CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE, ILLUSTRATING AND DESCRIBING Plants of the Ropal Botane Gardens of Kelv, AND OF OTHER BOTANICAL ESTABLISHMENTS ; EDITED BY SIR WILLIAM TURNER THISELTON-DYER, LL.D., Sc.D., KCNCG,, OL. Bs Rss SoS. Bre. LATE DIRECTOR, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. A1(S 3 Fame = = OF THE FOURTH SERIES. (Or Vol. CXXXII. of the Whole Work.) Now, did I not so near my labours end, Strike sail, and hastening to the harbour tend, My song to flowery gardens might extend— To teach the vegetable arts, to sing The Pestum roses, and their double spring. ‘I'be late narcissus, and the winding trail Of bear’s-foot, myrtles green, and ivy pale. DrypeEn’s ViIRGIn. RAO LONDON: LOVELL REEVE & CO., LTD., Publishers to the Home, Colonial, and Indian Governments. 6, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN 1906. [All rights reserved. } MO. BoL Gdaluc.. 1906 To HENRY NICHOLAS RIDLEY, M.A., F.LS. DIRECTOR, BOTANIC GARDENS, SINGAPORE, WHO WITH UNTIRING GENEROSITY HAS SURPASSED ALL RECENT CONTRIBUTORS IN ENRICHING THE KEW COLLECTIONS WITH RARE AND NOVEL PLANTS. 8052 Vincent Brocks,Day& Son Ltd Imp M.S.del. J.N Fitch hth. L.Reeve & C? Londen ee ee ee Tas. 8052. ASPARAGUS SPRENGER], Natal. Littacea. ‘T'ribe ASPARAGER, Asparacus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 765; Baker in Journ, Linn, Soc, vol. xiv. 594. 4. Sprengeri, Regel in Acta Horti Petrop. vol. xi. p. 302, et in Gartenfl. 1890, p. 490, fig. 80; Baker in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Cap. vol. vi. p. 271; A, faleato, Linn., proximus, phyllocladiis linearibus et bracteolis lan- ceolatis acuminatis differt. Frutex scandens. Caulis teres, sulcatus, ramosissimus. Foliorwm aculei 1-2 lin, longi, decurvi. Phyllocladia solitaria vel 2-4-natim aggregata, plana, linearia, recta vel leviter curvata, glabra, apice pungentia, ad 1} poll. longa, et 1 lin. lata. Flores racemosi, 3 lin. diam.; racemi solitarii vel geminati, 14 poll. longi; pedicelli medio articulati; bracteas lanceolate, acuminate, pedicellis dimidio breviores. Perianthium dilute carneum ; segmenta obovato-oblonga, interiora apice denticulata. Filamenta complanata, perianthii segmentis dimidio breviora; anther ovales, aurantiace. Ovarium oblongum, basi constrictum.—A. sthiopicus, var. ternifolius, Baker in Saunders, Refug. Bot. t.261. A. ternifolius, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 7728. An opportunity has here been taken of depicting the fruiting state of a plant, whose flowers were represented in t. 7728 under the name of A. ternifolius, Hook. f., a plant which is of as great decorative value when in fruit as in flower. It was first described by Regel from plants im- ported from Natal by Messrs. Dammann & Co., of Naples, from whom the Kew plant was originally obtained. It was also found in Natal by Mr. Thomas Cooper, who sent plants to the late Mr. Wilson Saunders, in whose collection it flowered. This species has been confused with A. falcatus, Linn., and A. xthiopicus, Linn. The former is a much more robust plant, which at Kew attains a height of thirty feet, while A. Sprengeri rarely exceeds four feet ; its phyllocladia also are broader and more rigid. From the latter it is distinguished by its usually less numerous phyllocladia and larger flowers with shorter filaments. The Indian A. gonocladus, Baker, is also closely allied, but its inner perianth-segments are not denticulate at the apex. Descr.—A climbing shrub, Stem terete, suleate, much- JANUARY Ist, 1906, branched. Leaf-spines one to two lines long, decurved. Phyllocladia solitary, or in clusters of two to four, flat, linear, sometimes slightly curved, glabrous, pungent at the apex, an inch to an inch and a quarter long, about a twelfth of an inch wide. Flowers a quarter of an inch in diameter, in solitary or geminate racemes about an inch and a half long; pedicels articulated near the middle; bracts half as long as the pedicels, lanceolate, acuminate. Perianth-segments obovate-oblong, the inner denticulate at the apex, pale pink. Jilaments flattened, about half as long as the perianth-segments ; anthers oval, orange- colour. Ovary oblong, constricted below. Fruit glovose, 3 lin, in diam., crimson.—C. H. Waicat. Fig. 1, portion of stem bearing three racemes; 2, a node, showing the insertion of the phyllocladia and racemes; 3, fruit :—all enlarged. 8053 M.S. del, INFitch hth. LReeve & C°Lai, Tas, 8053. CYNORCHIS compacta. Natal. OrcHipaces. Tribe OpHRYDE. Cyrnorcuis, Thouars; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 628. Cynorchis compacta, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1888, p. 149 : species distinctissima, ab affinibus floribus albis rubro-punctatis differt. Herba terrestris, tuberifera. Tubera ovoidea vel fusiformia, subterranea, $-1 poll. longa. Oaulis validus, brevis, monophyllus, basi vaginis laxis obtectus. Folia ovato-oblonga, szpissime breviter acuminata, suberecta, membranacea, circa 2-3 poll. longa. Scapus solitarius, erectus, 4-7 poll. altus; racemus multiflorus. Flores albi, labelli disco roseo-punctato. Bracteze lanceolate vel ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-6 lin. longa. Pedicelli 4~9 lin. longi. Sepalum posticum erectum, ovatum, obtusum, 2 lin, longum; sepala lateralia patentia, obliqua, ovata, obtusa, 2% lin. longa. Petala ovato-oblonga, obtusa, subobliqua, 2 lin. longa. Labellum patens, trilobum, 4-5 lin. longum, lobis orbiculari-obovatis crenulatis ; discus obscure bilamellatus; calcar clavatum, arcuatum, 1} lin. longum. Columna brevissima. Cynorchis is a small, exclusively African genus nearly allied to Habenaria, but separated by common consent on account of the broad, more or less concave or galeate rostellum. About thirty species are known, the majority being from the Mascarene Islands, seven others Tropical African, while the present is the only known representative in extra-tropical South Africa. Four have already been figured in this Magazine, namely, C. lowiana, Reichb. f. (t. 7551), at that time thought to be synonymous with C. purpurascens, Thouars ; C. grandiflora, Kidl. (t. 7564) ; C. villosa, Rolfe (t. 7845), remarkable for its very hairy flowers; and C. purpurascens, Thouars (t. 7852). These species are very diverse in appearance, and several of the others have much smaller flowers. Unlike Habenaria, the predominating colour of the flowers is purple, in which respect the present species is exceptional. C. compacta, Reichb. f., was originally discovered by Mr. John Sanderson, in Natal, about the year 1869, and a drawing was sent to Kew, from which the species was ultimately described. In 1895 it was rediscovered by Mr. J. M. Wood, on rocks near Emberton, at about 2000 feet JANUARY Ist, 1906, altitude. The plants figured were presented by Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, in 1899, and they flower annually in a cool orchid house, from February to about April, the flowers lasting about two months. Grouped in pans, this little terrestrial orchid is very pretty. Descr.—A dwarf terrestrial herb, bearing ovoid or fusiform subterranean tubers from about half to an inch long. Stems very short, rather stout, bearing one fully developed leaf, and one or two loose tubular sheaths, the upper having occasionally a short, free limb. Leaf ovate- oblong, usually shortly acuminate, suberect, membrana- ceous, about two to three inches long. Scape solitary, erect, four to seven inches high; raceme many-flowered. Flowers white, disc of the lip spotted with red. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, two to six lines . long. Pedicels four to nine lines long. Dorsal sepal erect, ovate, obtuse, two lines long; lateral sepals spread- ing, oblique, ovate, obtuse, two and a half lines long. Petals ovate-oblong, obtuse, slightly oblique, two lines long. Jip spreading, three-lobed, four to five lines long ; lobes obovately orbicular, somewhat crenulate; disc bear- : ing a pair of longitudinal thin ridges; spur clavate, somewhat curved, a line and a half long. Colwmn very short.—R. A. Rotrs. Fig. 1, flower; 2 and 3, column seen from the side and front; 4, a polliniam :—all much enlarged. ap ona cee abnor, eee | ; 5 8 M.S.del, IN Pitch lith. TL LReeve &C° Lor Tap. 8054. OXALIS apENOPHYLLA. Chili. Greraniacez. Tribe OXALipEs. Oxauis, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 276. Oxalis adenophylla, Gill. in Hvok. Bot. Misc. vo). iii. (1833) p. 165; Gay Fi. Chil, vol. i. (1845) p. 458; species ex affinitate O. enneaphyllx, Cav. sed caudice bulbiformi non rhizomatoso et floribus roseis diversa. Herba caule brevissimo. Bulbus 1-1} pol]. diam., extus squamis lineari- lanceolatis glabris intus foliorum basibus persistentibus longe-ciliatis com- _positus. Folia glabra; foliola 12-22, aeboaasttine obcordata, basi attenu- ata, lobis glaucis laxe cellulosis carnosis ; petiolus 2-5 poll. longus ; petiolali brevissimi, incrassati, leviter pilosi, nigro-violacei. Pedunculi petiolis gequilongi, 2-3 flori, 2-bracteolati. Flores heterostyli, 14-2 poll. diam. Sepala lanceolata, subacuta, ciliata, fere 3 lin. longa. etala obovato- obcordata, patula, intense rosea, basi purpurea, circa 1 poll. longa. Stamina 10, quorum 5 longiora stylos superantia, approximata, omnium filamentis basi incrassatis coalitis. Stylz 5, stamina breviora exceden- tia, stigmatibus capitatis. Capsula oblonga.—O. Bustillosii, Phil. in Linnea, vol. xxviii. (1856) p. 614. O. adenophylla is closely allied to O. enneaphylla (B. M. t. 6256) from Fuegia and the Falkland Islands. It differs mainly in the bulb-like rootstock, which in the latter is a horizontal rhizome. In Reiche’s Flora of Chili (1896), where eighty-eight species of Oxalis are enumerated, the genus is divided into two sections, Palmatifolia and Trifolia. 'The two species in question belong to the Palmatifolia group, which comprises only two others, namely, O. laciniata and O. squamoso-radicosa. The specific appellation, gland-leaved, evidently refers to the dark-coloured petiolules, which, however, are non- secretive. O. adenophylla, like some other members of the genus, possesses heterostyled flowers, one form, that here figured, having mid-styled flowers; but both long and short-styled flowers have been observed. The plant from which the drawing was made was presented to Kew in 1902 by Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., who collected it in Chili, near San Martin, at an elevation of — six thousand feet, growing by rivulets above the tree ine. January Ist, 1906. It requires the same treatment as 0. enneaphylla, and will no doubt prove equally suited to cultivation in the rockery. For the present the precaution is taken of wintering it in a cold frame. Descr.—An acaulescent herb. Bulb one to one and a half inches across, composed externally of linear-lanceolate glabrous scales, and internally of the persistent bases of the petioles bearing long bristles. Leaves glabrous, with twelve to twenty-two subsessile, obcordate leaflets, at- tenuate at the base; lobes slightly fleshy, and glaucous; _ petiole two to five inches long; petiolule short, thickened, — slightly hairy, and of a deep violet colour. Peduneles two- _ to three-flowered, bearing two bracteoles, of the same length as the petioles. Flowers heterostyled, one and a half to two inches across. Sepals lanceolate, subacute, ciliate, nearly three lines long. Petals obovate-obcordate, spreading, deep rose-coloured, with a purple base, about one inch long. Stamens ten, alternately long and short, erect. Stigmas capitate. Capsule oblong.—L. Farmar. Fig. 1, leaflet and petiolules ; 2, flower with petals removed ; 3, stamens and pistil; 4, pistil :—all enlarged. 8055 ~ -— ae MS.del, JN Fitch lith L. Reeve &Q0 Denton Tas. 8055. COLCHICUM CROCIFLORUM., Turkestan. Lintaces. Tribe CoLtcHIcEs. Cotcatcum, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 821; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xvii. p. 423. Colchicum crociflorum, Regel in Acta Hort. Petrop. vol. vii. p. 385, nec Sims, nee Schott et Kotschy; Gartenfl. 1881, p. 33, t. 1035, figg. 1 et 2, a C. luteo, Baker, foliis hysteranthiis et perianthii colore differt. Cormus ovoideo-oblongus, 2 poll. longus, 10 lin. diam, siccitate calcarius, tunicis castaneis. Folia linearia, obtusa, minute denticulata. Flores 2-4 fasciculatim dispositi. Perianthii tubus 3-4 poll. longus, cylindricus, apice leviter dilatatus, albus; lobi oblongi, obtusi, 1 poll. longi, 3-4 lin. lati, albi, extus late purpureo-striati. Filamenta brevia, ad sinum anthers affixa; anthera erects, lineares, basi sagittatez, lute. Styli 3, quam stamina paullo longiores.—Synsiphon crociflorus, Regel in Acta Hort. Petrop. vol. vi. p. 491; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 821. Regel originally described this plant as generically distinct from Colchicum, on the ground that the styles were united. On the receipt of better material Regel found this not to be the case, and reduced his genus Synsiphon to Colchicum. The present species, however, is the most distinct in the genus. Owing to the great superficial resemblance of Colchicum to Crocus, it is not surprising that three species of the former have been named crociflorum. Of these, one described by Sims (B. M. t. 2673) is a form of C. autumnale, Linn., another described by Schott & Kotschy, is reduced to C. montanum, Linn., while the present plant, although the last described, is the one for which the name crociflorum must be retained. Most species of Colchicum have the perianth either uniformly coloured or chequered outside, but in this case the pure white ground of each lobe is relieved by the broad central band of pink, which gradually becomes dark purple. The plant figured flowered in the Alpine House at Kew in January, 1905, and was raised from corms imported He Kokan by Mr. C. G. Van Tubergen, jun., of Haar- em. JanvaRy 1st, 1906. Deser.—Corm ovoid-oblong, two inches long, ten lines in diameter, chalk-like when dry; tunics chestnut-colour. Leaves very short at time of flowering, afterwards linear, obtuse, minutely denticulate. Flowers from two to three from each corm. Perianth-tube three to four inches long, cylindrical, slightly dilated at the apex, white; lobes oblong, obtuse, one inch long, three to four lines wide, white with a central band of purple outside. Filaments short, inserted in the basal sinus of the anther; anthers erect, linear, sagittate at the base, yellow. Styles 3, a little longer than the stamens.—C. H. Wricut. Figs. 1-2, stamens; 3, upper part of one style; 4, corm:—1-3, enlarged ; ‘4, natural size, 8056 ny a as eee a M-S.del JN Fitch ith Vincent Brocks Day &Son Li2imp L. Reeve & C° Landon Tas. 8056. WITTMACKIA .inevnata. West Indies. BROMELIACE2. Tribe BRoMELIER. -Wirrmacktia, Mez in Mart. Fl. Bras. vol. iii. IIT. p. 275. Wittmackia lingulata, Mez l.c. et in DC. Monogr. Phan. vol. ix. p. 140; a speciebus reliquis floribus longioribus differt. Folia circa 10, rosulatim disposita, rigida, lorata, apice rotundata, breviter cuspidata, circa 2 ped. longa, 23 poll. lata; aculei breves, basi dilatati, atri, 3 lin. imter se distantes. Scapus primum floccosus, demum glabrescens; vaginz lanceolata, integre vel paucidentatz, circa 12 poll. longe ; bracteze lanceolate, membranacex ; panicula pinnatim ramosa; flores numerosi, sessiles. Sepala alba, ovata, aristata. Petala ovata, e basi oblonga, lutea. Stamina interiora ad petala affixa, iisque multo breviora; filamenta prope apicem antherarum mucronatorum affixa. Ovarwwm glabrum, subcylindricum.