwalder [Flora, vol. Ixxxviii. Pt. 2, 

 pp. 244-7; four figures; March 1901). — In the interesting monstrous 

 form described the paired sepals are free, the odd petal is small, and 

 not labelliform or slipper-shaped. Two antisepalous leaf-like staminodes 

 are present, but not the unpaired one usually found. All three stamens 

 of the inner set are present and fertile. — 21. H. 



