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Tribe PHiLopENDREAR: PuILopENDRON, Schott; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 978; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phaner. vol. ii. p. 355. Philodendron Corsinianum, Makoy ex Rev. Hort. Belge, 1887, vol. xiii. p. 140, et 188, vol. xiv. p. 184; hybrida parentibus adhuc ignotis. Caules scandentes, 2°5-6°5 om. crassi, superne cataphyllis fibrosis induti. Folia sparsa, 2°5-7°5 cm. sejuncta; petiolus 37-68 cm. longus, teres, leviter subrugosus; lamina 37-68 cm. longa, 28-45 cm. lata, alte cordato-ovata, acuta, breviter et obtuse pinnatifido-lobata, lobis basalibus sinu angusto acuto sejunctis, supra viridis, subtus inter venas purpureo-tincta, demum viridis. Spatha breviter pedunculata; tubus 7°5 cm. longus, ellipsoideus, extra saturate purpureo-kermesinus, sparse rubiginoso-maculatus, punc- tisque iti aenehecat neni notatus, intra laete kermesinus; lamina 10-11°5 em. longa, cymbiformis, subulato-apiculata, extra viridis rubro-maculata, intra kermesina rubro-maculata, marginibus albida. Spadix 15-16 cm. longus, 1°2-1°6 em. crassus, albidus. This ornamental stove Aroid is a hybrid raised by the firm of Messrs. Makoy of Liege, for which they were awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Royal Agricultural and Botanical Society of Ghent in 1887. Its parentage is not mentioned, but judging from the purple tint on the under surface of its leaves, a coloration which is unusual in the genus, it is possible that P. verrucosum, Mathieu, may have been one of its parents. When young the leaves are deeply tinged with coppery brown, but as they become older this colour almost disappears, as in the leaf figured. For a climbing species it appears to be of comparatively slow growth, since the plant at Kew, from which our figure was made in May last, was acquired in 1898, and is now only about 8 feet high, with a spread of about 6 feet. Description.—Stem climbing, rooting, 1-2 in. thick, clothed with brown fibrous scale-leaves on the upper part. Leaves spreading, 1-3 in. apart ; petiole 11-2} feet long, in the larger leaves about } in. thick at the middle, terete, with a slightly rough surface, green ; blade 14-2} feet long, January, 1908. 11-18 in. broad, deeply cordate-ovate, acute, shortly pinnatifidly lobed, with the roundish basal lobes separated by a narrow acute sinus 43-7 cm. deep, bright deep green above, dull purple between the green veins beneath, changing to green with age; midrib flat above, very prominent beneath ; primary veins about 7 on each side of the midrib, with the 2 basal ones close together, the others distant ; impressed above, prominent beneath ; basal lobes with 5-6 primary veins, all united into one at the base, where it is shortly denuded at the sinus. Inflorescence solitary in each axil. Pedunele short, green, with whitish lines. Spathe with an ellipsoid tube 3 in. long, of a rich purple-crimson, with scattered spots of crimson-brown and numerous rows of minute white dots outside, and bright deep carmine inside; limb 4-44 in. long, 21-22 in. broad, boat-shaped, with a short convolute point, hght green, spotted with red outside and carmine, with darker spots inside, shading into white at the margins. Spadia 6-65 in. long, 4-2 in. thick, terete, acute, slightly curved forwards, creamy-white.—N. E. Brown. Curtivation.— While in the genus Anthurium hybrids of garden origin are numerous and in the genus Richardia there are several, the plant now figured is the only hybrid Philo- dendron that has been raised artificially. This plant, which was purchased for Kew as an ornamental foliage plant, has been grown under moist tropical conditions in the Aroid (No. I.) House, where it has climbed up the stem of a tree- fern to the height of about 8 feet, and it was not until it developed flowers at Kew that the decided attractiveness of its inflorescence, both as regards size and colour, were revealed, Most of the Philodendrons have large, handsome and fragrant flowers, and are excellent plants for clothing pillars, palm-stems and back-walls in tropical houses, purposes for which they are largely employed at Kew both in the Palm House and in the Aroid House, near the main entrance.—W,. Warson. Fig. 1, spadix, with the spathe removed; 2, two stamens; 3, Ovary :— Leaf reduced; fig. 1, natural size; 2 and 8, enlarged. 8173 Vincent Brooks Day &Son Lt map J.N Bitch lith. M.S.del L.Reeve & C9Landar.. ; Tan. S1LT3; PAEONIA MLOKOSEWITSCHII. Caucasus. RANUNCULACEAE. Tribe PAEONIBAE. PaxoniA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. i. p. 10. Paeonia Mlokosewitschii, Lomakin in Trud. Tifl. Bot. Sad. (Act. Hort. Bot. Tif.) ii. (1897), p. 282; affinis P. Wittmannianae, Stev., foliolis supra glaucescentibus subtus glaucis breviter pubescentibus, floribus apertis, carpellis albo-tomentosis distincta. Herba perennis, caule glabro. Folia biternata; foliola late oblonga vel subelliptica, lateralia obliqua, apice brevissime acutata vel acuminata, basi obtusa, 8-10 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, supra glaberrima glaucescentia, subtus glauca et breviter pubescentia, margine nervisque rubris; petiolus et petioluli glabri. Flores aperti, circiter 12 em. diametro, pedicello glabro rubescente 10 cm. longo. Sepala inaequalia, alterum oblongo-lanceolatum, acutum, supra basin constrictum, alterum suborbiculare, basi breviter contractum, obtusissimum, utrumque glabrum. /etala circiter 8, rotundata, concava, flava. Stamina numerosissima; filamenta antheris subduplo longiora. Carpella 3, oblonga, albo-tomentosa; stigmata subsessilia, purpurea. This is one of a group of yellow-flowered Paeonies from the Caucasus, the others being P. Wittmanniana, Stev., which was figured on Tab. 6645, and P. macrophylla, Lomakin. All three are very closely allied, and their discrimination in the dry state is difficult, if not, indeed, sometimes impossible. Alboff in his Prodromus Florae Colchicae (in Act. Hort. Bot. Tifl. vol. i. p. 14) went even so far as to treat P. Wittmanniana and P. macrophylla as forms of P. corallina, Retz., and he would no doubt have dealt with P. Mlokosewitschii in the same way. As, how- ever, no experiments have been made to test the constancy ‘of the characters which have been relied upon in dis- criminating between those forms, and as they appear readily distinguishable when seen in the living state it is certainly more expedient to treat them at present as distinct species. P. Mlokosewitschii was discovered by Mlokosewitsch near Lagodekhi in the eastern part of the Central Caucasus, whilst typical P. Wittmanniana is a native of Adsharia in the basin of the Tshorok River, south of Batum. Lomakin (in Act. Hort. Bot, Tifl. vol. ii. p, 283) described, however, January, 1928, a variety of P. Wittmanniana from the Talysh with carpels tomentose as in P. Mlokosewitschii. The distinctive charac- ters of P. Wittmanniana and P. Wlokosewitschii are thus reduced to differences in the colour and pubescence of the leaves and possibly in the extent to which the petals’ open out; at the same time the area of the former is extended right across the Caucasian region from the Black Sea to the Caspian. The specimen figured was communi- cated by Mr. Gumbleton of Belgrove, Queenstown, Ireland, where it flowered in May. Mr. Gumbleton obtained the plant from Mr. Max Leichtlin of Baden-Baden. Since then young plants have been raised at Kew from seeds received from the Tiflis Botanic Garden. Description.— Herbaceous, perennial ; with stout glabrous stems. Leaves biternate; leaflets broad-oblong or subelliptic, the lateral oblique, tips very shortly pointed or acuminate, base obtuse, 3-4 inches long, 1$-24 inches broad, glabrous and dark blueish-green above, shortly pubescent and pale — glaucous below, margins and nerves red; petioles and petiololules glabrous. Flowers open, about 4-5 inches in diameter ; pedicels glabrous, reddish, 4 inches long. Sepals unequal, one oblong-lanceolate, constricted above the base, the other suborbicular, very obtuse, both glabrous. Petals about 8, roundish, concave, yellow. Stamens very numerous ;_ filaments twice as long as the anthers. Carpels 3, oblong, — whitish-tomentose ; stigmas subsessile, purple.—O. Srapr. Cuurivation.—This, the most handsome of the yellow- flowered Paeonies, thrives under the treatment suitable for . the other forms belonging to the herbaceous section of the genus, and appears as hardy and as satisfactory under culti- vation as they have proved. The glaucous leaves with their red veins and margins contrast sufficiently with the more purely _ green leaves of P. Wittmanniana (B. M. t. 6645) to attract attention, and it is certain to become a favourite with gardeners. The fine sulphur-yellow flowers are more striking | than the whitish-yellow blooms of P. Wittmanniana, though the latter areas a rule larger and more decidedly yellow than was the case in the plant figured at t. 6645.—W. Warson. au Figs, 1 and 2, sepals ; 3, stamen; 4, gynoecium :—all slightly enlarged. 3174 Vincent Brooks,Day & Son Lit imp M S.del. JN. Fitch hth L Reeve &C® London Tas. 8174, VIBURNUM UTILE. China. -CAPRIFOLIACEAE. Tribe SAMBUCEAE. Visurnum, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 3. Viburnum (§Tinus) utile, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 856; species inter affines foliis crassis supra glabris subtus dense tomentosis facile distinguitur. Frutec 1-1°5 m. altus, ramulis floriferis elongatis rectis primum stellato- pubescentibus cito glabrescentibus. Folia persistentia, breviter petiolata, crassa, coriacea, lanceolato-oblonga vel interdum ovato-oblonga, saepius 2-5-8 em. longa, rarius nsque ad 15 cm, longa, obtusa, integerrima, supra glabra, nitida, subtus pilis stellatis multiradiatis incano-tomentosa, venis primariis paucis supra eens subtus elevatis. ores omnes conformes, circiter 1 cm, diametro, dense cymosi; cymae compositae, umbellatae, terminales, densae, hemisphaericae, 5-8 cm. diametro, breviter pedunculatae - pedicelli ovario breviores, pubescentes. Calyx glaber, nitens, dentibus ovatis obtusis circiter 1 mm. longis. Corolla rotato-campanulata, vix 1 cm. diametro, lobis rotundatis. Stamina breviter exserta. Ovarium l-loculare, 1-ovulatum, ovulo ab loculi apice pendulo; stylus brevis, crassus, carnosus, pilis stellatis paucis ornatus, stigmate capitato. Fructus fere siccus, oblongus, compressus, circiter 8 mm. longus, laevis, glaber. Specimens of this species were first recorded by Hance (Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 6) as V. cotinifolium, Don, var. y, Hook. f. & Thoms. ; but Hooker and Thomson, so far as our investigations go, never published such a combination ; nor do we find herbarium specimens thus designated. V. cotini- folium, Don, is indeed a very different species, closely resembling the native V. Lantana, Linn. It is figured in _ the Botanical Register, 1834, t. 1650. The present drawing of V. utile was made from materials supplied by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, who raised it from seed sent home by their collector, Mr. E. H. Wilson ; but it was first discovered near Ichang by Mr. T. Watters, of the British Consular Service, in 1880. Kew now possesses dried specimens from numerous localities in Hupeh and Szechuen. V. utile var. suaveolens, Franch. mss., from Yunnan, collected by Delavay and Henry, is regarded by Mr. A. Rehder as a distinct species; but the differences are not evident, and he has not yet published a description. January, 1908, Upwards of fifty species of Viburnum have now been recorded from China and the area of the genus encircles the northern hemisphere in temperate regions, and extends into the southern hemisphere in Madagascar as well as the Andes, where there are species so like some of the Chinese ones as to be easily mistaken for these in a dried state. Descriprion.— Shrubby, 4-5 ft. high, with long, straight flowering-branches, at first clothed with a stellate pubescence, later glabrescent. Leaves persistent, shortly stalked, thick, leathery, lanceolate-oblong or ovate-oblong, usually 1-3 in. long, sometimes 6 in. long, obtuse, quite entire, smooth and shining on the upper surface, lower surface densely clothed with a white indumentum composed of multiradiate, stellate hairs; primary veins few, impressed above, elevated below. Flowers all similar, 1~} in. across, densely cymose; cymes compound, umbellate, terminal, 2-3 in. across, shortly stalked; pedicels shorter than the ovaries, pubescent. Calyx smooth; teeth small, obtuse, about ,; in. long. Corolla rotate-campanulate ; lobes broad, rounded. Stamens a little longer than the corolla. Ovary 1-celled, l-ovuled. Fruit dry, oblong, flattened, smooth, black, about 4 in. long. —W. B. Hemstey. : CuLtivation.—As seen growing in the Coombe Wood Nursery last spring, this shrub gave the impression that it would eventually prove one of the most desirable of recent introductions from China. The habit was neat and bushy, and the flowers very freely borne. Like the other species of the genus, it can, no doubt, be increased easily by cuttings, and like them, too, it will thrive in ordinary well-cultivated ground, especially where the soil can be kept from getting excessively dry during the summer months. Mr. Wilson records the species as growing on limestone.—W. J. Bran. Fig. 1, portion of a young branch; 2, a stellate hair from the same; 3, a partially expanded flower ; 4, a corolla laid open showing the attachment of the - stamens; 5, calyx and pistil :—all enlarged, Vincent Brooks Day &SonLttamp- | MSaa JN Fitch ith LRevee & CoLondon. Tas. 8175. HERBERTIA AMATORUM. South America. Tripacean. Tribe MORAEBAE. HeERBERTIA, Sweet, Brit. Flow, Gard. series 1, 1827, t. 222, et ed. 2, 1838; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. iii. p. 691, sub Alophia, Herbertia amatorum, C. H. Wright in Kew. Bull. 1907, p. 321; a speciebus H, amoena, Griseb., et H. coerulea, Herb., ungue macula obcordata notato nec punctato differt. i. Cormus globosus, tunicis brunneis vestitus. Folia linearia, ad basin attenuata, 18-20 em. longa, 5-8 mm. lata. Scapus eylindricus, glaber, 1-2 mm. diam. 30-50 em. altus; rami tenues, circiter 14 cm. longi. Spathae herbaceae, ad apices brunneae, virides; exterior 25-32 mm. longa, interior 42-48 mm. longa. Perianthium 5 cm. diam.; tubus glaber, viridis; segmenta exteriora obcuneata, obtusa, atroviolacea; unguis macula alba obcordata notatus; interiora lanceolata, acutiora, violacea, basi brunneo-maculata. Antherae \uteo-virides. Stylus carnosus; rami filiformes, acuti, 2 mm. longi. The genus Herbertia is confined to Southern and Central America, and includes, so far as is known, some fourteen species whereof, in addition to that now figured, the only ones hitherto met with in cultivation appear to be H. coerulea, H. Drummondiana and H. pulchella (B.M. t. 3862). Some authors have preferred to employ for this genus the name Alophia, given by Herbert in this work at t. 3779, regarding Herbertia as a synonym. According to Dalla- Torre and Harms the date of publication of Alophia was 1838 ; as a matter of fact this name was not published till Feb. 1840, whereas in the reissue of Sweet’s British Flower Garden, which is dated 1838, there is a figure of H. pulchella, while the plate itself bears the signature:—Pub. by R. Sweet, Oct. 1827. For seeds of the species now figured Kew is indebted to Dr. C. B. Cantera, of the Natural History Museum, Monte- video, who collected and forwarded them in 1903. Corms raised from these seeds flowered here for the first time in a greenhouse in May, 1907. JANUARY, 1908. Description.—Corm globose, brown. Leaves linear, attenuate towards the base, 7-8 in. long, 4-3 in. broad. Scape cylindrical, glabrous, about 1, in diameter, 12—20 in. high ; branches slender, about 5 in. long. Spathe herbaceous, green with brown tip; outer 1-1} in. long, inner about 2 in. long. 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A Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plant Drawn By W.H. FITCH, F.L.S., ayy W. G. SMITH, PLS. Forming an Illustrated Companion to Bentham’s “ Handbook,” and. other British F her Edition, with 1315 Wood ee Ys. y LOVELL REEVE & CO. L.r0,, 6, HENRIETTA . STREET, anide eae 8177 up “Ancent Brooks Day & Son LE & C9? London L.Ree DLE cholith M.S.del J. Tan SLT, REHMANNIA ANGULATA. China. _ ScROPHULARTIACEAE. Tribe DIGITALIEAE. ReHMAnntiA, Libosch ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. ii. p. 960. Rehmannia angulata, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 193; Gard. Chron, 1908, vol. xxxiii. p, 290, cum fig. p. 296; species &. glutinosae, Libosch, majus affinis, ab ea tamen differt partibus omnibus majoribus, foliis grosse dentato-lobatis et floribus roseo-purpureis. Tlerba b'ennis vel perennis, glanduloso-hirsuta, statura valde variabilis, exem- plaria sylvestria 15 cm. ad 1 m. alta, culta canlibus interdum usque ad 2m. longis. Caules teretes. subsimplices. /v/ia alterna, tenuia, papyracea, ovato-oblonga, petiolata, inferiora usque ad 15 em. longa, sursum gradatim minora, suprema parva, bracteiformia, sessilia, inferiora irregulariter duplicato-dentato-lobata, superiora paucidentata, dentibus acutissimis, omnia glabrescentia. lores rosei, fauce luteo-tincti et rubro-maculati, axillares, solitarii, pedunculati, nutantes, 9-10 cm. longi, pedunculis longiores. Calyx glanduloso-hirsutus, campanulatus, circiter 3 cm. longus, alte 5-lobatus, lobis acuminatis acutis inaequalibus, postico longiore. Corolla declinata; tubus latus, ventricosus, curvatus, intus basin versus puberulus et fauce pilis paucis longis instructus; limbus bilabiatus, 6-7 cm, diametro, lobis rotundatis divergentibus. Stamina didynamia, inclusa, fere basilaria; filamenta filiformia, 1-5-2 cm. longa; antherae per paria approximatae, loculis divergentibus. Ovarium glabram, imperfecte 2-loculare, loculis multiovulatis; stylus filiformis, inclusus, stigmate inaeyualiter bilabiato. Capsula non visa.—. glutinosa, Libosch, var. angulata, D. Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1589. This is another of the numerous ornamental Chinese plants introduced by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, through Mr. EK. H. Wilson. It is an exceedingly free-growing subject, and seedlings exhibit a considerable amount of variation in colour, Dried specimens of it were at first associated, as a variety, with the original F. chinensis, Fisch. & Mey. (B. M. 1838, t. 3653), which is the same as R. glutinosa, Libosch ; but fully developed cultivated plants present a very different appearance. Unfortunately it is not so hardy as the older one, which inhabits the northern province of Chihli in the neighbourhood of Peking, whereas fi, angulata is a native of the central provinces of Hupeh and Kweichau. There are several other species of this genus, which is confined to the Chinese region. 2. rupes- tris, Hemsl. (B. M. 1891, t. 7191) is very different, and should perhaps be separated generically, Freervuary, 1908, Descriprion.— Biennial or perennial, clothed with glandu- lar hairs. Stems in cultivation 4-6 ft. long. Leaves alternate, stalked, ovate-oblong, lower 6 in. long, gradually smaller upwards, uppermost bract-like and sessile, irregu- larly lobed and toothed or only toothed ; teeth very acute. Flowers pink, tinged with yellow and beset with darker spots in the throat, axillary, solitary, distinctly stalked, nodding ; stalks shorter than the flowers. Calya campanu- late, about 1 in. long, deeply 5-lobed ; lobes narrow, pointed, uppermost longer than the others. Corolla 3-4 in. long ; tube broad, ventricose, curved; limb .2-lipped, 24-23 in. across, lobes rounded, spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, much shorter than the corolla; filaments slender; anthers connivent in pairs with divergent cells. Ovary glabrous ; style included. Capsule not seen.— W. Borrine Hemsury. Cuirivation.—This handsome herbaceous plant is pro- bably a perennial, but under cultivation it is most satisfactory when treated as a biennial. The seeds are sown in a little warmth in May, and the young plants are grown in a frame till the followmg May, when they are planted in an open border, where by July they are from 4 feet to 6 feet high and in full flower. Or they may be grown in pots and treated as greenhouse plants. In the warmer parts of the country this plant has proved hardy. It ripens seeds freely at Kew.—W. Warson. _ Fig. 1, portion of base of corolla-tube and stamens; 2 and 3, front and back view of anther; 4, pistil:—all enlarged. 8178 MS.deL IN-Fitdh ith VincertBrools,Day & Son Li? mp c L Reeve & C°Tondon, Tas. 8178. CODONOPSIS convoLvuLacra. Eastern Asia. CAMPANULACEAR. Tribe CAMPANULEAR. Coponopsis, Wall.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 557. Codonopsis convolvulacea, Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1878, vol. xi. p. 195; Hook. Te, Plant. t. 2885; Hemsl, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxxvi. p. 468 ; species calyce manifeste supero, corolla lobis ad basin usque sejunctis insignis. Herba perevnis. Caules volubiles, graciles, glabri, laxe ramosi. Folia mem- branacea, saepius sparsa, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, 2-5 em. longa, 0-5-3 em. lata, apice subacuta vel acuta vel acuminata, basi cuneata vel traneata vel interdum cordata, margine subintegra vel minute denticulata, utrmque saepissime glabra: petioli gracillimi, 0°25-1°25 cm. longi. Pedunculi gilabri, elongati, volubiles. Calyx superus, 5-sectus, tubo obeonico glabro 0°75 em. logo, lobis triangulis lanceolatisve saepius acutis 0°5-1 em. longis 0-25-)-5 em. latis glabris vel raro parce ciliatis. Corolla cawpanulata, 5—-partita, 2-4 em. longa, limbo 3-5 em. lato, coerulea, lobis triangulis vel oblanceolatis acutis et saepe minutissime mucronu- latis. Milamenta glabra, radiatim refracta, extra prope basin appendicibus ovatis margine ciliatis induta; antherae oblongae, glabrae, introrse dehiscentes. Stigma 3-lobum. Capsu/a truncata vel subconica, 3—valvis, 0°5-0°75 em. longa. The species of Codonopsis, of which twenty-two are now known, have been critically examined by Mr. T. F. Chipp, who considers that they admit of arrangement in four sections dis- tinguished by the relative position of the floral whorls. In one section, limited to the single species C. Tangshen, figured at t. 8090 of this work, the calyx is inferior. In another, represented by C. rotundifolia, figured in two varieties at t. 4942 and t. 5018, but including ten other species, the calyx is half-superior while the corolla is superior. In a third section, including seven species, none of which have yet been figured in this work, the calyx and corolla are both half-superior. In the last section, which includes only three species, the calyx is superior. It is to this section that C. convolvulacea, the plant now figured, belongs; within the section our plant stands alone in having the corolla-lobes free to the base. SO Frsrvuary, 1908. Like the other species, C. convolvulacea is confined to Kastern Asia, but its area of distribution within the region is somewhat wide, for it extends from the Shan Plateau in Central Indo-China northwards into Yunnan and Szechuan and thence westward into Central Tibet; the flowers in Tibetan examples are smaller than in the Chinese and Shan specimens, but do not materially differ in other respects. Extensive as the area from which specimens have been reported actually is, it seems possible that it may prove to be wider than these indicate. The plant from which our figure was prepared was presented to Kew by Mr. M. Leichtlin of Baden-Baden in 1906 and flowered here in August, 1907. Its flowers were larger than those of Burmese specimens and than those of all the Chinese speci- mens except in a single gathering communicated by Mr. A. Hosie from between Batang and Tachienlu, and thus differed as much from these, in a converse direction, as the flowers of Tibetan specimens do. But, like the Tibetan ones, they agree with the Chinese and Burmese flowers in every character save that of size. When Mr. Leichtlin sent this plant to Kew he suggested that it might be a Campanulaceous species new to cultivation, but added no note as to its origin. With a plant sent by him at the same time to Mr. H. J. Elwes, in whose collection at Colesborne it flowered contemporaneously with the plant at Kew, Mr. Leichtlin gave a locality in the North-West Himalaya. In response to a request for more definite information, Mr. Leichtlin has most obligingly stated that these plants were derived from seeds communicated to him by the late Mr. W. Gollan, Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Saharanpur in Northern India ; these seeds were obtained in the North-West Himalaya by one of Mr. Gollan’s native collectors. Hitherto no Indian botanist has communicated herbarium specimens of C. convolvulacea from any portion of the Himalaya, but, when regard is had to the care which characterises the work of Mr, Leichtlin and characterised that of Mr. Gollan, the possibility that C. convolvulacea may occur in the North-West Himalaya should not be overlooked by botanical travellers, Descriprion.—A perennial herb. Stems slender, smooth, twining, sparingly branched. Leaves membranous, usually quite glabrous, mostly alternate, ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 2—2 in. long, 1-1} in. wide, subacute or acute or acuminate, with cuneate or truncate. or sometimes cordate base, the margin subentire or faintly toothed ; petioles slender, }—3 in. long. Peduncles smooth, long, twining. Calyx superior, the tube obconic, smooth, {-} in. long, the limb 5-lobed, lobes triangular or lanceolate, usually acute, 1-3? in. long, 4-} In. wide, usually glabrous, sometimes sparingly ciliate. Corolla campanulate, blue, 5-partite to the base; lobes 3-13 in. long, triangular or oblanceolate, acute and often finely mucronulate ; limb 14-2 in. across. Filaments glabrous, spreading, each with an ovate ciliate appendage at the base on the outer side; anthers oblong, glabrous, their dehiscence introrse. Stigma 3-lobed. Capsule trun- cate or subconic, 3-valved, 4—} in. long. Currivation.