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NOVELTIES. 
PLEUROTHALLIS PARVA, Rolfe.—A_ small species, which flowered in 
January last in a clump of Cattleya Harrisoniana, in the establishment 
of Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. It is allied to P. Klotzschiana, 
of the section Brachystachye, and has deep yellow flowers.—Kew Bulletin, 
1895, P- 33. 
DENDROBIUM ROBUSTUM, Rolfe.—This also flowered in Messrs. Sander’s 
establishment last January. It is a New Guinea species, of robust habit, 
and allied to D. Mirbelianum. The flowers are yellowish green, with 
several light purple lines on the base of the sepals, a broader purple band 
on the lower half of the petals, and some purple veining on the lip.—Kew 
Bulletin, 1895, p 
Denna VELUTINUM, Rolfe.—A very distinct species, which was 
introduced from the Shan States by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., of 
Heaton, Bradford, with whom it flowered early in 1894. It is allied to 
D. trigonopus, Rchb. f., a rare species probably not in cultivation. The 
flowers are deep buff yellow, the sepals keeled, and the nearly pandurate 
lip very velvety, in allusion to which the name is given. It is a very 
distinct species.—Kew Bulletin, 1895, p. 33- 
CIRRHOPETALUM GRACILLIMUM, Rolfe.—A distinct and pretty little 
species, which flowered some years ago in the collection of T. R. Jarvis, Esq., 
Laurel Grove, Chelmsford, and afterwards in one or two other collections. 
The flowers are reddish purple, much like those of C. Cumingii. The 
dorsal sepal is ciliate, and the lateral ones prolonged into long narrow tails, 
somewhat as in C. vaginatum, which is quite different in other respects. 
It is believed to be a native of Burma.—Kew Bulletin, 1895, p. 34. 
CIRRHOPETALUM MYSORENSE, Rolfe.—Introduced from the Mysore Hills, 
South India, by Mr. J. O’Brien, with whom it flowered in September, 1891, 
and afterwards in the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence. The flowers are 
nearly white, with a purple lip, the shape approaching C. maculosum, 
Lindl., also the general habit of the plant.—Kew Bulletin, 1895, p 
CIRRHOPETALUM NoDosuM, Rolfe.—A native of the Nilghiri Hills, 
South India, which flowered with Mr. J. O’Brien in August, 1892. It is 
allied to C. Macrei, Lindl., having the umbels slightly racemose. The 
flowers are densely speckled with reddish brown on a somewhat lighter 
ground, and somewhat resemble those of C. cornutum, Lindl., in struc- 
ture.—Kew Bulletin, 1895, p- 35- 
CIRRHOPETALUM SETIFERUM, Rolfe-—A Himalayan species, which 
flowered with Mr. J. O’Brien in August, 1891. It was received in a case of 
plants with various others, which indicate the habitat as being in or near 
Sikkim. It is allied to C. cornutum and C. picturatum, and recalls an 
enlarged edition of the former, except in the long teeth of the column and 
the terminal bristle of the dorsal sepal.— Kew Bulletin, 1895, p. 35- 
