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Looking at these twenty instances as a whole, it seems quite 

 possible that the pollen parent has some influence on the period of 

 ripening of the seed-pod, though to what extent is not quite clear. 



Further experiments and observations are necessary before 

 we can venture to determine the question definitely. 



Ceosses between Diffekent Geneea. 



In 1887 Mr. R. A. Rolfe, of Kew, read a valuable paper before 

 the Linnean Society on " Bigeneric Orchid Hybrids " (Journ, 

 Linn. Soc. xxiv. 160, p. 156). In this paper Mr. Rolfe gave a 

 complete list of generic hybrids which had flowered up to 1887, 

 and their number was then fifteen all told. A decade has passed 

 away since then, and the small band of fifteen has increased in 

 number to 118 ; and of these thirty-seven are generic hybrids of 

 the second generation, and one of these is a trigeneric hybrid 

 containing three genera. 



I have prepared a list of generic hybrids made up to date, with 

 a reference to each, and the name of the original raiser. 



LIST OF GENERIC ORCHID HYBRIDS. 

 (a) Floweeed Hybeids. 

 (1) Cattleya x Lcslia (Lcelio-Cattleya x). 



L.-G. x albanensis (L. grandis ? x C. Warneri), Lindenia t. 466, Linden. 

 L.-C. x Amesiana (L. crispa ? x C. maxima), Gard. Chron. 1884, i. p. 109, 

 Veitch. 



L.-C. x Aphrodite (C. Mendelii ? x L. purpurata), K.H.S., June 11, 1895, Lee. 

 L.-C. x Ascania (C. Triame ? x L. Xanthina), K.H.S., April 25, 1893, Veitch. 

 L.-C. x Astoriae (C. Gaskelliana $ x L. Xanthina), B.H.S., Feb. 13, 1894, 

 Sander. 



L.-C. x Aurora (L. Dayana ? x C. Loddigesii), Gard. Chron. Oct. 5, 1889, 

 Veitch. 



L.-C. x belairensis (C. Bowringiana $ x L. autumnalis), R.H.S., Oct. 27, 

 1896, Mantin. 



L.-C. x bella (L. purpurata ? x C. labiata), Gard. Chron. 1884, i. p. 174, 

 Veitch. 



L.-C. x Boylei (C. Trianae $ x L. anceps), R.H.S., May 23, 1894, Sander. 

 L.-C. x Bryani (C. Gaskelliana ? x L. crispa), B.H.S., Sept. 8, 1896, Cookson. 

 L.-C. x callistoglossa (L. purpurata <j> x C. Warscewiczii), Gard. Chron. 



1882, i. p. 76, Veitch. 

 L.-C. x Canhamiana (L. purpurata $ x C. Mossias). Gard. Chron. 1885, 



ii. p. 6, Veitch. 



L.-C. x Clivei (C. Dowiana V x L- pumila),R.H.S., Aug. 29, 1893, Cookson. 

 L.-C. x Cornelia (L. pumila ? x C. labiata), B.H.S., Nov. 28, 1893, Veitch. 

 L.-C. x Crispo-Warneri (C. Warneri ? x L. crispa), R.H.S., Nov. 13,1894, 

 Cowper. 



L.-C. x Decia (L. Perrinii ? x C. Dowiana), E.H.S., Oct. 27, 1894, Veitch. 