—Though the individual flowers are striking, C. convolvulacea cannot be reckoned a showy plant; the Kew plant had indeed only one flower open at one time. It does not, however, compare unfavourably with the other species that have been in cultivation, most of which, as stated by Dr. Lindley, are plants with dull-coloured flowers recalling those of an A/ropa, with the habit of a miniature Canarina. From its behaviour Mr. Leichtlin is inclined to think that the present species may be a biennial. It has been grown at Kew as a pot-plant, in a cold frame.— D. PRaIn. Fig. 1, a flower from which the corolla and part of the calyx have been removed ; 2 and 3, stainens with appendage :—all enlarged. 8175 Lrtimp a ) Broaks Day & Vineex M S.deL IN Prtch ith Jordon. L.Reeve & C91 Tap. 8179. P YRUS Tscuonosku. Japan. RosaceaE. Tribe PomEan, Pyrus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 626. Pyrus Tschonoskii, Maxim. Mé/. Biol. pars ix. p.165; Bull. Acad. Pétersb. 1874, vol. xix. p. 169; Sargent, For. Fl. Japan, p. 40, t. 14; P. yunnanensi, Franch., affinis, sed inflorescentiis paucifloris, foliis fructibusque majoribus et calyce persistente distincta. ~ Arbor 10-12 m. alta, trunco 30 cm. diametro, cortice laevi pallido, coma angusta rotundata; ramuli teretes, crassiusculi, primo laxe incano- tomentosi, deinde nigrescentes, lenticellis sparsis punctiformibus. Gemimae hibernantes ovoideae, obtusae, 5 mm. longae, perulis latis castaneis vel aurantiaco-rubescentibus dense ciliatis. Folia late ovata, acuta vel acute acuminata, basi rotundata, irregulariter dentata dentibus glandulosis, 5-12 em. longa, 3-5-7 cm. lata, firma, supra primo floccoso- villésa, demum glabrata, viridia, infra albo-tomentosa. matura subglabrata, : pallida, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-10 rectis valde obliquis; petioli graciles, 2-8 cm. longi. /tacemi umbelliformes 4—6-flori, incano-villosuli ; pedicelli 1-1°5 cm. longi. eceptaculum campanulato-obeonicum, incano- villosulum, 5 mm. longum. Cu/ycis dentes ovati, acuti, 3 mm. longi, dorso incano, facie copiose albo-villosi, sub anthesi patentes, deinde erecti eum fructu persistentes. Peia/u alba, apicem versus roseo-suffusa, circiter 12 mm. Jonga. Sfumina circiter 40. Styli 5, basi coaliti, infra medium albo-villosi. /ructus globosus vel globoso-obovoideus, ad 2°5 cm. diametro, viridi-flavescens, uno latere rubescens, lenticellis pallidis verruculosus, sapore austero, carne granulis duris permeata—Vriolobus Tschonoskii, Rehder in Sargent, Trees and Shrubs, vol. i. p. 73, t. 37. This is apparently a rare tree in Japan, so far only found in woods in Central Hondo. It was named after T'schonoski, one of Maximowicz’s collectors, who discovered it at Siba- sirl at the foot of Fujiyama; subsequently in 1892 it was collected near Nikko and at the foot of Asamayamo north of Tokio by Professor Sargent, who introduced the tree into the Arnold Arboretum and, in 1897, presented plants to Kew. It belongs to the section Hriolobus which was originally proposed as a genus by Roemer and recon- stituted as such by Rehder, l.c., who includes in it four species, all Asiatic. Descriprion.—A tree, 30-40 ft. high, trunk 1 ft. in diam. ; bark smooitli, pale; young branchlets whitish- Fesruaky, 1908. tomentose, at length ¢labrous and dark with small lenticels ; winter-buds ovoid, obtuse, brown to bright orange, ciliate. Leaves broad, ovate, acute or acuminate, rounded at the base, irregularly dentate, from 2 to over 4 in. long, 13-3 in. wide, firm, floccose-tomentose above when young, ultimately glabrous, whitish-tomentose beneath, lateral nerves straight, very oblique, 6-10 on each side; petioles slender, about 1 in. long. Racemes umbel-like, 4—6-flowered; pedicels about 4 in. long, whitish-villous. 3? feceptacle + in. long, whitish-villous. Calyx-teceth ovate, acute, spreading in flower, erect and persistent in fruit. Fruit more or less globose, about 1 in, in diameter, greenish- yellow and more or less red on one side with small lenticels ; flesh austere, gritty—Ovrro Srapr. CutrivaTion.—The most striking character of this rare and interesting tree is its erect, open, and rather formal habit. It has been grown at Kew quite unprotected for ten years, and may therefore be considered hardy.’ Like the other members of the same genus it enjoys generous treatment. It has grown well at Kew in a border of rich loam. It flowered in the spring of 1907 better than it had done previously, this being partly due to increasing age and partly, no doubt, to the splendid ripening weather of the previous autumn.—W. J. Bran. Fig. 1, part of young leaf (upper surface) ; 2, section of calyx with pistil 3 and 4, anthers; 5, part of the peel of the fruit with lenticels :—all enlarged. 8180 a os ; ear ns o tina cone) >] “incent Brocols,D ay & Son Lt? - @ Bey Perey ie YB, aeawr ee NM_S. del J.N Fitch kth. Tas. 8180. POTENTILLA concotor. Pe China. RosacgEak. Tribe PoTENTILLEAE. PorenTILLA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 620; Ch. Lehm. Revis, Potentill. p. 1. Potentilla concolor, Rolfe; a P. Griffithii, Hook. f., foliolis duplo majoribus concoloribus, floribus duplo majoribus differt. Hlerlba perennis, circa 3 em. alta. Caules suberecti, validi, pubescentes. Folia radicalia non vidi; caulina petiolata vel superiora subsessilia, pinnata vel superiora trifoliolata; rhachis pubescens; foliola obovato-elliptica, inciso-dentata, basi attenuata, 2-5 cm. longa, concoloria, pubescentia ; stipulae ovato-oblongae, obtusae vel subacutae, integrae, tenuiter pubes- centes, 1-3 cm. longae. Cymae laxae, pauciflorae. lores speciosi, 4 cm. lati, lutei. Ca/yx 2-5 em. latus, 5-bracteolatus; lobi ovato-oblongi, acuti, tenuiter pubescentes. Bractevlae calycis lobis similes. Petala latissime obcordata, apice biloba, 1-5-2 cm. lata. Antherae purpureo-marginatae. Achaenia et styli glabri—Potentilla Griffithii, var. concolor, Franch. Pl. Delay. p. 213. The handsome Potentilla here figured is a native of the province of Yunnan, in south-western China, where it was discovered by the Abbé Delavay about twenty years ago, growing in caleareous soil on Mt. Yen-tze-hay, at about 10,500 ft. elevation. It was described as a variety of the Himalayan Potentilla Griffithii, Hook. f., by Franchet, who, however, pointed out that it has much larger concolorous leaflets, not white-tomentose beneath as in the typical form ; also larger foliaczous stipules and much larger golden yellow flowers. It has now appeared in cultivation, having been submitted for determination in May last by Messrs. Bees, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, with the information that it had been received from Yunnan. Now that living speci- mens are available it is evident that the plant referred to cannot be P. Griffithit, Hook. f.; though a member of the same group, it 1s quite unlike the Himalayan plant in general aspect, and is clearly a distinct species, for which the varietal name, concolor, may be retained as the specific appellation. P. Grifithii has leaflets of about half the size of the present species, and these are invariably densely white-tomentose beneath, and the tomentose character also Fresrvary, 1928, extends to the sepals and bracteoles, while the flowers generally are not half as large. P. concolor is probably the finest yellow-flowered species known, and promises to be a very showy garden plant. It will probably prove as hardy as its Himalayan congeners. Descriprion.—A_ perennial herb over a_ foot high. Branches suberect, stoutish, pubescent. Radical leaves not seen; cauline leaves petiolate or the upper subsessile, pinnate or the upper trifoliolate; rachis pubescent ; leaflets obovate-elliptical, deeply toothed, attenuate at the base, 1-2 in. long, concolorous, pubescent ; stipules ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, entire, slightly pubescent, $-1 in. long. Cymes lax, few-flowered. lowers very large, over 1} in. across. Ca/yx spreading, | in. broad, with five bracteoles alternating with the sepals and similar to them in shape; lobes ovate-oblong, acute, slightly pubescent. Petals broadly obcordate, bilobed at the apex, }—} in. broad, deep yellow, with an orange-coloured blotch at the base. Anthers elliptic-oblong, margined with purple. Achenes and style glabrous.—R. A. Ronre. CuLtivation.—Only a few of the numerous species of Potentilla have won recognition as garden plants, and the best of these is P. Russelliana (B. M. t. 3470) which is a hybrid, said to have been raised at least 75 years ago by a Mr. Russell of Battersea, from P. atrosanguinea and P. nepalensis. The plant here figured is, in habit and general characters, very similar to P. Russelliana; but whilst the latter has rich blood-red flowers, those of the present plant are bright yellow. These are produced in May, and the plant is evidently quite hardy, thriving under the treatment that answers for the garden representatives of Geum and Geranium.—W. Warson. Fig. 1, calyx and bracteoles; 2 and 3, anthers; 4, a young carpel :—all enlarged. ; M. S.ael IN Bitch ith «BIBI Vincent Brodks Day& San Limp L. Reeve &C° Landon Tas. 8181. LARIX GRIFFITHI. Sikkim and Bhutan. ConIFERAE. Tribe ABIETINEAE, Lantx, Mill.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 442; Hichl. in Engl, et Prantl, Naturl, Pflanzenfam. vol. ii. i. p. 75. Larix Griffithii, Mook. f. in Him, Journ. vol. ii. p. 44 (nomen) et fig. p. 55; dil. Himal, Pl. t. 21 (exel. fig. 1-4); Gammie, in Rep. Bot. Surv. Ind. vol. i. no. 2, p. 11; Gamble, Mun. Ind. Timb. ed. 2, p. 720; a L. decidua, Mill., differt conis multo majoribus cylindricis, carpellis oblongis subulato-caudatis a medio reflexis squamas ovuligeras duplo superantibus. Arbor 6-20 m. alta, trunco gracili, coma pyramidali, ramis longis subdeflexis, ramulis longissimis flexilibus pendulis, primo pilosis citissime glabratis viridi-alutaceis vel pallide brunneis demum nigrescentibus, pulvinis parvis truncatis decurrentibus verrucosis. Gemmae hibernantes globoso-ovoideae, perulis intimis hyalinis latis unguiculatis floccoso-villosis. Folia decidua in brachycladiis cylindricis 5-8 mm, longis 4-6 mm. latis 30-50 patentia, acicularia, acutiuscula, 25-35 mm. louga, 0°5 mm. lata, complanata, utrinque leviter 2-sulcata, viridia, superne glauca. Strobili masculi ovoid-i, lutei, rubescentes, circiter 8 mm. _ longi, pedicellati, basi sqnamis hyalinis unguiculatis floceoso-villosis snffulti; connectivi appendix parva, ovata. Strobili feminei breviter cylindrici, atro-purpurei, ad 3 cm. longi, vix 1°5 em. diametro, basi uti masculi squamis hyalinis suffulti. Carpella lanceolata, ob costam excurrentem subulato-caudata, a medio reflexa, margine superne repanda. Sywamae ovuliferae latissime rotundatae quam carpella duplo breviores. Cont maturi in ramulis pevdulis erecti, eyiinteied ad 7 cm. longi, 3 cm. Jati, purpureo-brunnei, squamae late trurcato- vel subemarginato-obovatae, ad 1 cm. jongae et ultra lcm. latae. Semen obovoideum, vix 3 mm. longum, ala oblique elliptica duplo longiore.—Larix sp. Griffith, It. Not. p. 189; Priv. Journ. p. 287. L. Griffithiana, Gord. Pinet. p. 126. Abies Griffithiana, J. Hook. et Lindl. ex Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. vol. v. p. 214 (nomen). Pinus Griffithii, Parl. in DC. Prodr. vol. xvi. pars ii. p. 411. This Larch was discovered in 1838 by Griffith in Bhutan on the mountain slopes above Woollakoo, a village some- what sonth-west of Punakha, between 6000 and 9600 fect. In 1848 it was found by Sir Joseph Hooker on the slopes of Nango Mountain in Eastern Nepal, and in the follow- ing year in the Lachen Valley in Sikkim. More recently it has also been recorded from the Chumbi ‘Valley at 10,000 feet. Its western limit lies, according to Nepalese sources, near the headwaters of the Kosi River. In Sikkim it appears, according to Mr. Gammie, at 8000 feet, becomes FEBRUARY, 1908. : : plentiful at 9500 feet and ascends to 12,000 feet. Griffith describes it as a small tree, and so Sir Joseph saw it in Nepal; but in Sikkim it is as much as 65 ft. high. In its natural habitat it prefers dry, rocky soil and grassy slopes, and is, like our larch, a light-loving tree. It is known in Sikkim as ‘Sah’ or ‘Saar,’ and is cut up in planks which Sir Joseph describes as soft and small but very durable. The drawing was made from specimens in cultivation at Kew, with the exception of the male catkins which were figured from a specimen supplied by Sir Edmund Loder of Leonardslee, Horsham, Sussex. Descriprion.— Tree 20-65 ft. high, with slender trunk, long branches and very long, cordlike, pendulous branchlets, pilose when quite young, pale at first, then dark, rough from the small persistent leaf-cushions. Winter buds globose-ovoid, inner scales hyaline, very broad, clawed, floccose-villous. Leaves needle-shaped, those on the cylindric short-shoots fascicled, 30-50, and spreading, subacute, about 1 in. long, 3; in. wide, flat, bisulcate on both sides, bright green, with glaucous lines above. Male flowers ovoid, yellowish, tinged with red, about 4 in. long, shortly pedicelled ; appendage of connective small, ovate. Female flowers cylindric, dark-purple, over 1 in. long. Carpels (bracts of the older authors) lanceolate, subulate-caudate, reflexed from the middle; ovuliferous scales very broad, rotundate, half as long as the carpels. Cone cylindric, up to almost 3 in. long, over | in. in diameter, purplish-brown ; scales broad, truncate or subemarginate-obovate, up to 3 in. long and broad. Seed obovoid, scarcely 4 in. long; wing broad, obliquely elliptic, } in. long-—Orro Srapr. Cutrivarion.—None of the other Larches and very few Conifers have proved so difficult to cultivate in Great Britain as this Himalayan species. Seeds have been imported to Kew on several occasions, and asa rule they have germinated freely. But the young plants rarely live more than a few years. The average climate of Great Britain is doubtless unsuited for it, and the resulting ill- health renders it peculiarly subject to the attacks of the Lareh-blight (Chermes ahietis). 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M.S. del LReeve & C° London Tak 87872. SINNINGIA Reerna. Brazil. GESNERIACEAE. Tribe GESNERJEAE. Suyninaia, Nees; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1004. Sinningia Regina, Sprague in Gard. Chron. 1904, vol. xxxvi. p. 87; affinis S. speciosae, Hiern, a qua foliis subtus purpureis, calycis lobis minus acuminatis corollaeque forma recedit; aspectu S: discolori, Sprague (Gloxiniae discolori, Deene), similis, sed indumento, calyce, corolla, glan- dulis diversis, 7 3 Herba carnosula, tubere crasso, caule erecto pubescente purpureo circiter 15 em. longo, foliorum paribus 4-6. Folia ovata vel elliptico-ovata, basi auriculato-cordata, apice obtusiuscula, crenata, 10-22 cm. longa, 6-18 cm. lata, supra subtiliter velutina, in venis albo-variegata, subtus minute puberula, purpurea. Pedunculi 4-6 in axillis superioribus una orti, 8-10 cm. longi, patenter hirsuti.. Flores penduli. Ca/lycis lobi patentes, ovato-lanceolati, 1-5-2 em. longi. Corolla violacea, intus antice pallide flavescens et purpureo-guttata; tubus 4-5 em. longus, supra basin leviter contractus, dein ampliatus, antice ventricosus; lobi patuli, 1 cm. longi, ultra L em. lati. Stamina inclusa, antheris connatis, lobis haud confluen- tibus. Disci glandulae 5, oblongae, 2 posticae ceteris crassiores. Ovariwm dense villosum.—Gesneria Regina, Hort. ex Sprague, Le. Sinningia Regina resembles S. discolor in the colour of its foliage and flowers, but is more closely allied to S. speciosa, the wild ancestor of our modern “ Gloxinias.” Nothing is known of its habitat, except that it was introduced from Brazil. S. speciosa, however, grows on rocks by the sea- shore in the State of Rio de Janeiro, according to Gardner, Travels in Brazil, edition 2, p. 22; and Gardner’s No. 184 in the Kew Herbarium was found “on rocky places in woods in the Rio Comprido valley” near the town of Rio de Janeiro. SS. speciosa is recorded also from the Organ Mountains and from Pernambuco, whilst S. discolor is known only from the rocky banks of the river Macahé, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, where it was collected by Riedel. See Martius, Flora Brasiliensis, vol. viii. pars 1, pp. 388-389. DerscriPtion.—Stem erect, about 6 in. long, springing from a stout tuber, and bearing from 4 to 6 pairs of leaves. Marcu, 1908. Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate, 4-8 in. long, 24-6 in. broad, convex, finely crenate, velvety with short hairs on the upper surface and variegated on the veins, minutely puberulous and purple on the lower. Peduncles 3-4 in. | long. Flowers pendulous, 4-6 in each of the upper axils, from 15 to 20 flowers being out at the same time on a well- developed plant. Calyax-lobes spreading, ovate-lanceolate. Corolla pale violet, with a pale yellowish band inside which is spotted with purple; lobes patulous, less than $ in. long. Stamens included; anthers connate, lobes not confluent. Glands of the disk oblong, the two pusticous ones broader than the others. Ovary densely villous.—T. A. SPRAGUE. CULTIVATION.—Sinningia Regina was introduced as a chance seedling from Brazil by Mr. de Smet-Duvivier, a nurseryman in Ghent. He exhibited plants of it in flower at the Ghent Quinquennial Exhibition in 19038. With the exception of one plant which was purchased for Kew the stock afterwards became the property of Messrs. Benary, seed merchants, Erfurt, by whom seeds were distributed, not only of S. Regina, but also of hybrids between it and garden forms of S. speciosa, popularly known as “ Gloxinias.” The hybrids which were raised by Messrs. Benary are intermediate between the two species. For its cultivation S. Regina requires exactly the conditions necessary for “ Gloxi- nias” generally. It 1s very free-flowering and when well grown isa decidedly showy plant. It seeds freely. Cuttings of the leaves may be used for its propagation as for other Gesneriads. It also has a permanent fleshy tuber from which offsets may be taken—W. Warson. Fig. 1, base of corolla-tube laid open, showing stamens; 2, anthers; 3, pistil and glands of disk :—all enlarged. Vincent Brooks, Day & Sar_Lttimp Eels Tan. 8183. CYPRIPEDIUM peste. China and Japan. ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe CyPRIPEDIEAE. Cypriprpium, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Cen Plant. vol. iii. p. 684; Pfitzer in : Engl, Pflanzenreich, Orch, Pleon. p.28. Cypripedium debile, Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. vol. ii. (1874), p. 2238; Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxviii. p. 442, fig. 166; Rev. Gen. Bot. 1901, t. 18, fig. 1-10; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Japon. vol. ii. p. 738; Matsumura Index Pl. Japon. vol. ii. p. 241; species nana, diphylla, foliis late ovatis, caulibus scapisque gracilibus glabris, floribus parvis. Herba terrestris, 10-15 cm. altus. Caulis gracilis, glaber, diphyllus. Folia opposita, late ovata, acuta, membranacea, 3-6 cm. lata, 3-5-nervia, venis secundariis reticulatis. Scapi 2-4 em. longi, arcuati. Bracteae lineares, acutae, 1°5-2°5 em. longae. Pedicelli 1 em. longi. Flores parvi; sepala et petala pallide viridia, basi brunneo-maculata, labellum album ore purpureo- striatum. Sepalum posticum ovatum, acuminatum. 1:3-1°5 em. longum. Sepala lateralia connata, ovato-oblonga, subobtusa, 1°2-1°4 cm _ longa. Petala oblonga, acuminata, 1°3-1°5 em. longa. Labellwm ovoideo-globosum, 1-1-2 em. longum, ostio angusto. Staminodium spathulatum, cucullatum. -—Calypso borealis, Somoku Zusetsu, 1856, xviii. t.85,non Salisb. C. cardio- phyllum, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Japon. 1879, vol. ii. pp. 39 et 521. An anomalous little species, which was originally figured in the Japanese work, Somoku Zusetsu, in 1856, under the name of Calypso borealis, a mistake which was pointed out by Reichenbach, in 1874, when he briefly described the plant under the name of Cypripedium debile; his descrip- tion being based solely upon this old figure. Five years later Franchet and Savatier described a species under the name of C. cardiophyllum, basing it chiefly on a specimen collected on Fudsiyama, in the province of Nippon, by Savatier. They cited, however, the old figure above mentioned, and a still earlier one, in the Japanese work, Honzo Zufu, published in 1828, where it appeared without any botanical name. A reference to the work, however, shows a thoroughly characteristic coloured figure, with both flowers and young fruit. It is now known from several Japanese localities, and has also been found by Pere Farges Maron, 1908, in Western China, in the Tchen-kéou-tin district of the pro- _ vince of Szechuen. A single plant has also been collected _ by Mr. E. H. Wilson, at an altitude of 7,000 feet in the same — province, though the precise locality has not been stated. Descriprion.— Herb, terrestrial, 4—6 in. high. Stem slender glabrous, two-leaved. Leaves broadly ovate, acute, mem branous, 14-2 in. broad, with three to five primary nerves, secondary veins reticulated. Scapes 3—1? in. long, arching. Bracts linear, acute, 4-1 in. long. Pedicels over 4 in. long. | Flowers small, with pale green sepals and petals, each bearing a dark brown blotch at the base, forming a zon round the column, sometimes striped with brown, and witl a white lip streaked with purple round the mouth, Dor. sepal ovate, acuminate, $3 in. long; lateral sepals conn into an ovate-oblong, subobtuse limb, slightly longer than the dorsal. Petals oblong, acuminate, as long as the dorsal sepal. Lip ovoid-globose, nearly 4 in. long, much narrowed at the mouth. Staminode spathulate, cucullate—R. A. RoLrFe. CuLtivation.—Roots of this interesting little orchi were purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company They were planted in pans of leaf-mould and choppe sphagnum and kept in an unheated frame where they flowered in April. Although lacking the attractions of size an colour so usual in the genus, Cypripedium debile has charms of its own, and is quite worthy of a place among sel “ Alpines.” It is probably sufficiently hardy to be grown aetrgerhs in the open air, although, owing to their pose, the flowers would be practically hidden unless the plants were set on the high ledge of a rockery, or grown, as at Kew, in a pan and placed whilst in flower on the stage of a greenhouse.— W. Warson. nn Fig. 1, side of lip, in section; 2 and 3, side and front views of ; column :— all enlarged. eee 8164 ae age MS.dal, FN Fitchlith Vincent Brooks Day &San Lime LReeve & C° London. Tas. 8184. PYRUS ARIA, var. MAJESTICA. Garden Origin? RosaceaE. Tribe PoMEAR, Pyrus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. i. p. 626. Pyrus (Sorbus) Aria, Hhrh., var. majestica; varietas ab aliis varietatibus speciei aliquanto variabilis foliis floribusque majoribus distinguenda. Arbor erecta ramis ascendentibus, 10-15 m. alta; cortex primo tomento pallido obsitus, cito tamen glabrescens, demum glaber, nitidus, fuscus. Folia decidua, ovata vel elliptica vel obovata, 8-18 em. longa, 4-9 em. lata, apice obtusata, margine inordinaliter duplicato-serrata, supra primo floccosa demum glabra, nitida, intense viridia, subtus dense albo-tomentosa, nervi prominuli plus minusve paralleli. F/ores 2 cm. lati, in corymbos terminales axillaresque aggregati; corymbi plani, 8-10 cm. lati; pedicelli lanali; bracteae subulatae, cito deciduae. Ca/yx campanulatus, 5-lobus; limbus 1 cm. latus; lobi trianguli, persistentes. Pefala patentia, subconcava, ovato-orbicularia, albida. Stamina stylos excedentia. Stylus basi lanatus. Poma in corymbos laxiusculos demum nutantes disposita, globosa, 1-25 cm. lata, matura intense rubra.—/. /anata, Hort. non D. Don. P. Decaisneana, Nichols. in Kew Hand-list of Trees and Shrubs, ed. 1, p. 187. Aria majestica, Lavall. in Arb. Seg. Enum. p. 98. A, Decaisneana, Lavall. l.c. Icon. t.18. Sorbus Aria, Crantz, var. majestica, Zabel in Beissner, Handb. der Laubholz Benennung, p. 198.—D. Prary. There is no more characteristic tree on the chalk hills of west and south Britain than the Whitebeam, Pyrus Aria. Its flowers are attractive and its fruits are especially so, but its beauty and distinctness are never greater than when the wind, by lifting the branches, reveals the white under- surface of the leaves. Pyrus Aria is only surpassed in this respect among British trees by the Abele, Populus alba. As here, and as generally limited, Pyrus Aria includes numerous varieties, some of which are so distinct as to be regarded by some authors as separate species. The one repre- sented in our plate is, perhaps, the most ornamental of them all; its leaves, corymbs and fruits are larger than in any other variety. The origin of this fine variety is unknown. The state- ment that it is a native of Nepal appears to be without Maron, 1908, confirmation, and probably arose from its confusion with P. lanata, D. Don., a tree absolutely distinct. There is no specimen in the Kew Herbarium from North India that matches the plant now figured. It is identical with Aria Decaisneana, Lavall., which is known to have existed in the Arboretum of Segrez in 1858. The late Mr. Lavallée states that his tree was known in the nurseries near Paris as the “Sorbier du Népaul.” The most probable explanation of its origin is that it is an improved variety raised under cultivation. The tree from which the figure was made has long been growing in the Kew Arboretum, where it flowers and fruits freely almost every year. ‘The severest cold does not hurt it. Drscription.