—Bromelia lingulata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 285; Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8,n.2; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. ii. p. 201. Hoplophytum lingulatum, Beer, Bromel. p. 139. Chevalliera lingulata, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 591. Aichmea lingulata, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 164, et Handb. Bromel. p. 45, partim. Bromelia ramosa vel racemosa, foliis arundinaceis serratis, Plum. Nov. Gen. PI. p. 46, t. 8 (1703). B. foliis serratis spinosis, etc., Burm. Pl. Amer. Plum. p. 53, t. 64, fig. 1 (1755). This plant was described as long ago as 1703 by Plumier (l.c.) as an American plant, and in 1759 Philip Miller enumerated it in the 7th edition of his Dictionary as in cultivation, having been received by him from St. Christopher’s (now St. Kitt’s). It appears never to have become commonly cultivated, and has rarely been sent home by collectors, although Grisebach states that it grows in several of the West Indian islands. The plant figured was grown in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, and communicated by Mr. F. W. Moore, A.L.S. From the above cited synonmy it will be seen that this species has been placed in several different genera; that in which it is now included differs from Aichmea in its petals being destitute of ligules, and from Hohenbergia in the ovules being umbonate or obtuse, not caudate, at the apex. Besides the present plant, three species have been described, viz.—W. odora, Mez, W. Glaziovii, and W. patentissima, Mez, all of which are natives of Brazil, while the first named extends into Guiana and the West Indies. W. odora was cultivated at Glasgow by Sir W. Hooker JanvuaBy Ist, 1906, There are wild specimens in the Kew Herbarium from Trinidad, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Martinique, and St. Thomas, and it is described as growing on trees, and in fissures of rocks. Descr.—Leaves about ten in a rosette, firm, lorate, rounded, shortly cuspidate, about two feet long, two inches and a half wide; spines short, broad-based, black, about three lines apart. Scape floccose when young, glab- rescent in age; sheaths lanceolate, entire, or sparingly toothed, about an inch and three-quarters long; bracts lanceolate, membranous; panicle pinnately branched ; flowers numerous, sessile. Sepals white, ovate, bearing an awn nearly one line long. Petals ovate from an oblong base, yellow. Stamens much shorter than the petals; filaments inserted near the apex of the mucronate anthers, the three inner adnate to the petals. Ovary glabrous, subcylindric.—C. H. Wricur. Fig. 1, a flower; 2, petal; 3, stamen; 4, stamen showing the insertion of the filament; 5, style-arms; 6, inflorescence :—1l-5, enlarged; 6, one-third natural size. 8057 Imp +a Vincent, Brooks,Day & SonL TL Reeve & C° Landon. Tas. 8057. KULOPHIA NUDA. India and China. Orcuipaces. 'l'ribe VANDER. Kuxornia, R. Br.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 535; Rolfe in Thiselton-Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vii. p. 47. Eulophia nuda, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 180; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind, _ vol. vi. p.5; inter species asiaticas sectionis Oyrtoper labello subintegro distincta. Herba terrestris rhizomate tuberifero. ‘Tubera depresso-globosa, angulata, 13-3 poll. lata, approximata. Swrculé 2-3-phylli, basi vaginis imbricati. Folia lanceolata ve) elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, plicata, basi angus- tata, petiolata; limbus 4-12 poll. longus, }-23 poll. latus; petiolus 4-9 poll. longus; vagine lanceolate, acuminate, striate, 4-4 poll. longe. Scapi erecti, in avxillis vaginarum orti, 1-2 ped. alti, basi vaginis lanceolatis obtecti; racemi laxi, multiflori. Bractez lineari-lanceolate, acuminate, }$-14 poll. long. Pedicelli 1-14 poll. longi. Flores speciosi, purpurei, pallide rosei vel subvirides; labelli discus aureus. Sepala erecta, oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, 1-1} poll. longa. Petala incurva, cum columna galeam formantia, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa vel apiculata, 3-1 poll. longa. Labellum subintegrum, recurvum, obtusum, undulatum, petalis longius ; calcar conicum, acutum vel subobtusum, 3-9 lin. longum. Columna clavata, arcuata, 5-7 lin. longa, apice bicornuta, basi in pedem producta.—Eulophia bicolor, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. vol. iii. p. 343. Cyrtopera fusca, Wight Ic. t. 1690; C. plicata, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 190. OC. nuda, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1872, p. 274. OC. mysorensis, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. iii. p. 32. Kulophia nuda, Lindl., is a widely diffused and very variable orchid, if all the above-named forms are correctly referred to a single species, as was done by Sir Joseph Hooker in the ‘‘ Flora of British India.” It ranges from Nepal to Ceylon and Burma, and thence to the province of Yunnan, in Western China, and the differences of colour are remarkable, from rose-purple to delicate pink and very pale green. It was assumed, when the example here figured first flowered, that the Burmese and Chinese plant could he separated from the Indian, on account of its longer spur, but one Burmese example (that coloured yellow-greenish on the plate) is as short as in the Indian forms, and as both show the same range of variation m colour, it seems best to regard them as belonging to a single polymorphic species. The forms here figured are selected from plants pre- sented to Kew in 1902 by H. H. Hildebrand, Ksq., O.LE., late Superintendent of the S. Shan States of Upper FEBRUARY Ist, 1906. : Burma. They flowered in a warm house in April and May, 1905, and showed various shades of colour between the extremes represented on the plate. The genus, which is now held to include Cyrtopera, Lindl., is widely diffused through the tropics, and is nearly allied to Lissochilus, but the species are generally less showy, and are not much cultivated. Six others, however, have been figured in the Botanical Magazine, namely :—H_ virens, Lindl. (t. 5579), H. macrostachya, Lindl. (t. 6246), H. sanguinea, Hook. f. (Cyrtopera san- guinea, Lindl., t. 6161), EH. euglossa, Reichb. f. (t. 5561), Hi. Geyheri, Reichb. f. & Sond. (t. 7330), and H. Woodfordii, Rolfe (Cyrtopodium Woodfordit, Sims, t. 1814). Descr.—A. terrestrial herb, with thickened tuber-bearing rhizomes, the tubers depressed-globose, and somewhat angled. Shoots bearing two or three leaves, surrounded by several tubular protecting sheaths, having a lanceolate, acute apex. eaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, narrowed at the base into the petiole ; blade from about four to over twelve inches long, half to two and a half inches broad, bright green; petioles four to nine inches long. Scape appearing from the lower | sheath together with the leaves, one to about two feet high, with several lanceolate spathaceous sheaths towards the base; racemes lax, many-flowered. Practs linear-lan- ceolate, acuminate, half to one and a quarter inches long. Pedicels an inch to an inch and a half long. Flowers very variable in colour, ranging from rose-purple to pink, and even yellow-green. Sepals erect, oblong-lanceolate, acute, an inch to an inch and a quarter long. Petals incurved, forming with the column a hood over the tip, elliptic- oblong, obtuse or apiculate, three-quarters to an inch long. Lip nearly entire, recurved, obtuse, and somewhat undu- late, longer than the petals; disc bearing several dwarf linear keels ; spur conical, acute, or somewhat obtuse, from a quarter to nearly three-quarters of an inch. Column clavate, and somewhat curved, about half an inch long; anther-case two-horned at the apex, base produced into a foot.—R. A. Rotrg. Fig. 1, flower with the greater part of the segments removed; 2, anther case; 3, pollinarium; 4, whole plant; 5, pink-flowered form; 6, green- flowered form :—4, much reduced ; the rest enlarged. 8058 Vincent BrooksDay&Son Lt@ inp L Reeve & C® London. M.Sdel, JN Fitch hth Tas. 8058. SAXIFRAGA scarpica. ~~ Balkan Peninsula. Saxrpracacea. Tribe SaxIPRaGE®. SaxrrraGa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 635. Saxifraga scardica, Griseb. Spicil. Fl. Rumel. vol. i. p. 332; Engel. Monogr. Sawifraga, p. 261; Halicsy, Consp. Fl. Grec. vol. i. p. 598; W. L. in The Garden, 1904, p. 323; ab affini S. rocheliana, Sternb., foliis oblongis magis minusve acutis recedit. Planta czspitosa, caudiculis densissime foliatis. Folia basalia patula, oblonga, acuta vel subacuta, 3-3 poll. longa, rigida, supra leviter con- cava, foveolis intramarginalibus 5-15, subtus convexa, siccitate carinata, margine cartilagineo, usque ad vel ultra medium ciliata. Caules florifert erecti vel ascendentes, usque ad 3 poll. longi, 1-11-flori, glanduloso- pilosi, floribus corymbosis. Folia cauline sparsa, oblonga, basin versus angustata, acuta vel apiculata. Calyx presertim infra medium glandu- loso-pilosus; Jobi ovati, acutiusculi vel obtusi, 14 lin. longi. Petala obovata, basi cuneata, 44 lin. longa, irregulariter 5-7-venia. Filamenta stylos paullo superantia.—Sazifraga Sartorii, Heldr. in Boiss. Fl. Or. Suppl. p. 248. The plants figured were purchased from F. Sindermann of Lindau im Bodensee, Bavaria, and flowered in the Alpine House at Kew in March of last year. J’. scardica is also grown in the Rock Garden, where it is quite hardy, and flowers freely during March and April. It may be expected to supersede, to some extent, the well-known S. burseriana, L., in popular favour, as it is more showy, and stands damp weather better. ’. scardica, as cultivated at Kew, has obtuse sepals and less acute leaves than the type, and in these respects approaches 8S. rocheliana, Sternb., which may be distinguished from its allies by its spathulate leaves. We have little hesitation, however, in retaining the Kew plant under S. scardica, since Halacsy has recently extended the limits of that species by in- cluding in it 8. Sartorit, Heldr., which has obtuse sepals and relatively broad leaves. If we accept Halaesy’s views, the distribution of the species is as follows :—Mt. Scardus (Shar Dagh), Albania, Mts. Olympus and Ossa, Thessaly, Mt. Delphi, Euboea, Mt. Parnassus, Phocis, and a purple- flowered variety (var. erythrantha, Haldcsy) on Mt. Kyllene, Achaia. The little pits inside the margin on the upper surface of Fesrvary Ist, 1906, the leaves in 8. scardica and many other Saxifrages are pores for the excretion of water. ‘The passage of water is rendered possible by the pits being lined with a tissue of very thin-walled cells. The water excreted contains car- bonate of lime, which is left behind by evaporation, and forms a white scale covering the pit. In dry weather the scale closes tightly down over the pit, and acts as a stopper, preventing the drying-up of the leaf, while in wet weather it is loosened, and readily admits of the passage of water underneath it. Deser.—A tufted plant. Leaves crowded on the vegeta- tive stems, rather spreading, oblong, acute or subacute, a quarter to half an inch long, rigid, slightly concave above, convex below, keeled in the dried state, ciliate up to or beyond the middle, upper surface with a row of five to fifteen pits inside the cartilaginous margin. Flowering stems erect or ascending, the largest three inches long, one- to eleven-flowered, clothed with gland-tipped hairs. Cauline leaves oblong, narrowed towards the base, acute or apiculate. Calye glandular-hairy, especially the lower half; lobes ovate, obtuse, or rather acute, one and a half lines long. Petals obovate, wedge-shaped at the base, four and a half lines long, irregularly five- to seven-veined, Filaments slightly exceeding the styles.—T. A. Spracun. Fig. 1, leaf; 2, calyx and pistil; 3, anther :—all enlarged. 8059 Vincent Brooks,Day &San Limp MS. del J.N. Fitch ith L. Reeve & C° London Tas. 8059. TRIS steHRaNa. Asia Minor. Tripex. Tribe MormeEz. Tris, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 686. Iris sieheana, Lynch in Gard. Chron. 1904, vol. i, p. 282; The Garden, 1905, vol. Ixvii. p. 192; I. persice proxima, foliis rigidioribus et perianthii colore differt. Bulbus ovoideus, 6 lin. diam., tunicis brunneis. Folia circa 6, e basi 6 lin. lata ad apicem attenuata, 34 poll. longa, rigida, marginibus incurvis albis cartilagineis. Scapus brevis, uniflorus; spathz 13 poll. longa; flores 23 poll. diam. Perianthii tubus tenuis, 1 poll. longus; segmenta exteriora subpanduriformia, 2 poll. longa, grisea, rabro-purpureo striata, apice rubro-purpurea, crista lutea albo-marginata purpureo-maculata ; segmenta interiora oblanceolata, 9 lin. longa, 3 lin. lata, grisea, rubro- purpureo striata. Styli rami erecti; cristz suborbiculares, 7 lin, diam.— T. Haussknechtii, Siehe in Gard. Chron. 1901, vol. i. p. 313, non Bornm.; I. persica, var. magna, Sieke, |.c. Apart from colour, there is very little to separate this plant from Iris persica, Linn, (Bot. Mag. t. 1), which, however, has the inner perianth-segments toothed. The peculiar colour of the flowers of the present plant is difficult of definition, and has been compared with that of the soil on which the plant grows. It is produced by a silvery-grey ground being covered with a large number of fine, closely-placed, reddish lines. This species was introduced from Asia Minor by Mr. W. Siehe about 1901, and distributed as J. Haussknechtti, a name which had been previously given by Bornmiiller to a plant belonging to the section Apogon. At Kew this species commences flowering in a south border in February, and produces a succession of flowers for several weeks. Of the various species, besides I. persica, figured in the present work belonging to the section Juno (characterized by the small spreading inner perianth-segments), the present approaches nearest to J. rosenbachiana, Regel (t. 7135), which differs in having broader leaves and larger, acute crests. The latter is found in Turkestan, at an elevation of from 6,000 to 9,000 feet. This section occurs chiefly in Asia Minor and Western Asia, but one species, I. Aitchisoni, Boiss., is found in Afghanistan and Feprvuary Ist, 1906. the Punjab, and another, J. alata, Poir. (Bot. Reg. t. 1876), as far west as Portugal and Algeria. Descr.—Bulb ovoid, six lines in diameter, tunics brown. Leaves about six, three inches and a half long, gradually tapering from a base six lines wide, rigid, margins in- curved, white and cartilaginous. Scape short, one-flowered ; spathes an inch and a quarter long; flowers two inches and a half in diameter. Perianth-tube slender, an inch long; outer segments almost pandurate, two inches long, silvery-grey, closely striped with reddish-purple, apex entirely reddish-purple; crest yellow, on a white ground spotted with purple; inner segments oblanceolate, three- quarters of an inch long, and a quarter of an inch wide, silvery-grey, closely striped with reddish-purple. Style- arms erect; crests suborbicular, about two-thirds of an inch in diameter.