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but there is also a considerable range of seminal or inherent variation. 

 Note the beautifully regular dichotomous growth of the branches, all the 

 twigs lying in the same plane, and the half twist in the leaf at the base." 



Mr. 11. Irwin Lynch contributed the following interesting plants and 

 notes from the Botanic Gardens, Cambridge : — 



Iris histrioides. — This species is not recorded in Sir M. Foster's book, 

 and is probably of more recent introduction. 



Iris stylosa. — A narrow form of this species, Mr. Elwes, F.R.S., 

 observed, was introduced by him in 1874 I. cre^ewszs, allied to I. ungui- 

 cidaris, exhibited by Mr. Bowdes. 



Galmithus Erithrce. — Not mentioned by Mr. Baker. 



Aloe Lynchii x . — A very curious hybrid Aloe raised by Mr. Lynch in 

 1877 between Gasteria verrucosa and Atoe striata. The flowers and 

 general habit resemble those of an Aloe, whilst the leaves are in many 

 ways like a Gasteria. It is a most interesting plant, combining as it does 

 the characteristics of two such dissimilar parents. (Fig. 121.) 



HyacintJius ciliatus (azureus). 



Narcissus Trimon x . — Sir M. Foster's hybrid between N. triandrus 

 and N. monophyllus. It is the earliest of all in flow^ering this year. The 

 preceding are flowering out of doors. 



Cyrtanthus lutescens. — Mr. O'Brien, V.M.H., contributed the following 

 remarks upon this plant : — " About the year 1893 Mr. J. Medley Wood, 

 of the Botanic Gardens, Durban, sent me a few small bulbs of a Cyrtan- 

 thus, afterwards described by Mr. J. G. Baker in the Gard. Chron., June 9, 

 1894, page 716, as Cyrtanthus O'Brieni, from a specimen from the Drakens- 

 berg which flowered wdth me. Prior to that I got C. lutescens from 

 the same region, and either at the same time as C. O'Brieni or soon after, 

 a rather showy Cyrtanthus (also from the same region), which Mr. Baker 

 said was nearest to C. Tucki, though it was a much nearer approach to the 

 showiest forms of C. angustifoUus than the original C. Tucki, which, by 

 crossing with C. lutescens, gave me C. x Marian, in describing which I 

 gave also some other experiences with Cyrtanthus, w hich may or may not 

 coincide wdth the experience of others. C. O'Brieni, imported, was always 

 delicate, and ultimately died. Before that event I had crossed C. lutescens 

 with the Drakensberg species, allied to C. Tttcki, and on its flowering I 

 was pleased to find that it was practically identical with the imported 

 C. O'Brieni, but much freer growing. I think it points to the probability 

 of the wild C. O'Brieni being the result of a natural cross between the 

 two plants from which I got it at homo. I think that view is 

 strengthened by the fact that C. O'Brieni of Natal is only found in the 

 one unfrequented spot, and, so far as I can glean, only in a small patch. 

 All the plants referred to are of the Monella section of Cyrtanthus. I may 

 say, in justice to Mr. Baker, that the many points of resemblance between 

 my C. X Marian and my C. x O'Brieni go far to prove the correctness 

 of the name ' variety of C. Tucki ' given by him." 



Urceocharis Clihrani x (fig. 86, Gard. Chron. xxvi. p. 251). — 

 This is a bigener between Eucharis grandiflora and Urceolina 

 pendula. Mr. Elwes, F.R.S., called attention to the fact that the 

 green tint characteristic of the Urceolina is only transitory in the 

 hybrid, being present in the bud but not in the fully developed 