— Tree, ultimately 40 ft. or more high with suberect branches. Bark at first covered with a pale tomen- tum, finally glabrous and dark lustrous brown. Leaves 3—7 in. long, half as much wide, ovate to oval or obovate, obtuse, irregularly serrate, white-felted beneath, flocculent above when young, but lustrous-green and glabrous later ; veins parallel, prominent. Flowers in terminal and axillary corymbs three to four inches across, pedicels woolly. Bracts subulate, fugacious. Calya 3 in. in diameter, woolly, with triangular persistent lobes. Corolla ¢ In. across; petals ovate-orbicular, concave, dull creamy white. Style woolly at base, shorter than stamens. Stamens about twenty. fruit in loose corymbs, ultimately nodding, globose, 4 in. in diameter, bright red.tW. J. Bran. : — 1, bud; 2, section of calyx and pistil; 3 and 4, seeds :—all enlarged except 3, 8185 Vincent Brooks Day&Scn Lamp L.Reeve & O° Landon. Tap. 8185. BERBERIS acuMiInaTA. — China. BERBERIDACEAE. Berseris, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 43. Berberis acuminata, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, vol. xxxiii. p. 387; B. Wallichianae, DO., affinis, sed foliis angustioribus longe acutatis vel acuminatis magis et longius spinoso-serratis, spinis firmioribus differt. Frutec sempervirens 1-2 m. altus, glaberrimus; rami cortice pallido vel cinerascente tecti. olia lanceolata, longe acutata vel acuminata, spinoso- serrata, 5-10 em. longa, 0° 6-2 em. lata, coriacea, anguste calloso-marginata, spinulis 1°5-3 mm. longis prorsus directis firmis; spinae tripartitae, 10-15 mm. longae, patentes. lorwm fasciculi 2-15 (plerumque 5-9)-flori, perulis ovatis acuminatis subpungentibus ; pedicelli graciles, 15-20, raro ad 30 mm. longi. Sepala 6, exteriora 2-2°5mm. interiora 5-6 mm. longa, omnia suborbicularia. Peiala obovato-orbicularia, sepala interiora aequantia, luride aurea. Stamina quam petala triente breviora. Stigma subsessile, pileiforme. Bacca nigra, glauco-pruinosa, ellipsoidea, 8-10 mm. longa, 5-6 mm. diametro. Berberis acuminata was discovered by Delavay in woods near Tcheng-fong-chau, Yunnan, in 1882. Since then it has been collected by Dr. A. Henry and Mr. EK. H. Wilson in the mountains of Western Hupeh, where it is, however, according to the latter collector, who found it growing on grassy slopes at from 5,000 to 6,000 feet above sea-level, very rare. The specimens from which the plate was prepared were com- municated by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, who raised plants from seeds obtained on their behalf by Mr. Wilson. These plants flowered at Coombe Wood in-May, 1907. The most nearly allied species, Berberis Wallichiana, is a native of the Temperate Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards. It differs mainly in having relatively broader leaves with less tapering tips and much smaller marginal spines. Description.—Shrub, evergreen 3-6 feet high; bark of the young branches pale or greyish. Leaves lanceolate, long tapering towards the tips or acuminate, spinous-serrate, Mazcu, 1908. 2-4 in. long, 1-3 in. broad, coriaceous, with a narrow callous margin and numerous sharp spines which are directed forwards and are up to tin. long ; spines at the bases of the leaf-tufts tripartite, }-2 in. long. lowers in fascicles of 2—15, usually 5—9, from winterbuds the scales of which are ovate, with sharp points ; pedicels slender, 2—2 in. long, or even longer. Sepals 6, the outer +'y in. long, the inner up to + in. long, all suborbicular. Petals obovate-orbicular, as long as the inner sepals, brownish yellow. Stamens one-third shorter than the petals. Stigma subsessile, pileiform. Berry black with a glaucous bloom, ellipsoid, 1—% in. long, } in. wide.—Orro Srapr. Fig. 1, leaf margin; 2, flower; 8, petal and stamen; 4, petal; 5, pistil:— all enlarged. 8156 “incent Brooks Day&SaiLt?imp © M.S. del JN Fitch ith. LReeve & C1? Tas. 8186. ROSA WILuMorrtrar. —_ China. Rosackak. Tribe Rosman. Rosa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 625. ’ Rosa (§ Cinnamomeae) Willmottiae, Hems/. in Kew Bull. 1907, D817, descriptio hic iterata; species ex affinitate R. Webbianae, Wall., a qua aculeis aequalibus, calyce eglanduloso, sepalis quam petalis multo brevio- ribus et petalorum colore differt. Frutex dense ramosus, 1°5-3 m. altus, praeter stipulas fere glaber, ramis gracilibus brunneo-rubris, Aculei in ramis floriferis geminati, recti, 8-10 mm. longi, pallidi, setis nullis, Folia conferta, 2-8 em. longa; rhachis gracillima, minutissime setulosa; stipulae minutae, supra medium liberae, apice obtusae, margine eximie glanduloso-ciliatae, Foliola sae- pissime 9, brevissime petiolulata, oblonga, obovata vel interdum fere orbicularia, 4-8 mm. longa, praecipue supra medium subduplicato-denti- culata. Flores roseo-lilacini vel roseo-purpurei, alabastris saturate rubris, 3°5-4 cm. diametro, in ramulorum brevium apicibus solitarii, brevissime pedunculati. Sepala lanceolata, caudato-acuminata, circiter 1 em, longa, integra, intus albo-tomentosa. Petala subintegra. Vilamenta brevissima, antheris aureis, Styli hirsuti, liberi. Achaenia dorso villosa. Fructus maturus nobis ignotus. This very pretty rose was raised by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons from seed collected by Mr. E. H. Wilson in the Sangpan mountains, near the Tibetan frontier of Western China, at elevations of 9500 to 11,000 ft., and the plate was prepared from specimens communicated by that firm, from plants which flowered at Coombe Wood in May, 1907. The most nearly allied species, R. Webbiana, is a native of the drier regions of the western temperate Himalaya. Drsoription.—Shrub, densely branched, 5-10 ft. high, nearly glabrous, except the stipules. Branches slender, red-brown. Prickles in pairs on the flowering branches, straight, 3-3 in. long, pale; bristles none. Leaves crowded, 4-1; in. long; midrib slender, obscurely setulose; stipules small, fringed with glandular hairs. Marca, 1908. Leaflets usually 9, very shortly stalked, oblong, obovate or sometimes nearly orbicular, }-} in. long, toothed above the middle. lowers purple-rose, bright red in bud, 1-1; in. across, solitary on short, lateral branches, very shortly stalked. Sepals lanceolate, taper-pointed or caudate, about 4 in. long, entire, clothed with a white felt inside. Petals entire or obscurely notched. Filaments very short; anthers yellow. Styles hairy, free. Achenes hairy on the back. Fruit not seen.—W. Borrive Hemsey. Fig. 1, base of a leaf and stipules; 2, section of a flower from which the petals have been removed; 8, a carpel :—all enlarged. BRITISH, COLONIAL, AND FOREIGN FLORA. HANDBOOK of the BRITISH FLORA ; a Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns indigenous to, or naturalized in the British Isles. For the use of Beginners and Amateurs. 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THE NARCISSUS: its History and Culture By F. W. BURBIDGEH, F.L.S. With a Scientific Review of the entire Genus by J. G. Baker, F.R.S., F.L. pe With 48 beautifully Coloured Plates, 30s. HANDBOOK OF THE BRITISH FLORA: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous | | to or Naturaliged in the British Isles. Br GEORGE BENTHAM, FE.RS. 8th Edition, Revised by Sir J. D. Hooker, C.B., G.C.S.1., F.R.S., &e. 9s. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BRITISH FLORA. A Series of Wond Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants. Drawn By W. H. FITCH, F.L.S., anp W. G. SMITH, F.L.S. Forming an Illustrated Companion to Bentham’s “ * Handbook,” and other British Floras. 6th Edition, with 1315 Wood Boarevinis, Dei. LOVELL REEVE & CQ. ria 6, HENRIEITA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 8187 Vincent Brocks Day & San Limp M.S4el,J.N Fite ith L Reeve & C? London. Tas. 8187. BULBOPHYLLUM BInnenpisKn1. Java. OROHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. BunBopHyiuum, Thouars; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 501; Pitzer in Engl. Pflanzenf. vol. ii. 6, p. 286. Bulbophyllum Binnendijkii, J. J. Smith, Orch. Jav. (1905), p. 442: Rothschild in Gard. Chron. 1907, vol. xlii. p. 161; cies insignis, a B. Ericssoni, Kraenzl., partibus fere omnibus majoribus differt. Herba epiphytica, Rhizoma validum; internodia cirea 15 cm. longa, vaginis ovato-oblongis acutis tecta. Pseud bulbi oblongi, circa 13 em. longi, basi vaginis spathaceis acuminatis tecti, monophylli. lia petiolata, late oblonga, acuta, circa 3!) cm. longa, 13 cm. lata; petiolus 4 cm. longus. Scapi e basi pseudobulbi producti, patentes, circa 15 cm. longi, vaginis spathaceis acutis tecti. Flores umbellati, speciosi, virides, brunneo- maculati, labello pallidiore facie rubro-suffuso et ornato. Bracteae ovatae, acuminatae, 1°5-2 em. longae. Pedicelli circa 2 cm. longi. Sepalum posticum erectum, late lanceolatum, caudato-acuminatum, apice spiraliter tortum, 7-9 em. longum; sepala lateralia patentia, oblongo-lanceolata, caudato-acuminata, apice spiraliter torta, 7-9 cm. longa. Petala basi oblongo-lanceolata, apice longe caudato-acuminata et spiraliter torta, 3-4 cm. longa. Labellwm recurvum, basi late oblongum, apice longe acuminatum, circa 2cm. longum. Oolumna brevis, lata, dentibus brevibus, basi in pedem longum attenuatum producta.—Cirrhopetalum leopardinum, - Teijsm. et Binn. in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 1862, vol. xxiv. p. 309. Bulbophyllum FEricssoni, Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 1907, p. 233, fig. 27 (non Kraenzl.). This striking species has a curious history, and its identity is by no means certain. It was exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons at the Temple Show in May, 1907, under the name of Bulbophyllum Eriessoni, and it was also figured from a photograph ; but the Hon. Walter Rothschild, who possesses the original type plant, did not admit the determina- tion, and considered it to be identical with B. Binnendiykii, J.J. Smith. A dried flower of Messrs. Sander’s plant has been sent to Mr. Smith, who replies that his description of B. Binnendijkii was made from a dried specimen in the Leiden Herbarium, the colour being added from a plant that was in cultivation at the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden some eighteen years ago. It had been brought in by a native Apri, 1908, collector, probably from Mt. Salak, near Buitenzorg, and it flowered once and then died. Cirrhopetalum leopardinum, Teijsm. and Binn., came from Mt. Salak, and Mr. Smith says that the two must be identical. Recently Mr. Smith received an inflorescence of a Bulbophyllum from Soekaboemi which he considers identical with the one preserved at Leiden, and of which he sends a dried flower. This is smaller than that of the plant figured, which Mr. Smith remarks has the dimensions of his B. virescens, but he adds :— “T am very much inclined to believe that B. virescens and B. Eriessoni are only colour variations of the same species, and perhaps .B. Binnendijkit will hardly be maintained as a species.” Except in the larger dimensions, the present plant is so similar to that previously figured in this work (t. 8088) that it seems advisable to wait for more complete materials before attempting to decide the question. It is unfortunate that the type specimens are not available for comparison. Cirrhopetalum leopardinum was originally met with on Mt. Salak, growing on the trunks of trees in the high forest. The altitude is not stated, but the mountain is said to be 6970 ft. high. The specific name first employed had to be changed because there is an earlier B. leopardinum, of Lindley. It is curious that so striking a plant should have so long remained practically unknown. _ Descriprion.— Herb, epiphytical ; rhizomes strong, creep- ing ; internodes about 6 in. long, covered with ovate-oblong acute sheaths. Pseudobulbs oblong, about 54 in. long, covered with spathaceous acuminate sheaths at the base, l-leaved. Leaves petioled, broadly oblong, acute, about 1 ft. long, by 5§ in. broad; petiole 3 in. long. Scape produced from base of pseudobulb, spreading, about 6 in. long, with a few spathaceous, acute sheaths. Flowers umbellate, about seven to ten, very large, light green, spotted with dark brown, the lip paler, suffused and marbled with reddish purple on the face. Bracts ovate, acuminate, about 2 in. long. Pedicels nearly 1 in. long. Dorsal sepal erect, broadly lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, spirally twisted at the apex, 3-4 in. long; lateral sepals spreading, oblong-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, spirally ~ twisted at the apex, 23-34 in. long. Petals oblong-lanceolate, spirally twisted at the apex, 14-2 in. long. Lip strongly recurved, broadly oblong at the base, long acuminate at the apex, nearly 1 in. long. Column short, broad, with short, broadly oblong teeth, base prolonged into a long attenuated foot.—R. A. RoiFs. CuLTIvaTion.—The section of Bulbophyllum to which B. Binnendijkii and B. Ericssoni belong does not grow well at Kew. Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, who grew the fine example shown at the Temple Show last year from which the present figure was prepared, state that this species grows well in a moist boniat house where during the season of growth it is kept saturated and allowed a fair amount of sunshine and air on favourable days. When at rest only sufficient water is given to keep the soil from becoming quite dry. In a dry atmosphere the leaves are attacked by “spot,” especially during winter. The mixture used is sphagnum moss with a small portion of peat fibre, dead leaves, small crocks and silver sand. The best. plants were grown in shallow teak baskets, suspended near the glass in a house containing Cvelogyne pandurata, Arach- nanthe Lowti, etc. All the Bulbophylla with thin rhizomes and pseudobulbs and papery leaves appear to require the conditions here given, and even then they are not always healthy. Of the many plants of the allied B. Eriessoni imported by Messrs. Sander & Sons it is doubtful if a score are now alive—W. Warson. Fig. 1, lip and column; 2, anther cap; 8, pollinia :—all enlarged ; 4, whole plant, from a sketch by Worthington G. Smith :—much reduced. Re stesu ne. M.S del, JN Fitch hth L.Reeve & C° London. Tas. 8188. KAEMPFERIA Krirgn, var. Ecattor. Rhodesia. ZINGIBERACEAE. Tribe HEDYCHIEAR. Karmprertia, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. PP 641; K. Schum. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, vol. iv. pars 66, p. 64. Kaempferia Kirkii, K. Schum., var. elatior, Stapf; a typo (Cienkowskia Kirkii, Hook. f.) statura elatiore, foliis longioribus pro ratione angus- tioribus basi longius attenuatis, pedunculis elatioribus, labelli maculo fauciali aureo utrinque purpureo-notato differt. Herba perennis cum foliis ad 45 cm. alta. Folia oblanceolata vel oblanceolato- oblonga, acuminata, basi saepe longe attenuata, lamina ad 30 cm. longa, 5-8 cm. lata, amoene viridia, subtus pallidiora; petioli inferne vaginantes, ad 15 cm. longi. Caulis florens cum foliis coétaneus, ad 35 cm. longus; spica brevis, 4-5-flora; pedunculus paucisquamatus; bracteae lanceolatae, cymbiformes, 2-3 cm. longae; pedicelli inferiores ad 1:3 cm. longi. Calyx superne leviter dilatatus, 3-dentatus, 10-12 mm. longus. Corolla albida; tubus ad 15 mm. longus; lobi oblongo-lanceolati, inaequilati, circiter 25 mm. longi, latissimus 10 mm. latus. Staminodia oblique obovata, rosea, parte libera 3-3°5 cm. longa, ad 3 cm. lata. Labellwm roseum, latissimum, 4 cm. longum, 7 cm. latum, bilobum, sinu ad 15 mm. alto, basi maculo aureo utrinque late purpureo-marginato ornatum. Filamentum breve; connectivum ultra antheram 6 mm. longam in appendicem apice subemarginatam ad 18 mm. longam 8 mm. latam superne auream pro- ductum. Ovariwm vix 10 mm. longum, This beautiful plant belongs to a group of very closely allied forms which are spread all over tropical Africa. They are unfortunately very difficult to discriminate in the dry state unless prepared with particular care and represented by very complete specimens; and next to nothing is known © about their range of variation under natural conditions. K. Schumann, in his elaboration of the Zingiberaceae in Engler’s Pflanzenreich, recognises three species in this group, whilst Gagnepain in a recent paper (Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1905, p. 537) treats two of them, K. rosea and K. Kirkii, as synonymous ; but if this is correct, K. Carsoni will also have to be reduced to K. Kirkii. A fourth species with very narrow leaves was described simultaneously (July, 1906) by N. E. Brown as K. Cecilae and by Apri, 1908, Gagnepain as K. kilimanensis, from Portuguese Kast Africa. It differs much more from the three other forms of the group than these differ from each other, and has con- sequently a better claim to the status of a species. Whether the plant figured here, so far only known from a single specimen, is actually more than astate of a very polymorphic and plastic species can only be decided by observation in the field and by experiment. The flowers of K. Kirkii, as figured in B. M., t. 5994, have a slightly emarginate labellum with a simple yellow blotch at the throat, while in the variety elatior the labellum is bilobed with a narrow sinus up to 15 mm. deep and a yellow blotch bordered on both sides by a purple marking. A coloured sketch, however, drawn on the spot by Sir John Kirk, shows the labellum of the type 2-lobed with a simple yellow blotch. The same marking is present in the Kew specimens of K. Kirkii from British and German Kast Africa and of the cultivated plant, whilst all the specimens of K. rosea and K. Carsom have purple lateral markings as in the var. elatior figured here. The drawing was made from specimens presented by Mr. H, J. Elwes of Colesborne, Cheltenham. Description.—Herb, perennial, 12-18 in. high. Leaves more or less oblanceolate, acuminate, long attenuated at the base, bright green above, paler below ; blade up to 12 in. by 2-3 in.; petiole sheathing below, up to 6 in. long. Flowering stem appearing with the leaves, about 14 in. Jong; peduncle with few scales; spike 4—5-flowered, short ; bracts lanceolate, boat-shaped, 1 in. long; lower pedicels up to $ in. long. Calya 3-toothed, 4 in. long. Corolla whitish ; tube over $ in. long; lobes oblong-lanceolate, the largest under 1 in. long, less than 4 in. broad. —Staminodes and labellum bright rose-colour, the latter 12 in. long and almost 3 in. broad, two-lobed, with a narrow sinus and a yellow blotch bordered by a purple marking on each side. Filament short; connective petaloid, slightly emarginate, yellow in the upper part; anthers } in. long. Ovary less than 4 in. long.—Orro Srapr, Fig. 1, stamen; 2, ovary; 3, stigma; 4, whole plant :—all enlarged, excepting fig. 4, which is reduced. 8189 MS.del. JV Fitchlith \ancent Brooks Day & Son Lemp L.Reeve & C°London. Tap. 8189. SAXIFRAGA BrRUNONIANA. India. . SAXIFRAGACEAR. Tribe SAXIFRAGEAE. SaxirraGa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. -_ Plant. vol, i. p. 685; Hngl. Monogr. p. 223. ; Saxifraga (§ Trachyphyllum) Brunoniana, Wall. Cat. n, 444; Sternb. Revis. Saxifr. Suppl. t. 23; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol, ii. p. 397; Engl. Monogr. p. 223; species ex affinitate S. flagellaris, Willd. (B. M. t. 4621), a qua habitu graciliore, floribus minoribus longius pedicellatis et petalis oblongo- _ spathulatis differt. Herba perennis, caespitosa, stolonifera, praeter setulas ad foliorum margines fere omnino glabra, caulibus stolonibus pedicellisque gracillimis rubris. Caules floriferi 5-15 cm. alti. Folia rigida, cartilaginea, lineari-lanceolata, (-5-2°5 em. longa, mucronata, setuloso-ciliata, inferiora conferta, caulina minora, sparsa, interdum in axillis gemmifera. Peduwnculi pedicellique obscure glandulosi, floribus multo longiores. Calycis segmenta ovata, obtusa, circiter 2 mm. Jonga. /Petala lutea, angusta, oblonga, 7-8 mm. longa, obtusa. Stamina petalis dimidio breviora, alternis brevioribus ; antherae rubrae. Capsula globosa.—S. Brunonis, Wall. ex Ser. in DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 45. As explained by Engler in his admirable monograph published thirty-five years ago, S. Brunoniana, S. pilifera, Hook. f. & Thom&’. and the widely distributed S. flagellaris differ from all the other species of the section Trachyphyllum in developing from the axils of the lower leaves thread-like runners, which bear leaf-buds at their tips and strike root, finally becoming independent plants, which flower the following year. S. Brunoniana has a wide range in the Himalaya mountains at elevations of 9000 to 13,000 ft., from Sikkim to Kashmir. In the Flora of British India it is recorded from 16,000 ft., but this is probably a slip, as none of the numerous specimens in the Herbarium are noted from so high a level. S. pilifera, its nearest ally, differs in having obtuse leaves and smaller flowers, the petals scarcely exceeding the sepals; it has only been found in Sikkin, at elevations of 14,000 to 15,000 ft. 3 Apgit, 1908, Description.—Herb, perennial, tufted, producing numer- ous, very slender runners, which give rise to independent plants; with the exception of the marginal bristles of the leaves, almost glabrous. Stems, runners, and flower-stalks very slender, bright red; flowering-stems 2-6 in. high, Leaves stiff, cartilaginous, narrow-lanceolate, 1—1 in. long, sharp-pointed, margin fringed, lower ones crowded, upper smaller, scattered, sometimes bearing bulblets in the axils. Flower-stalks much longer than the flowers, furnished with small inconspicuous glands. Sepals ovate, obtuse, about yz in. long. Petals yellow, narrow, oblong, about } in. long, obtuse. Stamens ten, shorter than the petals, alternate ones shorter; anthers red. Capsule very small, globose.—W. Borrine Hemstry. : _ Cunrrvation.—Seeds of this charming little Sazifraga were received in 1903 from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sibpur, Calcutta. The plants have proved hardy at Kew, growing freely in the rock garden, but they are seen at their best when cultivated in a pan of light stony soil in a cold frame and placed in a greenhouse whilst in flower. The bright crimson colour of the stems and stolons is at least as attractive as the flowers. The stolons, which are slender, twist about in such a manner as to produce the effect of one of the dodders growing over a dwarf Sawifraga. _ Another species with the same habit is S. flagellaris, but in that the stems and stolons are green— W. Warson. » Fig. 1, a leaf from a rosette; 2, a stem-leaf; 3, calyx and pistil; 4, a petal ; 5 and 6, stamens :—aill enlarged. 8190 “ a } . M re EE .: Vincent Brooks Day &Son Lit Imp MS.delSN-Fitchhith L Reeve & C° London Tas. 8190. RHEUM rInoprnatoum. Tibet. PonyGonackAk. Tribe RumIcHAE. - Ruzvum, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 100. - Rheum inopinatum, Prain; species R. racemifero, Maxim., magis affinis, statura tamen minore, thyrsis omnibus simplicibus, staminibus calycis lacinias haud carinatas apice nequaquam cucullatas manifeste excedenti- bus, fructusque alis rigidulis disco latioribus differt. Herba perenuis, rhizomate valido 2 cm. crasso. Caulis gracilis, ruber, parce scabridus, 25-35 cm. altus, 0°5 em. crassus. /olia coriacea, plus minusve bullata, plurima basilaria, subrosulata, caulina saepe 0, nonnunquam 1, raro 2, supra nervis rubescentibus parce scabridis exceptis pallide viridia, subtus nervis rubidis scabridis exceptis viridi-glauca, basi truncata vel cordata, ibique 3-5-nervia, nervo primario medio secundarios 8-10 pinnatim emittente, lateralibus secundarios 4-6 versus marginem excurrentes emit- tentibus, apice rotundata, margine parum sinuata et minute crenulata, 8-15 em. longa, 5-12 em. lata; petiolus semicylindricus, rubidus, 4-10 cm. longus, praesertim subtus scabridus, Jnflorescentia paniculata, e thyrsis racemiformibus e quavis axilla solitariis 5-12 cm. longis composita, florifera fastigiata, fructifera pyramidata, 15-25 em. longa, 7-12 em. lata. Flores fasciculati, pedicellis gracilibus 4-5 mm. longis infra medium articulatis breviores. Calycis laciniae oblongae, obtusae, 3 mm. longae, staminibus breviores. Stamina saepissime 9, quorum 3 exteriora interioribus 6 param longiora. Achaenia e basi cordata orbicularia, triptera, rubra, 10-12 mm. longa lataque, alis margine subintegris, nervo a margine remoto. The late Mr. Maximowicz in promising a review of the species of Aheum (Mel. Biol. xi. 686, footnote) which his untimely death prevented him from completing, has sug- gested as useful the subdivision of the genus into two groups ; the Monticolae with leafy stems and membranous leaves, and the Deserticolae, with stems leafless, or nearly so, and firm leaves. It is to the latter group that the species here figured belongs. In habit and general facies it much resembles another species of the same group, R. racemiferum, Maxim., from Southern Mongolia, but differs in its smaller size and in the other particulars already noted. Another species, ApriL, 1908. also of this group, which has much in common with R. inopinatum, is R. Delavayi, Franch., from Yunnan, but in this species the leaves differ in shape, the stamens are included and the achene-wings are thinly membranous. Descoriprion.—fHerb, perennial; rootstock 3 in. thick. Stem slender, red, 10 in. to a little over 1 ft. high. Leaves firm, somewhat bullate, mostly basal and spreading, occasion- ally one or two on the stem above the base ; nerves red and scabrid on both sides, otherwise smooth and rather pale green above, glaucous green beneath; truncate or cordate at the base where 3-5-nerved; middle nerve pinnately 8—10-branched, lateral nerves 4—6-branched on the outer side only ; rounded at the wide apex, very slightly sinuate and throughout finely crenate, 3-6 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; petiole flattened above, reddish, 13-4 in. long, somewhat ‘scabrid, especially on the rounded lower side. /njlorescence paniculate ; branches simple ; raceme-like thyrses of fascicled flowers with slender pedicels jointed below the middle ; panicles 6-10 in. long, 23-5 in. across; branches 2-5 in. long fastigiate in flower, in fruit forming a pyramidal mass ; pedicels about 4 in. long. Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, } in. long. Stamens usually 9, 3 outer rather longer than the other six, all exserted. Nutlets orbicular, cordate below, three-winged, rather bright red, nearly 4 in. across; wings subentire with a strong nerve some distance with the edge. CuLtivation.—R. inopinatum was raised at Kew from seeds collected by Capt. H. J. Walton at Gyantse in Tibet in September, 1904, during the Tibet Mission, and presented by the Director of the Botanical Survey of India in 1905; it flowered in a herbaceous border in July, 1906. In this open border it has proved an attractive little plant, the grey-green leaves forming an excellent foil to the bright red or crimson inflorescence, which continued at its best for several weeks. Being quite hardy and capable of holding its own by reason of its fleshy rootstock it ought to find favour as a border plant.—D. Prat. Fig. 1,a flower; 2 and 3, front and back view of anther; 4, pistil: 5, cluster of fruit :—all enlarged; 6, entire plant :—about 4 nat. size, 879] MS del JN Fitchhith. Vincert Brooks Dey &SonLttime L Reeve &C° London. : Tas. 8191. OLEARIA crmrata. Australia and Tasmania. ComposiTaE. Tribe ASTEROIDEAE. OxuEaRiA, Moench.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 276. Olearia ciliata, F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. vol. v. p. 79, in syn.; Benth. ri Austral. vol. iii. p. 488 ; foliis linearibus ciliatis, pedunculis longiusculis istincta. Suffrutex dumiformis, 20-30 cm. altus, ramis pluribus suberectis vel ascenden- tibus plus minusve hirsutis. Folia conferta, arcuato-recurva, linearia, inferne longiuscule ciliata, superne sparse minute ciliolata tantum, 1-3 cm. longa, basi 1*5-2°5 mm. lata, apice acuta, marginibus superne revolutis. Capitula in ramis solitaria, terminalia, radiis inclusis circiter 2-5 cm. diametro, pedunculis 2-20 cm. longis apice lanato-tomentosis. Involuerwm anguste campanulatum, in sicco hemisphericum; bracteae lanceolatae usque lineares, 4-8 mm. longae, ciliatae, exteriores interioribus breviores. Flores radii feminei, 15-20. Corollae lilacinae tubus 3 mm. longus, limbus circiter 1 cm. longus. Ovarium pilosum. Pappus uniserialis; setae subaequales vel paucis brevissimis interjectis, barbellatae. Flores disci hermaphroditi, numerosi, involucrum paullulo excedentes. Corolla lutea; tubus 3°54 mm. longus; lobi brevissimi. Antherae ecaudatae. Styli appendices breves, deltoideae.—Hurybia ciliata, Benth. in Hueg. Enum. p- 58, Aster Huegelii, F, Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. vol. v. p. 79. Olearia ciliata inhabits deserts and sandy places at various elevations in West Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, and seems to be rather polymorphic. It reminds one in habit of an Aster or Felicia (B. M., t. 8049), genera which are distinguished by critical characters, such as the degree of compression of the achenes and the numbers of rows of pappus-bristles. Olearia is confined to Australasia, and Felicia to Africa, whilst Aster is widely distributed in America, Europe and Asia, with also a few species in South Africa. : Descriprion.— Shrub, 1-2 ft. high, with ascending or nearly erect, pubescent branches. Leaves crowded, recurved, linear, acute, long-ciliate in the lower third or half, sparsely and very minutely ciliate above, $-1 in. long, about +, in. Aprin, 1908. broad at the base, margins revolute above. Heads solitary and terminal on each branch, about 1 in. in diameter including the ray ; peduncles 1-8 in. long, woolly-tomentose at their apex. Jnvolucre narrowly campanulate ; bracts ciliate, the outermost ones lanceolate, about 4 in. long, the innermost ones linear, about 4 in. long. Ray flowers female, 15-20. Corollalilac; tube } ta long ; limb under in. long. Ovary pilose. Pappus bristles in a single row, subequal or with one or two much shorter ones in between. Disk- flowers hermaphrodite, hardly longer than the involucre. 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Planta perennis, monocarpica, florigera circiter 2 m, alta, caule simplici crasso brevissimo. olia numerosa, densissime rosulata, crassa, coriacea, lineari- oblonga, usque ad 1 m. longa, infra medium circiter 15 cm. lata, apice abrupte longeque acuminata, integra, inermia, recurva, maculis rubro- purpureis ornata. Jnflorescentia terminalis, erecta, pinnatim paniculata, circiter 1°5 m. longa; scapus bracteis amplis coriaceis sanguineis ovato- acuminatis diu persistentibus vestitus; rami laterales circiter 14, quaqua- versi, curvati, recurvi, 20-30 cm. longi, flexuosi, sanguinei, usque ad 12-flori. Bracteae florigerae ovatae, acutae, quam calyx dimidio breviores, sanguineae, calyci arcte appressae, persistentes. Flores distichi, breviter pedicellati, inter se 1°5-2 cm. distantes, circiter 10 cm. longi. Sepala 8, lanceolata, 4-5 cm. longa, acuta, sanguinea, coriacea, persistentia, capsulae longiori arcte appressa. Petala 3, linearia, circiter 10 cm. longa, acuta, intus basi ligulis binis dentatis instructa, cito marcescentia. Stamina 6, petala aequantia. Stylus trifidus, stamina vix excedens. Capsula (plane matura non visa) 3-locularis, oblonga, 5-6 em, longa, acuminata, subcarnosa, nitida; loculorum parietibus intus atro-purpureis nitidis. Semina numerosissima, cylindrico-clavata, ferruginea, cum cauda terminali demum in pilos dissoluta comiformi circiter 2 cm. longa, basi coma pilorum obversorum ex ovuli integumento dissoluto ornata; rhaphe valida, demum libera.—Vriesia Blokii, Hort. The species of Tillandsia (or Vriesia) of the group to which 7. Blokii belongs have been much confused, partly in consequence of authors attempting to identify different species with the very rude, diagrammatic figure of T. regina, Vell. (Fl. Flum., Ie. vol. iii. t. 142), partly from the fact that Lemaire figured (IIlustr. Hort. vol. xiv. t. 516) one species, the one generally accepted as 7. regina, and described another, the Vriesia imperialis, Morr. (V. Glazio- veana, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1881, p. 50, with a coloured plate), partly also from differences of view as to specific limits. May, 1908, Mr. J. G. Baker (Handbook of the Bromeliaceae, p. 22) included V. imperialis, Morr., and V. geniculata, Wawra, under 7. regina (V. Glazioviana, Lem. in Il. Hort. 1867, t. 516); but Mez, with complete specimens before him, — restored them to specific rank (DC. Monogr. Phaner. vol. % ix. p. 615), and unravelled their very much involved synonymy. V. imperialis differs from the others in having secund, not distichous, white flowers, and in stature, some- times attaining a height of 16 to 18 ft. 7. regina, as known to us, has distichous, white bracts and flowers, only the lower bracts being tinged with red; and the flowers are given off at nearly right angles to the axis. But there is a drawing in the Morren collection at Kew of a Tillandsia having a red scape, green bracts, red inside, a green calyx and yellow petals, which Morren himself named Vriesta gigantea, a garden name for 7. regina. The history of 7. Blokii is obscure and its origin appar- ently unrecorded. A very fine plant of it was exhibited in flower at the Ghent quinquennial meeting in 1898, but the name of the exhibitor is not given in any of the contem- porary papers. In the Gardeners’ Chronicle report we “ read: “The giant of the family was a huge specimen of Tillandsia ( Vriesia) regina, shown as V. Bloku. It was as tall as a man and in flower.” And practically the same statement appeared in the Journal de la Société National @ Horticulture de France. Mr. ¥.W. Moore, to whom we are indebted for the specimen figured and for photographs of the entire plant, writes: “I purchased the plant in question from ]'Horticulture Colonial, Pare Leopold, Brussels, in April, 1903, under the name of Vriesia Blokii. It was a healthy little plant, about twelve inches high, and I was is given to understand that it was a seedling of the original, shown at Ghent, and quite distinct from 7. regina. It did not flower with me until last year. The whole plant is about 6 ft. high, and the diameter of the inflorescence from tip to tip of the branches is 2 ft. 3 inches. I think it is a finer plant than 7. regina, and the large bracts retain their — colour through the fruiting stage.” The seeds of many of the Bromeliaceae are very singular and beautiful objects. Those of Tillandsia Bloki: are exactly like those of Vriesia imperialis, Morr., as figured by __ Mez (FI. Bras. vol. iii, pars 3, t, 105). They are narrow, — cylindrical or clavate bodies, tailed at the distal end and furnished with a reversed coma at the base enveloping the lower half of the seed. When the seed is ripe the tissue of the tail is broken up into hair-like rows of cells similar to the pappus of a composite. The basal coma, in the same manner, is the result of the breaking up of the outer integument or testa of the ovule. The integument breaks up in a variety of ways in different species of the genus. In T. Regnellii, Mez (FI. Bras. t. 110), for example, it breaks up into a reversed coma at each end, the hairs of ‘which overlap each other and completely clothe the body of the seed. Unfortunately we did not receive the seed of T. Blokit until after the plate was printed. Description.— Shrub, flowering only once, though of several—sometimes twenty—years duration. Stem very short, unbranched. Leaves numerous, densely tufted, thick, leathery, narrow-oblong, 24-34 ft. long, about 6 in. across in the widest part above the broad base, tapering upwards, abruptly long-pointed, entire, unarmed, recurved, beset with oblong, :purple-red blotches. Inflorescence crimson, terminal, erect, pinnately paniculate, 4 ft. 6 in. to 5 ft. long ; scape stout, clothed with broad, sheathing bracts; lateral branches about 14, spreading in all directions, recurved, 8 in.to 1 ft. long, ziz-zag, 10-12-flowered. Floral bracts ovate, acute, half as long as the calyx, closely appressed, persistent. Flowers in two rows, very shortly stalked, 3-3 in. apart, about 4 in. long. Sepals 3, lanceolate, 13-2 in. long, acute, leathery, crimson, persistent, closely appressed to the capsule. Petals 3, yellow, linear about 4 in. long, acute, furnished with two small, toothed scales near the base on the inside, marcescent. Stamens 6, equalling the petals. Style shortly 3-lobed, a little longer than the stamens. Capsule 3-celled, oblong, 2-24 in. long, acute, leathery, shining. Seeds very numerous, comose at both ends, the basal coma reversed.—W. Bortina Hemsiey. Cuurivation.—The large Tillandsiae are handsome stove plants. Several of them have long been conspicuous objects in the tropical houses at Kew, and one of them, T. regina, flowered in the Victoria house last year, where also the gigantic Brocchinia cordylinoides flowered about twenty years ago. They require tropical conditions, enjoying plenty of moisture at the root, the healthiest plants at Kew being those that stand on the tank in which the Victoria regia is cultivated, their pots being partly in the water. Here they receive full sunshine and as much moisture as they would get in a tropical forest. In the palm house the conditions are too dry for these plants. It is unfortunate that the whole of the upper portion of the plant dies immediately after flowering, but suckers are usually developed from the base of the stem, and these afford means of obtaining fresh stock. Under cultivation it takes these big species of Tillandsia about twenty years to reach the flowering stage.— W. Watson. | Fig. 1, a petal and stamen from the inside; 2, lower part of the same ; 8 and 4, front and back views of an anther; 5, ovary; 6, top part of style:— all enlarged. 8193 MS.del JN Fitch lith Vincent Brocks Day &Son Lamp ie Ss a L Reeve &C° Landon . Tas. 8193. x PHILADELPHUS purpurEo-MACULATUS. Garden origin. SAXIFRAGACHAE. Tribe HyDRANGEAE. PHILADELPHUS, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 642. Philadelphus purpureo-maculatus, Lemoine, Catal. Automne, 1904, n. 158 J. Veitch & Sons, Catal. Hardy Trees and Shrubs [1904], p. 144; stirps hybrida origine incerta; xP. Lemoinei similis, floribus albo-rubris differt ; etiamque a P. mexicano var. Coulteri, Hort. (cujus flores quoque albo-purpurei) foliis floribusque minoribus, petalis ovatis, stylis glabris et stigmatibus capitatis recedit. Frutex 1-2 m. altus, glabrescens, floribundus, ramis primum rubris gracilibus, primariis elongatis, secundariis lateralibus floriferis brevissimis. lia brevissime petiolata, papyracea, ovata, in ramis floriferis saepius 1-1°5 cm. longa, maxima 2°5-3 cm. longa, apiculata, basi rotundata, integra vel utrinque 1-denticulata, primum pilis appressis parce instructa. Flores pulchelli, in ramorum lateralium brevissimorum apicibus saepissime solitarii, 3°5-4 em. diametro. Calycis lobi 4, crassi, ovati, 6-7 mm. longi, apiculato-acuminati, 3-nervi, extus parcissime puberuli, intus albo- tomentosi. Petala 4, rotundato-ovata, circiter 1-5 cm. longa, glabra, vel pilis paucissimis extus instructa, alba, basi rubro-purpurea. Stamina numerosissima, Styli glabri. Capsula ignota.—P. Lemoinei var. maculatus, Gard. Chron. 1904, vol. xxxvi. p. 14. Lemoine states that this remarkable novelty was the issue of P. Lemoinei *‘ fantasie”; itself the result of a cross in which P. Coulteri was one of the parents. In consequence of there being two, or possibly three, different kinds of Philadelphus in cultivation having red and white flowers, considerable research was necessary to establish the identity of the present one, and this brought to light some interesting facts which may be put on record here. It may be premised that the wild forms of Philadelphus are very difficult of discrimination, and the cultivated ones still more so in consequence of complicated intercrossing. P. mexicanus, Schlecht., was described (Linnaea, 1839, vol. xiii. p. 418) from specimens collected by Schiede and others; all having large, semi-double flowers, solitary or in threes. In the same place the author describes his P. afjinis, from specimens in fruit, in racemes of five. Nothing is said as to the colour of the flowers of the former, so we may assume that they were white. The same year Hartweg collected May, 1908. specimens which Bentham subsequently referred (Pl. Hartw. p- 61) to P. mexicanus. Judging from the dried s)ecimens, the petals had a large, dark spot or centre. Hartweg also introduced a Philadelphus with wholly white flowers from Mexico, which Lindley figured (Bot. Reg. vol. xxviii. t. 38*) as P. mexicanus; see also B. M. t. 7600. In 1887-8, 8. Watson described (Proc. Am. Acad. vol. xxii. p. 472; Garden and Forest, vol. i. p. 232, f. 40) P. Coulteri as differing from P. mexicanus in its dense pubescence, non-acuminate leaves, and the hairy summit of the ovary.. The flowers are described as very fragrant and an inch or more across ; but the colour is not given. Writing from Dublin in 1891, the late F. W. Burbidge sent a Philadelphus to Kew, with the following note: ‘‘Can you kindly give me the name of the enclosed? I cannot find it in the books. It exists in one or two old gardens here, where it is called Rose Syringa. Its sweet fragrance and purple-centred flowers are remark- able.” Returning to the subject in 1903 (Gard. Chron. vol. xxxiv. p. 218), Burbidge says: “There is a variety of P. mexicanus, called P. m. Coulteri, introduced, it is said in Nicholson’s Supplement, as recently as 1888; but probably this is a mistake, as the shrub has existed for many years in old Irish gardens..... It rarely flowers except during or after very hot summers, and it differs from all other species or varieties of Philadelphus inasmuch as each of its four white petals has a purplish blotch at its base which contrasts well with the central tuft of yellow stamens.” Commenting on this, Schneider (Ilustriertes Handbuch der Laubholz- kunde, 1906, vol. i. p. 363) states: “There is yet another kind in which the petals have a red eye at the base. The shrub is of unknown origin, and was to be found in the Botanic Garden at Leipzig, where I saw it in June, 1904. Prof. Koehne wrote me that this obscure variety, which he had provisionally named P. maculiflorus, was quite different from P, Coulter.” In answer to our inquiry, Prof. Koehne replied that he could not decide from the imperfect specimen sent whether P. purpureo-maculatus was the same as his P, maculiflorus. How, when, or by whom, the name Coulteri was given to what we may call the Irish Philadelphus, we have not been able to ascertain ; but it is the same as Hartweg’s specimens referred to above, and apparently different, as to the colour of the flowers, which Nicholson describes as white, from typical Cuulteri. Mr. W. E. Gumbleton, who grows them side by side, informs us that Coulteri differs only in the colour of the flowers from the form commonly cultivated under the name of mexicanus. Neither Koehne nor Schneider was clear as to the identity of P. Coulteri. Drscriprion.—Shrub, 3-6 ft. high, glabrescent, very free- flowering. Branches slender, red when young, primaries elongated, secondaries lateral, very short, usually 1-flowered. Leaves very shortly stalked, papery, ovate, }—2 in. long on the flowering branches, larger on the leafy shoots, apiculate, rounded at the base, entire or furnished with one tooth on each side, at first sparsely furnished with appressed hairs. Flowers solitary, terminal on very short lateral shoots of the main, long branches. Calyx lobes 4, ovate, about } in. long, acuminate, 3-nerved, puberulous outside, tomentose inside, white. Petals 4, ovate-rotundate, 4-2 in. long, glabrous or furnished with a few scattered hairs on the outside, white with a bright purple-red base. Stamens very numerous; anthers yellow. Styles and top of ovary glabrous; stigmas capitate—W. Borrina Hems.ey. Cuitivation.—The plant here figured is a very distinct addition to the hardy sorts of Philadelphus. The fine purple blotch which stains the base of each petal gives a colour effect which is lacking in the other hardy species, all of which have pure or nearly pure white flowers. Judging by the young plants in the Kew collection it appears to be of low or medium habit. A mode of cultivation which answers exceedingly well for Philadelphus Lemoinei at Kew may be adopted for this plant also. This is to cut away the shoots that have flowered as soon as the blossoms are over, thus leaving behind nothing but the young growths of the current year. These grow quickly and make long flowering shoots for the following year, to be cut away in their turn. Propagation is most readily effected by cuttings made of the young shoots whilst they are still in a semi-herbaceous condition. Placed in a brisk bottom-heat they strike root in a few days. The plant from which the figure was prepared was purchased from Messrs. Veitch in 1905,— W. J. Brean. Fig. 1, a leaf; 2, calyx and pistil; 3 and 4, stamens :—all enlarged. 8194 MS.del. JN Bitch lith Tas. 8194. PUYA VIOLACEA. Chile. de BROMELIACEAE. . Poya, Molina; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p.666; Mez in DC. Monogr. itl Phaner. vol. ix. p. 466. Puya violacea, Mez in DC. Monogr. Phaner. vol. ix. p. 476; species P. caeruleae, Lindl, (Bot. Reg. vol. xxvi. t. 11) valde affinis, differt bracteis floralibus multo minoribus integris et floribus minoribus. Planta perennis, florigera circiter metralis, caule pauciramoso brevi. Yolia numerosa, conferta, rigida, linearia, maxima vix 0°5 m. longa, longissime filiformi-acuminata, margine aculeis inter se 1-2 em. distantibus sursum spectantibus armata, striata, dorso minute obscurissimeque lepidota, lepidibus stellatis. J/nflorescen/ia terminalis, erecta, pinnatim paniculata, 45-50 cm. alta; scapus graciliusculus, bracteis linearibus 3-4 cm. longis acutis marcescentibus fuscis per totam fere longitudinem vestitus ; rami laterales circiter 12, quaquaversi, patentes vel deflexi, 15-20 em. longi, usque 25-flori. Practeae florigerae ut in scapo, calyce breviores, glabrae vel glabrescentes. Flores spiraliter dispositi, breviter pedicellati, inter se demum 0-5-1 cm. distantes, circiter 6 cm. longi. Sepala 8, viridia, lanceo- lata, circiter 3 cm. longa, acuta, persistentia. Pctala 3, violacea, oblongo- spathulata, circiter 6 cm. longa, apice obtusa, breviter recurva, intus basi 2-squamata. Stamina 6, petala subaequantia, antheris luteis vel auran- tiacis. Stylus inclusus. Capsula “ perfecta ellipsoidea, circiter 1-5 cm, longa, nitida, apice obtusa, et septicide et loculicide in partes 6 dehiscens. Semina 3 mm. longa, cuneiformia, dorso apiceque anguste alata ” (Mez).— Pitcairnia violacea, Brongn. in Ann. Fl. et Pomon. 1847, vol. i. p. 116, cum fig.; Baker, Brom. p. 118. Pourretia violacea, Linden Cat. 1853, n. 8, p. 81. Puya paniculata, Philippi, in Linnaea, vol. xxiii. p. 247. Pitcairnia Philippii, Baker, Brom. p. 122. The Annales de Flore et de Pomone, in which Puya (Piteairnia) violacea was first published, are not in the Kew library, but from an extract from the same in Otto and Dietrich’s Allgemeine Gartenzeitung, 1847, vol. xv. p. 299, it appears that Puya violacea was first raised from seed in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, in 1833 and flowered for the first time at Neuilly in 1847, a long time to wait for flowers, though they are brilliant when they do appear. But many Bromeliaceae flower only once or at distant intervals. The conflicting views of different writers on some of the genera of the Bromeliaceae are somewhat puzzling. Bentham and Hooker retain Pitcairnia, Puya (including Pourretia) and May, 1908. Tillandsia (including Vriesia). Baker's Jimitations are much the same; but Mez keeps up both Tillandsia and Vriesia ; the latter having free petals ; the former connate or closely conglutinated petals. Apart from this, a very large proportion of the Bromeliaceae in cultivation have names under at least two genera. : Mez has also revised the synonymy of som, of the allied species of Puya. Lindley adopted the name caerulea for the plant he figured and described in the place cited above, believing it to be the same as that mentioned in Miers’s Travels in Chile and La Plata, vol. ii. p. 531, as Pourretia caerulea; but Mez refers the latter to Pitcairnia alpestris, Poepp., to which he also refers Puya Wahytei, Hook. f. B. M. t. 5732. Pourretia rubricaulis, Miers, Travels, p. 531, he regards as the same as Pitcairnia caerulea, Lindl. He distinguishes Puya, Molina (including Pourretia, Ruiz and Pavon), from Pitcairnia, L’heritier, by the com- pletely superior ovary, and he divides Puya into three subgenera: Hupuya, Pitcairniopsis and Pourretia. Dersoription.—Shrub, flowering more than once, including inflorescence about 3 ft. high. Stem short; branches few. Leaves numerous, crowded, stiff, linear, largest 20 in. long, tapering upwards and very narrow, margin furnished with small prickles, }-3 in. apart and directed upwards, finely striated, underside clothed with microscopic stellate scales. Inflorescence terminal, erect ; pinnately paniculate, 18-20 in. high ; scape rather slender, clothed with brown linear bracts 1-2 in. long, which shrivel and persist; lateral branches about twelve, spreading in all directions, deflected, 5-8 in. long, 20-—25-flowered. Flowers spirally arranged, shortly stalked, 4-3 in. apart. Sepals 3, green, lanceolate, 1-1} in. long, acute, persistent. Petals 3, deep violet, oblong-spathu- late, about 2} in. long, obtuse, shortly recurved, furnished with two scales inside near the base. Stamens 6, nearly equalling the petals; anthers orange. Style included.— W. Borrine Hemstey. Cuitivation.—Puya and that section of Piteairnia which Mr. Baker separated under the name of Puyopsis are all hard prickly-leaved plants which appear to be happiest when cultivated under the same condition as Cacti, Agave, etc. They do not suffer if kept dry at the root, and the poorer the soil the healthier they are; but they must be in a position where they can get plenty of sunlight and air. The handsomest of them is P. caerulea, which has flowered several times at Kew. Between this and P. violacea there is a close resemblance, but the flowers of the latter are smaller. The latter flowered on the rockery at the south end of the Mexican House in June last year, where it has stood since the house was built, in 1897. The plant was presented to Kew in 1879 by the late Mr. J. Anderson Henry, Hay Lodge, Trinity, Edinburgh, who had it under the name of Puya paniculata.—W. Wa'rson. Fig. 1, a petal and a stamen; 2, a pistil—both enlarged ; 3, whole plant :— about 4 nat. size. 8195 M.S.del..J.N.Pitch lith Vawent Brooks, Day & Son Li? smp L Reeve & C° Landon. Tas. 8195. LIPARIS TABULARIS. Penang. ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDEN DREAE. Liparis, L. C. Rich.