—C. H. Wricur. Figs. 1 and 2, anthers ; 3, part of a style-arm :—all enlarged, 8060 MS. del JN Fitchith Vincent Brocks Day & Son Li) L-Reeve &C° Landon. Tas. 8060. LONICERA pinata. Central and Western China. CaPRIFOLIACE&. Tribe LoNIcERm. Lonicera, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 5. Lonicera (§ Isika) pileata, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1585; Rehder in Rep. Missouri Bot, Gard., 1903, p. 76; a DL. ligustrina, Wall., differt imprimis foliis obtusioribus minoribus. ‘ Frutee ramosissimus, circa 1 ped. altus, ramis ramulisque horizontalibus tenuibus teretibus puberulis. Folia disticha, brevissime petiolata, oblongo- lanceolata, obtusa, glabra, sempervirentia, supra intense viridia, subtus pallidiora, 3-1 poll. longa, 3-5 lin. lata. Flores geminati. Pedunculi 4 lin. longi. Bractexe herbacew, lanceolato-subulate, basi plicis duabus instructs, 1 lin. long; bracteole cupulatim connate, ovaria includentes glandulose. Calycis dentes breves, obtusi, marginibus glandulosis ; tubus superne duobus annulis cinctus in vaginam reversam supra bracteo- larum cupulam calyptratim productus. Corolla pallide flava, extus pilosa ; limbus subsqualis, patens, quam tubus gibbosus dimidio brevior; lobi ovato-rotundati. Stamina exserta, filamentis sabsqualibus pilosis. Stylus staminibus equilongus, pilosus. Ovaria glabra inter se libera.— L. ligustrina, var. pileata, Franchet in Journ. de Bot. x. p. 317. This Lonicera belongs to Rehder’s sub-section, Pileatx, which comprises two other species, viz. the Chinese L. gynochlamydea, Hemsl., and the Indian L. ligustrina, Wall. They are readily distinguished from all other members of the genus by a peculiar downward cap-like production of the calyx over the connate bracteoles. L. pileata is singular among cultivated Honeysuckles in having evergreen foliage, and in its habit, which is dwarf and spreading like that of Cotoneaster horizontalis. The plant from which the figure was drawn was pre- sented to Kew in 1902 by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, who raised it from seed collected by Mr. E. H. Wilson. It is quite hardy, and flowers appear in April. The variety yunnanensis of Rehder differs only in the very small, suborbicular to broadly ovate, rather thick leaves. Descr.—A much-branched, low, horizontally spreading, evergreen shrub, about one foot high. Branches slender, terete, puberulous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, dark green above, pale beneath, half to one inch Fepruary Isr, 1906. long, three to five lines broad, shortly petioled. Flowers in pairs, almost sessile. Bracts herbaceous, lanceolate- subulate, one line long, with two basal folds. Calyx encircled by two rings, with a cap-like downward pro- duction at the base; teeth short, obtuse, glandular on the margins. Corolla pale yellow, pilose outside; limb almost equal, spreading, about half as long as the gibbous tube; lobes ovate-rotundate. Stamens exceed- ing the corolla, about as long as the style; stamens and style pilose. Ovaries glabrous, free from each other.— L. Farmar. Fig. 1, a pair of flowers : 2, the same, from which the corollas and bracteolar cupule have been removed; 3, bracteolar cupule; 4 and 5, front and back of anther ; 6, longitudinal section of ovary :—all enlarged. S061 MS dol JI-N-Pitchlith Vincent, Brooks Day&Son t2Imp LL. Reeve &C?° Londan Tas. 8061. PRUNUS trios. 2. a China. Rosaces#. Tribe PRUNE. Prunus, L.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 609. Prunus triloba, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. (1857), p. 2&8; Fortune in Gard. Chron. (1860), p.170; Lemaire in Il], Hort. (1861), t. 308; Maaimowicz in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. (1879), p. 15 et Mél. Biol. xi. p. 665; a-P, persica imprimis putamine levi vel obscure rugoso distincta. Frutex vel arbuscula ante folia evoluta florens. Rami vel elongati, virgati, cortice brunneo tecti, glabri, rarius apice primum pilosuli, vel admodum abbreviati, foliorum fasciculos gerentes. Folia cbovata, ovata vel ellip- tico-lanceolata, raro subtrilobata, apice acuta vel acuminata, basi acuta, simpliciter vel duplo argute serrata, 13-2 poll. longa, j-1 poll. lata, matura tenuia, primum in dorso (imprimis ad nervos) adpresse pilosa, seepe glabrescentia et demum fere glabra; petioli graciles, circiter 3 lin. longi, stipula subulate vel filiformes, seepe bifida, 2-3 lin. long, per- sistentes. Flores solitarii e gemmis propriis secundum ramos elongatos dissitis vel hincinde in glomerulos approximatis orti, pedicellati ; pedicelli ad 5 lin. longi vel primum brevissimi. Receptaculwm semiglobosum, extus glabrum. Sepala ovata, obtusa, fere 1 lin. longa, glabra nisi intus ad basin sericeo-pubescentia. Petala rosea, suborbicularia, brevissime tenuiterque unguiculata, 5-6 lin. longa. Stamina ultra 30. Ovarium albo-tomentosum ; stylus glaber, 3 lin. longus. Drupa subglobosa, circiter 7 lin. longa, 6 lin, diametro, uno latere obscure sulcata, tenuiter pubes- cens, aurea, rubro-suffusa, carne tenui subsicca facile a putamine soluta ; putamen 5 lin. diametro, apiculatum, leve vel obscure rugosum, ventre leviter sulcatum, charte scriptorize crassitudine.—Amygdalus peduneu- lata, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. bor. p. 22, non Pall. Amygdalopsis Lindleyi, Carriére in Rev. Hort. (1862), p. 91 cum icone, et in Fl. des Serres (1863), t. 1532. Prunopsis Lindleyr, Andr. in Rev. Hort. (1883), p- 369. : ; Prunus triloba has been grown as an ornamental shrub in gardens in the North of China for a long time. According to Bretschneider, the Chinese name for it is yu-ye-mei, that is “ elm-leaved Prunus,”’ a very appropriate designation. It was introduced into Europe by Fortune from Shantung about the middle of the last century. Whether it has ever been observed in the wild state is doubtful. The specific name ‘‘triloba” is little appro- priate, as the lobing of the leaves is of a comparatively rare occurrence, and never very marked. Prunus triloba is perfectly hardy in England. At Kew, it flowers in March, whilst the leaves are not fully developed before May. So far it has not produced here FresrvuARY Ist, 1906. mature fruits. There is a single- and a double-flowered variety, and a sport producing flowers with several pistils, instead of only one, gave rise to the creation of a distinct genus, Amygdalopsis, Carriére. From Maximowicz’s observations it appears that it is also somewhat variable in the amount and persistence of the tomentum of the leaves, and in the shape and size of the fruits. This is, as far as the hairiness is concerned, certainly supported by the specimens in the Kew Her- barium. P. Petzoldii, Koch, seems to be a state of P. triloba, distinguished by a hard, bony, and more rugose stone, and, in this character, probably represents the wild stock. The plant figured here was raised at Kew from seed received in 1890 from Prof. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum, - Harvard, who in turn had grown his specimens from seed communicated to him by Dr. Bretschneider, then at Peking. The double-flowered form has long been cul- tivated at Kew on a south wall, where it is a striking object when in flower. The secret of this is to cut it in hard immediately the flowers have faded. : Descr.—A shrub or small tree, flowering before the leaves. Branches of two kinds, either elongated, glabrous, rarely slightly pubescent at the tip, covered with a dark- brown bark, or very much shortened, and bearing a fascicle of leaves. Leaves obovate, ovate, or elliptic-lan- ceolate, rarely slightly three-lobed, acute at both ends, or with acuminate tips, simply or doubly and sharply serrate, one to two inches long, three-quarters broad, rather thin when mature, adpressedly hairy, particularly on the nerves below, when young, usually soon glabrescent, and some- times ultimately almost entirely glabrous ; petioles slender, about a quarter of an inch long; stipules subulate or filiform, often bifid, about a quarter of an inch long, persistent. Flowers solitary, scattered along the elongated branches, or here and there clustered, pedicelled ; pedicels very short, or lengthening out to nearly half an inch. Re- ceptacle semi-globose, glabrous outside. Sepals ovate, ob- tuse, almost 1 lin. long, glabrous. Petals pink, suborbicular, minutely clawed, about half an inch long. Stamens over 30. Ovary covered with white tomentum; style glabrous, about a quarter of an inchlong. Drupe subglobose, about half an inch long, slightly grooved on one side, finely pubescent, yellow, tinged with red, flesh easily separating from the stone, thin, scanty; stone apiculate, smooth or obscurely wrinkled, slightly grooved ventrally, shell not thicker than writing paper.—OrtTo Star. Fig. 1, flower, with the petals removed ; 2, pistil :—both en/arged. 8062 Vincent Broolss Day & Son Ltt imp M.S.del JIN. Pitch lith. London J at) Reeve & ( y Tas. 8062. ARACHNANTHE anvnamensis, Annam. OrcHIDACEs. Tribe VaANDEA. ARacHNANTHE, Blume; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 572. Arachnanthe annamensis, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. i, p. 391; aff. A. moschiferz, Blume, foliis longioribus, labelli lobis lateralibus multo minoribus, lobo intermedio elongato facile distinguitur. Herba epiphytica, erecta, circa 1} ped. alta, basi radices robustas emittens. Folia disticha, patentia vel recurva, lineari-oblonga, apice brevissime bilobata, 9-11 poll. longa, 1 poll. lata, coriacea. nflorescentia circa 1 ped. longa; racemus circa 6-florus. Bracteze ovato-oblonge, obtuse, 5 lin, long. Pedicelli circiter 12-14 lin. longi. Flores speciosi, rafo-brannei, striis irregularibus flavis ornati, sepalis petalisque marginibus revolutis. Sepalum posticum spathulato-oblongum, subobtusum, circa 2} poll. longum, apice 5 lin. latum; sepala lateralia breviora, falcata, apicibus approximatis. Petala spathulato-oblonga, subobtusa, faleata, 13 poll. longa, apice 4 poll. lata. Labellum mobile, 3-lubum, circa 10 lin. longum ; lobi laterales triangulares, acuti, incurvi, 6 lin. longi, apicibus approxi- matis ; lobus intermedius carnosus, compressus, carinatus, basi utrinque auricalis oblongis instructus, apice inzequaliter bifurcatus, dente infero 1 lin. longo supero subulato acuto 3 lin. longo; crista erecta, oblonga, compressa, 2 lin. longa, utrinque angulata. Colwmza lata, 5 lin. longa. This very striking novelty is a near ally of Arachnanthe moschifera, Blume, the musk-scented Spider-Oretid, which is very seldom seen in cultivation. It was introduced from Annam by Messrs. Sander & Sons, through their collector, W. Micholitz, and flowered at the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, in June, 1905. It is a member of a small genus, now estimated to contain about seven species, natives of the Malayan Archipelago, the adjacent peninsula, and the Himalayas, and characterized. among other things, by the possession of an articulated and mobile lip, in which respect it differs from Ienanthera. Three other species — have been figured in this work, namely, A. Lowi, Benth. (t. 5475) a Bornean plant remarkable for producing two kinds of flowers, of which the significance is still un- known; A. Cathcartii, Benth. (t. 5845), a Himalayan plant which is seldom met with in cultivation at the present day; and A. Clarkei, Rolfe (t. 7077), another Himalayan species which is also rarely seen. It may be added that Marcu Isr, 1906. the species were formerly referred to Vanda, under which the two former were figured. Descr.—A stout, erect plant, about eighteen inches high, - producing stout roots below. Leaves distichous, recurved, linear-oblong, somewhat bilobed at the apex, coriaceous, nine to eleven inches long by an inch broad, bright green, Inflorescence over a foot long, six-flowered in the upper half. Bracts ovate-oblong, obtuse, nearly half an inch long. Pedicels about an inch long, suffused with light pink, Flowers large and handsome, ground colour bright red- | brown, with numerous irregular, mostly transverse, yellow bands. Dorsal sepal subspathulate-oblong, subobtuse, over two and a quarter inches long by nearly half an inch broad at the apex; lateral pair similar, but rather Shorter, strongly falcate and approximate at the apex. Petals spathulate-oblong, sub-obtuse, faleate, an inch and a half long by half an inch broad at the apex. Lip mobile, strongly three-lobed, about three-quarters of an ~ inch long; side lobes triangular, acute, incurved, nearly meeting at the apex, over half an inch long; front lobe fleshy, compressed and keeled, with an oblong auricle over a line long on either side of the base, bifurcate at the apex, the lower tooth short and fleshy, the upper subu- late, acute, suberect, quarter of an inch long; crest consisting of an erect, oblong, dorsally-compressed callus, Situated at the base of the front lobe, and terminating in a short, acute tooth at either angle. Column very stout.—R. A. Rorrr. Fig. 1, lip; 2, the same, with one side lobe removed ; 3, column; 4, anther- cap; 5 and 6, pollinarium, seen from the back and front; 7, whole plant (from a photograph) :—fig. 7, much reduced, the rest enlarged. 5 ae ee M.S -del, JN-Fitchhith VincantBroolss, Day & Son Lt# Imp L. Reeve & C2 Landon, Tas. 80638. ERICA terMinatis. Southern Europe. Ericacea. Tribe ERIcEx. Erica, Linn,; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 590. Erica terminalis, Salish. Prodr. Stirp. in Hort. Chap. Allert. Vig. (1796), p- 296; habita foliis et inflorescentia /. australi simillima, sed sepalis anguste ovatis, corolla ellipsoideo-urceolari et antherarum cristis obsolete serrulatis differt. Frutex usque ad 5 ped. altus; ramuli erecti, stricti, rarius diffusi, dense foliati, juniores pubescentes. Folia seepissime quaterna, patentia vel rare adscendentia, lineari-oblonga, 23-4 lin. longa, vix acuta, subtus canalica- lata, primum parce puberula, cito glabrescentia. Flores 4-20, rarius 30-40, in apicibus ramulorum umbellatim dispositi. Pedicelli circiter 2 lin. longi, puberuli, bracteolis 3 linearibus instructi. Sepala anguste ovato-acuminata, 1 lin. longa. Corolla ellipsoideo-urceolaris, 2% lin. longa, rosea, glabra, lobis 3 lin. longis obtusis apice recurvis. Antherze incluse, basi cristis divergentibus obsolete serrulatis instructs. Ovarium subglobosum, pilis albis adpressis dense vestitum; stylus inclusus vel breviter exsertus.