MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. 
1. PLEUROTHALLIS recurva ; folio obovato coriaceo subobliquo petiolo 
pluries longiore, spica brevi recurva, floribus pubescentibus, sepalis late- 
ralibus connatis, petalis membranaceis rhombeis acutis, labello membra- 
naceo ovato utrinque sinuato obtuso, columne margine petaloideo 
incurvo. 
A small creeping plant, with short recurved spikes of 
dull pale purple flowers. Communicated by Mr. Geo. Graves 
from the garden of Mrs. Cannon of Stratford. 
2. PLEUROTHALLIS luteola ; folio ovato canaliculato acuto tridentato 
petiolo suo breviore, pedunculo trifloro folio adpresso eoque breviore, 
floribus glabris, sepalis lateralibus connatis omnibus carinatis, petalis 
spathulatis emarginatis, labello lineari obtuso canaliculato glabro. 
Another new plant from the same collection as the last, 
with small yellow flowers. Mr. Graves informs me that both 
exhale the smell of a sliced cucumber in the middle of the 
day. 
3. APORUM sinuatum ; foliis lanceolatis equilateris approximatis , acutis, 
floribus solitariis axillaribus, labello cuneato elongato intra apicem linea 
hippocrepica crassa sinuata circumdato. 
From Sincapore, where it was collected by Mr. Cuming. 
It has the habit of A. anceps, but its leaves are much nar- 
rower and longer, and the flowers are pale yellowish green. 
Communicated by Messrs. Loddiges, (132). 
4. GONGORA fulva ; var. vitellina. 
There is a very pretty Gongora in several collections, 
with bright yellow flowers less spotted than usual, and alto- 
gether of a more lively aspect. It is from Mexico, and differs 
from G. fulva in having smaller leaves, and the upper half of 
the labellum distinctly shorter than the lower. It however 
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