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 495; Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xx. p. 244. Liparis tabularis, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1908, p. 68; species insignis, a L. er sions Rolfe, labello orbiculari obtuso et venis regulariter flabellatis iffert. . Pseudobulbi anguste conici, 8-12 em. longi, circa 2 cm. lati, vaginis mem- branaceis albidis venosis imbricatis tecti. Folia membranacea, ovato- elliptica, breviter acuminata, undulata, plicata, 9-14 em. longa, 4-5 em. lata; petioli dilatati, in vaginis imbricatis spathaceo-oblongis acutis carinatis et striatis inclusi. Scapus erectus, acute 5-angulatus, purpureus, circa 15 cm. altus; racemus laxus. Bracteae triangulari-subulatae, acutae, 2mm. longae. Pedicelli angulati, purpurei, 1°5 cm. longi. Flores magni, purpurei. Sepalum posticum oblongo-lanceolatum, acutum, 1°5 cm. longum; sepala lateralia oblonga, acuta, circa 1°2 cm. longa, marginibus revolutis. Petala filiformia, 1*5 cm. longa. Labellwm orbiculare, crebre denticulatum, leviter recurvum, 1°5-2 cm. latum, ima basi callosum. Columna clavata, incurva, 8 mm. longa. The genus Liparis is not often met with outside Botanic Gardens, as few of the species can be called showy. There are, however, a few exceptions, and among them-the subject of the present plate. L. tabularis flowered in the collection of Mr. H. T. Pitt, Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, in April, 1906, and was exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society. Shortly afterwards a plant was presented to Kew, where it flowered in the following June, when the annexed drawing was made. After some correspondence it was ascertained that it had been sent by Mr. O. Curtis, of the Forest Department, Penang, to Mr. H. A. Tracy, of Twickenham, so that it is probably a native of the region mentioned. It is most nearly related to the Formosan L. macrantha, Rolfe, from which, however, it differs in having an orbicular lip, with regularly radiating veins. Its large reddish purple flowers with strongly denticulate lip render it very attractive. Liparis is a large and widely diffused genus, being found throughout the tropics, and in subtropical, and even May, 1908. temperate regions; a single species, LZ. Loeselii, Rich., being represented in a few British localities. The species are most numerous in the mountains of India and the Malayan Archipelago. Four other species have been figured in this work, namely :—L. tricallosa, Reichb. f. (t. 7804), a large-flowered Malayan species, closely striped with purple on the lip; ZL. atropurpurea, Wight (t. 5529), a native of South India, having dark purple flowers; LZ. Walkeriae, Graham (t. 3770), a Ceylon species with small green and purple flowers; and ZL. foliosa, Lindl. (t. 2709), a species with small green flowers, now known to be a form of the Australian L. reflexa, Lindl. Descriprion.—Pseudobulbs narrowly conical, 3—5 in. long, about 2 in. broad, covered with white membranous veined imbricating sheaths, eaves membranous, ovate-elliptical, shortly acuminate, undulate, plicate, 3-54 in. long, nearly 2 in. broad; petioles broad, included within the basal imbricating sheaths. Scape erect, about 6 in. high, acutely 5-angled, purple; raceme lax, many-flowered. Bracts triangular-subulate, acute, 1 in. long. Pedicels angled, purple, about 4 in. long. Flowers large, reddish purple. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, acute, over } in. long; lateral sepals oblong, acute, rather shorter and broader than the dorsal, revolute at the margins. Petals filiform, over 4 in. long. Lip orbicular, closely denticulate, slightly recurved, about 2 in. broad, with a thickened callus at the base. Column clavate, incurved, nearly 4 in, long.—R. A. Ror. ' | Fig. 1, lateral petals and base of lip, with column; 2, anther cap; 3, pollinia :—all enlaryed. MS.del. J.N Pitch hth. Vincent Hrovks Day & Son it? map ti twtt~*é«CLzCC SRR & O° nnd. Tap. 8196. PRUNUS Tomenrosa. 7 China. RosaceaB. Tribe PRUNEAE. Prounvs, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 609. Prunus tomentosa, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 208; Schneider, Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 601; affinis P. Jacquemontii, Hook. f., sed foliis ramisque novellis tomentosis, sepalis utrinque glabris et petalis plerumque albis distincta. Frutex dense divaricato-ramosus, cultus vix ultra 1°5 m., spontaneus ad 3 m. altus; rami virgati, novelli fulvo-tomentelli, deinde glabrescentes, tandem cortice saturate castaneo tecti. Gemmae foliiparae ovatae, acutae, brunneae. Folia elliptica vel obovata, breviter subito acuminata, basi obtusa, serrato- crenata, ad 7 cm. longa, ad 4 em. lata, supra sparse pilosa, saturate viridia, subtus cinereo- vel fulvo-tomentosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-7, obliquis; petiolus 4-5 mm. longus, tomentellus; stipulae filiformi-subu- | latae, ad basin bifidae, glanduloso-timbriatae, ad 8 mm. longae. F'/ures e gemmis unifloris in brachycladiis brevissimis cum foliis fasciculati ; gemmae solitariae vel saepius geminatae vel in planta spontanea plures, perulis brunneis ovato-rotundatis ciliolatis caeterum glabris vel subglabris ; pedicelli tomentelli, demum 3-4 mm. longi. Receptaculum breviter tubu- losum, superne paullo latius, extus glabrum, intus ad filamentorum inser- tionem pilosulum. Sepala late ovata, subacuta vel obtusa, herbacea, 1:5 mm. longa, utrinque glabra. Pe/ala alba vel roseo-suffusa, late obovata, unguicnlata, circa 8 mm. longa. Stamina circa 25. Ovarium apice pilosulum. Drupa cerasum parvum ellipsoideo-globosum referens, 12 mm. longa, rubra, sparse pilosula; putamen ad 7 mm. longum,— P. trichocarpum, Bunge in Mem. Sav. Etr. Petersb. vol. ii. (1835), p. 96. The home of this dwarf cherry is in the mountains of Northern and Western China, from Mandshuria to Szechuen. According to Bretschneider it is much cultivated at Peking for its edible, cherry-like fruits. It became, however, first known from Japan, where it is also frequently grown in gardens. Specimens of it were collected by Moorcroft in Ladakh and by T. Thomson in the valley of Kashmir. The former was named Cerasus tomentosa by Wallich in his Catalogue. It is very probable that those specimens were also taken from cultivated plants. Description.—Shrub, divaricately branched, dense, 4-5 ft. high or, in the wild state, as much as 9 ft. high ; young branches fulvous-tomentose, at length more or less glabrescent; bark deep chestnut brown. Leafbuds ovoid, May, 1908. acute, brown. Leaves elliptic or obovate, shortly and suddenly acuminate, obtuse at the base, serrate-crenate, the largest almost 3 in. long and 14 in. broad, sparingly hairy on the upper side, greyish- or fulvous-tomentose below, with 5-7 oblique lateral nerves on each side; petiole } in. long; stipules filiform-subulate, bifid almost to the base, glandular- fimbriate, } in. long. lowers from one-flowered buds, 1 or 2, rarely more, fascicled with the young leaves on very much shortened branches; bud scales ovate-rotundate, | brown, ciliolate. Pedicels tomentose, up to } in. long. Receptacle short, tubular, slightly widened above, glabrous without, hairy within at the insertion of the stamens. Sepals herbaceous, broad-ovate, subacute or obtuse, glabrous on both sides. Petals white or tinged with pink, broad- ovate, clawed, about } in. long. Stamens about 25. Ovary hairy in the upper part. J’ruit a small, sparingly hairy cherry, 4 in. long, bright red.—Orro Srapr. Cutrrvation.— Prunus tomentosa is one of the earliest- flowering species of its genus. It is usually in full blossom during March, and is one of the most attractive of hardy shrubs at that season. The species is not common in gardens, but is well worth cultivating for its early flowers and its neat habit. It makes a low, rounded, dense bush, somewhat wider than it is high. Its only defect as a garden shrub is that its beauty is rather fleeting. The petals are fragile and unable to withstand the pelting showers which frequently prevail in late March and early April. The plants at Kew occasionally ripen a few fruits, but these are too infrequent to afford a reliable means of increase. 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Foliorwm bases persistentes ; laminae linéares, sensim longe in acumen tenue ad 15 cm. longum attenuatae, ad 2°5 m. longae, 10 cm. latae, coriaceae, saturate virides, saepe cupreo-purpurascentes vel juniores purpureae, spinis mar- ginalibus parvis curvatis apice purpureis vel fuscis 1 cm. distantibus. Paniculae masculae ad 1 m. longae; bracteae inferiores late lanceolatae, acuminatae, in margine spinulosae, 30 cm. longae, 7°5 cm. latae, sammae 15 cm. longae, 2°5 cm. latae; spicae densae, cylindricae, 15-20 cm. longae, 1-8 cm. diametro. Staminum filamenta fere at apices in columnam 6 mm. crassam connata; antherae 2 mm. longae, apiculatae, tota longitudine dehiscentes. Spica femina solitaria, matura cylindrica, 30 cm. longa, aurantiaca, carnosa. Drupae angulatae, 12 mm. diametro, vertice truncato plano.—P. Houlletianus, Ridley, l.c. p. 222. This fine screw pine was introduced from Singapore by a Mr. Porte in 1865, and flowered in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris for the first time in 1868. It was a male plant, like the Kew specimen from which the accompanying figure was drawn. According to Mr. Ridley, who gave a complete description of it in the wild state, it is endemic in the Southern part of the Malay Peninsula (Singapore and Johore), where it grows in dense forests. The fruit is according to him eatable and tastes like a pineapple. DescripTion.—Stem 7 or 8 ft. high in the wild state, simple or at least not branched at the top, 4 in. across; aérial roots 2 in. thick. eaves numerous, their bases persistent ; blades linear, gradually tapering into a long slender acumen, sometimes 8 ft. long and 4 in. broad, coriaceous, dark green, tinged with copper-red or the young ones purple, marginal spines small, curved, with brown or Jung, 1908, purple tips. Male panicle 2 or more feet long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the lower 14 by 3 in., the uppermost 6 in. by 1 in., margins spinulous; spikes cylindric, dense, 6-8 in. long, 2 in. in diameter. laments united almost to their tips into columnar fascicles, } in. thick; anthers 75 in. long, apiculate, dehiscing all along. Female spike solitary ; in fruit cylindric, 1 ft. long, orange-coloured, fleshy. Drupes angular, } in. across, with a truncate, flat top.— Orro Srapr. CuLtivation.—The plant figured was received at Kew in 1905 from the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. It was evidently a seedling. It grew very rapidly under tropical treatment, as all the Pandani do, and flowered in April last year. The Kew collection of Pandanz is rich in species, and some of them flower fairly regularly. In the Palm-house they grow to a large size, with stems as much as 20 ft. high, bearing enormous crowns of leaves. They are easily kept in health, enjoying great heat and plenty of water, whilst they are not particular in regard to soil. In a wild state they grow most luxuriantly in swamps or by the side of rivers, and they are equally happy when treated as sub-aquatics under cultivation. There is a fine collection of them in the Botanical Garden at Brussels, where they are grown in the same tank as the Victoria regia. Some of the species are grown as pot plants for decorative purposes, particularly P. Veitehii, P. Sanderi, P. inermis and P. utilis. Owing to their being dioecious they have never -- ripened fruits at Kew, but they are easily multiplied by means of offsets which are freely developed by many of the species, and they strike root readily —W. Warson. Fig. 1, fascicle of stamens; 2 and 3, anthers; 4, a whole plant:—1l-3 enlarged, 4 reduced. 8198 Vincent Brocks,Day Son Limp M.S.del JN Fitch ith LReeve & C? Londan Tas. 8198. RHODODENDRON MICRANTHUM. Northern China and Manchuria. ; Ericackak. Tribe RHODORAE. RHopopENDRON, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. Rhododendron (§ Graveolentes) micranthum, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, no. 7, p. 155; Fl. Baic.-Dah. vol. ii. 2, p. 208; Mawim. Rhod. As. Or. p. 18; Forbes et Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 27; species ex affinitate F. parvifolii, Adams, a qua floribus racemosis et longissime pedicellatis differt. Frutex parvus. Rami juniores pubescentes, sparse lepidoti, vetustiores glabri. Folia biennia, breviter petiolata, oblanceolata, obtusa vel subacuta, basi cuneata, superne glabra, nigro-punctata, subtus densissime lepidota, 3-5 cm. longa, U'5-1 cm. lata; petioli 3-5 mm. longi. Racemi terminales, multiflori; pedicelli 1-15 cm. longi. Caly« persistens, extra lepidotus; tubus 5 mm. longus; lobi lineares, acuti, ciliati, 2 mm. longi, 0°5 mm. lati. Corolla _rotato-campanulata, lactea, extra lepidota; tubus 2 mm. longus; lobi oblongi vel subrotundi, obtusi, 4 mm. longi, 8 mm. lati. Stamina exserta ; filamenta cylindrica, glabra, basi parum dilatata; antherae dorsi- fixae. Ovariwm 5-loculare; stylus elongatus. Capsula oblonga, elongata, ab apice dehiscens, 6 mm. longa, 2 mm. diam. Turezaninow, in his original description of this species, describes the inflorescence as being in lateral corymbs, and when correcting himself, Flora Baic.-Dah., says, “racemi. . . axillares, multiflori.” The racemes are however distinctly terminal, as stated by Maximowicz in his classification of the © Oriental Rhododendrons. In distribution the species extends from Manchuria in the north, to Kansuh in the west, and Hupeh in the south, but it is only rarely met with, and is noted by all the collectors as being found only on the very tops of the mountains. In its native habitat, Franchet states that it flowers in June and July. Description.— Shrub of small dimensions. Branches pubescent and sparingly glandular-scaly when young, glabrous when old. Leaves oblanceolate, obtuse to subacute, cuneate at the base, glabrous and pitted above, densel scaly below, 1-2 in, long, 33-4 in. broad; petioles about Jung, 1908, : i in. long. Racemes terminal, many-flowered; pedicels 4 in. long. Caly« persistent, scaly, 75-4 in. long; lobes linear, acute, ciliate. Corolla rotate-campanulate, milky white, scaly without, + in. long; lobes subrotund. Stamens exserted ; filaments cylindrical, glabrous, slightly dilated towards the base. Ovary 5-celled, style elongated. Capsule oblong, elongate, dehiscing from the apex, § in. long, 4 in. broad.—T. F. Curpp. | Curtivation.—The plant figured was grown in the garden of J, ©. Williams, Esq., Caerhays Castle, Gorran, Cornwall, a most enthusiastic collector and cultivator of Rhododendra, and was presented to Kew through Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, by whom it was introduced into culti- vation through their collector, Mr. Wilson. He described it as a bush from 4 to 8 ft. high, with white flowers, growing at from 5,500 to 8,000 ft. At Coombe Wood this plant has proved hardy, and Mr. Harrow, Messrs. Veitch & Sons’ manager there, says it appears to prefer a rather shaded position and a light loam rather than peat. It is, he says, very free-flowering, small plants of it being now covered with flower buds. The plant first flowered at Coombe Wood in May, 1904. In Mr. Williams’s garden also the flowers were developed in May.— W. Warson. | Fig. 1, portion of under surface of leaf; 2, a scale from the same; 3, calyx and pistil; 4 and 5, stamens; 6, cross section of an ovary :—all enlarged. 8199 Nincent Brooks Day Son Lemp ale MS.del INFitch tth.. L.Reeve & O° London. Tas. 8199, BULBOPHYLLUM FasctnatTor, Annam. OrcuipaceakE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. Busorryiuum, Thouars; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 501. Bulbophyllum fascinator, Rolfe; a B. appendiculato, Rolfe, floribus multo majoribus, segmentorum appendicibus linearibus non foliaceis differt. Herba epiphytica. Rhizoma repens, validum. Pseudobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, obscure tetragoni, nitidi, 1°5-2°5 cm. longi, monophylli. Folia sessilia, coriacea, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 5 cm. longa, 1°5-3 em. lata. Scapi patentes, circa 10 em. longi, uniflori. Bracteae spathaceae, apice acuteae, 1 cm. longae. Flores magni, pallide virides, purpureo-punctati et ornati. Sepalum posticum ovatum, acuminatum, 2°5-3 cm. longum, supra medium ciliatum et appendicibus filiformibus amethystino-purpureis ornatum ; sepala lateralia connata, oblongo-lanceolata, longissime caudato-acuminata, 13-18 cm. longa, basi coriacea, crebre verrucosa, marginibus revolutis. Petal faleato-oblonga, subacuta, circa 2 cm. longa, margine et apice appendicibus filiformibus amethystino-purpureis ornata. Labellum re- curvum, ovato-oblongum, subobtusum, canaliculatum, bicarinatum, carinis et marginibus puberulis. Colwmna lata, 8 mm. longa, marginibus acutis, dentibus subulatis, basi obscure tridenticulatis.— Cirrhopetalum fascinator, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1908, p. 69. The remarkable species here figured is a native of Annam, where it was discovered by Mr. W. Micholitz, when collecting for Messrs. Sander & Sons. Living plants were sent home, one of which flowered at Kew in September, 1907, when the species was described under the name of Cirrhopetalum fascinator, Rolfe. The genus Cirrhopetalum, however, merges so imperceptibly into Bulbophyllum that the two are now regarded as indistinguishable, hence the adoption here of the older generic name. Bulbophyllum ascinator is nearly allied to the Himalayan B. appendiculatum, Rolfe (Cirrhopetalum ornatissimum, King & Pantl. in Ann, R. Bot. Gard. Calc. vol. viii. p. 95, t. 133, not of Reichb. f.), but has much larger flowers, with various structural differences. It is a member of a smal] group characterised by its solitary-flowered scapes, containing the following additional species :— Bulbophyllum merquense, Par. & Reichb. f., B. lasioglossum, Par, & Reichb. f., B. antenniferum, Jung, 1908, Reichb. f., B. mazillare, Reichb. f., B. breviscapum, Rid]. (Cirrhopetalum breviscapum, Rolfe, Bot. Mag. t. 8033), and two or three imperfectly known Malayan species. All of these were formerly considered to be anomalous species of Cirrhopetalum, having the floral structure though not the remarkable umbellate inflorescence of the genus. The elongation of, and frequently the union of the lateral sepals constituted the most marked character of Cirrho- petalum, and it is unfortunate that the occurrence of species of intermediate character should render it un- tenable. Description.—Lpiphyte with stout creeping rhizome. Pseudobulbs approximate, ovoid-oblong, obscurely tetra- gonous, shining, 3-1 in. long, l-leaved. Leaves sessile, elliptical-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, about 2 in. long, over 1 in. broad. Scape suberect, about 4 in. long, 1-flowered. Bracts spathaceous, acute, 1 in. long. lowers large, pale green with crimson markings. Dorsal sepal ovate, acumi- nate, about 14 in. long, with crimson filiform appendages above the apex, ciliate towards the base; lateral sepals” united, oblong-lanceolate below, then prolonged into long caudate appendages, about 7 in. long, the basal part coriaceous, verrucose, with revolute margin. Petals falcate- oblong, subacute, under 3} in. long, the margin and apex bearing numerous crimson filiform appendages. Lip recurved, ovate-oblong, subobtuse, channelled, bicarinate, with the keels and margins puberulous. Column broad, 4 in. long, with acute margins and acute slightly tridenticu- late teeth—R. A. Ror. CuLtivation.—This is one of the many introductions for which we are indebted to Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, who presented a plant of it to Kew in 1905, which flowered for the first time in September, 1907. The genus Bulbo- phyllum is popular with orchid fanciers in this country, owing no doubt to the quaintness of form and beautiful coloration in the flowers of many of the species. They are tropical or subtropical, and with few exceptions they enjoy the con- ditions of a moist stove all the year round with plenty of water about their roots whilst growth is being made and very little during their resting season, generally the winter, They may be grown either in shallow teak baskets suspended near the roof-glass in a shaded house or on blocks of tree fern stem, and what little compost they require about their roots should be sphagnum moss and peat fibre.— W. Watson. Fig. 1, flower, with sepals and petals removed ; 2, fringe of sepals; 3, anther- cap; 4 and 5, pollinia, seen from side and front :—all enlarged. 8200 “Aincent Brooks, Day & Son Le M.S del J.B Fitch dith + L. Reeve & GC? London Tas. 8200. CHIRITA pgarpara. India. GESNERACEAE. Tribe CyRTANDREAE. Cuirita, Ham.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1022: C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. vol. v. pars 1, p. 109. : Chirita barbata, Sprague; habitu similis C. hamosae, R. Br., a qua calycis forma et antheris barbatis recedit. Herba erecta, circiter 60 em. alta, caule crassiusculo pubescente. Folia ovato- oblonga, 7-14 cm. longa, 3-6 em. lata, apice subacuta, recurva, basi sub- cordata, utrinque villoso-pubescentia, venis lateralibus utrinque 8-10, supra in vivo impressis, subtus prominentibus; petioli 0°5-3 cm. longi, cum pedunculis conjuncti. Pedicelli liberi, 4-8 pro folio, petiolis insidentes, ut calyces breviter villosi, usque ad 2 em. longi. Calyx fere ad basin partitus, segmentis lanceolato-oblongis subacutis in basin angustatis circiter 1-2 cm. longis 3 mm. latis superne patulis. Corolla oblique infundi- buliformis, paullo supra basin antrorsum- curvata, antice ventricosa, intus antice lutea ceterum caeruleo-lilacina, tubo 2°5-8 cm. longo, limbo patulo 2°5-3 cm. lato. Stamina 2, antica; filamenta circiter 6 em. longa, vix 1 cm. supra basin corollae inserta; antherae parallelae, connectivis versus latera corollae spectantibus, apice leviter depressae, appendiculatae, appendiculis confluentibus, dense lanatae, praesertim facie interiore. Staminodia 3, filiformia. Discus annularis. Ovarium denise villosum ; stylus stamina superans, stigmatis lobis ellipticis basi leviter connatis intus dense pube- scentibus. Capsula immatura 5 cm. longa, villoso-pubescens.—C. hamosa, E. André, in Rev. Hortic. 1895, p. 492, fig. 161; |.c. 1896, p. 184, cum tab. col.; non R, Br. Chirita barbata is like C. hamosa in having the peduncles united with the petioles, so that the flowers seem to spring from the latter, but there the resemblance ends. The two species differ in the leaves, in the size and shape of the calyx and corolla, and. in the anthers, which are very woolly in C. barbata and glabrous in C. hamosa. C. barbata was brought into commerce as C. hamosa in 1895 by Mr. J. Sallier of Neuilly, Seine, France, who in reply to an inquiry has: courteously given us all the information at his disposal. He obtained the species from the late Prof. H. Baillon, who informed him that it had been introduced by seed from the “mountains of India.” There are no wild specimens of C. barbata in the Kew Herbarium, and it seems probable that it is a native of one of the French possessions in the East Indies. C. hamosa JUNE, 1908. and other species occur on damp rocks by the side of streams, Drscription.— Herb, perennial. Siem erect, 2 ft. high, pubescent. Leaves ovate-oblong, 3-6 in. long, 1-24 in, broad, apex subacute, recurved, base subcordate, villous- pubescent on both surfaces, nerves 8-10 on each side of the midrib, impressed on the upper surface, prominent on the lower; petioles 4-1 in. long. Peduneles connate with the petioles; pedicels free from one another, 4-8 on each petiole. ee deeply divided, segments lanceolate-oblong, about 4 in. long. Corolla funnel-shaped, ventricose, bluish hlae with a yellow band in front; tube 1 in. or more long; lobes slightly spreading. Stamens 2, anterior; anthers parallel, slightly depressed at the apex and joined to one another by a common appendage, connectives facing outwards, Staminodes 3, filiform. Disk annular. Ovary densely villous; style exceeding the stamens. Capsule (unripe) 2 in. long, villous-pubescent.—T. A. SPRAGUE. CuLtivation.—Chirita barbata has been cultivated at Kew for the last twelve years, being treated as a biennial and grown along with such plants as Sinningia, Achimenes, ete. The seeds, which are matured freely by cultivated plants, are sown in early spring, and under liberal treatment the seedlings grow to a good size by the autumn. Leaf- cuttings also may be used for propagation as with Sinningiae and other Gesneraceae. They cee freely the following spring, well-grown plants being quite attractive when in full flower. As a garden plant C. barbata is less beautiful than C. Moonii from Ceylon, which grows a yard high and has purplish flowers, 4 in. across, freely produced in the axils of the whorled ovate-lanceolate leaves; nor is it as charming as the Chinese C. depressa, which has the habit of a Sinningia and long-tubed blue flowers nestling among the fleshy leaves. Both of these plants are grown in the stoves at Kew.—W. Warson. Fig. 1, section of calyx, showing ovary and disk ; 2, corolla-tube laid open, showing attachment of stamens an staminodes ; 3, back of anthers; 4, Sigma: 5, young fruit :—all more or less enlar 820] 4. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lt-ump M.S.del. JN Fitch lith. SLendon. LReeve & C Tas. 8201. GENISTA GLABRESCENS. Central Europe. LEGUMINOSAE. Tribe GENISTAE. Gevista, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 482; Taubert in Engl. et Prantl. Natirl. Phanzenfam. vol. iii. i. p. 234. Genista (§ Lembotropis) glabrescens, Brig. in Les Cytises des Alpes Maritimes, 1894, p. 123; De Wildeman in Icon. Hort. Then. vol. ii. t. 52; G. nigricanti, Scheele, affinis, sed floribus solitariis vel geminatis, non racemosis, differt. Frutex circiter 1 m. altus, ramulis junioribus quadrangularibus parce pilosis. Folia trifoliolata, petiolis usque ad 3 em. longis sparsiuscule sericeo- pubescentibus; foliola subsessilia, obovata vel oblonga, 10-15 mm. longa, 4-7 mm. lata, apice rotundata vel interdum leviter emarginata, supra glabrescentia, subtus tenuiter sericeo-pubescentia, nervis lateralibus in- conspicuis. lores axillares, solitarii vel geminati; pedicelli petiolos aequantes. Calyx subcampanulatus, 4 mm. longus, breviter bilabiatus, labiis quam tubo brevioribus, extus parce villosus; labium superum bidentatum; inferum tridentatum. JVewillum subrotundatum, multi- nervium, circiter 1 cm. diametro, ungue 3 mm. longo. Alae obovatae, 1 cm. longae, 0°5 em. latae, 7-nerviae, unguibus 3 mm. longis. Carina 1 cm. longa, rostrata, ungue 3 mm. longo. TJubus staminalis glaber, 1 cm. longus. Antherae oblongae, 1 mm, longae. Ovariwm glabrum, stylo 0°5 em. longo, stigmate minuto. Legwmen 3-4 cm. longum, 6-8 mm. latum, glabrum. Semina 5 vel 6, reniformia, estrophiolata.—Cytisus glabrescens, Sartorelli, Alb. Indig. Ital. Sup. 1816, p. 282.