—Z. stricta, Donn, Hort. Cantab. ed. 1 (1796), p. 45, ex Willd. Sp. Plant. vol. ii. (1799), p. 366; Andr. Heaths, t. 134, et Heathery, t. 92. EH. pendula, Wendl. Bot. Beobacht. p. 48, et Eric. Icon. vol. i. fasc. 10, p. 13, cum tab. col., non Lodd. 2. multicaulis, Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. vi. (1802), p. 369. H. corsica, DC. Fl. Franc. vol. iii, p- 677, et Ic. Plant. Gall. Rar. p. 6,t.17. H. ramulosa, Viv. Ann. Bot, vol. i. pars 2, p. 169, et FI. Ital. Fragm. p. 4, t. 7, non Bartl. It is unfortunately necessary to substitute an almost forgotten name for that under which this Heath has long been familiar. Erica stricta, though first published in 1796, was a nomen nudum till 1799, when Willdenow, taking up the name from the first edition of “* Donn’s Hortus Canta- brigiensis,” supplied a description. Salisbury, in 1802, regarded Donn’s name as inapplicable, for he says of the material which he happens to have seen, “ caules undique diffusi, nequaquam stricti,” and called the plant /. multi- caulis. He had, however, in 1796, published a diagnosis of a species unmistakably identical with H. stricta, under the name of LJ. terminalis. A type specimen of this is pre- served in the Kew Herbarium, with a label in the hand- writing of Salisbury, who had crossed out ‘‘ terminalis,” and substituted ‘ multicaulis,” though the former was the earlier name. E. terminalis is a native of Corsica, Sardinia, Southern Marcu Ist, 1906, Italy and Spain. A specimen in the Kew Herbarium from the ‘‘ North of Ireland, 1834, Dr. Lloyd,” is referred to in the second edition of the “Cybele Hibernica”’ as being “either mislabelled, or gathered in a garden.” It is correctly named. This Heath was at first thought to be a Cape species, and greenhouse treatment was recommended for it. Afterwards Portugal was given as its native country. It has been in cultivation at Kew for many years, is hardy, and flowers from July to September. As J. stricta, it was included in the second edition of Aiton’s “* Hortus Kewensis,” where it is stated that it was. first introduced about the year 1765. Descr.—A shrub up to five feet high. Branches erect, straight, more rarely diffuse, densely leafy, the younger pubescent. eaves usually in fours, spreading or rarely ascending, linear-oblong, a quarter to a third of an inch long, scarcely acute, channelled on the under side, at first sparingly pubescent, afterwards glabrescent. Flowers four to twenty, rarely thirty to forty, in umbel-like in- florescences at the ends of the branches. Pedicels about a sixth of an inch long, furnished with three linear bracteoles. Sepals narrowly ovate-acuminate, a twelfth of an inch long. Corolla ellipsoid-urceolate, barely a quarter of an inch long, rose-coloured, glabrous; lobes very short, obtuse, recurved at the apex. Anthers included, furnished at the base with divergent, obsoletely serrulate crests. Ovary subglobose, densely pubescent. Style included or shortly exserted.—S. A. Sxan. Fig. 1, portion of branch with leaves ; 2, ower; 8 and 4, anthers ; 5, pistil : —ali enlarged. MS. del, JN Fitch hth, L.Reeve & C° London Tas. 8064. LONICERA TRAGOPHYLLA. “ China. CaPRIFOLIACER. Tribe LoNICERER. Lonicera, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 5. Lonicera tragophylla, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 367 ; Rehder in Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. vol. xiv. (1903), p. 193, et in Sargent, Trees & Shrubs, p. 91, t. 46; Gard. Chron. 1904, vol. ii. p. 151, cum fig. ;, L. stabiane, Pasquale, proxima, floribus multo majoribus et corolla tubo intus pubescente differt. . aes Frutex scandens, fere undique glaber. Caules teretes, leves, ramulis floriferis gracilibus 6-9 poll. longis. Folia, paribus supremis connatis rotundatis vel deltoideis exceptis, breviter petiolata vel sessilia, papyracea, oblonga, 21-4 poll. longa, #-13 poll. lata, rotundata, obtusa vel acuta, integra, supra viridia, subtus glauca et secus costam pubescentia, interdum pur- pureo-marginata et -costata. Flores 10-20 in capitula breviter pedunculata ramulos terminantia aggregati. Calycis dentes minuti, persistentes. Corolla 2-3 poll. longa, vivide aurantiaca vel lutea, labio postico extra inconspicue rubro-lineato ; tubus angustus, curvatas, limbo circiter triplo longior, extra glaber, intus pubescens; limbus bilabiatus, labio postico erecto vel apice paulam reflexo breviter 4-lobato, antico anguste oblongo incurvato. Stamina etubo longe exserta, glabra. Sty/us stamina equans vel paulum superans. Baccx cocciner, subglobose. This handsome Honeysuckle, originally described from material sent to Kew by Dr. Henry, has been brought into cultivation by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, having been sent to them from China by their collector, Mr. E. H. Wilson. It flowered for the first time in this country at the Coombe Wood Nursery in 1904. The specimen figured, which flowered in June, 1905, was supplied by Messrs. Veitch, who have informed us that the plant is quite hardy at Coombe Wood, and a very rapid grower. Mr. Wilson found this Lonicera fairly common in Hupeh, climbing over bushes on mountain sides at altitudes of between 4,000 and 7,500 feet. He ascertained that it is known to the Chinese as the Ta-chin-yin-hua (Great Gold and Silver Flower). Specimens have been collected in Szechuen by Farges and Rosthorn, and in Kansu by Potanin. Geographically it is peculiarly isolated. According to Rehder it is the only representative of the subsection Marcu Ist, 1906, Eucaprifolia in Central or Eastern Asia, and its nearest ally is the Italian LZ. stabiana, which, however, is very closely related to L. Caprifolium, a species extending from France to the Caucasus and Asia Minor. LL. tragophylla is the largest-flowered species of the subgenus Periclymenum, and Mr. Wilson regards it as the most showy of all the Chinese species. Descr.—A scandent, nearly glabrous shrub. Stems round, smooth; flowering branches slender, six to nine inches long. Leaves shortly stalked or sessile, papery. oblong, two and a half to four inches long, three-quarter to one and a third inches broad, rotundate, obtuse acute, entire, glaucous below, and pubescent along the midrib; one to three of the uppermost pairs connate, rounded or deltoid. lowes ten to twenty, in shortly stalked heads terminating the branches. Calya-teeth minute, persistent. Corolla bright orange-coloured or yellow, faintly streaked with red on the back of the uppe lip, two to three inches long; tube slender, curved, about three times as long as the limb, glabrous outside, pubescent inside. Limb two-lipped; upper lip erect or somewha reflexed at the apex, shortly four-lobed ; lower lip narrowly oblong, incurved. Stamens exserted, glabrous. Style long as or slightly longer than the stamens, glabrot Berries scarlet, subglobose.—S. A. Sxan, a Bee? Fig. 1, young fruits, showing calyx-teeth and style ; 2, corolla laid open :— enlarged. 8065 M.S del, .NFitch tith L.Reeve &C° London. © ce Tas. 8065. POLYGALA apoperana. Lower California. PoLYGALACER. Poryeata, Linn.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 136; Chodat, Monographia Polygalacearum, pars ii. Polygala (§ Hebeclada) apopetala, 7. S. Brandegee in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. ii. p. 130; and in Zoe, vol. i. p. 4; Chodat in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. vol. iii. pars 4, p. 332; Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hortic. p. 1391; ab affini P. floribunda, Benth., arillo multo minore, ovario subsessili recedit. Frutex vel arbuscula, 2-15 ped. alta, ramis rectis gracilibus minute appresse cinereo-pubescentibus. Folia satis remota, alterna, lanceolata, obtusa, minute apiculata, in petiolum 1-2 lin. longum attenuata, 13-3 poll. longa, 5-14 lin. lata, integra, glabrescentia, venis venulisque inconspicuis. Racemi usque ad 8 poll. longi, bracteis subulatis caducissimis, pedicellis gracilibus 4—6 lin. longis. Sepala exteriora 3, cymbiformia, 2 lin. longa, dense albo-ciliata, quorum 2 antica fere ad apicem in unum connata; alze petaloideze, suborbiculares, 6 lin. diametro, minute ciliate. Petala postica ligularia, 5 lin. longa, extrorse revoluta, ut lateralia et carina, basi cum tubo staminali connata; lateralia ovata, obtusiuscula, vix } lin. longa; carina unguiculata, late cymbiformis, ecristata, exappendiculata, 6 lin. longa. Stamina 8, tubo filamentorum ad margines posticos ciliato, partibus liberis glabris; antherze oblonge, ¢ lin. longe. Ovarium glabrum, subsessile, basi disco circumdatum, stylo apice recurvo, triente superiore postice barbato, stigmate terminali. Capsula elliptica, latior quam longa. Semina ovoidea, paullo compressa, pubescentia, arillo minuto, vix lobato. P. apopetala is the only species of Polygala that is known to attain the dimensions of a tree. It was first discovered in 1889 at Comundu, Lower California, by Mr. T. S. Brandegee, who describes the locality as follows :— **Comundu is a settlement nine miles in length, along a little brook in a narrow cafion, three to five hundred feet high, with its steep slopes crested by a line of perpendicular cliffs. It was at the hase of these cliffs that the interesting Lopezia clavata and Polygala apopetala were found.” In the following year Mr. Brandegee found that P. apopetala was “abundant in the Sierra de Laguna, a range of mountains near Todos Santos in Lower California, that reach an altitude of nearly 5,000 feet. In the cafions at the base of the range this handsome species acquires its greatest development, and becomes a small tree, having a trunk and spreading top, and equalling in height the Marcu Ist, 1906. surrounding Acacias and Lysilomas. ‘The finest example seen was fifteen feet high or more, with the ends of the branches terminated by racemes of flowers in full bloom. .... It is found growing as a bush about the high altitudes of the mountains, and during my visit withstood slight frosts, proving that it is somewhat hardy, and would grow in a more northern climate, and perhaps be capable of becoming an ornament to the gardens of San Francisco.” Our plate was prepared from specimens communicated by Sir Thomas Hanbury, K.C.V.O., La Mortola, Venti- miglia, in July, 1905. At La Mortola, P. apopetala is a shrub, three to five feet in height. Descr.—A shrub or small tree, two -to fifteen feet high. Branches straight, slender, minutely appressed-pubescent. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, obtuse, minutely apiculate, attenuate into the petiole, one and a half to three inches long, half to one and a quarter inches broad, entire, glabrescent; veins inconspicuous. liacemes eight inches long or less; bracts subulate, very caducous; pedicels slender, one-third to half an inch long. Outer sepals three, the two anticous ones connate nearly to the apex, boat-shaped, a sixth of an inch long, densely ciliate ; wings petaloid, suborbicular, half an inch in diameter, ~ minutely ciliate. Petals adnate to the staminal tube at the base, the posticous ones strap-shaped, nearly half an inch long, revolute; lateral petals ovate, obtuse, scarcely a twenty-fourth of an inch long; keel clawed, broadly boat-shaped, half an inch long, not crested nor appen- daged. Staminal tube ciliate on the posticous margins, the free part of the filaments glabrous; anthers oblong. Ovary glabrous, subsessile; style recurved at the apex, the upper third bearded on the inner side; stigma ter- minal, Capsule elliptic, broader than long. Seeds ovoid, slightly flattened, pubescent; aril minute, scarcely lobed. —T. A. Spracor. Fig. 1, flower with the two lateral sepals removed ; 2, stamiual tube; 3 and 4, anthers, before and after dehiscence; 5, pistil :—adl enlarged. 8066 Vincent Brooks Day&San Ltt imp M.5.del, IN Fitch lth L.Reeve &C° London, ‘Tar. 8066. CEROPEGIA rosca, Grand Canary. ASCLEPIADACE A, Crropget, Linn.; Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 779. Ceropegia fusca, C. Bolle in Bonplandia, vol. ix. (1861), p. 51; affinis presi oe a qua caulibus crassioribus albidis et floribus rubro-brunneis iffert. Planta succulenta, e basi ramosa,subaphylla. Caules vel rami 14-6 ped. longi, 6-9 lin.‘ crassi, cylindrici, articulati, glabri, albidi, Folia paucissima, $-13 poll. longa, 1-2 lin. lata, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, Flores ad nodos fasciculati, erecti, breviter pedicellati. Sepala 1 lin. longa, deltoideo-attenuata, glabra. Corolla 14 poll. longa, extra glabra, rubro- brannea; tubus 10-11 lin. longus, inferne leviter inflatus, superne infun- dibularis, intra parce hirtus, albidus; lobi 7 lin. longi, e basi deltoideo- lanceolata 24 lin. lata lineari-attenuati, apice connati vel demum liberi. Corona lutea, glabra: lobi exteriores 3 lin. longi, breviter bifidi, lobis interioribus adnati; lobi interiores 1 lin. longi, filiformes, erecti, conni- ventes. Folliculi 6-6} poll. longi, ¢ poll. crassi, erecti, teretes, superne attenuati, obtusi, glabri, olivacei, fusco-punctati. The odd-looking plant here figured bears so little resemblance, in its stems and habit, to the majority of the species of Ceropegia, that when out of flower it might easily be mistaken for a Huphorbia. The only other species of Ceropegia with which it can be compared is the nearly allied C. dichotoma, which is also a native of the Canaries, and C. stapelioides, a native of South Africa, both of which have long been in cultivation. C. fusca is a native of Grand Canary, where it was originally discovered by Carl Bolle about the year 1860. Since that time it does not appear to have been collected, and nothing more was known of it until 1904, when Mr. Walter Ledger, of Wimbledon, who is much interested in this genus, was instrumental in its rediscovery. He furnished Mr. Alaricus Delmard, a botanist resident in the Canary Islands, with its recorded habitat, and that gentleman soon succeeded in finding this interesting species, and early in 1905 sent the living plant, here figured, to Kew, where it flowered in June. Mr. Ledger writes that, according to Mr. Delmard, the goats have nearly exterminated the plant in its native locality. It Marcu Ist, 1906. grows in a dry district, and requires similar treatment to that given to C. stapelixformis. Descr.—A bushy succulent, with many stems from the base, almost leafless. Stems erect, and about a foot and a half high, but according to Mr. Delmard some- times six feet, simple or repeatedly forked, half to three- quarters of an inch thick, jointed, cylindric, glabrous, whitish. Leaves very few, only occasionally developed, three-quarters to one inch and a half long, linear-lan- ceolate, acuminate, dark green. Flowers in fascicles at the nodes, produced for two or more years in succession, erect. Bracts minute, deltoid-ovate, acute, glabrous. Pedicels a sixth of an inch long, glabrous. Sepals very small, acute, glabrous. Corolla about an inch and a third long, dull reddish-brown, glabrous outside; lobes and mouth of the tube glabrous within, with a faint purple bloom; tube thinly hairy inside, and white or very pale yellowish, nearly an inch long, a sixth of an inch in diameter at the swollen base, slightly bent and cylindric above, widening into a funnel-shaped mouth; lobes above half an inch long, deltoid-lanceolate, tapering into slender, linear tails, at first connate at the tips, sometimes more or less free and spreading. Corona light yellow; outer lobes very short, adnate to the base of the inner lobes, subquadrate, shortly bifid, glabrous, inner lobes twice as long, filiform, connivent at the base over the anthers and style-apex, glabrous. follicles about six inches long, a quarter of an inch thick, terete, tapering from about the middle to a blunt point, glabrous, light olive-green, speckled with brown.—N. E. Brown. Fig. 1, apex of a young stem with leaves, from Mr. Delmard’s drawing; 2, flower-bud ; 3, corona; 4, corona with one lobe removed and the side ones pushed back a little to show the anthers, which are opposite the corona- lobes; 5, pollen-masses :—figs. 2-5, enlarged. ERRATUM. Tab. 8058. In lines 23 and 28 of description, for F. scardica read 8. scardica. OF Ad ail). Ono Dip are Tir ; \ fh a 4 ee | é ~ } . del, J. M.: LL. Reeve &C® Landon. Tas. 8085. GURANIA manacopuytua. Upper Amazons. CucurBITAcExZ. ‘Tribe CucUMERINER. Gurania, Cogn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belgique, vol. xiv. p. 239; DO. Monogr. — Phanerog. vol. iii. p. 678.