76 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
NOVELTIES. 
PLEUROTHALLIS RHOMBIPETALA, Rolfe.—A botanical species, introducel 
from Mount Roraima by Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth, and Co,,0 
Heaton, Bradford, with whom it flowered last December. It is allied t 
the Brazilian P. arcuata, Lindl. It bears lax racemes of flowers, the sepak 
pale green with dull purple spots on the dorsal one, the petals dull maroon 
purple, and the lip pale green with a few dark purple spots on the margin— 
Kew Bulletin, 1893, p. 4. 
BRACHIONIDIUM SHERRINGII, Rolfe.-—An interesting addition to thi 
Singular little genus. It was discovered by R. V. Sherring, Esq., in the) 
island of Grenada, West Indies, growing ona tree fully exposed to the sut 
and all the force of the wind, at Fedon’s Camp, at 2,400 feet elevation | 
It is described from dried specimens. The three previously recorded 
Species are all natives of the Andes. The genus is nearly allied t0 
Masdevallia.—Kew Bulletin, 1893, De 4. 
BULBOPHYLLUM SANDERIANUM, Rolfe.—A Brazilian species, introduced 
from the province of Pernambuco with Cattleya labiata and other Orehis 
by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, with whom it flowered last Jul 
It is allied to B. meridense, Rchb. f., and B. geraense, Rchb. f. It beats 
long racemes of flowers, the sepals pale green with small brown spots, th 
petals white with purple margin and a few similar spots, and the very hall 
lip deep purple-brown.—Kew Bulletin, 1893, p. 4. 
BULBOPHYLLUM vitienss, Rolfe.—A botanical species, sent to Kew ftom 
the Botanical Station, Fiji, by Mr. Daniel Yeoward. It flowered in August 
last year. The flowers are pale yellowish-white, with the upper half of the | 
Sepals light pink. B. rostriceps, Rchb. f., is mentioned as the one oti 
Species known from Fiji.i—Kew Bulletin, 1893, p. 5. 
MEGACLINIUM MINUTUM, Rolfe.—The smallest known species of OY 
§enus, being only about two inches high. It was sent to Kew by & ‘ | 
Scott Elliot, Esq., naturalist to the recent Sierra Leone Delimitation - 
Mission, from Sugarloaf Mountain, where it grows at 3,000 feet elevation 
The curiously flattened rhachis is purple-brown, and the flowers dull mare! 
and greenish yellow.—Kew Bulletin, 1893, p. 5. : 
PHalus ROSEUS, Rolfe.—A very distinct and pretty Phaius, collected | 
the Right Hon. Earl of Scarborough, in whose collection it flowered 
December last. It is believed to be a native of West Tropical Africa. 
flowers are of a delicate light rose shade, the lip somewhat marbled WY - 
White spots, the disc with a white hairy keel, and the spur deep Y° 
The flowers Pass to light orange-buff in fading.—Kew Bulletin, 1893) p. 
PHouipota Lucarpr, Rolfe.—A native of the Chin Hills, Welt? 
Burma, at 6,000-8,000 feet elevation, whence it was sent to S¥ J” 
Kirk, of Wavertree, Sevenoaks, Kent, by Captain Lugard. It flowered 