—C. emeriflorus, Reichb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1832, p. 524. Laburnum glabrescens, Parlatore, Flora Ital. 1894, vol. x. p. 128. ‘he species here figured is confined to the Lepontine Alps in the vicinity of Lake Como on the borders of Italy and Switzerland, where it grows on mountain sides at high altitudes. It forms by itself the subsection Emeroides, Briquet, characterised by the solitary or geminate, axillary flowers, just as G. nigricans is the solitary species of the subsection Eulembotropis, Briquet, which has the flowers arranged in terminal leafless racemes. The limits of Genista and Cytisus have been variously drawn by botanists, and some, including Baillon, combined them. Briquet, however, in his Les Cytises des Alpes Maritimes, places the species with a well-developed strophiole in Cytisus, and those with a rudimentary strophiole, or none, in Genista. Jung, 1908. Description.—Shrub about 3 ft. high. Young branches quadrangular, sparingly pilose. Leaves trifoliolate ; petioles 1-1} in. long; leaflets subsessile, obovate or oblong, about 4 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, rounded or slightl emarginate at the apex, glabrescent above, thinly clothed with silky hairs beneath ; lateral nerves indistinet. Flowers yellow, axillary, solitary or two together ; pedicels equalling the petioles. Calyx subcampanulate, } in. long, shortly two-lipped, lips shorter than the tube, sparingly villous outside; upper lip bidentate; lower tridentate. Standard somewhat rounded, many-veined, scarcely 4 in. across, claw 1 in. long. Wing petals obovate, 3 in. long, + in. broad, 7-nerved, claw } in. long. Keel petals 4 in. long, claw } in. long. Staminal tube glabrous, $ in. long; anthers oblong. Ovary glabrous; style } in. long, stigma minute. Pod 1-13 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, glabrous. Seeds 5 or 6, reni- form, without a strophiole——J. Hurcuinson. Cunrivation.—Although Cytisus glabrescens is not a 2 newly discovered plant, it has only appeared in cultivation during comparatively recent years. The plant from which the accompanying plate was prepared was obtained for the Kew collection in 1896, from Mr. Spith of Berlin. It has proved to be quite hardy and one of the most attractive of the dwarfer Brooms, flowering in May, and thriving well in a light loamy soil, in a position exposed to full sunshine. It is of a close, dense habit, and isadmirably adapted for the _ Rock Garden or for any position where it is not in danger of being overgrown by plants of stronger habit, The — original plant at Kew, after twelve years, is still not more than 18 in. high. It can be increased by cuttings, dibbled in sandy soil under a cloche during August— W. J. Bean. J Go Co ge ee Fig. 1, calyx and stamen mS 2. calge Jebd teen with visti: & wh ate ae 4, keel-petal; 5 and 6, anthers; 9, seed :—ail enlaryed: 7, fruit; 8, seed rie natural size. 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By GEORGE BENTHAM, F.R.S. 8th Edition, Revised by Sir J. D. Hooxgr, C.B., G.C.S.1., F.B.S., &é. 92. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BRITISH FLORA. — A Series of Wood Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants. Drawn sy W.H. FITCH, F.L.S., ayy W. G. SMITH, F.L.S. : < Forming an Illustrated Companion to Bentham’s “ Handbook,” and other British Floras. Ke ; 6th Edition, with 1315 Wood Engravings, 9s. LOVELL REEVE & CO. Lrv., 6, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. USICAL PROMENADES AND EVENING Fires :—-Wednesdays, June 24th— ce Wes bie! ¢ My aggt 8 ea (a Sees, i Vincant Brooks Day & Son Tit? imp N.S.del. JNFitch hth . agp. TL, Reeve & C2 London Tas. 8202. BEGON IA CATHAYANA. China. BEGONIAOEAE. Begconta, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 841. Begonia (§ Platycentrum, A.DC.) cathayana, Hemsi.; species ex affinitate | B. Bowringianae, Champ. (B. M. t. 5182) et B. laciniatae, Roxb. (B. M. t. 5021), ab utraque caulibus foliisque sanguineo-velutinis et floribus miniatis differt; ab illa stipulis linearibus elongatis acuminatissimis et pedunculis multifloris petiolos excedentibus recedit. Frerba subcarnosa, ramosa, erecta, 0°5-1:0 m. alta, pilis leprosis sanguineis patentibus mollibus paucis albis intermixtis vestita, ramis teretibus articulatis. olia longe petiolata, oblique cordata, absque petiolo usque ad 25 em. longa, plus minusve lobulata, simul denticulata, longe acuminata, lobis basilaribus rotundatis, subtus sanguinea, supra praeter venas sanguineas viridia cum zona pallidiore; petioli teretes, usque ad 15-18 em. longi; stipulae lineares, acutissimae, circiter 3 cm. longae. Cymae axillares, solitariae, 8-10-florae, pendulae, foliis breviores, bracteis parvis inconspicuis. Flores hirsuti, unisexuales, monoici, miniati, 3°5-4°5 cm. diametro. lores masculi: perianthii phylla 4, patentissima, 2 exteriora ovato-elliptica, apice Fotihdata, 1°75-2 em. longa, 2 interiora anguste ovata, vix 1 cm. longa; androecium globosum, breviter stipitatum, circiter 7 mm. altum, lores feminei: perianthium fere aequaliter 5-phyllum, phyllis oblongo-ovatis; styli 2 basi connati, apice bicrures, cruribus tortuosis. Capsula ee pedicello subito recurvo setuloso, inaequaliter 3-alata; alae rotundatae, major circiter 2 cm. longa, minores 6-7 mm. longae.—B. Bowringia, Hort.; Gard. Chron. 1903, vol. xxxiii. p. 245, eum fig. suppl., non Champ. This and the two species with which it is compared in the above description are very closely allied in structure. Indeed B. Bowringiana and B. laciniata have been treated as varieties of one species by De Candolle and others; but the plants cultivated and figured in this Magazine under these names are quite distinct. The cultivated B. cathayana is exactly the same as dried specimens in the Kew Herbarium, bearing the numbers 9198 and 13516, collected by Dr. A. Henry near Mengtze, Yunnan, at an elevation of 5,000 ft. Drsoriprion.—Herb, 2-3 ft. high, with fleshy stems and leaves, clothed with long, crimson, soft, scurfy hairs, interspersed on the branches with a few white ones. Jury, 1908, Leaves long-stalked; blade obliquely cordate, as much as 10 in. long, more or less distinctly lobed, minutely toothed, lateral lobes and tip sharp-pointed, basal lobes rounded, crimson below, green above except the crimson nerves, with a paler zone; stalks as much as 6-8 in. long; stipules narrow, pointed, about an inch long. Clusters axillary, 8-10-flowered, pendulous, shorter than the leaves; bracts small, inconspicuous. owers coarsely hairy, unisexual in the same clusters, vermilion, 14-12 in. across. Male flowers: rianth of 4 petaloid leaves; 2 exterior nearly oval, about bin. long ; 2 interior narrow-ovate, less than 4 in. long; stamens numerous, in a stalked head. Female flowers: perianth nearly equally 5-leaved; leaves oblong-ovate ; styles crested. Capsule hairy, pendulous from a sharp bend at the top of the stalk, unequally 3-winged, wings rounded, larger one 2 in. long, smaller } in. long.—W. Borrine HEMSLEY. Cuttivation.— Begonia cathayana was introduced into cultivation by Mr. A. K. Bully of Ness, Neston, by means of seeds collected for him in China by Dr. A. Henry. The stock passed into the hands of Messrs. F. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, from whom the plant figured was obtained for Kew. Messrs. Sander and Sons have raised a batch of hybrids from B. cathayana and B. Rex which are remarkable for richness of leaf coloration, B. cathayana is a handsome stove plant. Under liberal treatment it develops numerous stems 18 in, high, bearing in September numerous clusters of flowers. It ripens seeds under cultivation. Cuttings of the stems and leaves root freely —W. Watson. Fig. 1, a stamen; 2, stigma; 3, cross section of a capsule; 4, a pseudo- ——— flower with a superior ovary; 5, a hair from the perianth :— a arged. 8203 Vincent Brooks Day&Son Lemp M S.del LN. Fatch lith.. T. Reaves & 0° lL.omAacn. Tas, 8203. COELOGYNE PERAKENSIS. | Perak. ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. CorLocyneg, Lindl.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 518; Lindl. Fol. Orch. Coelog. p. 1. ‘ Coelogyne pérakensis, Rolfe; a C. sulphurea, Reichb. f., pseudobulbis majoribus, scaporum vaginis longioribus et bracteis manifeste angustioribus differt. Herba epiphytica, circa 30-40 cm. alta. Pseudobulbi approximati, ovoideo- oblongi, 4-5 cm. longi, monophylli. Folia longe petiolata, anguste elliptica vel oblongo-lanceolata, subacuta, coriacea, 12-17 cm. longa. Scapi sub anthesi ad basin pseudobulbi longius imbricato-vaginati, 15-22 em. longi, erecti; racemi laxi, multiflori. Bracteae lineares, acutae, mox reflexae, deciduae, 2-2°5 cm. longae, carneae. Pedicelli graciles, circa 1 cm. longi. Sepala patentia, lanceolato-oblonga, subobtusa, paullo concava, 1°3-1°5 cm. longa, ochracea, Petula linearia, obtusa, revoluta, sepalis breviora, pallide viridia. Labellwm trilobum, sepalis brevius, pallide flavum, medio macula aurantiaca ornatum; lobi laterales lineares, subfaleati, obtusi, patentes ; lobus intermedius obcordato-bilobus, segmentis latis obtusis; discus lamellis 2 carnosis laevibus ornatus. Coluwmna clavata, arcuata, late alata, circa 5 mm. longa. Pollinia 4, ad glandulam latam adnata.—Coelogyne sulphurea, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. v. p. 833 (non Reichb. f.); Ridl. Mater, Fl. Malay Penins. part 1, p. 182. Two quite distinct species have been confused under the name Coelogyne sulphurea. The original was based upon Chelonanthera sulphurea, Blume, Bijdr. p. 283, a native of Java, but Sir J. D. Hooker afterwards included under the name a Perak plant which had been collected by Scortechini and Wray, and in this he was followed by Mr. H. N. Ridley, the latter pointing out that in some respects the species was almost intermediate between the genera Coelogyne and Pholidota. The late Dr. E. Pfitzer, in mono- graphing the Coelogyne group, proposed several new genera, and among them Chelonistele, in Engl. Pflanzenreich, Orch. Coelog. p. 136, to include Coelogyne sulphurea, Reich. f., and four other species, Chelonanthera being retained for Blume’s original Chelonanthera gibbosa and one other: but the differences between them are so slight that the old name Juty, 1908. Coelogyne is here preferred. Should Chelonistele be ultimately retained, however, the name Chelonistele perak- ensis will apply to the present plant. - Pfitzer does not cite either the Perak plant or the Flora of British India under his Chelonistele sulphurea, so probably did not include it, but the only other species with which it could be con- fused are Coelogyne tenuiflora, Ridl., a native of Borneo, and C. lurida, L. Lind. and Cogn., whose habitat is not recorded. Both are figured, however, and as Ridley treats the former as distinct, while the latter has the bracts and side lobes of the lip relatively twice as broad, the only possible course is to consider the present one as distinct. The Javan Coelogyne sulphurea, Reichb. f., has long been cultivated at Kew, and in 1903 the Malayan plant was received fron: the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, under the same name. The two species flowered together during January of the present year, thus affording an opportunity of clearing up the confusion between them. Descriprion.—Epiphyte, 1-1} ft. high. Pseudobulbs approximate, ovoid-oblong, 14-2 in. long, 1-leaved. Leaves long-petioled, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly ellipti- cal, subacute, coriaceous, 5—7 in. long; petiole 2-4 in. long. Scapes erect, borne with the young growths from the base of the old pseudobulbs, $-2 ft. high, the basal half covered with imbricating brown sheaths; raceme lax, many- flowered. Bracts linear, acute, soon reflexed, and decidu- ous, 3-1 in. long, rose-pink. Pedicels slender, nearly 4 in. long. Sepals spreading, lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, some- what concave, about $ in. Jong, light buff. Petals linear, obtuse, revolute, rather shorter than the sepals, light green. Lip strongly 3-lobed, rather shorter than the sepals; light rellow with a deep yellow blotch on the dise; side lobes inear, slightly falcate, obtuse, spreading ; front lobe obcor- dately 2-lobed, with broad obtuse segments; disc with a pair of smooth fleshy keels. Column clavate, broadly winged, somewhat curved, less than half as long as the lip. Pollinia 4, attached to a broad viscus—R. A. Roure. Fig. 1, flower, with sepals removed and 1 petal uncurled; 2 and 8 pollinia, seen from front and back; 4, whole plant:—1-3 enlarged, 4 much reduced. ; 8204 ee ay Vincent Brooks, Day& San Lt imp del JN Fitch lith “S 7 LReeve &C° Londan. “Tap. 8204. DIDYMOCARPUS oyanra. al Malay Peninsula. GESNERACEAE. Tribe CyRTANDREAE. Dipymocarpus, Wall.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1021; CyB; Clarke in DC. Monogr. vol. v. pars 1, p. 70. Didymocarpus cyanea, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1900, p. 68; affinis D. lacunosae, Hook. f. (B. M. t. 7236), a qua omnibus partibus majoribus differt. Herba acaulis. Folia pluria, rosulata, patula vel ascendentia, ovata, elliptica, vel obovata, apice subobtusa, basi rotundata vel plus minusve angustata, 7-15 cm. longa, 4-7 cm..lata, crenato-serrata, utrinque subtus longius molliter pubescentia, venis lateralibus utrinque 7-8 supra impressis subtus prominentibus; petioli 2-6 em. longi. Scapi 2 vel plures, erecti, circiter 15 em. longi, 4-5-flori, pedunculis villoso-pubescentibus 6-7 cm. longis. Bracteae lineares vel anguste oblanceolatae. Pedicelli circiter 2-5 em. longi. Calyx usque ad basin partitus, segmentis suberectis lineari- subulatis circiter 12 mm. longis extra pubescentibus. Corol/a cyanea, tubiformis, circiter 3°5 cm. longa, lobis patulis. Stamina duo antica perfecta, filamentis infra medium tubi insertis, antheris connatis; staminodia tria, posticum lateralibus minus. Discus annularis, crenatus, vix 1-5 mm. altus. Ovarium elongatum, ut stylus glanduloso-pubescens. There are no authentically named specimens of Didymo- carpus cyanea in the Kew Herbarium, but the plant figured agrees so well with the original description, except as regards the scapes, which are described as 2-flowered, that there is little doubt as to its belonging to that species. D. cyanea was collected at Kasum, in the Siamese part of the Malay Peninsula, by Mr. C. Curtis, Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Penang. . Ridley remarks that the number of Didymocarpi in the Siamese-Malayan region seems endless, every district sup- plying one or more new kinds; and the same holds good for many other genera of Gesneraceae in different parts of the world, as for example the Tropical American genus Columnea, of which more than twenty species have been described from Costa Rica alone. Description.—Herb, stemless. Leaves in a_ rosette, Juxy, 1908, spreading or ascending, ovate, elliptic or obovate, apex rather obtuse, base rounded or narrowed, 3-6 in. long, 14-3 in. broad, crenate-serrate, softly pubescent, lateral nerves 7-8 on each side of the midrib, impressed above, prominent below; petioles 3-24 in. long. Scapes 2 or more, 4—5-. flowered ; peduncles villous-pubescent, 24 in. long. Calya divided to the base; segments suberect, linear-subulate, 4 in. long, pubescent outside. Corolla deep blue, trumpet- shaped, about 14 in. long, lobes patulous. Stamens 2 only perfect, anticous; filaments inserted below the middle of the tube, broadened towards the middle, white; anthers connate; staminodes 3, the posticous smaller than the lateral ones. Disk annular. Ovary elongated, glandular- pubescent.—T. A. Spracur. Cuntivation.—Didymocarpus cyanea was first grown at Kew in 1902, when seeds of it were received from Mr. C. Curtis, Superintendent, Botanic Gardens, Penang. It has also been received from Professor Costantin, Jardin des - Plantes, Paris. It flowers in the autumn, the pretty dark blue flowers opening in slow succession in a tropical house, where it receives the same treatment as Sinningia and the Streptocarpi. Although the Malayan species of this genus have been again and again tried as garden plants at Kew, they have never been a success. Probably they require to be treated as annuals, and as they do not mature seeds under cultivation, they soon die out. They are quite as pretty as their allies the Streptocarpi, which were at one time generically united with them, S. Reaii having been figured in this work, t. 3005 (1830), as Didymocarpus Rezii, while D. malayana, B. M. t. 7526, has all the appearance of a yellow flowered Streptocarpus.—W. Watson. Fig. 1, section of calyx showing the disk and pistil; 2, base of corolla laid open showing the staminodes; 3, immature fruit:—1 and 2 enlarged, 3 natural 8ize. 8205 Sy (SZ Qe In MS. deL.J.N.Btch ith “Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lt*amp LReeve & C? Landon Tas, 8205, OLEARIA RAMULOSA, var. COMMUNIS. Australia. ComposiTaE. Tribe AsTEROIDEAE. OxgaRiA, Moench.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 276. Olearia ramulosa, var. Somiinia: Benth. Flora Austral. vol. iii. p. 476 ; affinis 0. floribundae, Benth., a qua foliis longioribus et capitulis minoribus paucioribus differt. Frutex ramosus, 1-2 m. altus, ramis gracilibus teretibus magis minusve scabrido-pubescentibus. Folia lineari-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, integra, usque ad 1 cm. longa et 2 mm. lata, supra glaberrima vel muricato-scabrida, subtus lanata, marginibus recurvis. Capitula circiter 1-5 cm. diametro, ramulos breves laterales terminantia. Involucri bracteae 3-seriatae, oblongae, usque ad 4 mm. longae et 1 mm. latae, apice pubescentes, marginibus scariosis ciliatis. Flores radii circiter 9, albi; corollae tubus 3 mm, longus, extus parce pilosus ; lamina elliptica, 4 mm. longa, 4-nervia, obtusa. Flores disci circiter 12; tubus 2:5 mm. longus, lobis acutis 1 mm. longis. Antherae apiculatae, 1 mm. longae. Styli rami papillosi, Achaenia 1 mm. longa, leviter compressa, parce pilosa. Pappi setae 2°5 mm. longae.—Aster ramulosus, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. vol. ii. dl, t. 198. A. aculeatus, Labill. lc. 52, t. 200, -A, exasperatus, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. ii. 828. Diplostephium aculeatum, Nees, Gen. et Sp. 192. D. ramulosum, Nees, l.c. 193, Hurybia ramulosa, E. propinqua, E. aculeata, . epileia, DC. Prod. vol. v. 270. H. ericoides, Steetz in Pl. Preiss, 1, 423. About fifteen species of this exclusively Australasian genus are now cultivated in this country, and of these the plant here figured is probably the most graceful. It is widely spread in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, and ts frequently found growing in waste places. : Bentham, in the Flora Australiensis, distinguishes two forms, a. microphylla and b. communis, and whether these be separable as species it is difficult to decide without a know- ledge of the plants in the wild state. Those grown at Kew are strikingly uniform in habit, as well as in the shape of the leaves and size of the flowers, but the dried specimens preserved in the Herbarium show great variation. Descriprion.— Shrub, 3-6 ft. high with slender, terete, more or less scabrous, pubescent branches. Leaves linear- JuLy, 1908. lanceolate or oblanceolate, entire, largest 1 in. long and qs in. broad, almost glabrous or muricately-scabrid above, woolly below, margins recurved. Flower-heads about + in. across, terminating short, Jateral branchlets. Bracts of the involucre in 3 series, oblong, longest 4 in. long, . 1o? 6 pubescent at the apex, margins scariose, ciliate. Ray-flowers about 9; tube % in. long, sparsely pilose outside, limb elliptic 4 in. long, 4-nerved, obtuse. Disk-flowers about 12 ; tube = in. long, lobes acute. Anthers apiculate. Style- branches papillose. Achenes +5 in. long, slightly com- pressed, sparsely pilose ; setae of the pappus 4/5 in. long.— J. Hurcninson. CuitivaTion.— Olearia ramulosa is an old garden plant which has been grown at Kew many years for greenhouse decoration. It forms an elegant shrub a yard or so high, and the long freely branched shoots when clothed in early spring with white aster-like flowers are particularly orna- mental. Grown in pots out of doors during summer and wintered in a greenhouse it is easily kept in health, and if afforded a little extra heat in December it will flower readily some weeks earlier than its usual time. Like all the species of Olearia it is easily propagated by means of cuttings. In the South of Engiand and Ireland it may be seen here and there treated as a wall shrub, the main shoots being trained against the wall, and from these there is annually produced a thick crop of long branchlets which flower freely in spring. After flowering, these shoots are spurred. back.— W. Warson. Fig. 1, branchlet bearing an unopened flower head; 2, a ray-flower; 3, a disk-flower; 4, a bristle of the pappus; 5, anthers; 6, stigma :—all enlarged. 8206 MS del TN Fitch hth T Renews & Co? London. | Tas. 8206. RHODODENDRON Marissii. Central China. ErrcackArk, Tribe RHoDOREAE. Ruopovenpron, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 599. Rhododendron (§ Azalea) Mariesii, Hemsl. et E. H. Wilson in Kew Bull. 1907, p. 244; affinis R. rhombico, Miq., a quo ramulis glabris, foliis ovato- lanceolatis pilis longissimis appressis subtus vestitis, squamis latioribus | et corolla albo-roseo-maculata differt. Frutec 1-2 m, altus, ramis nitidis glabris. Folia ovato-lanceolata, acuta, 5-7 cm. longa, 2-3°5 cm. lata, basi magis minusve cuneata, juniora. supra longe sericeo-pubescentia, subtus parce pubescentia, adulta demum glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3-4, inferioribus oblique ascendentibus superioribus subpatulis subtus elevatis, venis arcte anastomosantibus; petioli 3-8 mm. longi. Gemmae ovoideae, squamis late ovatis vel oblongis apiculatis extus apice pubescentibus. Flores saepe geminati (rarius ternati), albo-rosei, purpureo-maculati; pedicelli erecti, 0°5-1 cm. longi, hispidi. Calyx annularis, dense setosus. Corolla alte 5-lobata, utrinque glabra, tubo 5-10 mm. longo, lobis 10-20 mm. longis patulis ellipticis obtusis, Stamina 10, breviter exserta, filamentis 2-2°5 cm. longis glabris, antheris 2 mm. longis. Ovarium 3-5 mm. longum, ovoideum, dense ~ setosum, stylo 3-3°5 em. longo glabro.—R. Farrerae, var. Weyrichii, Diels, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxix. p. 513. Rhododendron Mariesii is very closely allied to R. rhom- bicum, Miq., figured at tab. 6972 of this Magazine, but the two species inhabit widely distant regions. R&R. rhombicum, which is distinguished from the species here figured by having pure lilac flowers without any spots, ovate leaves, and hairy branches, has so far only been recorded from Japan, where it grows in mountain forests; whereas . Mariesii is confined to Central China. According to Wilson, R. Mariesii, R. indicum and R. sinense are the only species of Rhododendron which occur below 4,000 ft. in Central China. Between this altitude and 15,000 ft. other species are found in great abundance. Descriprion.—Shrub, 3-6 ft. high; branches shining, glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2-23 in. long, #-13 in. broad, more or less wedge-shaped at the base, in Juy, 1908. the young state with long silky hairs on the upper surface, sparingly pubescent below, at length becoming glabrous ; lateral nerves 3—4, suberect at the base, more spreading in the upper part, raised below; veins closely reticulated ; petioles 4-4 in. long. Buds ovoid; scales broadly ovate or oblong, apiculate, pubescent outside towards the apex. Flowers usually in pairs, pale pink with purple spots on the upper segments; pedicels erect, 4-1} in. long, hispid. Calyx annular, densely setose. Corolla deeply 5-lobed, glabrous on both sides; tube 4-1} in. long, lobes 4-2 in. long, spreading, elliptic, obtuse. Stamens 10, shortly exserted ; filaments glabrous; anthers jy in. long. Ovary ovoid, densely setose; style 14-14 in. long, glabrous.— J. HurcHinson. Cuntivation.—Rhedodendron Mariesii was raised from — seeds received at Kew in 1886 from Dr. Henry when at Ichang. 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Folia bipinnata; pinnae 3-8-jugae; nodi rhachis triaculeati, aculeis duobus recurvis in facie inferiore, unica adscendente in facie superiore ; internodia rhachis inermia vel armata; foliola 5-10-juga, elliptico-oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, basi rotundata vel obtusa, 1-2 em. longa, 4-10 mm. lata, dense pellucide glanduloso-punctata, supra glabra, subtus puberula. Stipulae parvae, caducae. Hacemi pedun- culo brevi incluso 20-25 cm. longi, laxiflori, 25-35-flori, rhachi glabra rarius puberula; pedicelli graciles, circiter 3 cm. longi. Calycis tubus brevissimus; lobi ovato-oblongi, rotundati, circiter 7 mm. longi, tandem reflexi. Petala antica et lateralia lutea, late obovata, brevissime unguiculata, circiter 1°5 cm. longa et 1 cm. lata vel ultra; petalum posticum luteum, rubro-striolatum, obovatum, breviter unguiculatum marginibus supra unguem inflexis auriculiformibus, 1 cm. longum ungue 2 mm. longo excluso. Stamina 10, rubra, alterna breviora, filamentis inferne dense villosis. Ovarium oblongum, compressum, vix 4 mm. longum, stylo tubulari apice truncato ciliolato extus glabro. Legumen oblongum, rectum, 7-8 cm. longum, spinoso-cuspidatum, dorso carinatum. Semina 6-9, oblonga, laevia.—C. crista, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 179. C. sepiaria, Miq. Prol. p, 242; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 5; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. vol. xxiii, p. 206; non Roxb, There has been considerable difference of opinion amongst botanists from time to time as to whether Caesalpinia japonica should be united with C. sepiaria or not, but for - gardening purposes it is certainly distinct. The racemes are much laxer in C. japonica and the pedicels are longer, whilst the uppermost petal has red markings, which apparently do not occur in C. sepiaria. The colouring of the corolla recalls that of C. vernalis, B. M. t. 8132, which is, however, much less showy. Avaust, 1908. Descrrerion.