—Anguria, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p- 833, partim. Gurania malacophylla, Barb. Rodr. Pl. Nov. Jard. Rio de Janeiro, fase. iv. p- 10, t. 3; ab affini G. sylvatica, Cogn., calycis segmentis latioribus reflexis et petalis angustioribus recedit. “ Planta alte scandens, ramulis cylindraceis, junioribus viridi-pilosis, adultis glabriusculis, suberoso-sulcatis.” Folia juniora late ovata, seniora plus minus alte triloLata vel interdum subquinquelobata, omnia breviter acu- minata, basi satis profunde emarginata, 4-8 poll. longa, 3-6 poll. lata, margine minute denticulata, supra breviter, subtus longe villosa ; petiolus teres, 1-8 poll. longus, longiuscule villosus, supra canaliculatus. Flores mascult apice pedunculi 6-16 poll. longi, longe villosi, globoso-capitati. Calycis tubus extra dense villosus, intus ellipsoideus, 2 lin. longus; lobi lineari-lanceolati, sub anthesi reflexi, circa 7 lin. longi, 1-1} lin. lati, extra dense villosi, intus sparsiuscule pubescentes. Petala erecta, obtuse lineari-subulata, 2 lin longa, $ lin. lata, breviter pubescentia, basi intus pilis longioribus moniliformibus munita. Axnthere suborbiculares, inferne replicate, connectivo lato mutico. Flores feminet et fructus ignoti— rs eriantha, E. André in Revue Horticole, 1904, p. 388, cum tab., non ogn. The figure is from a specimen communicated in December last by Mr. Ed. André. As the plant has been referred to G. eriantha, it seems desirable to mention the chief differ- ences between the two species. The inflorescence of G. ertantha is spicate; that of G. malacophylla is capitate. The petals of G. eriantha are destitute of moniliform hairs, and are only slightly shorter than the suberect sepals ; whereas those of G. malacophylla have a tuft of moniliform hairs at the base, and are rather less than one-third as long as the reflexed sepals. : Most, if not all, of the species of Gurania are dicecious, and it is a curious fact that whereas the male plant is known in all the fifty-seven described species, the female plant is known in no more than nine, or less than one-sixth. It seems probable that the male plants are much more numerous than the female, though the relative incon- Spicuousness of the female flowers may, no doubt, often cause them to be overlooked. The genus Gurania has not hitherto been represented Juty lgr, 1906. in this Magazine. It was separated from Anguria by Cogniaux, on account of the linear or narrowly triangular fleshy petals, which are shorter than the sepals, and erect or connivent. The petals of Anguria are membranous and suborbicular, and are much larger than the sepals. A good idea of the differences between the two genera may be obtained by comparing t. 5304, Anguria Warscewiczii, with the present figure. Descr.—A tall climber. Stem terete, villous in a young state, afterwards nearly glabrous. Leaves broadly ovate, or more or less deeply three-lobed, more rarely five-lobed, shortly acuminate, rather deeply emarginate at the base, four to eight inches long, three to six inches broad, minutely toothed, villous on both surfaces ; petiole terete, channelled above, one to three inches long, villous. Male flowers in a globose head; peduncle six to sixteen inches long, villous with long hairs. Calyx-tube densely viilous outside, the cavity ellipsoid, one-sixth of an inch long; lobes linear-lanceolate, reflexed, over half an inch long, one-twelfth to one-tenth of an inch broad, densely villous outside, rather sparsely pubescent inside. Petals erect, linear-subulate, one-sixth of an inch long, one-thirtieth of an inch broad, shortly pubescent, with a tuft of longer, moniliform hairs at the base. Anthevs suborbicular, repli- cate below; connective broad, muticous. Female flowers and fruit unknown.—'l’. A. Spracuz. Fig. 1, margin of leaf; 2, a flower with two of the calyx segments cut away; 3, hair from calyx; 4, longitudinal section of flower with calyx removed, showing stamens :—all enlarged. — See SN ~ SS Oe See MS del. I NFitdh ith Vincent Brocks,Day& San Litimp L Reeve & C° Landon Tas. 8086. GENISTA crnzRza. Western Mediterranean Region. Lecuminoss#. Tribe GENISTER. Genista, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 482. Genista cinerea, DC. Fl. Frane. vol. iv. p. 494; Reichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ. vol. xxii. tab. 41, fig. 1 et 2; G. ramosissime, Poir., affinis, sed indumento novellorum et foliorum (subtus) tenuiore adpresso sericeo et pedicellis distinctis diversa. Frutee 1-3 ped. altus, ramosissimus, ramis virgatis sulcato-striatis gracilibus junioribus magis minusve argenteo-sericeis adultis glabratis ob foliorum pulvinulos persistentes tuberculatis tandem cortice fusco-cinereo tectis. Folia sessilia, unifoliolata, sparsa in macrocladiis, dense congesta quasi fasciculata in brachycladiis floriferis, illa lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta, circiter } poll. longa, } poll. lata, haec (fasciculorum) multo breviora, oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, obtusa, omnia facie glabra, dorso magis minusve sericea; stipule obscure. Flores plerumque 2, rarius 1 vel ad 4, approximati ad brachycladiorum apices, secundum macrocladia quasi in racemos longos dispositi, 2-bracteolati; pedicelli 1-1} lin. (in cultis ad 2 lin.) longi; bracteolz subulatz, minutz. Calyx persistens, circiter 2 lin. longus, sericeus, labio supero ad basin in dentes triangulari-lanceolatos fisso tubum squante vel paulo superante, labio infero quam supero longiore breviter 3-dentato. Corolla aurea, marcescens, fere semipollicaris ; vexillum subrotundum, emarginatum, abrupte in unguem contractum, in dorso medio parce sericeum vel totum glabrum; alew glabre ; carina obtusa, alis paulo longior, sericea. Legwmen lanceolato-oblongum, breviter acute acuminatum, 4-3 poll. longum, sericeum vel sericeo-villosum, 2—5-spermum. Semina reniformi-ovoidea, spadicea vel fusca, nitida.—Spartiwm cinereum, Vill. Prosp. F. Dauph. p. 40. Genista cinerea is a characteristic constituent of the bush vegetation and the underwood of the forests of the western Mediterranean region. In France it has its northern limit approximately at 45° N. Lat. In Spainit ascends to 6,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada. It has been in cultivation for a very long time, although it does not seem to have received the attention it deserves on account of its copious brilliantly yellow flowers. It flowers at Kew in June. Descr.—A shrub one to three feet high, with very numerous erect slender grooved branches; all the young parts more or less silvery-silky; old branches tubercled from the persistent leaf-cushions, at length covered with greyish-brown bark. Leaves sessile, unifoliolate, scattered on the long-shoots, densely fascicled on the short-shoots JULY Ist, 1906. (foliar spurs) which bear the flowers; those of the long- shoots lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute, about half an inch long, an eighth of an inch broad, those of the short- shoots much shorter, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, all glabrous above and more or less silky-pubescent below ; stipules obscure. lowers usually two, rarely one or up to four, terminal from the short-shoots, bibracteolate; pedicels one-twelfth to one-eighth (in cultivated specimens to one- sixth) of an inch long; bracteoles subulate, minute. Calyx persistent, about one-sixth of an inch long, silky; upper lip divided to the base into two acute triangular- lanceolate teeth; lower lip slightly longer, shortly three- toothed. Corolla brilliant yellow, persistent and drying up, almost half an inch long; standard subrotund, emar- ginate, abruptly contracted into the short claw, silky along the middle or quite glabrous ; wings glabrous ; keel obtuse, slightly exceeding the wings, silky. Pod lanceolate-oblong, shortly and acutely acuminate, one-half to two-thirds of an inch long, silky or almost villous, 2—5-seeded. Seed reniform ovoid, brown, shining.—Orto Srapr. Fig. 1, leaf; 2, calyx, stamens, and pistil; 3, pistil; 4, fruit; 5, seed. x og ce) we ohetd \ . PSSA SA JA FAI Pre pias M.S.del. J.N. Fitcyhth Vincent Brooks Day & Son Le? hap LReeve & C° Landon. Tas. 8087. RHODOSTACHYS PITCAIRNII FOLIA, Chili. © BromeE.iacez®. Tribe BRoMELIE. Ruopostacuys, Phil.: Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 662. Rhodostachys pitcairniifolia, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 662; Baker, Handb. Bromel. p. 28; R. andine, Phil. (Bot. Mag. t. 7148) affinis; hzec vero foliis angustioribus, petalis carneis differt. Caulis brevis, apice ramos breves nonnullos gerens. Folia plura, dense conferta, e basi ovato-triangulari ensiformia, circa 1 ped. longa, basi 1 poll. lata, primum albo-lepidota, demum fere glabra, in marginibus spinis incurvis 4 poll. distantibus instructa, intima facie superiore splendide rubra. Flores in capitulo centrali sessili circa 2 poll. diametro dense conferti. Sepala anguste lanceolato-acuminata, fere 1 poll. longa, primum extus dense albo-lepidota. Petala ccerulea, quam sepala paulio longiora, oblonga, obtusa, erecta, basi intus callis duobus parvis_in- structa. Stamina quam petala paullo breviora; filamenta basi dila- tata; anthers lineares, lutew, circa 5 lin. longe; pollinis granule leves, 50 mp diam. Ovarium oblongum, plano-convexum, parte superiore pubescente ; stylus basi incrassatus, quam anthers dimidio brevior; stig- mata tria, brevia.—Bromelia pitcairnitfolia, C. Koch, Wochenschr. 1868, p- 325, and 1870, p. 149. B. Joinvillei, Morren in Belg. Hort. 1876, p- 161, tt. 10-11. Hechtia pitcairniifolia, Verlot in Rev. Hort. 1868, p- 211,cumicon. Billbergia Joinvillei, Van Houtte, Catal. 1871, n. 138. Pourretia Joinvillei, Hort. ex Chatin in Journ. Soc. Centr. Hortic. France, 1871, p. 360. P. flewilis and P. mexicana, Hort. ex Morren in Belg. Hort. 1876, p. 161. Fascicularia pitcairniifolia, Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. vol. ix. p. 10. The plant figured flowered for the first time in November last, in the collection of Major W. L. Harvey at Tredarvah, Penzance, having been originally brought from Germany by the late Mrs. Harvey over thirty years ago. There are numerous large plants at Kew, one of which, on the authority of Mr. W. Watson, the Curator, flowered ten to fifteen years ago, but not since. Plants sent from Kew to Tresco are stated by Mr. Dorrien-Smith to flower there annually in the open air. The species first flowered in cultivation in 1866 in M. Luddemann’s garden in Paris ; since then it has done so at several places on the continent. As can be seen from the above quoted synonymy, Rhodo- stachys pitcarniifolia has been placed in several different genera. Mez (in Mart. Flor. Bras. vol. iii. pars 11. p. 627) constitutes for it a new genus, Fascicularia, of which he gives as diagnostic characters, “‘ petalis ligulatis pollineque Aveust Ist, 1906. insigne,” but these appear to us of insufficient value for generic rank, When in flower, the contrasted colours of the flowers, together with that of the surrounding leaves, make it highly decorative; at other times its densely caespitose habit and easy cultivation make it a desirable plant in a collection. Descr.—Stem short, thick, bearing several short branches. Leaves numerous and crowded, ensiform from an ovate triangular base, about one foot long, one inch wide at the base, almost glabrous when adult, thinly white-lepidote on both sides when young, margins with short, upcurved spines about four lines apart, the innermost bright red on the basal part of the upper surface. Flowers in a dense central sessile head about two inches in diameter. Sepals nearly an inch long, at first densely white-lepidote outside, narrowly lanceolate-acuminate. Petals blue, a little longer than the sepals, oblong, obtuse, erect, bearing two small calli near their base on the inner side. Stamens slightly shorter than the petals; filaments dilated below; anthers yellow, linear, about five lines long; pollen subglobose, smooth. Ovary oblong, plano-convex, hairy in the upper part ; style thickened below, reaching to the middle of the anthers ; stigmas three, short.—C. H. Wricat. Fig. 1, bracteole; 2, flower; 3, section of flower; 4, a petal with calli and bases of stamens; 5, apex of style; 6, ovule:—all enlarged. Vincent Brociss, Day & San Lt*lmp H.T.D.del, J.N.Fitch lith. LReeve & C° Lando Tas. 80838. BULBOPHYLLUM Enrtossontr. Jeet ‘ Malay Archipelago. Orcuipaces. ‘l'ribe EPIpENDRE. Bu.Borpnyiium, Thouars; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 501. Bulbophyllum Ericssoni, Ardnzl. in Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. ii. p. 522; 1897, vol. i. p. 61, fig. 16; a B. Pahudi, Reichb. f., sepalis multo latioribus insigniter maculatis differt. Herba epiphytica, rhizomate repente valido. Pseudobulbi distantes, lineari- oblongi, monophylli, basi vaginis membranaceis obtecti, circa 3} poll. longi. Folia petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, subeoriacea, circa 5-6 poll. longa, 2-23 poll. lata. Scapi suberecti, apice decurvati, circa 6-7 poll. longi, vaginis spathaceis obtecti. ores speciosi, umbellati, virides, purpureo-maculati. Bracteze ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-3} poll. longs. Pedicelli 6-8 lin. longi. Sepalwm posticum late lanceolatum, caudato-acuminatum, 23-3 poll. longum, 5-7 lin. latum, apice sepe spiraliter recurvum; sepala lateralia triangularia, apice caudata et spiraliter recurva, 23-3 poll. longa, basi 5-7 lin. lata. Petala basi triangularia, dein longe caudato-attenuata, apice spissime torta, 1} poll. longa, basi circa 4 lin. lata. Labellum cordato-triangulare, acutum, recurvum, lateraliter subcompressum, cirea 7-8 lin. longum, auriculis rotundatis. Columna latissima, circa 3 lin. longa; basi in pedem attenua- tum, circa 9 lin. longum extensum ; dentes oblongi, obtusi. Bulbophyllum Ericssoni, Kriinal., is a member of a very small but striking group which, so far as our knowledge extends, is limited to the Malay Archipelago and Penin- sula. It was discovered by Mr. Ericsson, a traveller for Messrs. Sander & Sons, and was described from dried specimens in 1893. The flowers were not inaptly com- pared with those of a large Chimeroid Masdevallia, tor the general shape, combined with the green ground colour and purple spotting, is more comparable with that group than with anything in its own genus. The habitat, as 1s too often the case, was not recorded, and although when it flowered some four years later, in the collection of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., and was figured in the Gardener’s Chronicle, with the remark that, ‘it is probably a native of New Guinea,” we cannot learn that the remark was more than an inference. he plant here figured flowered in the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking, in October, 1899. Mr. White, Sir Trevor’s Orchid grower, observed that, ‘the flowers Avaeust Ist, 1906. close partially at night, and open again in the morning,” which has not been noticed in any other species of Bulbophyllum. The other known species of the group are B. Pahudia, Reichb. f. (Fl. des Serres, t. 2268), B. Binnendijhii, J. J. Smith, both natives of Java; B. virescens, J. J. Smith (Ic. Bogor. vol. ii. t. 119, fig. A.), a native of Amboina, and B. maximum, Ridl., from Malacca. Of these only B. virescens is known to be in cultivation. It has light green, unspotted flowers, of about the same size as those of B. Hricssoni. Descr.