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its swollen base. A plant from the same source flowered in the Kew 
collection in March of the present year. 
4. Dendrobium platycaulon, Rolfe, n. — Pseudobulbi valde 
lite ancipites; lanceolati, circa 3-5-fo liati, 4-7 poll. longi, = 1} 
poll. lati. Folia at v. elliptico-oblonga, acuta, sessilia, i 
poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata. Racemi breves, 3-6 flori. Bractere t rdi Oe 
te, acute, 1 lin. longe. Flores straminei, Pedicelli 6-8 lin. longi. 
Sepalum posticum lineari-oblongum, obtusum, 7 lin. p" sepala 
 lateralia similia, leviter carinata, basi in mento 7 lin. longo producta, 
Petala sepalis paullo latiora.. Labellum hastato- trilobum, late ungui- 
culatum, lobo medio late oblongo emarginato, lobis coe epi rotundatis, 
disco leviter tricarinato in medio. Columna brevis 
A species closely resembling D. lamellatum, Lindl, but with the 
flowers twice as large, and the lip quite different in shape. he 
pseudobulbs are also considerably Abts elongated. The T which 
measure over an inch in length, are straw-coloured. It w rte 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., of St. Albans, from the Philippine Islands, 
and Amtes d in 1890 and during the following year. s als 
bee he Glasnevin Botanie Garden, by Mr. F. W. Moore, 
lestis heiig agree from the same source. 
Bulbophyllum densiflorum, o/fe, jp.—Hhizoma repens. 
Éicndotufbi “ovoideo-oblongi, 1} poll. long diphylli. Folia oblongo- 
lanceolata, acuta, pallide viridia, cire ll. longa, 10 lin. ; 
Scapi suberecti, cirea 5 poll. longi; aide penduli, densiflori, 
2 longi i i, fæti 
: tee el 
ovate, valde concave, breviter acuminate, glabre, 2 lin. long 
Sepalum postieum ovatum, obtusum, concavum, glabrum, 2 lin. 1 
Sepala lateralia supra medium connata, 3 lin one, ceteris similia. 
Petala oblonga, Eie dic labra, uninervia, 1j li longa. Labellum 
ovato-oblongum, obtus uem carnosum, glabrum, 13 sie longum. Columna 
brevi " alis arrra is 
mall ates nhe allied sd ate yllum dE Rchb. f., but 
differing therefrom in its longer of yellow, not deep purple, 
flowers, and in pim details of k. tte as sent to Kew by Mr. 
Nelson Campany, The Gardens, 'Thedden uud Alton, Hants, during 
September 1891. The sepals and petals are light greenish yello w and 
the mie — p yel. The flowers have a rather feetid smell. It is said to 
hav ported from the Eastern Himalayas 
16. Eria cristata, Tage n. sp.--Pseudobulbi teretes, apice ‘inate i in- 
crassati, — ll. longi, 3-4-phylli. ^ Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 
acuta, 24-3} poll. longa, 8-10 lin. lata. Flores gemini. Bracteæ 
ochracee, oblongo-ovate, ce centes, 6 | 
b Pedicelli albido-pubescentes, s lin. longi. Sepala 
. Peta 
lineari-lanceolata, subobtusa. Labellum 5 lin. longum, trilobum, 
recurvum, lobo medio obovato-rotundato tomentoso basi cristato, lobis 
lateralibus rotundato-oblongis obtusis, c tomentoso obscure tri- 
bus. Col 
carinato, apice bicalloso, callis levi mna brevis. 
ow pretty little species, belonging to the ito sate which 
as been cultivated at Kew for several years. It was origin vM sent 
ota Moulmein by Mr. ©. Peché, in 1882. Mis enrly 
E. marginata, Rolfe, which, icu er, has the lip, vd especially the 
side lobes, margined with red, and a quite different crest. E. cristata 
