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3. In the - of the Committee as above defined, I do not see that 
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any member of the Kew scientific staff could give any effective assis- 
tance. I ай гат point out that our officers are already hard- 
worked; and the ence on extraneous duties of those who work 
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during prescribed official hours is contrary to the regulations of the 
Civil Service 
m, &e. 
Dr. Masters, F.R.S., (Signed) У. T. TRISELTON DYER, 
117, Vietoris Street, S.W. Director. 
CCVIL—NEW GARDEN ORCHIDS: DECADE 1. 
ori. Bractee "spathacez, acute, carinatz, 2 lin. 13 
lin. longi; flores 3—31 lin. longi. Sepala Festi, pra Em 
carinata, carnosa. Petala obovata, obtusa, oe 4 lin. longa. Labell 
valde carnosum, 1 lin. longum, leviter trilobum, basi atte nuatum T 
medio oblongo obtuso obscure’ crenulato, lobis lateralibus parci erectis 
rotundatis. Columna 
small species. Рт ах with Odontoglossum grande, Lindl., 
from Guatemala, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden ‚ and was sent io Kew 
for determination by the Curator, Mr. F. W. Mo ооге, in J P and 
ый soins 4 poll, longus. Racemi 3-4 poll. ite 12-16 
Pedicelli 
again during the present is nearly allied to 
Lindl., but is smaller in all its parts, especially in the much shorter 9 
of the вера] e sepals are deep yellow; the petals light maroon 
purple, the lip somewhat darker, and the column light green with broad 
maroon-purple wings. 
2. Bulbophyllum denticulatum, ade n. sp.—Pseudobulbi subdis- 
tantes, tetra-v. pentagoni, 12 poll. longi, 1 poll. Ич, pde 
Folia lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 3-31 poll. longa, 5-8 lin 
erectus, gracilis, 5 poll longus. Racemus snbde lici Зв а. 
аен ovate, subacute, 14-2 lin. longs. Sepala coriacea, ovata, 
minata, carinata, 3 lin. longa; lateralia subobliqua. Petala шеш- 
branaceo, рв co-ovata, mucronulata, minute denticulata, 2 y longa, 
valido. Label um carnosum, lineari-oblongum usum 
aitai, ° Ва, longum. Columna brevis alis oblongis aiid sub” ` 
membranaceis. 
A small species, native of Sierra od, sent to Kew for determina- 
tion by Mr. James O'Brien, of Harrow-on-the- Fill, Middlesex, in May 
long, the sepals of a pale purple-brown tint; the petals white, with a 
very strong purple midnerve, and very narrow purple margin ; and the 
lip orange, except a narrow pallid greenish-brown area down the centre, 
which is narrowly borderec with maroon n-purple. he petals аге 
minutely but very distinctly denticulate, whence the specific name is 
derived. 
3. Bulbophyllum nigripetalum, /0//е, n. De approxi- 
mati, late depresso-ovoidei, 6 lin. longi, 8 lin. 
: ee Е olia lanceolato-linearia, obtusa, cirea 3 poll. lon nga. 
lati, pallide ty en — 
5 lin ч 