—An epiphytic herb, about a foot and a half high, with a stout, creeping rhizome. Pseudobulbs distant, linear-oblong, about three and a half inches long, with large, membranous sheaths at the base, one-leaved. Leaves petioled, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, subcoriaceous, five to six inches long by two to two and a quarter inches broad. Scapes suberect, about six to seven inches high, with a few spathaceous sheaths below, somewhat decurved near the apex. Flowers umbellate, large, green, spotted with purple-brown, and with some red-brown markings in front. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, half to three-quarters of an inch long. Pedicels half an inch or more long. Dorsal sepal broadly lanceolate, acuminate, two and three- quarters to three inches long, ahout half an inch broad, often spiraliy curved at the apex; lateral sepals triangular at the base, with a long, caudate, spirally curved apex, as long as the dorsal sepal, by about half an inch broad at the base. Petals narrowly triangular at the base, caudate- attenuate above, and often somewhat twisted, an inch and a half long, by a third of an inch broad at the base. Lip triangular from a broadly cordate base, somewhat com- pressed laterally, and with an acute, strongly recurved apex, over half an inch long. Oolwmn very broad, about a quarter of an inch long; base attenuated into a narrow foot, about three-quarters of an inch long ; teeth oblong, obtuse.—R. A, Roure. Fig. 1, flower from which the sepals and petals have been removed; 2, column attached to pedicel; 3, lip; 4, petal; 5, anther; 6 und 7, pollinia seen from front and side ;—all enlarged, 8089 MS.del J.NRitchhith Tas. 8089. BORONTA Fastiarata. Western Australia. Rutacea. Tribe Boroniem. Boronia, Sm..; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 291. Boronia fastigiata, Baril. in Pl. Preiss. vol.i. p. 167; Regel, Gartenfl. 1857, p- 147; Benth. Fl. Ausir. vol. i. p. 326; a speciebus ceteris sectionis Pedunculate foliis parvis obovatis distincta. Frutex erectus, usque 6 ped. altus, superne fastigiato-ramosus. Folia sessilia, obovata, 3-6 lin. longa, 14-3 lin. lata, apice rotundata vel apiculata, rarius paullo retusa, basi obtuse cuneata vel rotundata, minute denticu- lata vel subintegra, glabra. Cymz corymbose, pluriflore; pedicelli sub- angulati, superne incrassati, circa } poll. longi. Sepala late ovata, breviter acutiuscule acuminata, circa 2 lin. longa, 1-14 lin. lata, intus minute pubescentia. -Petala imbricata, obtuse rhomboidea, 3 lin. longa, 23 lin. lata, rosea, stria dorsali purpurea. Stamina subconformia, epi- sepala paullo majora; filamenta applanata, ad apicem sensim angustata, circa 1 lin. longa, longe patenter ciliata, superne dorso glandulifera, ultra insertionem anthers breviter producta; anther oblongw, mutics, }-3 lin. longee. Ovaria ultra } lin. longa, stylis propriis brevissimis, stylo communi circa 3 lin. longo, apice paullo incrassato. Cocci truncati, elevato-punctati.—B. hypericifolua, Hort. ex Regel, Gartenfl. 1857, p. 152. Boronia fastigiata is a charming greenhouse plant, which has been in cultivation for at least half a century, but has not hitherto been adequately figured. Planted out in a bed in the Temperate House, it has formed a bush six feet high and four feet through, which was covered with flowers in April, 1905. It was grown at Kew fifteen years ago under the name Boronia polygalifolia, and the plant from which our figure is taken was raised from seed received from the Sydney Botanic Gardens in 1899 under the same name. The two species are, however, not very nearly related. An interesting morphological character of Boronia is that the four ovaries are free from each other, though the styles are united for the greater part of their length. It recalls in this respect the structure of Asclepiadacex, where the two carpels are, however, united only at the apex of the styles. Descr.—An erect, fastigiately branched bush, six feet high or less. Leaves sessile, obovate, one-quarter to half an inch long, one-eighth to one-quarter of an inch broad, rounded Aveust Ist, 1906. or apiculate at the apex, occasionally slightly retuse, obtusely wedge-shaped, or rounded at the base, minutely denticulate or nearly entire, glabrous. Cymes corym- bose, several-flowered; pedicels rather angular, thickened towards the apex, about halfan inch long. Sepals broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, about one-sixth of an inch long, one-twelfth to one-eighth of an inch broad, minutely pubescent on the inner surface. Petals imbricate, obtusely rhomboid, one-quarter of an inch long, one-fifth of an inch broad, rose-coloured, with a purple band on the back. Stamens nearly uniform, those opposite the sepals slightly larger; filaments flattened, gradually narrowed to the apex, about one-twelfth of an inch long, long-ciliate, pro- duced for a short distance above the insertion of the anther, the upper part covered with wart-like glands on the back; anthers oblong, muticous. Ovaries rather over a twenty-fourth of an inch long; styles free for a very short distance at the base, the common portion about a twenty-fourth of an inch long, slightly thickened at the apex. Cocci truncate, dotted.—T. A. Spracuz. Fig. 1, flower from which the petals have been removed; 2 and 3, stamens; 4, pistil ; 5, section of pistil :—all enlarged. M.S.del, J.N Bitch tith. L Reeve & C°Landon Tas. 8090. CODONOPSIS TancsuHen. China. CaMPANULACER. Tribe CAMPANULEZ. Coponorsis, Wall.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 557. Codonopsis Tangshen, Oliv.in Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 1966; C. lanceolate, Benth. et Hook. f. affinis, sed petiolis longioribus, foliis tenuioribus plus minusve pubescentibus basi rotundatis, Horibus longius pedunculatis et calyce profundius partito vix basi ovario adnato differt. Herba perennis radice sat longa valde incrassata. Caules volubiles, graciles, usque ad 10 ped. longi, laxe ramosi, glaberrimi vel juxta nodos parce pubescentes. Jolia membranacea, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, 14-25 poll. longa, 3-1} poll. lata, obtusiuscula, basi rotundata vel rare subcuneata, remote crenato-serrata, plus minusve minute setuloso-pubescentia, rarius fere omnino glabrata; petioli gracillimi, sape 3-$ poll. longi. Peduneuli usque ad 2% poll. longi, foliis oppositi vel extra-axillares vel flores ramulos breves terminantes. Calyx profunde partitus, fere omnino liber, per- sistens, segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis 6-10 lin. longis 2-3 lin. latis acutis vel obtusiusculis. Corolla campanulata, 14-1$ poll. longa, viridescens, intus purpureo-punctata et purpureo-lineata; “lobi 5, late deltoidei, acuti, circiter ¢ poll. longi. Capsula subglobosa, 1 poll. diam., basi calyce deflexo appendiculata. Codonopsis includes eighteen species, all Asiatic, and chiefly natives of the Himalayan region, where ten are found. OC. rotundifolia, Royle, was figured at t. 4942 of this work, and the variety grandiflora at t. 5018. C. cor- data, Hassk. (t. 5372) is now referred to Campanumea, which chiefly differs from Codonopsis in having a baccate instead of a capsular fruit. The species here figured is of interest on account of its root yielding a drug in very common use as a tonic among the Chinese, to whom the plant is known as the “ T‘ang- shén’’ (Bastard Ginseng). Mr. E. H. Wilson, who col- lected seeds and specimens for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, states that it is common in thickets on the mountains of Hupeh and Szechuen, between 5,000 and 8,000 feet.’ It is found also in Shensi and Shansi. The annual exports of the drug from Hankow to other parts of China amount to some 9,000 piculs—about 1,200,000 lbs. The figure was prepared from specimens received from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons in August, 1903. = N75. ee et? on 5 a 4! ~ ONY ies tan T oe WAS Beira: ws PSS Sr ee, SS eS ~~ = Sa RAPA aA SSX Xess ra ta Fie es ee te : my SE re can’ a ee VN Wi A , et BY aa, a age as SRR ROR A Vincent Broaks, Day &Son Lh -LReeve & C? Landon M_Sdel JNFitch hth Tas. 8096. CEREOS Scueerit, Mexico. Cactacem. Tribe EcHINOCACTER. Cereus, Haw.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 849. Cereus Scheerii, Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck, p. 190; Labouret Monogr. Cact., p. 317; affinis C, cinerascenti, DC., sed rigidior, areolis vix elevatis et magis confertis differt. Planta'succulenta, laxe caespitosa, 6 poll. alta. Cawles erecti, 1-13 poll, crassi, 6-7-angulati, recti vel torti, glaucescenti-virides; anguli acutati, vix tuberculati; areole parva, conferte, minute tomentose; aculexe rectze, exteriores 8-12, radiantes, interiores solitaris, porrectss. Flores laterales ; tubus circa 23 poll. longus, pulvillis 50-60 setas albas 4-12 gerentibus instructus; limbus 3 poll. diam., pulchre kermesino-roseus ; petala lanceolata, acuta. Stamina tubo subequilonga; filamenta pallide lutea; anthers rubre. Stylus exsertus, viridis ; stigma 10-12 partitum. Echinocereus Scheeri, Lemaire, Les Cact. p. 57; K. Schum. Monogr. Cact. p. 253, fig. 48. H. Scheerii, Riimpl. in Férst. Handb. Cact. ed. 2, p. 801. This pretty species belongs to the same group as the well-known C. cinerascens, DC., C. procumbens (B. M. t. 7205), C. pentalophus (B. M. t. 8651) and C. mojavensis (B. M. t. 7705), all of which are dwarf and more or less tufted plants, with large brilliantly coloured flowers. (CO. Scheerii was discovered by Mr. J. Potts near Chihuahua in Mexico and sent by him to Mr. Frederick Scheer of Kew, some time prior to 1850. ‘I'he plant here figured flowered at Kew in 1900 and during the two succeeding years, but subsequently died. Descr.—Plant laxly tufted, about six inches high. Stems erect, one to one and a quarter of an inch thick, six to seven angled, straight or twisted, dull glaucous-green ; angles acute; spine-cushions small, scarcely prominent, closely placed, minutely tomentose ; spines short, straight, the eight to ten outer radiating, one central directed out- wards. Flowers produced at the side of the stems, bright carmine-rose more or less flushed with mauve; tube about two and a half inches long, with fifty to sixty spine- cushions bearing four to twelve white bristle-like spines scattered along it, but more crowded upon the ovary; limb spreading, about three inches in diameter ; petals SEPTEMBER Ist, 1906. lanceolate, acute. Stamens about as long as the tube; filaments pale yellow ; antherS red. Style exserted, green, stigma ten to twelve partite—N. H. Brown. Fig. 1, a spine-cushion, enlarged. Notr.—Frederick Scheer was an independent botanist who for some time resided at Kew and particularly devoted himself to the study of Cactacee. He published in 1840 an excellent account of Kew under the title of “ Kew and its Gardens.” This and other actions were largely effective in averting the breaking up of the collections which had been contemplated, and in their being taken over by the nation from the Crown. (See Kew Bulletin, 1891, pp. — ir an obituary notice in the Journal of Botany, 1869, p. 268).— Vincent Brooks, Day Son Limp MS.del, JN Fitch ith LReeve & C° London. Tas. 8097. ODONTOGLOSSUM wavium. Colombia. Orcumacerz. Tribe VaNDEs. Opontoetossum, H. B. et K.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 561. Odontoglossum neevium, Lindl. in Part. Fl. Gard. vol. i. p. 87, t. 18; Fol. Orch. Odont. p. 2 (excl. var. majus); Fl. des Serres, t. 594; Pescatorea, t.13; Warn. Sel. Orch. vol. i. t. 7; Regel Gartenflora, t. 791; Batem. Monogr. Odont. t. 9; aff. O. glorioso, Lind. & Reichb. f:, sed racemo siete segmentis undulatis et labelli lobis lateralibus subhastatis iffert. Herba epiphytica, cespitosa. Pseudobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, subcompressi, circa 2-3 poll. longi, apice diphylli, basi circa 4-phylli. Folia elongato- ligulata, acuta, subcoriacea, 6-18 poll. longa, 3-3 poll. lata. Scapi axillares, suberecti vel arcuati, circa 2-1} ped. longi, racemosi, multiflori. Braclex ovato-oblonge, acuts, concave, circa 3 lin. longe. Pedicelli gra- ciles, 3-1 poll. longi. Flores speciosi, albi, atropurpureo-maculati, labelli disco flavo. Sepala patentia, anguste lanceolata, acuminatissima, incurva, undulata, circa 14 poll. longa. Petala sepalis similia, paullo breviora. Labelli unguis erectus, latus; limbus reflexus, hastato-ovatus, acumi- natissimus, undulatus, incurvus, sepalis paullo brevior, basi velutious ; crista bilamellata, lamellis erectis dentatis, Colwmna clavata, 4 lin. longa, alis cirrhatis curvatis. The history of this distinct and handsome species has been sadly confused. It was originally figured and de- scribed by Dr. Lindley in 1850 from a plant which was exhibited at one of the spring meetings of the Horticultural Society, and which is said to have been sent to England several years before by Sir R. Schomburgk, but this is very doubtful, considering its habitat. There is, however, a flower and coloured sketch in Lindley’s Herbarium labelled, ‘* Rollissons, June, 1847,” and this Lindley con- sidered to be a variety, but he also added a specimen collected by Funck & Schlim at San Lazaro and La Pena, in the province of Truxillo, in Venezuela, having yellow flowers spotted with crimson, which belongs to O. odoratum, Lindl. Shortly afterwards he added a variety majus, from a specimen collected by Linden at 8,000 feet altitude in the province of Pamplona, Colombia, which belongs to O. gloriosum, Lind. & Reichb. f. A similar confusion of species occurs in “ Pescatorea,’’ where the species was figured, though a note that it was met with by Mr. Schlim OcToBer Ist, 1906, in the mountains near Santa Martha, and that plants were introduced to cultivation, gives a clue to the true habitat, and it is from this locality that it was re-introduced to cultivation, after being almost lost sight of for many years. The plant figured flowered in a Temperate Orchid House at Kew in February last; its usual time of flowering, though not constant, is during the winter and spring months, | Deser.—A tufted, epiphytic herb, a foot to a foot and a half high. Bulbs ovoid-oblong, somewhat compressed, about two to three inches long, with about four basal and two apical leaves. Leaves elongate-ligulate, acute, some- what coriaceous, about six to eighteen inches long by half to three-quarters of an inch broad. Scapes axillary, erect or somewhat arched, about nine to fifteen inches long, racemose, many-flowered. Bracts ovate-oblong, acute, concave, about a quarter of aninch long. Pedicels slender, three-quarters to an. inch long. Flowers white, with numerous dark purple blotches and a bright yellow disc to the lip. Sepals spreading, narrowly lanceolate, very acuminate, incurved, undulate, about an inch and a half long. Petals very similar to the petals, but rather shorter. Lip with a broad, erect claw; limb reflexed, hastate-ovate and velvety at the base, very acuminate, undulate and incurved at the apex, rather shorter than the sepals ; crest consisting of a pair of nearly parallel, erect, somewhat toothed plates. Colwimn club-shaped, about a third of an inch long, with a pair of slender, curved wings.