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ees) NEW ORCHIDS. ES 
NOTHER Decade of New Orchids appears in the recent issue of the- 
Kew Bulletin, six of the species being in cultivation, as follows :-— 
PLEUROTHALLIS (Apode czspitose) COsTARICENSIS, Rolfe-—A dwarf 
species, sent from Costa Rica by Mr. C. H. Lankester, and flowered in the 
Kew collection in May, 1916. The flowers are borne in an elongated 
raceme, and are light greenish yellow, with rather darker nerves and lip.—- 
Kew Bull., 1917, p. 82. 
CIRRHOPETALUM LONGIDENS, Rolfe.—Flowered at Kewin July, 1916, 
where it has been grown for a considerable time as a small plant, and its- 
origin cannot be traced. It is an ally of C. picturatum, Lodd., and is- 
remarkable for the length and shape of the teeth of the column. The 
flowers are yellow, with red-brown markings on the petals, dorsal sepal, 
and base of the lateral sepals.—l.c., p. 12. 
Eria (Cylindrolobus) ALBOLUTEA, Rolfe.—A Philippine species, which 
flowered in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, in August, 1916. It is- 
an ally of E. brachystachys, Rchb. f., and has pure white flowers, with the 
petaloid bracts light yellow.—i.c., p. 83. 
EpipenpDruM (Amphiglottium), TRICARINATUM, Rolfe.—One of M. 
Louis Forget’s Peruvian discoveries, introduced by Messrs. Sander & Sons,. 
St. Albans, and flowered with Sir Frederick W. Moore at the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, in June, 1916. It is allied to E. evectum,. 
Hook. f. (Bot. Mag., t. 5902), but is readily distinguished by the three 
whitish keels on the lip. The flowers are bright purple.—/.c., p. 83. 
MAXILLARIA SHEPHEARDII, Rolfe.—A Colombian species, collected at 
Rio Condoto, in the Choco district, by Dr. S. Shepheard. It was acquired 
for Kew, in 1914, from Mrs. Shepheard, Abbotts Hall, Aylsham, and 
flowered in the collection in July, 1916. The flowers are produced in 
profusion on rather short scapes, and the sepals are deep yellow, suffused 
with brownish red towards the apex, the petals yellowish white, and the 
lip yellow, striped with light red on the disc and side lobes, with the apex 
of the crest orange red.—/.c., p. 86. 
DICH#A CILIOLATA, Rolfe.—A Costa Rican species, sent to Kew by Mr.. 
