THE ORCHID REVIEW. ai 
NOVELTIES. 
DENDROBIUM CURVIFLORUM, Rolfe.—A species belonging to the section 
Aporum, with unusually large flowers, which flowered with Mr. J. O’Brien 
in October, 1892. The flowers are white, with a faint suffusion of pink 
on the back of the sepals, and a yellow line down the centre of the lip, 
terminating in a deeper blotch in front. They measure 1} inches long. 
It is believed to be a native of Sikkim.—Kew Buill., 1895, p. 281. 
CIRRHOPETALUM compacTuM, Rolfe.—A small species with pale straw- 
coloured flowers, which bloomed at Kew in September last. It was found 
at Panga, in Tenasserim, and was sent by Mr. C. Curtis, of the Forest 
Department, Penang.—Kew Bull., 1895, p. 281. 
Trias viTrina, Rolfe.—An interesting addition to this singular little 
genus, whose history is identical with the preceding. The sepals are of a very 
pale shining green—in allusion to which the name is given—and the 
petals and lip are marked with reddish brown.—Kew Buill., 1895, p. 282. 
Ca@ LoGyNE VEITCHII, Rolfe.—A native of Western New Guinea, intro- 
duced by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, through their collector, Burke. 
It received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society 
in August last. The flowers are pure white, without any markings, and are 
borne in long pendulous racemes.—Kew Bull., 1895, p. 282. 
Porystacuya Kirkul, Rolfe.—A distinct little plant sent from the Mombasa 
district by Sir John Kirk. It flowered at Kew in June, 1894, and during 
the present year. It is allied to P. Lawrenceana, Kranzl., and bears a whitish 
green flower whose lip is margined with light purple.—Kew Bull., 1895, 
p- 282. 
LUEDDEMANNIA TRILOBA, Rolfe.—A fine species of this kable genus, 
which flowered in the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., in July last, 
and again in November, on the latter occasion receiving a First-class 
Certificate. The flowers are deep yellow, with some reddish brown markings 
at the base of the lip, and a light suffusion of reddish purple on the sepals. 
It was sent from the Andes by Mr. F. C. Lehmann, and differs from the 
two previously known in the details of the lip.—Kew Buill., 1895, p. 283 ; 
Gard. Chron., 1895, ii. p. 713, fig. 118. 
CaTasETUM uNcATUM, Rolfe.—A species introduced with Cattleya labiata, 
from Pernambuco, which has flowered in several collections. It is allied to 
C. albovirens, Rodr., and has bright green flowers, the lip being galeate and 
half-as long as the sepals and petals, and the apex curved. Both sexes have 
appeared with Messrs. F. Sander & Co.—Kew Bull., 1895, p. 283. 
CATASETUM APERTUM, Rolfe.—A species allied to the Ecuadorean C. 
macroglossum, Rchb. f., which flowered in the collection of Sir Charles 
Strickland, Bart., Hildenley, Malton, in September, 1894, and againa year 