—R. A. Rours, Fig. 1, base of lip and column; 2,anther cap; 3 and 4, pollinarium, seen from front and bazk :—all enlarged. 8098 Jay & Sanit? Exp 7 Vincent Brooks MS del, IN Pitch tith ‘LReeve &C° Landon. Tas. 8098. ABIES Magiestr. Japan. ConrrFER&. Tribe ABIETINES. Apres, Link: Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 441. Abies Mariesii, Masters in Gard. Chron. Dec. 20th, 1879, p. 788, fig. 129; et in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. (1881), 519 ic. repet.; Mayr Monogr. Abietin. Japan. (1890), p. 40, t. 2, f.5. Species cum A. brachyphylla sociata, differt tamen novellis fusco-hirsutis, canalibus resiniferis sub epidermide positis ; strobilis cupiformibus, squamis integris, bracteis acuminatis demum laceratis. Arbor excelsa, coma pyramidali, ramis patentibus infimis decumbentibus cicatricibus circularibus notatis, ramulis ferrugineo-hirsutis demum glabrescentibus. Folia caulina conferta, appressa, ramea multiseriata, horizontalia, lateralia patentia, mediana ramulis sterilibus appressa apicem spectantia vel in ramulis fertilibus ascendentia, omnia glabra, subtus glancescentia, lineari-oblonga, basi in petiolum brevissimum tortum angustata, apice emarginata, costa superne depressa subtus prominente, margines revolute; canales resiniferi duo sub epidermide prope margines foliorum dispositi, Strobili violaceo-purpurei, cylindrati, medio autem parum dilatati, apice obtusi. Sqguamz suborbiculares, in- tegre, juventute ferrugineo-tomentose, basi cuneate. Bractex incluse, squamis multo breviores, oblongo-obovatz, ad basin angustats, apice breviter acuminate#, acumine demum delapso marginibusque laceratis. Seminis ala cuneato-obovata, squamam fere zequans. This handsome silver fir was first discovered in the mountains of northern Japan by the late Mr. Charles Maries, who introduced it to the nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons of Coombe Wood. In the recently pub- lished ‘‘ Hortus Veitchii’’ the tree is mentioned as occurring on Mt. Hakkoda, near Aomori, at an elevation of 4,0U0-— 5,000 feet, and in Nikko at a greater elevation, but sparingly. It is an “alpine tree with a comparatively restricted habitat, occupying a geographical” position between that of A. Veitchii and A. sachalinensis.” Mr. Maries noted that the species grew in company with A. Veitchii in shallow, peaty soil, overlying volcanic debris. It differs from A. webbiana, to which it had been conjecturally referred, in the hairy shoots, denser, shorter, less horizontally spreading leaves, and the shorter, cask- shaped cones. The tree from which the figure was made is growing on OcroBER Ist, 1906, the estate of the Earl of Elgin, Dumphail, near Nairn. The specimens were forwarded to Kew by Messrs. D. Stalker & Son. It is believed to be the first occasion on which this Japanese Silver Fir has produced cones in this country. Deser.—A tall, pyramidal tree, with robust, spreading branches like those of A. nordmanniana; younger branches covered with a coarse, brownish, hairy epidermis, which peels off in chaff-like scales; older glabrous, marked with circular scars, pulvini only slightly prominent. Leaves on main branches multiseriate, appressed and evenly dis- posed around the stem; pseudo-4-ranked on younger sterile ones, lateral leaves spreading, those on upper surface appressed parallel to the long axis of the shoot ascending on the fertile shoots, and somewhat shorter than lateral. Leaves about one inch in length, one-sixteenth of an inch in breadth, linear-oblong, obtuse or slightly notched at the apex, tapering and twisted towards the base, glabrous above, with a depressed midrib, glaucous beneath, with a raised midrib, and recurved margins. Hypoderm con- tinuous, resin canals one near each corner of the leaf, just beneath the epidermis. Male flowers unknown. Cones clustered on the sides of the branches, erect, three inches and a half to five inches and a half long, one and a half to two inches wide, dull purple, cask-shaped. Scales suborbicular, entire, wedge-shaped at the base, covered with a reddish down when young. Bracts half the length of the scales, and concealed by them, obovate-oblong, retuse, with a small, deciduous central acumen, edge of the bract finally jagged.* Seeds nearly as long as the scale ; wing wedge-shaped, entire, somewhat truncate.—M. T. Masters. Fig. 1, section of leaf showing the position of the resin canals; 2, scale of cone with bract ; 3, bract enlarged ; 4, 5, seeds :—all enlarged. * As shown in the figure in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, but in Maries’ n. 73 the bracts are precisely as here figured. 8099 Vincent Brooke, Day & Son Lttimp N.S.deL. JN Bitéh ith LReeve & C°Londan. Tas. 8099. BLAKEA GRACILIS, Costa Rica. Metastomaces#. '‘l'ribe Buakem. Brakes, Linn.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 770. Blakea gracilis, Hemsi. Diag. Plant. Nov, p.13 et Biol. Cent. Amer. Bot. vol. 1, p. 433, t. 23; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. vol. vii. p. 1073; B. spruceane, Cogn., proxima, sed glabra, bracteis interioribus quam exterioribus multo minoribus, petalis apice rotundatis vel retusis differt. Frutex 9-13 ped. aitus vel interdum arbor parva, valde ramosus, glaber, ramulis gracilibus teretibus patentibus. Folia subcoriacea, 5-nervia, obovatc-elliptica vel elliptica, 24-4 poll. longa, 14-14 poll. lata, integer- _ Yima, abrupte breviterque acuminata, basi cuneata, venis lateralibus numerosissimis ; petioli 5-10 lin. longi. Fores axillares, solitarii vel rare geminati, circiter 1} poll. diam., 4-bracteati; pedunculi, 3-2 poll. longi, graciles; bractes trinervix, membranacex, 2 exteriores multo majores, fere pollicares, foliis simillime, interiores obovato-spathulate. Calycis tubus campanulatus, circiter } poll. longus; limbus membranaceus, truncatus vel obscure 6-lobatus. Petala 6, albido-rosea, oblique et late obovata, apice rotundata vel retusa. Stamina 12, wqualia; anthers magne, oblong, filamentis crassis subduplo longiores. Stylus elongatus, . stigmate parvo. Bacca late ovoideo-urceolaris, primum 12-costata, fere 5 lin, diam. Cogniaux describes thirty-one species of Blakea in his Monograph of the Melastomacee. Of these, nine are native of Peru, eight of the Republic of Colombia, four of Costa Rica, four of Venezuela, two of Brazil, one of Guatemala, one of Ecuador, and two of the West Indies, one of which is confined to Jamaica and the other to several of the Windward Islands. B. guianensis, Baillon, is undescribed and unlocalized. Blakea gracilis was first described from material collected by Endres for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons. It has since been found in several localities in Costa Rica, grow- ing in forests at elevations up to 5,570 feet. The Kew plant, from which the accompanying drawing was made, was purchased from Messrs. Lemoine & Sons, of Nancy, in 1904, and flowered in a greenhouse in February of the current year. At present it is scarcely more than a foot high, but owing to the spreading habit of its branches it is as much as two and a half feet across. Some of the leaves have one or two small pouches near the midrib at the Octopser Ist, 1906. base on the underside which may be regarded as modified “domatia.”’ Similar structures are present on the leaves of several melastomaceous plants, and are particularly well seen in Tococa lancifolia. (See Schimper, Plant Geography, p. 132.] The domatia of Blakea gracilis, under cultivation, are sometimes occupied by the troublesome Mealy Bug, Coccus adonidum. Blakea trinervia, the only other species yet introduced into European gardens, is figured at t. 451 of this work. B. quinguenervia, included in some horticultural diction- aries, has been referred to Bellucia grossularioides, Triana. Descr.—A glabrous, much-branched shrub, nine to thirteen feet high, or sometimes a small tree; branches slender, round, spreading. Leaves subcoriaceous, five- nerved, obovate-elliptic or elliptic, two and a half to four inches long, an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half broad, quite entire, abruptly and shortly acuminate, cuneate at the base; lateral veins very numerous; petioles about half to slightly more than three-quarters of an inch long. Flowers axillary, solitary or rarely geminate, about an inch and a half across, four-bracteate ; peduncles three- quarters to two inches long, slender; bracts three-nerved, membranous, the two outer much larger, almost an inch long, very similar to the leaves, the inner obovate-spathu- late. Calywz-tube campanulate, about a quarter of an inch long; limb membranous, truncate or obscurely six-lobed. Petals six, whitish-rose, obliquely and broadly obovate, rounded or retuse at the apex. Stamens twelve, equal ; anthers large, oblong, nearly twice as long as the fila- ments. Style elongated; stigma small Berry broadly ovoid-urn-shaped, at first twelve-costate,. almost half an -inch across.—S. A. SKaN. _Fig. 1, base of leaf showing “ domatia” on the under-side; 2, calyx and pistil ; 3 and 4, stamens :—all enlarged. 8100 © MS. del JN Pitch lith bBrodsDayé Sen Ltd ap L Reeve & CfLandon Tas, 8100. CHLOR-ZA VIRESCENS. ey Chili. OrcHIDACE&. Tribe NEoTTIER. Cutor”a, Lindl.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 618; Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. vol. ii. p. 42. Chloreea virescens, Lindl. in Brand. Quart. Journ. Rov. Instit. vol. i. (1827), p- 51; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 404; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 49 (exel. svn.); Krdnzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. vol. ii. p. 105, t. 11, figs. A, B; Orch. Rev. 1903, p. 133; inter species sectionis Huchloree floribus flavis, labello trilohe facie superiore papillis faleatis numerosis instructo basi 5-carinato istincta. Herba terrestris, circa 1-1} ped. alta. Folia cxspitosa, suberecta vel patentia, oblonga, obtusa, lawvia, 3-6 poll. longa, #-1 poll. lata. Scapus erectus, cras- siusculus, vaginis numerosis imbricatis acuminatis obtectus ; racemus 4-6 poll. longus, densiflorus. Bractexe oblongo-lanceolate, acute vel acumi- nat, 3-13 poll. longa. Pedicelli 6-7 lin. longi. Flores speciosi, flavi, viridi-venosi. Sepalum posticum erectum, elliptico-oblongum, obtusum, 10-12 lin. longum ; lateralia patentia, oblonga, obtusa, 10-12 lin. longa, supra medium incrassata vel cristis carnosis instructa. Petala erecta, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 8-10 lin. longa. Zabellwm recurvam, trilobum, 8-10 lin. longum, facie superiore papillis falcatis numerosis instractum ; lobus intermedius late ellipticus, obtusus, crenulatus; lobi laterales angusti, obtusi; discus basi 5-carinatus. Colwmna clavata, 6-7 lin. longa; anthera apiculata ; pollinia oblonga, sulcata, pulvereo-granulosa. Three striking species of the large South American genus Chlorewa have been figured in this work, namely, C. longibracteata, Lindl. (t. 7909), QO. erispa, Lindl. (t. 7955), and a third, now known as C. Ulantha, Rolfe, which appeared in 1830 (t. 2956), under the name of Neottia ? grandiflora, Hook., but was afterwards made the type of a new genus, and called Ylantha grandiflora, Hook. (sub t. 2990). his remarkable plant is still only known from the original example, which flowered in the Glasgow Botanic Garden as long ago as the spring of 1829, and of which only a single flower is preserved in Sir Wilham Hooker’s Herbarium, now at Kew. The dried flower has an expanse of over four inches. It is recorded as having been received from the Rev. Lansdown Guilding, and, although the locality is not mentioned, it has been con- jectured to be the Island of St. Vincent, in the West Indies, though probably not indigenous. From what is now known of the distribution of the genus, this con- OctoBer Ist, 1906. jecture is open to question ; but in any case it is remarkable that so striking a plant has not subsequently been met with. Chlorea virescens, Lindl., originally appeared in cul- tivation in the Birmingham Botanic Garden, in 1845, when it was exhibited at a meeting of the Horticultural Society, and figured in the ‘‘ Botanical Register,’ but soon appears to have been lost sight of. It was recently re-introduced by H. G. Elwes, Esq., F.R.S., of Colesborne, Gloucester- shire, who met with it on sandy flats near Coronel, on the railway from Concepcion, Chili, in December, 1901, and who sent plants to Kew, which flowered in a greenhouse, _ in April, 1903, and on two or three subsequent occasions. F Descr,—A_ deciduous, terrestrial herb, a foot to a foot and a half high. Leaves tufted, suberect, or the lower spreading, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, three to six inches long, three-quarters to an inch broad. Scape erect, stout, bearing numerous acute, imbricating sheaths; raceme dense, four to six inches long. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, three-quarters to an inch and a quarter long. Pedicels stout, about half an inch long. Flowers large, yellow, veined with green. Dorsal sepal erect, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, about an inch long; iateral spreading, oblong, obtuse, about an inch long, thickened towards the apex or bearing there a few fleshy, green . tubercles. Petals erect, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, about three-quarters of an inch long. Lip recurved, 3-lobed, about three-quarters of an inch long, the veins of the upper surface bearing numerous falcate papillae; front lobe broadly elliptic, obtuse, crenulate; side lobes narrow and obtuse; dise with five keels near the base. Column clavate, about half an inch long; anther apiculate; pollinia oblong, channelled down the middle, granular,— R. A. Ronee. Fig. 1, lip, with one side lobe removed; 2, column; 3, pollinia:—all enlurged. 8701 eons enema enteral ceaamenmaiaete MincantBrooks,Day &SonLt# Imp M.S.del, INFitch hh L. Reeve & CO? Lendon. Tas. 8101. PASSIFLORA punotata. South America. PassiFtornacE&. Tribe PassiFLoRFR. Passtrtora, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 810; Mast. in Trans. Linn, Soc, vol. xxvii. p. 629. Passiflora punctata, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 957; Cav. Diss. p. 446, t. 269 ; Mast. in Mart. Fi. Bras. vol. xiii. pars i. p. 593; planta nostra ab affinibus foliorum maculis intercostalibus purpureis facile distinguitur. Herba ope cirrhorum scandens. Caules compressi, sulcati, ut petioli minute puberuli. Folia subsemicircularia vel fere lunata, paullo triloba, lobis rotundatis mucronatis intermedio quam lateralibus minore, rarius biloba, 1-8 poll. longa, 24-4 poll. lata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, membrana- cea, utrinque purpureo-maculata, supra glabra, subtus minutissime puberula, glanduloso-punctata; petioli 4-1} poll. longi. Stipu/e falcato- subulate, integra, 1-1} lin. longs. Peduneuli plerumque gemini, inter- dum solitarii, petiolis equilongi vel iis paullo longiores, circa 1} lin. infra apicem articulati, bracteis 2-3 lineari-subulatis 14-2 lin. longis. Recep- taculum convexulum, vix ultra 4 poll. diametro, dimiaio exteriore incrassato. Sepala lutea, ovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, 7-8 lin. longa, medio 3 lin. lata, anthesi reflexa. Petala lutea, conformia, 4} lin. longa, medio 2 lin. lata. Corona triseriata; segmenta extima lateraliter com- pressa, triangulari-capitata, 3 lin. longa, lutea, apice violacea; segmenta intermedia filamentiformia, pauca, inconspicua, circa 13 lin. longa; segmenta intima fere ad apicem in annulum plicatum inflexum vix 2 lin. latum connata. Axdrogynophorum 4 liv. longum, glabrum. Filamenta 3-3 lin. longa. Ovariwm subglobosum, minute pubescens ; styli crassius- culi, 4 lin. longi.