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ciliate, the cilia towards the apex becoming longer, and dark purple- 
brown ; inside and out of the petals are pale green, prettily marked with 
brownish-crimson veins ; on the outside towards the margins and apex, 
and on the inside at the base, and along the lower margin, they are 
pubescent. Labellum i| inch long, J inch broad, with the inflexed sides 
very obtusely rounded, glabrous, bright light olive-green, with brownish- 
crimson veins, and densely dotted on the inflexed sides, and more 
sparsely on the front part of the lip, with the same colour : staminode 
somewhat squarely trapezoid, pubescent, greenish-white. 
Although the leaves are not variegated, and the flowers are not 
brilliantly coloured, yet on the whole the plant is rather a pleasing one, 
and many orchid lovers would consider it a great prize. The plant 
was sent to Kew by Mr. G. S. Jenman, who discovered it growing 
abundantly on the rocks, under the magnificent Kaieteur Fall, on the 
Potaro River, British Guiana, where it is not very likely to be disturbed 
by collectors for some time to come ; it is No. 879 of Mr. Jenman's dried 
specimens. Specifically it is allied to S. Lindleyana, but differs in 
having more glabrous sheaths and bra6ls, and differently coloured 
flowers. — N. E. Brown. 
A plant from the Roraima locality, collected in 1881 
by Mr. Burke, for Mr. Harry Veitch, was, however, 
submitted to Professor REICHENBACH f. who wrote then 
Cypripedium Lindleyanum, Schomburgk : — 
This flowered in February, 1886, with Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. It 
has greenish brakes, brown ovaries, pallid greenish-sulphur-coloured 
sepals and petals, and lip with red veins, and similar veins and spots on 
the lip. The staminode is tridentate, the side-teeth divaricate, yellow- 
ish-green, with red hairs. The petals of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons' plants 
are unusually narrow and long, and very wavy. 
Having been asked by various correspondents for my opinion about 
Selenipedium kaieteurum of Mr. N. E. Brown (Gardener 's Chronicle, 
1885, August 29, p. 262), I addressed myself to the authorities at Kew, 
and was kindly furnished with a wild grown flower and a fresh leaf. 
Originally I was very partial to the thing, the more as Messrs. Veitch's 
narrow-petalled plant looked very distinft from the wild grown kaie- 
turum. The author said : — '* Specifically it is allied to S. Lindleyanum, 
but differs in having more glabrous sheaths and brafts, and differently 
coloired flowers." I thought I might find a difference in the shape of 