— Shrub, about 6 ft. high, | straggling. Branches long, armed with recurved prickles. Leaves bipinnate, with 3-8 pairs of pinnae; rhachis furnished with two recurved prickles on the lower surface and one straight ascending prickle on the upper surface at each node, inter- nodes of rhachis armed or unarmed; leaflets 5-10 pairs, elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 3-3 in. long, 4—;°, in. broad, densely dotted with pellucid glands, glabrous on the upper surface, puberulous on the lower. Stipules small and caducous. tacemes about 9 in. long, shortly peduncled, lax-flowered; rhachis usually glabrous; pedicels slender, over lin. long. Flowers about 30. Calyx-tube very short; lobes ovate-oblong, rounded, about } in. long, finally reflexed. Petals lemon-yellow, obovate, the uppermost one smaller than the others, striped with red, and provided with two auricles above the short claw. Stamens 10, red, alter- nately shorter; filaments densely villous below. Ovary oblong, compressed, hardly 4 in. long; style tubular, trun- cate, fringed at the apex, glabrous elsewhere. Legume oblong, straight, about 3 in. long, with a spine-like cusp at the apex of the ventral suture, and a prominent dorsal keel. — Seeds 6-9, oblong, smooth.—T’. A. SPRAGUE. Cunrivation.—Caesalpinia japonica first flowered in England in 1887 in the Coombe Wood nursery of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, by whom the plant had been introduced from Japan a few years previously. It is hardy only in sheltered positions in the south of England, the plant from which the present plate was prepared being one of a group established in a recess under the south wall of the Temperate House at Kew, where it has grown practically uninjured by frost for about five years. In some Cornish and Irish gardens it is quite at home, one of the largest specimens, which flowers freely every year, being in the garden of Lord Barrymore at Fota, near Cork. Whilst the species generally are strong climbers, this forms a somewhat straggling deciduous shrub, the shoots being comparatively short; the flowers are borne in terminal racemes on the young growths in June.—W. Warson. Fig. 1, node of the leaf rhachis, seen from above; 2 and 3, stamens; 4, pistil :—all enlarged. 8208 —— SEE tna a M.S.delJN Fitch ith. Vincent Brocks Day&SonLtmp L.Reeve &C?Londan. Tas. 8208. INDIGOFERA HEBEPETALA. Himalaya. LEGUMINOSAE. InpigorERA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 494. Indigofera hebepetala, Benth. ex Bak. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 101; species ex affinitate J. atropurpureac, Ham. (B. M. t. 3065) a qua stipellis majoribus, bracteis latioribus alabastra involventibus cito tamen deciduis, corolla pallidiore kermesina, legumineque magis rostrato differt. Frutex sylvestris elatior ; rami juniores parcissime pilis appressis obsiti, demum glabri, Folia alterna, 3-5 cm. remota, imparipinnata, 18-20 cm. longa, petiolis 4 cm. longis; foliola 5-9, rarissime 11, terminale excepto opposita paribus 2°5-3°5 cm. remotis, membranacea, oblonga vel ovata, basi late cuneata vel subrotundata, apice obtusa vel subretusa, mucronulata, nervis 8-10-jugis, supra intense viridia, juniora Magetrerired appresse pilosa, cito glabrescentia, subtus pallidiora, parce sed persistenter appresse pilosa, 3°5-6 em. longa, 2°5-4 em, lata, petiolulis 3 mm. longis; rachis petioloque parce appresse pilosa, cito glabrescens ; stipulae lanceolatae vel subulatae, 4 mm. longae, caducae; stipellae 2 mm. longae, subulatae. Fores racemosi; racemi axillares, 8-20 em. longi, 20-40-flori, pedunculis 1°5-5 em. Jongis rachibusque 6-16 em. longis parce appresse pilosis; pedicelli 2 mm. longi; bracteae parce hirsutae, cymbiformes, intense kermesinae, 6 mm. longae, 4 mm. latae, alabastra obtectentes, in cuspidem re‘urvam abeuntes, cito deciduae. Calyx oblique campanulatus, 3 mm. longus, dentibus triangulis tubo duplo brevioribus, extus parce appresse pilosus. Corolla 1°25 cm. longa, vexillo intense kermesino extra parce sericeo, alis roseis, petalis carinae versus apices kermesinis ibique extra parce sericeis. Legumen cylindricum, rectum, glabrum, apice acuto subrecurvum, 4-5 cm. longum, 5 mm. crassum, seminibus 8-10. Indigofera hebepetala is widely distributed in the North- Western Himalaya, at elevations of 6,000-8,000 ft., from Hazara, where it was first collected by Dr. J. L. Stewart, and Kashmir, where it was originally obtained by Mr. V. Jacquemont, to Kamaon, where it was first seen by Dr. T. Thomson. So far it has not been recorded from Nepal, but it reappears in Inner Sikkim where it was first found by Sir J. D. Hooker in the Lachen Valley at 7,000 ft. The species is very closely allied to J. atropurpurea, Ham., which is met with as a rule at slightly lower elevations and has a somewhat wider distribution, since it extends to Indo-China and is believed to occur alsoin Southern China. J. atropur- Avaust, 1908, purea, figured in this work at t. 3065, differs most markedly from J. hebepetala in the darker colour of its flowers, in the narrower and smaller bracts, and in the number of its leaflets, never fewer than 11, usually 13-17; in J. hebepetala the maximum number, very rarely met with, is 11, the usual number being 5-7, though leaves with 9 leaflets are not uncommon. Though long ago segregated by Mr. Bentham, no description of this species was published till the Indian Leguminosae were taken up in the second volume of the Flora of British India. Owing to the inclusion in the species of what was then taken for a sub-alpine form with smaller leaflets, but is now known to belong to another species, the number of leaflets in the original description is given as 13-17, and the range of elevation is stated to be from 6,000 to 15,000 ft. The actual number of leaflets is, however, as stated above, 5-11, and the known range of elevation of the species is from 6,000-8,000 ft. Description.—Shrub, of considerable size. Branchlets at first sparingly beset with adpressed hairs, soon glabrous. Leaves alternate, 1}-2 in. apart, including the 14 in. long petiole 7-8 in. in length; leaflets 5-9, very occasionally 11, opposite except the distal leaflet, the pairs 1-1} in. apart, wide cuneate or rounded, obtuse or subretuse, mucronulate, nerves 8-10-paired, dark green at length glabrous above, paler more persistently adpressed pilose beneath, 14-23 in. long, 1-14 in. wide, the petiolules } in. long; petiole and rachis soon glabrous; stipules lanceolate or subulate, 4 in. long, caducous; stipels 7! in. long, subulate. Flowers in axillary 20-40-flowered racemes 3-8 in. long ; peduncles ~2 in. long; pedicels +, in. long; bracts deciduous, crimson, sparingly hairy, boat-shaped and enclosing the buds, } in, long, 4 in. across, ending in a recurved cuspidate tip. Calye sparingly pilose, obliquely campanulate, } in. long, the lobes Red half as long as tube. Corolla in, long, with dark crimson standard s aringly silky out- side, rose-coloured wing-petals and kee -petals with dark crimson sparingly silky tips. Pod cylindric, straight, glabrous, with a sharp slightly recurved tip, 13-2 in. long, $ in. thick, 8-10-seeded.—D, Pratn. Wa . . . . . CULTIVATION.—So far as Kew is concerned this species 18 not new, for the plant from which the plate was prepared was one of the many species bequeathed to this establish- ment by the late Mr. G. C. Joad in 1881. It is, however, scarcely known in gardens generally. Like its better known congener, J. Gerardiana, its shoots at Kew die back to the ground when the plant is grown in the open. Every year, however, a crowd of slender, erect or suberect stems about 4 ft. in length is sent up from the rootstock, and these flower freely during August and September. The shoots are not naturally of annual duration, and if the plants were grown against a wall they would probably survive our winters. The number of hardy shrubs which flower at the same season as this is so limited that every addition to them is weloome.—W. J. Bran. Fig. 1, buds enveloped by the deciduous bracts; 2, a single flower, partially pc Opes 3, calyx and stamens; 4, a keel-petal; 5, pistil; 6, fruits :—yigs. 1-0 enlarged. 8209 MS.del,J.N-Pitch kth Vineent Brooke Dey &SanLitamp t.Reeve &C 2 Londm. Tas. 8209. EUCRYPHIA corpiro.ia. . South Chile. EucRYPHIACEAE. Evorypata, Cav.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 615; Focke in Engl. et Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. vol. iii. vi. p. 1 31. Eucryphia cordifolia, Cav. Ic. vol. iv. p. 49, t. 872; C. Gay, Hist. Chile, Bot. vol. i. p. 351; ab EH. Billardieri, Spach, specie affini tasmanica, differt foliis subtus molliter pubescentibus crenulatis vel serrato-dentatis, ovariis glabris et carpellis numerosioribus. Arbor sempervirens, in patria sua ultra 15 m. alta, trunco recto, 30-60 cm. diametro, superne copiose ramosa. Rami juniores fulvo-tomentosi, tandem glabrescentes, vetustiores cortice fusco tecti. Folia late oblonga vel elliptico- vel ovato-oblonga, obtusa vel rarius acuta, basi magis minusve cordata vel truncata vel rotundata, margine repando-crenulata vel serrato-dentata, 4-8 em. longa, 2°5-4 em. lata, coriacea, primo utrinque pilosa, supra mox glaberrima, lucida, saturate viridia, infra cinerea, etiam matura molliter pubescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-11, venarum reticulatione supra conspicua, areolis minutis; petiolus crassiusculus 4-6 mm.. longus, tomentosus. Flores in foliorum axillis solitarii, e gemmis perulatis orti, perulis ovato-rotundatis tomentosis; pedicelli tomentosi, 1-2 cm. longi, vel demum paulo longiores. Sepala 4, late oblonga, tomentella, unacum calyptratim delabentia. Petala 4, obovato-rotundata vel rotundata, vix unguiculata, tenuia, lactea, ad 2°5cm. longa. Stamina numerosissima; filamenta basi efigurationibus thalami breviter tubulosis ciliatis cincta. Ovarium glabrum, carpellis stylisque 10-12. Capsula 12-15 mm. longa. Eucryphia cordifolia is a native of Chile, south of Lat. 38° S. and particularly common in the humid forests of Chiloé and the provinces of Valdivia and Llanquihue. It is a most ornamental tree, known to the Chilians as Muermo or Ulmo. It was described and figured in 1797 by Cavanille, who established on it the genus Hueryphia, the systematic position of which has always been doubtful. First Sprengel suggested an affinity with Rosaceae, then Choisy attached it as an anomalous genus to Hypericaceae. Endlicher removed it to Chlaenaceae, whilst Spach was the first to point out a relationship with Ternstroemiaceae, particularly with Zaplacea. Then in 1846 C. Gay made Eucryphia the representative of a new order Eucryphiaceae, which he placed near Chlaenaceae. Planchon, on the other Avavst, 1908. hand, was inclined to refer it to Saxifragaceae, among which Belangera seemed to him toapproach Lucryphia. This view was adopted by Bentham in the Flora Australiensis ; but in Bentham and Hooker’s Genera Plantarum Hueryphia was transferred to the Rosaceae-Guillajeae, to which group Baillon also assigns it as an anomalous type. Quite recently Hallier came to the same conclusion from an examination of the morphology and anatomy of the genus. Meanwhile Maximowicz had pointed to the Tiliaceae, and more especially the Sloaneae and Elaeocarpeae, as possible allies. Focke, however, the monographer of the Rosaceae in Engler and Prantl’s Natiirliche Pflanzenfamilien, restored C. Gay’s Eucryphiaceae as a distinct family allied to Ternstroemiaceae and the other members of Engler’s sub- series Theineae, and it is accordingly placed between Dilleniaceae and Ochnaceae in Engler’s system. Under these circumstances, and pending a more comprehensive examination of the genus, it seems expedient to follow Gay and Focke and treat Hucryphia as a distinct phylum with the status of a family. Loudon gives 1878 as the year of introduction of Eueryphia cordifolia into English horticulture, but G. Don has a paragraph containing directions for its cultivation and propagation as early as 1831. However that may be, it remained practically unnoticed until 1897, when it flowered in Messrs. Veitch’s nurseries at Coombe Wood, and a figure of it, together with a note by G. Nicholson, was published in the Gardeners’ Chronicle. The leaves are shown here as obtuse and elliptic to elliptic-oblong. Subsequently another figure of Hucryphia was produced in the same Journal, representing the leaves as very acute. The specimen from which it was drawn came from the garden of Mr. Gumbleton, who had obtained his plant from the Coombe Wood nurseries, whence the branch figured on plate 8209 was derived. From the dried material at Kew it seems that whenever acute leaves appear it is generally the first leaves of a shoot which assume the acute shape, and in this they resemble the leaves of the seedling plant. According to Gay the wood of Eueryphia is much used for joinery and light carpenter’s work and also for fuel. Description.— Tree, attaining in its native country over 40 ft. m height, with a straight trunk, 1-2 ft. in diameter. Branches tomentose when young, at length glabrescent ; old branches with a brownish bark. Leaves broad-oblong, obtuse or sometimes acute, with crenulate or serrate-dentate margins, 2~3 in. long, 1-1? in. broad, coriaceous, when mature quite glabrous, dark green and shining above, softly pubescent and greyish below, network of veins very close and distinct above; petiole tomentose, 1-1 jn. long. Flowers solitary, axillary, from perulate tomentose buds; pedicels tomentose, J-1 in. long. Sepals 4, oblong, velvety, thrown off together. Petals 4, obovate- rotundate, up to 1 in. long, thin, milk-white. Stamens very numerous. Ovary glabrous; carpels and styles 10-12. Capsule 3-2 in. long.—Orro Srapr. Currivation.—This shrub is essentially one for the milder parts of the British Isles. It has never succeeded at Kew even when planted against a sheltered wall. But for the gardens of the south and west of Ireland, the west of Scotland, Cornwall and similar localities, where the winters are mild and the summers equable and moist, it ought to prove a most charming acquisition. Like £. pinnatifolia (B. M. t. 7067), another but hardier species from Chile, it should be given a peaty soil such as Rhodo- dendreae love. In fact, wherever such species of Rhododendron as R, grande and R. Griffithianum thrive, there, both as regards climate and soil, will this Hucryphia be very well suited.—W. J. Bran, Fig. 1, part of upper surface of very young leaf; 2, bud; 3 and 4, stamens; 5, pistil:—all enlarged. MS.del. JN Fitch ith I, Reeve & C2 Lonion Vincent Brooks,Day & Son Litimp OES | Tas. 8210. RHODODENDRON xamrscHaticum. N.E. Asia and N.W. America. Ertcacear. Tribe RHODOREAE. RHopopENDRON, Linn.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. Rhododendron (§ Therorhodion) kamtschaticum, Pall. Fl. Ross. vol. i. p. 48, t. 33; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. vol. ii. p,48; Maxim. Rhod. As. Orient. p. 47; affinis 2, Redowskiani, Maxim., a quo foliis obovatis ciliatis et stylo stamina — superante differt. Suffrutex parvus, ramis abbreviatis crassis, ramulis longe pilosis. Folia annua, sessilia, obovata vel spatulato-obovata, apice rotundata, mucronata, basi attenuata, 3-6 cm. longa, 1°5-2°5 em. lata, chartacea, marginibus longe ciliatis, nervis lateralibus utrinque 2-3 arcuatis subtus longe pilosis, venis laxe reticulatis utrinque conspicuis. lores solitarii, ramulos breves terminantes ; pedicelli usque ad 2 em. longi, longe parceque glanduloso- pilosi. Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis herbaceis oblongis obtusis 10-15 mm. longis 38-6 mm, latis 3-nerviis in nervis et marginibus glanduloso-pilosis. Corolla sanguineo-purpurea ; tubus 38-6 mm. longus; lobi patuli, oblongo- elliptici, obtusi, circiter 2 cm. longi et 1 cm. lati, extus tenuiter villosi, intus basi tantum villosi. Stamina 10; filamenta inaequalia, usque ad 1°5 em. longa, basi villosa, antheris 2 mm. longis glabris. OUvariwm ovoidcum, parce pilosum ; stylus circiter 2 cm. longus, basi villosus, stigmate capitato breviter 5-lobo. Capsula oblonga, circiter 1°3 cm, longa.— Rhodothamnus kamtschaticus, Lindl, in Paxt. Fl. Gard. vol. i. t. 22. Rhododendron kamtschaticum is found abundantly in the islands and along the coasts in the neighbourhood of Behring Strait. It extends southwards to Sachalin and the north of Japan, and eastward to Banks’s Island off the coast of British Columbia. According to Pallas it occurs in muddy mountainous places, and begins to flower about the end of June. | This pretty species, which in general appearance reminds one of some of the Rock Roses, has been in cultivation for at least a hundred years, but, owing probably to the difficulty of its cultivation, it is still comparatively rare. Descriprtion.—Undershrub about 6 in. high; branches thick; branchlets clothed with long hairs. Leaves annual, sessile, obovate or spathulate-obovate, rounded at the apex, narrowed to the base, 14-24 in. long, 4-1 in, broad, papery, Aveust, 1908. long ciliate; lateral nerves 2-3 on each side of the midrib, arched, pilose below; veins conspicuous on both sides. Flowers solitary, terminating short branchlets; pedicels $- 3 in. long, glandular-pilose. Calyx 5-partite; segments herbaceous, oblong, obtuse, 1-3 in. long, 3-nerved, nerves and margins pilose. Corolla carmine purple ; lobes spread- ing, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, about 2 in. long and 3 in. broad, thinly villous outside. Stamens 10; filaments unequal, villous at the base, about 4 in. long; anthers +, in. long, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, sparingly pilose; style villous at the base ; stigma capitate, shortly 5-lobed. Capsule oblong, about 4 in. long.—J. Hurcurnson. - Currivation,—This interesting and remarkable Rhodo- dendron is not one of the easiest to cultivate in this country, and it cannot be accommodated so readily as most of the species. It is quite capable of withstanding any degree of winter cold it is likely to experience in the British Isles ; but it is deciduous and, like many other deciduous plants from North Asia, is excited into growth early. In conse- quence it is liable to have its young growths injured by late spring frosts. Then it is, even more than most species of Lhododendron, a moisture-loving plant. At Kew it has succeeded best when grown in a mixture of peat and silver sand to which a certain spongy consistency has been given by adding a little chopped sphagnum. It should be given a position where it is shielded from early morning sun in spring, though otherwise fully exposed, and where the soil is, naturally or artificially, kept always moist. The plant from which our figure was prepared is one of a batch raised from seeds obtained from the Botanic Garden at St. Peters- burg in 1900.—W. J. Bran. 3 Figs. 1 and 2, stamens; 8, pistil:—all enlarged. bent Vincent Brooks Day & Son Litimp TL Reeve & O° T.onda:, MS.del.J.N.Ritch hth Tas. 8211. POLYSTACHYA LAWRENCEANA, East Tropical Africa. OrcHIDACEAE. Tribe VANDEAE. Ponystacuya, Hook.; Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 540. Polystachya Lawrenceana, Kraenzl. in Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. xiv. p. 150; Rolfe in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vot. vii. p. 124; inter species affines labello roseo distincta. Herba epiphytica. Pseudobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, subcompressi, 2°5-4 cm. longi, vaginis membranaceis imbricatis tecti, 2-3-phylli. olia lineari-oblonga, subobtusa, recurva, 6-11 em. longa, 1°3-2 cm. lata, subcoriacea, Scapi terminales, 8-15 em. longi, pubescentes, 4—8-flori. Bracteae late rhomboideo- ovatae, abrupte acuminatae, puberulae, 6-8 cm. longae. Pedicelli puberuli, circa 1 em. longi. Flores speciosi, flavido-virides labello roseo, inversi. Sepala subpatentia, puberula ; posticum ovatum, acutum, concavum, 8 cm. longum, lateralia ovata, acuta, concava, 1 em. longa, Petala subconniventia, incurva, oblanceolato-oblonga, subobtusa, 8 em. longa. Labellum superum, 3-lobum, 1 cm. longum ; lobi Jaterales late rotundati vel obscure angulati, subobtusi, breves; lobus intermedius obovato-orbicularis, apiculatus, carnosulus, canaliculatus, circa 7 mm. latus; discus medio callo rotundato obscuro instructus, basi puberulus. Columna brevissima, Jata, exalata. Polystachya is a large and polymorphic genus, widely diffused through the warmer regions of the globe, though at present it is not known to occur further east than Borneo and the Philippine Islands. Its headquarters are in Tropi- cal Africa, from which country 74 species were known when the Flora of Tropical Africa was published, and the number has since been increased to over one hundred. Very few of the species can be considered showy, and only three have hitherto been figured in this work, namely, P. grandiflora, Lindl., t. 3707, P. bracteosa, Lindl. (now con- sidered to be synonymous with P. affinis, Lindl.), t. 4161, and P. pubescens, t. 5586, the two former being from Tropical Africa, ‘the latter from extra-tropical South Africa. The one now figured is very distinct from these, and indeed from all others in cultivation, in its rose-pink lip, which renders the plant very attractive. It was discovered in the Upper Zambesi district by Mr. John Buchanan, who sent Auaust, 1908. plants to Mr. James O’Brien, though from some misappre- hension the habitat was recorded as Sierra Leone when the species was originally described from the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking, where it flowered in July, 1893. The former locality has since been confirmed, for the species has also been collected on the Zomba Hills, Nyasaland, at 6,000 feet elevation, by Lieut.-Col. W. H. Manning, in November, 1900. It is one of a group of Tropical African species, which are for the most part known only from dried specimens. Descriprion.—Epiphyte, about 6 in. high. Pseudobulbs ovoid-oblong, somewhat compressed, 1-14 in. long, covered with membranous imbricating sheaths, 2—3-leaved. Leaves linear-oblong, subobtuse, recurved, 24-44 in. long, 3-} in. broad, subcoriaceous. Inflorescence terminal, 3-6 in. long, pubescent ; raceme 4—8-flowered. Bracts broadly rhomboid- ovate, abruptly acuminate, puberulous, 4-3 in. long. Pedicels puberulous, under 3 in. long. Flowers medium- sized, inverted, yellowish green with a rose-pink lip. Sepals somewhat spreading, puberulous; dorsal ovate, acute, concave, about 4 in. long; lateral ovate, acuminate, concave, rather longer than the dorsal. Petals subconni- vent, incurved, oblanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, about 4 in. long. Lip superior, 3-lobed, nearly 4 in. long; side lobes rounded or obscurely angled, subobtuse, short; front lobe obovate-orbicular, apiculate, fleshy, channelled, nearly 4 in. broad; dise with an obscure rounded callus about the centre, puberulous behind. Column very short and broad, without wings.—R. A. Ronrr. Cuttivation.—Kew is indebted to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, for a plant of this pretty species of Polystachya, which was received in 1903 and flowered in _ June, 1906. There are not many of the numerous species of Polystachya that are sufficiently attractive to hold a place among garden orchids. Twenty-four of them are in cultivation at Kew, and of these the largest flowered is P. grandiflora, whilst the brightest coloured is the yellow- flowered P. pubescens. ‘The species here figured is at least as attractive as either of these. Polystachyas generally are easily kept in health if grown in a warm, moist house, and afforded the same treatment as answers for Dendrobium nobile, namely, a small teak basket filled with a mixture of peat fibre and sphagnum for the roots, which should be kept wet during the growing season and dry whilst the plant is at rest. The flowers are developed in summer.— W. Warson, Fig. 1, lip, with one side lobe cut off; 2,column; 3 and 4, pollinia, sezn from front and back :—all enlarged. "BRITISH, COLONIAL, AND FOREIGN FLORA. 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A Series of Wond Engravings, with Dissections, of British Plants. — oO Drawn sy W. H. FITCH, F.LS., ano W.G, SMITH, F.L.S. : Forming an Illustrated Companion to Bentham’s “ Handbook,” : and other British Herne. : ; 1th — with 1315 Wood eros 9s. _ LOVELL REEVE & CO. Lrp., 6, HENRIETTA § STREET, covENt GARDEN. 8212 Vincent Brooks Day & San [ttimp « ondon. L Reeve & C°] M. 8.del. JN Kitch kth. Tas. 8212. RHODODENDRON Maoppeni, var. OBTUSIFOLTA, Assam. ¥ ErioacgeakE. Tribe RHopOREAE. RuopopEenvkRon, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. Rhododendron (§ Eurhododendron) Maddeni, Hook.f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. 1849, t. 18; Bot. Mag. t. 4805; Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. iii. p. 472, var. obtusifolia, Hutchinson; a typo foliis obtusis basi rotundatis et calycis segmentis longioribus recedit. Frutex robustus, 1-3 m. altus, ramulis pedicellis petiolis foliisque subtus ferrugineo-lepidotis. Folia elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, 7-12 cm. longa, 3°5-5°5 em. lata, utrinque obtusa, supra nitida, subtus glauca, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-9 conspicuis; petioli 1-2 cm. longi. Pedicelli crassi, usque ad lem. longi. Ca/ycis seymenta oblonga, circiter 1:5 em. longa et 5 mm. lata, obtusa, extus parce lepidota. Corolla alba, circiter 10 em. diametro; tubus campanulatus 2-3°5 em. longus, fauce circiter 3 em. diametro, extra lepidotus, lobis 4-4°5 cm. longis 2°5-3°5 em. latis apice rotundatis. Stamina 10; filamenta infra medium pilosa, antheris exsertis 5 mm. longis. Ovarium oblongum, 1 cm. longum, 0°5 cm. diametro; stylus lepidotus, 6~7 cm. longus, stigmate capitato. Capsula oblonga, 2 em. longa. The Rhododendron here figured was first collected by Sir George Watt in the mountains of north-east Manipur, on the eastern frontier of India, and it is undoubtedly one of the finest forms of the genus. It differs from typical R. Maddeni (B. M. t. 4805) in having much longer calyx segments and obtuse leaves, which are somewhat rounded at both ends. It is treated, therefore, as an eastern form of this species, which has so far only been recorded from Sikkim and Bhotan. It also resembles R. Datlhousiae, Hook. f., the calyx segments of which, however, are much broader and are usually ciliated, Drscriprion.—Shrud, 3-10 ft. high, robust. Branehlets, pedicels, petioles, and the under surface of the leaves covered with brown scales. Leaves elliptic or oblong- elliptic, 28-44 in. long, 14-2} in. broad, obtuse at both ends, shining above, glaucous below, lateral nerves 7-9 on each side of the midrib, conspicuous; petioles 1—$ in. long, Sepremser, 1908. stout. Pedicels stout, nearly $ in. long. Calya-segments oblong, obtuse, about } in. long and } in. broad, lepidote on the outside. Corolla white, about 31 in. in diameter; tube campanulate, $-14 in. long, about 14 in. in diameter at the throat, lepidote on the outside, lobes 14-12 in. long, I-14 in. broad, apex rounded. Stamens 10; filaments pilose below the middle, anthers exserted, } in. long. Ovary oblong, 4 In. long, $ in. in diameter. Style lepidote, 24-3 in. long, persistent, stigma capitate. Capsule oblong, { in. long.— J. Hurcnison. Cutivation.—Rhododendron Maddeni, var. obtusifolia, was raised from seeds forwarded to Kew in 1882 by Sir George Watt, who collected them in Manipur during the Demareation Commission of 1881-2. The plant figured has been grown under glass, and is now planted in a border in the Himalayan House, where it has formed a well- furnished bush about 10 ft. high. It differs in habit and several other characters from the Himalayan 2. Maddeni as represented in gardens. It has not been tried out of doors at Kew, where R. Maddeni is not hardy, but judging by its behaviour in the Himalayan House the treatment that answers for the majority of the Himalayan species of the genus, including Ft. Maddeni, will suit the plant now figured. W. Warson. Fig. 1; portion of upper surface of leaf ; 2, portion of under surface of leaf; 3, scale from under surface of leaf; 4, bracts and pistil; 5, calyx and pistil ; 6, stamen; 7, anther; 8, ovary: 9, section of ovary; 10, one cell of same; LL, capsule :—all enlarged. MS.del J.N Fitch lith. Vincent Brooks Day&Son Lt up L. Reeve & C2London. Tah, O2he. ROBINTIA KELSEYI. North America. LecuminosaE. Tribe GALEGEAE. a Rosrnta, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 499. Robinia Kelseyi, Hort., ex Cowell in Bail. Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. 1902, p. 1588; affinis 7. hispidae, Linn., a qua foliolis angustioribus et floribus minoribus differt. . Frutex 1-3 m. altus, ramis divaricatis flexuosis glabris. Folia pinnata, petiolo communi usque ad 15 cm. longo subglabro supra leviter canaliculato, stipulis subulatis pilosis ; foliola 4- vel 5-juga, oblongo-lanceolata, subacuta vel breviter apiculata, basi magis minusve rotundata, 2-4 cm. longa, 1-1°5 em. lata, venis utrinque 4-5 supra indistinctis subtus prominulis ; petioli 2-3 mm. longi, stipellis subulatis 2 mm. longis. Racemi 5-?-flori, usque ad 8 cm. longi, rhachi glanduloso-pilosa ; pedicelli 4-5 mm. longi. Calycis tubus campanulatus, 5 mm. longus, extra glanduloso-pilosus, dentibus subaequalibus triangulari-subulatis acutissimis usque ad 8 mm. longis. Corolla rosea. Vewillum erectum, rotundatum, apice leviter bifidum, fere 2°5 cm. diametro, ungue 4 mm. longo. Alae oblongo- ellipticae, 2 cm. longae, 1 cm. latae, unguibus circiter 7 mm. longis. Carina circiter 1 cm, longa, ungue 7 mm. longo. Tubus staminalis 1°5 cm. longus, glaber. Ovarium leviter complanatum, glandulis rubris ; stylus recurvatus, apicem versus villosus, stigmate subcapitato. Legwmen oblongum, acutum, - cm. longum, dense glanduloso-pilosum. Semina 3-4, funiculo 1 mm. ongo. Robinia Kelseyi, like most other species of the genus, is highly ornamental; it is very similar in habit to R. viscosa, Vent., var. macrophylla, the flowers being of the same colour, but smaller. The only reference we have found to this hitherto imperfectly described species is in the publication cited above, where it is stated that R. Kelseyi is a new species discovered and introduced in 1901 by Mr. Harlan P. Kelsey ; that the bark much resembles that of R. Pseudacacia; that the plant is sparingly pubes- cent ; and that it is a compact shrub of distinctive habit. Description.— Shrub, 3-10 ft. high, spreading. Branches glabrous. Leaves pinnate; common petiole usually 4—6 in. long, nearly glabrous, with a small groove on the upper side; stipules subulate, pilose ; leaflets in 4-5 pairs, oblong- SEPTEMBER, 1908, lanceolate, subacute or shortly apiculate, more or less rounded at the base, 3-1} in. long, 1-1 in. broad; lateral nerves 4-5, prominent below ; petiolules about +5 in. long; stipels subulate, y'5 in. long. Racemes 5-8-flowered, up to 33 in. long, rhachis glandular-pilose; pedicels 1 in. long. Calyz-tube campanulate, } in. long, glandular-pilose on the outside, teeth 5 or 6, subequal, triangular-subulate, very acute, about 4 in. long. Corvila rose-coloured; standard erect, rounded, about an inch in diameter, claw } in. long; wing-petals oblong-elliptic, 14 in. long, } in. broad, claw about 4 in. long; keel-petals } in. long, claw 1 in. long. Staminal-tube glabrous. Ovary slightly flattened, with red glandular hairs; style recurved, stigma subcapitate. Pod oblong, acute, 13-2 in. long, densely clothed with glandular hairs. Seeds 3-4, funicle very short.—J. Hurcainson. Cuntivation.—Robinia Kelseyi was purchased for the Kew collection from Mr, H. P. Kelsey of Boston, Mass., U.S.A., in the spring of 1903. Although its affinity with f. hispida is apparent, it is quite distinct in habit and ‘appearance. At present it seems likely to form a small tree, and has not the rank growth of BR. hispida, which renders that species so liable to injury by wind. It flowers regularly in early or mid-June, and is then a most attractive object, the shoots of the previous year being covered with numerous short racemes of rose-coloured flowers. Its fruits also are ornamental. In June last a specimen in the Fruticetum of Mr. Maurice de Vilmorin at Les Barres in France was quite striking from the number of seed-pods it carried, each densely covered with reddish bristles. Pro- pagation can be effected by grafting on the roots of R. Pseudacacia.—W, J. BEAN. Fig. 1, part of a mature leaf; 2, stipules: i i 0 te ; 4, Stipules; 3, calyx laid open, with stamens and pistil; 4, pistil; 5, pods ; 6, glandular hairs of pod :—2-4 and 6 enlarged. 8274. VinceritHroaks Day &SonLtamp MS. del. JN. Fitch Iith. LReeve &C Landon. Tap, 8214, AGAVE Warsont. _ Central America? AMARYLLIDACEAR. Tribe AGAVEAE. AaaAvE, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 733, Agave (§ Littaea) Watsoni, J. R. Drummond et C. H. Wright, in Kew Bull. 1907, p. 322; species A. expatriatae, J. N. Rose, maxime affinis, a qua inflorescentia breviore sed latiore, foliorum pagina superiore vix concava et spinis marginalibus minoribus parum uncinatis differt. Caulis perbrevis. Folia 15-20 densius rosulata, laete viridia; exteriora sub anthesin patentia, anguste oblongo-lanceolata, circa 50 em. longa, basi tumescente 8 mm. crassa ibique 9°5 em. lata, cervice facie superiore convexa 5°5 cm. lata, inde facie superiore fere plana, versus apicem grada- tim expansa medioque 7°5 cm. lata; interiora erecta, angustiora, in bracteas sensim abeuntia; omnia vitta marginali castanea tandem cineras- cente ornata, marginibus aculeis circiter 5 mm. longis basi compressis vix uncinatis inter se 2 cm. remotis apiceque spina obtusiuscula 1°8 em. longa armata. Scapus fere 2°5 m. altus, ad basin 3°5 em., sub spicam floriferam 2 cm. crassus, cylindricus, bracteis imis exceptis patentibus subtiliter sulcatis albidis instructus. Flores viridescentes, staminibus pur- purascentibus, in spicam densiorem fere 10 cm. latam aggregati. Bracteae inter alabastra inconspicuae, vix 1 cm. longae, supra basin abrupte con- strictae, conduplicatae, in setas firmas subulatas scariosas abeuntes. Ovarium inferum 18-14 mm. longum, 5 mm. latum, subtriquetrum. Perianthii tubus supra ovarium abrupte constrictus, manifeste 6-sulcatus ; lobi ovario aequilongi, subcarnosi, viridescentes, marginibus albido-pellu- cidi. Stylus robustior, 3°5 em. longus, albido-pellucidus, purpurascens ; stigma papillosum. The Agave here figured flowered at Kew in the spring of 1907. As regards inflorescence it is nearest to A. densi- flora, Hook. (B. M. t. 5006), which has also somewhat the same type of leaf, but with different, far more closely set margin-prickles; the apple-green leaf, with an almost convex neck, and flat upper surface of the blade, resembling that of A. (Huagave) decipiens, Baker, should serve to distinguish A. Watsoni from all known Littaeae, not excluding A. expatriata, Rose, which is only known to us from the author’s photograph and description. Desoriprion.—Stem very short. Leaves apple-green, 15-20 in a moderately dense rosette, the outer, at the time SEPTEMBER, 1908. of flowering, spreading, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, about 20 in. long, dilated base over } in. thick, and 33 in. broad, neck about 21 in. broad, convex on its upper surface, greatest width of leaf, at about 9 in. from the base, about 3 in., upper surface almost flat upwards, except just below the tip, which bears a rather blunt, finely grooved spine, less than # in. long; margins with an extremely narrow ribbon, brown when young, ashen grey with age, armed at intervals of about # in. with prickles under 3 in. long, compressed at their bases, narrowly triangular in outline, tips not obviously hooked. lowering stem not quite 9 ft. high, diameter 14 in. at the base, less than an inch just below the spike of greenish flowers, with purplish filaments and anthers, which before withering give the spike a diameter of a little less than four inches, PBracts suddenly narrowed above their bases and folded into a firm, awl- shaped scarious bristle, whitish and conspicuous on the scape, but hidden by the buds and blossoms. Ovary rather more than $ in. long by } in. broad ; tube sharply constricted, plainly six-furrowed. Perianth-lobes about the same Jength as the germen, rather fleshy, green with white translucent edges; style robusi, suffused with purple ; stigma papillose. —J. R. DrumMonp. Curivation.— Agave Watsoni was purchased in 1906 from Mr. Justus Corderoy, Blewbury, Didcot, who obtained it originally from the Ghiesbreght Collection as an unnamed species. It flowered at Kew in 1907 under the usual conditions of cultivation. Unless there are other plants of it elsewhere it is likely to be lost to cultivation, as it has produced neither seeds nor offsets. —W. Watson. Figs. 1 and 2, anthers; 3 ; ey 4 reduced. * » Style apex; 4, whole plant:—1-3 enlarged, 8215 Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lt? amp Yech bth. Ky Y. Pm ee t } L. Reeve & C°Londen. Tas. 8215. ZALUZIANSKYA MARITIMA. South Africa. ScROPHULARIACEAR, Tribe MANULEAE, ZALUZIANSKYA, F'. W. Schmidt; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 944 (Zaluzianskia) ; Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vol. iv. sect. 2, p. 333. Zaluzianskya maritima, Walp. Rep. vol. iii. p. 307; Hiern, le. p. 335; Gumbleton in Gard. Chron. 1907, vol. xlii. p. 161, fig. 64; species Z. lych- nideae, Walp., simillima, sed robustior, foliis latioribus trinerviis, floribus majoribus et limbi lobis saepe latioribus differt. Herba perennis siccitate nigricans. Caulis erectus, decumbens vel adscendens, basi saepe paulum suffruticosus, simplex vel parce ramosus, sat dense foliosus, pubescens vel puberulus, 15 cm.—l1 m. altus, Folia tenuiter coriacea, obtusa, glabra vel puberula, saepius trinervia, integerrima vel remote denticulata; inferiora subsessilia vel breviter petiolata, basin versus valde angustata, anguste elliptica, obovato-oblonga vel lanceolato- oblonga, 2°5-7 cm. longa, 6 mm.-2 cm. lata; superiora sessilia, sensim minora, saepe adpressa; floralia sessilia, amplexicaulia, late lanceolata, 1-2°5 em. longa. Spicae elongatae, sat dense floriferae. Calyx tubulosus, 1-1°5 cm. longus, profunde bilabiatus, pubescens vel ciliolatus; dentes parvi, ovato-deltoidei vel ovato-lanceolati, obtusi. Corolla marcescens, extra glanduloso-puberula, saturate rubra vel purpureo-brunnea, intus -vivide alba, interdum limbi lobis roseo-marginatis; tubus gracillimus, 3°5-5 em. longus; limbus patens, 5-partitus, 12-18 mm. diametro, lobis. obovatis bifidis. Stamina glabra, 2 longiora paulum exserta. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Capsula coriacea, oblonga, 10-12 mm. longa, —Hrinus maritimus, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 287. Nycterinia maritima, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. vol. i. p. 869, et in DC. Prodr, vol. x. p. 348. N. coriacea, Benth., Jl.cc, N. spathacea, Benth., ll.cc. Zaluzianskya coriacea et Z. spathacea, Walp. Rep. vol. iii. p. 306. N. natalensis, Bernhardi ex Krauss in Flora, 1844, p. 834; Harv. Thes. Cap. vol. i. p. 37, t. 58. 2. natalensis, Bernhardi, l.c. Mr. Hiern’s monograph of Zaluzianskya in the Flora Capensis includes 32 species, all of which are confined to South Africa. The difficulty of distinguishing some of them is considerable, and it is questionable whether all are really distinct. Bentham suggested that the plant here figured might be only a variety of 7. lychnidea, which, as Erinus lychnidea, is depicted at t. 2504 of this work, and Mr. Hiern suspects the identity of 7. lychnidea and Z. capensis, Walp. Both are recorded as being in cultivation, SEPTEMBER, 1908. the former as long ago as 1823, while 7. selaginoides, Walp. (= Z. villosa, F. W. Schmidt) also finds a place in some of our horticultural dictionaries. It is probable that they soon disappeared, for like many Scrophulariaceae with strikingly attractive flowers the species of Zaluzianskya do not appear to thrive for long when removed from their native environ- ment. The flowers of 7. maritima, as in other species of the genus, open only in the evening or in dull weather. When expanded they are very fragrant. Z. maritima is widely spread in South Africa, and is met with at a low level near the sea as well as far inland at elevations up to 4,000 ft. or more. Mr. Hiern records five varieties, one of which (var. grandijlora, Hiern) has the limb of the corolla as much as an inch across. Description.—Herb, perennial. Stem erect, decumbent or ascending, often slightly shrubby at the base, simple or sparingly branched, rather densely leafy, pubescent or puberulous, 3-3 ft. high. Leaves thinly coriaceous, obtuse, glabrous or puberulous, usually 3-nerved, quite entire or remotely toothed; lower subsessile or shortly stalked, very much narrowed towards the base, narrowly elliptic, obovate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 1-3 in. long, 4-% in. broad; upper sessile, gradually becoming smaller, often adpressed; floral-leaves sessile, amplexicaul, broadly lanceolate, 3-1 in. long. Spikes elongated, rather densely — flowered. Caly« tubular, }-2 in. long, deeply 2-lipped, pubescent or slightly ciliate; teeth small, ovate-deltoid or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse. Corolla marcescent, glandular- puberulous and deep red or purple-brown outside, shining white inside, or the lobes of the limb sometimes bordered _ a with rose ; tube very slender, 13-2 in. long; limb spread- ing, 5-cleft, }~? in. across; lobes obovate, bifid. Stamens 4, glabrous, the 2 longer slightly exserted. Style filiform, exserted. Capsule coriaceous, oblong, about 4 in. long.— S. A. SKAN. Cunrivation.—This Zaluzianskya was presented to Kew by Mr. W. E. Gumbleton, who raised plants of it fro seeds obtained by him from Mr. Thorncroft of Barberton. It has behaved here as an annual, for plants tried in the _ herbaceous department, as well as others grown in the Cape House, died after flowering; they also failed to produce seeds. The treatment most suitable for such half-hardy annuals from South Africa as Rhodunthe, Diascia, and Nemesia would probably also suit this Zaluzianskya.— W. Watson. Fig. 1, longitudinal section of flower; 2, longitudinal section of upper part of corolla-tube, showing stamens; 3, upper portion of style :—all enlarged. MLS.del. J.N-Pitch hth. Vincent Brooks Day &Son Litimp. Reeve & O87 aa Tas. 8216. BULBOPHYLLUM Gatpinum. Malay Peninsula. ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. Bunpopuytium, Thouars; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 501 Pfitzer in Engl. et Prantl, Pflanzenfam. vol. ii. 6, p. 286. Bulbophyllum galbinum, Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxxii. p. 267; Materials Fi. Mal. Penins. part 1, p. 64; Gard. Chron. 1907, vol. xlii. p. 42, fig. 14; habitu B. Reinwardtii, Reich. f., pedunculis bifloris differt. Herba epiphytica. Rhizoma longe repens, validum. Pseudobulbi 9-11 cm. distantes, anguste oblongi, subcompressi, 5-8 cm. longi, vaginis membra- naceis acutis tecti, monophylli. Folia petiolata, oblonga vel elliptica, acuta, coriacea, 12-20 em. longa, 4-7 em. lata ; petioli 2-3 cm. longi, canaliculati. Scapi 12-92 cm. longi, graciles, 2-flori. Flores magni, speciosi, explanati, olivaceo-flavi, sepalis purpureo-punctatis, petalis pur- pureo-striatis, labello purpureo. Bracteae ovatae, acutae, circa 2 cm. longae, Pedicelli circa 2°5 em. longi. Sepalum posticum late lanceolatum, acuminatum, 4-5 em. longum; lateralia basi late triangulari-ovata, dein longe caudato-acuminata, 4-4°5 em. longa, basi 1°5 cm. lata. Petala basi ovata, longe acuminata, apice setacea, 2°5 cm. longa. Labellum longe unguiculatum, cordatum, acuminatum, carnosum, apice recurvum, basi subconcavum, 1:5 em. latum. Columna lata, 8 mm. longa, dentibus brevibus angulatis subobtusis. Bulbophyllum galbinum is a native of the Malay Peninsula, and was described about twelve years ago by Mr. Ridley, Director of the Singapore Botanic Garden, from materials collected on Maxwell's Hill, Perak, where it is said to be abundant, climbing on trees in dense jungle. It was com- pared with B. Reimwardtii, Reichb. f., to which it bears a general resemblance in habit, ast it is readily dis- tinguished by its two-flowered peduncle. It had previously flowered at the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, and was at first referred to B. Reinwardtii. Mr. J.J. Smith refers (Orch, Java, p. 448) both B. feinwardtii, Reichb. f., and B. galbinum, Ridl., to B. uniflorum, Hassk., though the one now figured does not at all answer to the name, and several species of the section Sestochilos are persistently 1-flowered. Whether B. Reinwardtii be in cultivation is doubtfui, though Reinwardt’s original drawing and a dried specimen collected by Thomas Lobb, in Java, which Lindley con- SerrTemseEr, 1908, sidered identical, are preserved in the Herbarium of the latter, now at Kew. Micholitz also collected plants appa- rently of the same species in Sumatra, and carefully noted the peduncles as being 1-flowered, and all the four present are in this condition. Having regard to these facts it is difficult to regard all these forms as one spécies, and the species of this affinity certainly require careful revision from living specimens, or at all events from more complete material than is yet available. Descriprion.—Herb epi hytic, with stout, long-creeping rhizome. Pseudobulbs 34-44 in. apart, narrowly oblong, some- what compressed, 2-34 in. long, covered with membranous acute sheaths, I-leaved. 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Tropical Africa. RusiaceaE. Tribe MUSSAENDEAE. MussaEnnA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 64. = Mussaenda erythrophylla, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. p. 116; Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. iii. p. 69; species prae folio calycino producto maximo puniceo insignis. Frutex alte scandens vel vagans vel in campo aperto suberectus, fere - undique plus minusve molliter pubescens vel villosus, ramis floriferis tenuiusculis teretibus saepe pilis rubris vestitis. Folia ambitu valde variabilia, petiolata, membranacea vel papyracea, ovata vel elliptica, rarius lanceolata vel paene orbicularia, cum petiolo usque ad 18 em. longa, sed saepius minora, basi nunc rotundata nunc cordata, rarius cuneata vel longe attenuata, apice acuta, attenuate vel abrupte acuminata, margine integro ciliato, in utraque pagina pubescentia, venis primariis lateralibus con- spicuis interdum rubris; stipulae bifidae vel trifidae, circiter 1 cm. longae. Flores absque folio calycino circiter 3 cm. diametro, in cymas parvas dichotomas densas terminales dispositi, alii sessiles alii breviter pedicellati, extra pilis longis patentibus puniceis dense vestiti, intus flavi, demum rubescentes. Calycis tubus florum centralium saepius sterilium breviter obovoideus, limbi lobis omnibus inter se aequalibus; is florum exteriorum plerumque fertilium oblongo-cylindricus, Jimbi lobis nunc omnibus ‘aequalibus lanceolatis acutis 1-1-5 em. longis, nune, plerumque unius floris in quaque cyma, quatuor aequalibus lanceolatis, quinto in folium amplum coccineum vel puniceum jam ante anthesin producto; hoc folium calycinum, ut folia propria, ambitu variabile, interdum usque ad 12 cm. longum et 10 cm. latum, nervis 5-7 percursum, inconspicue parce uberulum. Corolla hypocrateriformis; tubus cylindricus, sursum modice ilatatus ; limbi lobi ovati, 1-1-5 cm. longi, obtusi, patentes, fauce pilis longis atropurpureis dense barbata. Stamina 5, fauci corollae adnata, filamentis brevissimis; antherae inclusae, acutae, Discus annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis multiovulatis; stylus glaber, bifidus, inclusus. —AM. splendida, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 1869, vol. xxvii. p. 36, t. 13. This showy shrub was first described as long ago as 1827, from specimens collected by Thonning on the Gold Coast, but the oldest herbarium specimens at Kew were collected by Mr. Gustav Mann in February, 1862, in the Cameroons, at an elevation between 3,000 and 4,500 ft. It has since been collected by numerous travellers in various localities, from Sierra Leone to Angola and eastward ‘to Uganda, November, 1908. forming one of the most striking objects on the outskirts of forests. Most of the wild specimens are of more compact habit than the plant figured, and have smaller leaves on quite short stalks, and the larger calyx-leaves are even more brilliantly coloured, due doubtless to greater light. * Missuada comprises about fifty species which inhabit tropical Asia, Africa and Polynesia, but few of them are in cultivation. The best known is M. frondosa, L., figured in the Magazine (t. 2099), from a weakly plant, under the name of M. pubescens. The only other one figured in this publication is J. luteola, Del. (t. 5573), a very pretty species from the upper Nile region. Not all of the species of Mussaenda have a leaf-like, coloured calyx-lobe, and usually only one flower in each partial cyme of an inflorescence possesses this appendage 5 but this characteristic is shared by several other genera belonging to different tribes of the Rubiaceae. They are : Calycophyllum, Monadelphantha, Capirona, Schizocalyz, Pinkneya, Pogonopus (Howardia caracasana, Wedd., B. M. t. 5110), Pallasia and Warscewiczia; all American. Description.—Shrub, either suberect or climbing on trees to a height of forty feet or more. Branches, leaves and flowers more or less clothed with soft hairs. Leaves thin, very variable in outline, from lanceolate to nearly orbicular and with the stalk sometimes as much as 6 or 7 in. long, but usually smaller, rounded, cordate or wedge-shaped at the base, gradually tapering or abruptly acuminate at the tip, margin entire, minutely fringed, both surfaces slightly airy; primary veins conspicuous, often coloured red ; stipules bifid or trifid, about 1 in. long. Flowers about 1f in. across, in dense terminal cymes, some sessile, others shortly stalked, clothed with long spreading crimson hairs on the outside, yellow within changing to red, crimson in the centre, Calyz-lobes 5, all lanceolate, 1-4 in. long, acute, or one leaf-like oval (variable in wild specimens), sometimes as much as 5 in. long by 4 in. broad, brilliant crimson, longitudinally 5- or 7-nerved, slightly hairy. Corolla salver-shaped, bearded in the throat. Stamens 5, included. Ovary 2-celled ; cells many-seeded; style in- cluded.— W. Borrrye Hemstey. CuLrivation.—Kew is indebted to Mr. H. N. Ridley, Director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, for this hand- some plant, which he forwarded in a Wardian case in 1907. It was first introduced into cultivation by Mr. Gustav Mann in 1863; at any rate, there is a note written by him on a sheet in the Kew Herbarium to the effect that living plants brought by him from West Africa were in the > Garden at that time. But it does not appear to have become established then. Nor was it successfully grown in England when the late Mr. W. Bull distributed it twenty years later. It was included in his Catalogue of New Plants in 1888, p. 8, where it was described as “a remarkable introduction from the Congo.” Mr. W. Micholitz, collector for Messrs. Sander & Sons, of St. Albans and Bruges, writes :—“ I found Mussaenda erythrophylla on the banks of the Kwilu, Loango, French Congo, in 1886, it being then new. The plants that I brought to England in May or June of that year were handed over to Mr. W. Bull, the Chelsea nurseryman, who distributed them as M. erythro- phylla, but I am not aware that any of them flowered. Ii is usually of a somewhat creeping or trailing habit, and only attains the shrubby character of J. frondosa when growing in the open with full exposure to the sun. 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