—Granadilla folio tricuspidi, obtuso et oculato, Feuill. Journ. vol. i. p. 718, t. 1]. Passiflora foliis trilobis oblongis subtus punctatis: intermedio minore, Linn. Amoen. Acad. vol. i. p- 224, t. 10, f. 12. Passiflora punctata was founded on the description and figure given by Feuillé in his “Journal.” Feuillé de- scribed the sepals as being greyish-green, the petals as whitish, and the segments of the outer series of the corona as violet with yellow points; and he stated that he found the plant in a garden at Malambo, a northern suburb of Lima, the capital of Peru. Almost the same form of the Species was cultivated in the Palm House at Kew, pro- bably about the middle of last century, and a specimen was laid into the Hookerian Herbarium. The label gives the following particulars :—Passiflora from Lima; sepals green; petals small, greenish white; coronal filaments light blue, outer row tipped with a creamy white. The peduncles of the herbarium specimen are solitary in the OctoBEr Ist, 1906. axils, as described and figured by Feuillé. In both Feuillé’s plant and the one grown at Kew, the leaves were pre- sumably not variegated, as no mention is made of their colour. In the Flora Brasiliensis 1.c., Masters quoted specimens of P. punctata from Peru, Ecuador and Brazil, including forms with geminate peduncles. He described the outer- most segments of the corona as scimitar-shaped. Some of the specimens of P. punctata in the Kew Herbarium (e.g. Lehmann’s No. 3049 from the Cauca Valley, Colombia), have scimitar-shaped outer segments, but others, including the “ Passiflora from Lima” in the Hookerian Herbarium, have triangular-headed segments, as in the plant now figured. Hardly any two specimens have the coronal segments precisely similar. The plant now figured has the segments of the middle series fewer and less conspicuous than in any other specimen we have examined. The leaves also differ from the type in having purplish blotches between the veins. In the leaves of P. trifasciata, which have a similar colora- tion, the purplish bands coincide with the three main veins, The figure was drawn from a plant which was received in 1904 from the State Botanic Gardens, Brussels, under the name P. maculata, and which flowered at Kew in the autumn of 1905. : Descr.—An herbaceous tendril-climber. Stems com- pressed, furrowed, minutely puberulous. Leaves nearly semicircular or almost lunate, shallowly trilobed, the lobes rounded and mucronate, the middle one smaller than the lateral, more rarely bilobed, one to three inches long, two and a half to four inches broad, rounded or subcordate at the base, membranous, variegated with purple on both surfaces, glabrous on the upper, gland-dotted and very minutely puberulous on the lower; petioles from half to one inch and a half long, minutely puberulous. Stipules subulate-sickle-shaped, entire, a twelfth to an eighth of an inch long. Peduncles usually two together, sometimes solitary in the axils, as long as or slightly longer than the petioles, jointed about an eighth of an inch below the apex ; bracts two to three, linear-subulate, an eighth to a sixth of an inch long. Receptacle slightly convex, rather over half an inch in diameter, the outer half with an annular thickening on the upper surface, terminating in a raised rim surrounding the base of the gynophore. Sepals pale yellow, ovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, rather under three-quarters of an inch long, a quarter of an inch broad at the middle, reflexed. Petals of similar colour and shape, over a third of an inch long, a sixth of an inch broad at the middle. Corona of three rows; outer segments laterally compressed, triangular-capitate, a quarter of an inch long, yellow, with a violet head; seg- ments of the middle row filament-like, few and incon- spicuous, half as long as the outer ones; segments of the inner row connate almost to the apex into a much-folded inflexed ring, about a sixth of an inch broad. Androgyno- phore glabrous, a third of aninch long. Ovary subglobose, minutely pubescent ; styles rather thick.—T. A. Spracus. Fig. 1, base of leaf, showing under surface and glands; 2,a gland from another part of the leaf ; 3, longitudinal section of flower; 4, a coronal segment of the outermost row ; 5 and 6, anthers; 7, pistil :—all enlarged. Vincent Brooks,Day & Son LitImp M.S.del.J-N-Fitch hth L Reeve & C° London Tas. 8102. LILIUM MYRIOPHYLLUM. China. Lintces. Tribe TULIPER, Litium, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 816. Lilium myriophyllum, Franch. in Morot, Journ. de Bot. vol. vi. p. 313; ex affinitate L. Brownii, F. E. Brown, a quo foliis linearibus uninervils perianthioque basi plus minusve saccato recedit. Bulbus ovoideus, 3 poll. diametro, squamatus. Caulis 1-6 ped. altus, infra nudus, supra dense foliatus, glaber, nonnunquam ad folicrum axillas bulbi- ferus. Folia linearia vel lanceolato-linearia, acuminata, basi incrassata, glabra, uninervia, 4 poll. longa, 3 lin. lata, marginibus paullo revolutis. _ Flores sepius 2, terminales, nutantes; pedicelli breves. Perianthiwm circa 5 poll. longum, tubuloso-campanulatum, intus basi luteum, parte superiore album, extus rubro tinctum, costis obscurioribus; segmenta exteriora lanceolata, 1 poll. lata, interiora obovato-elliptica, 2 poll. lata ; nectariam glabrum. Stamina perianthio paullo breviora; filamenta_ basi minute puberula; anthers fere basifixe, semipollicares, aurantiace. Stylus staminibus paullo longior; stigma trilobatum, viride. OC. H. Wright in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxxvi. p. 138; Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. ii. p. 328, cum icone. DL. Brownii, var. leuwcanthwm, The Garden, April 28th, 1906, Suppl., non Baker. This is a member of a group of very closely related lilies, which cluster around LZ, Brownii, F. EH. Brown (ex Spae in Ann. Soc. Agric. de Gand, vol. i. 1845, p. 487, t. 41), and of which they are probably geographical forms. The type specimen of L. myriophyllum (of which there is a tracing in the Kew Herbarium) is destitute of a bulb, but shows the so-called ‘rhizome,’ which Franchet relies on as one of the diagnostic characters, to be merely an elongated part of the stem bearing rootlets above the bulb. Similar rootlets are developed in many species of lilies in early summer to supply nourishment to the aerial parts of the plant, while those at the base.of the bulb are formed in autumn to perform the same function for that organ, as was described by the late Dr. Wallace in the second edition of his Notes on Inlies, p.4. A specimen bearing a bulb has been received from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons. L. myriophyllum was one of the numerous discoveries of the late Pére Delavay, several of which have already been figured in this work. He found it in July, 1888, flowering amongst bushes in stony places at Mosoyn, in the pro- NovEMBER Ist, 1906. vince of Yunnan, and it has since been collected in North- West Szechuen, by Mr. E. H. Wilson, who sent bulbs to Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, to whom we are indebted for the specimen here figured. The shape of the perianth resembles that of L. japonicum, Thunb., which differs in having broader, more membranous, shortly petiolate leaves, with never less than three nerves. In typical L. Brownii the perianth tapers gradually from a narrow, non-saccate base. Descr.—Bulb ovoid, three inches in diameter, sealy. Stem from one to six feet high, naked below, densely leafy above, glabrous, sometimes bearing bulbils in the axils of the leaves. Leaves linear or lanceolate-linear, acuminate, in- serted by a thickened base, glabrous, one-nerved, four inches long, a quarter of an inch wide, margins slightly revolute. Flowers usually two at the apex of the stem, nodding ; pedicels short. Perianth about five inches long, tubular- campanulate, white inside, yellow in the tube, flushed with dull crimson on the outside, darker on the midribs ; outer segments lanceolate, one inch wide; inner segments obovate-elliptic, two inches wide; nectary wide, glabrous. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth; filaments minutely puberulous in the lower part; anthers almost basifixed, half an inch long, orange. Style a little longer than the — Stamens; stigma three-lobed, green.—C. H. Wricur. Figs. 1 and 2, front and back views of an anther; 3, stigma :—all enlarged. Nore.—Lilium Brownii, Poit.in Rev. Hortic. sér, I. ii. (1843-44) p. 496 is L, japonicum, Thunb.—W. T. T.-D. PES OP UE aaa Ne M.S. deLIN Pitch ith Vincent Brocks Day & San Lt*Imp L. Reeve &C° London. - Tas. 8103. LY CASTE pyeErtana, Peru. Orcuipacea., Tribe VANDER. LycasteE, Lindl.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 547. Lycaste dyeriana, Sander, ew Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1898, p. 195; Orch. Rev. 1898, p. 303; Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. ii. p. 49; a casteris speciebus habitu pendulo et foliis glaucis differt. Herba epiphytica, cespitosa, pendula. Pseudobulbi ovoideo-orbiculares, sub- compressi, obscure angulati, circa 14 poll. lati, diphylli. Folia pendula, lanceolata, acuminata, basi attenuata, glauca, 6-11 poll. longa, 1-1} poll. lata. Scapi a basi pseudobulborum producti, penduli, medio vagina spathacea obtecti, 3-5 poll. longi. Bracteze spathaces, late elliptico- oblong, apiculate, glauce, 9-10 lin. longe. Flores pallide virides. Sepalum posticam lanceolato-oblongum, subobtusum, 13-2 poll. longum, 7-9 lin. latum ; sepala lateralia oblonga, subobtusa, obscure carinata, 13-2 poll longa, 8-10 lin. lata. Petala oblonga, subobtusa, 12-12 poll. longa, 5-6 lin. lata. Labellum 1-1} poll. longum, obscure trilobum ; lobi laterales suberecti, basi angusti, prope apicem dilatati et obtusi; lobo intermedio elliptico denticulato convexo apice reflexo et obtuso ; discus canaliculatus ; callus oblongus bilobus margine incrassato. Colwmna clavata, incurva, 8 lin. longa, alis anguste auriculatis. Mentum conicnm, obtusum, 4 lin. longum. Lycaste dyeriana, Sander, like Cattleya citrina, Lindl. (Bot. Mag. t. 3742),* and Masdevallia deorsa, Roife (t. 7766), in their respective genera, is quite anomalous in habit, differing from its allies in having acquired a pendulous habit, which extends to the entire plant, pseudobulbs, leaves and flowers. A similar habit has been acquired by the species of the small genus Scuticaria and some other epiphytes, and it has been observed by Rodway that such plants are usually found on the edges of the branches of the trees on which they grow, while the centre is occupied by erect and more robust epiphytes, and the habit is regarded as adaptive, natural selection gradually fitting them to their environment. The species figured was introduced by Messrs. F. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, and exhibited by them at the Royal Horticultural Society on July 9th, 1895, when it received a Botanical Certificate. A plant received at Kew died, but another received in 1903 from the Royal Botanic * By mistake, that plant is drawn erect and only the flower pendulous, NovemBer 1st,$1906. Garden, Glasnevin, has flowered annually under green- house treatment, being suspended in its natural position. ~Deser.—A tufted, epiphytic, pendulous herb. Bulbs ovoid-orbicular, somewhat compressed and _ obscurely angled, about an inch and a half long, diphyllous. Leaves pendulous, lanceolate, acuminate, attenuate at the base, glaucous, about half to a foot long, an inch to an inch and a half broad. Scapes produced from the base of the bulbs, pendulous, with a spathaceous sheath about the middle, three to five inches long. Dracts spathaceous, broadly elliptic-oblong, apiculate, glaucous, over three-quarters of an inch long. flowers pale green. Dorsal sepal lanceo- late-oblong, subobtuse, about two inches long, by nearly three-quarters of an inch broad; lateral sepals oblong, subobtuse, as long as the dorsal and slightly broader. Petals oblong, subobtuse, rather shorter and narrower than the sepals. Jip about an inch and a quarter long, obscurely three-lobed ; side lobes suberect, narrow at the base, dilated and optuse at the apex; front lobe elliptic, © convex, denticulate, reflexed and obtuse at the apex ; disc channelled; crest oblong, two-lobed at the apex and thickened at the margins. Column clavate, incurved, nearly three-quarters of an inch long, with narrow, auri- culate wings. Chin conical, obtuse, about a third of an inch long.—R. A. Rourr. Fig. 1, lip with one side lobe cut off; 2, column; 3 and 4, pollinarium, seen from front and back :—all enlarged. 8104 MS. del, JN-Fitch kth Vincent Brooke Day & SonLt® bap L Reeve & C? Landon, Tas. 8104. COTYLEDON DEVENSIS, Of garden origin. CRASSULACER. Corytepon, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 659. Cotyledon (§ Echeveria) devensis, hybrida (glauca x gibbiflora ?) vel forma stature insignite. Planta succulenta, caule 13 ped. alto, 12 poll. crasso. Folia laxe rosulata, 8-10 poll. longa, 3-33 poll. lata, oblanceolata vel elongato-obovata, obtusa, apiculata, glauco-virentia, basi roseo-purpureo tincta. Pedunculi duo, 5-7 ped alti, inferne foliis anguste oblanceolatis 34-44 poll. longis, $-]} poll. latis laxe obtecti, superne nudi, rubescentes. Panicule 9 poll. long, racemis recurvis 2-43 poll. longis composite. Flores pedicellati, bracteati. Sepala 3-4 lin. longa, carnosa, lineari-lanceolata, albo-glauca, leviter roseo- tincta. Corolla 6-7 lin. longa, rubra, glauca. This plant is so remarkable among its allies for its great stature as to be worth a place in this work. Unfortunately its history is unknown, except that it was received at Kew in 1902 asa hybrid between C. glauca, Baker, and C. gibbiflora, Baker (better known in gardens as Echeveria metallica), from Messrs. Dicksons, of Chester, who, however, are unable to give any information as to its origin. How or where it was raised, cannot be ascer- tained. If a hybrid, it differs widely from those already known in gardens between the same parents—Hcheveria glauco-metallica and HH. metallico-glauca, which are stemless plants with leaves in a dense rosette about nine inches in diam., and flower-stems only one to one and a half feet high, whilst this plant has a stout stem a foot high, and flower-stems five to seven feet high. ‘hat it is derived in some way from C. gibbiflora either as hybrid or chance variation is probable. But it seems scarcely credible that the small stemless C. glauca should be a parent of the most gigantic form of the genus at present known. Except in its giant stature it much resembles the form figured as Hcheveria gibbiflora in Lindley’s Botanical ftegister, t. 1247. The plant attracted considerable atten- tion from cultivators of succulent plants when it flowered at Kew in February and March of this year, and it is now coming into flower again. It may be .conveniently dis- NovemBer |Ist, 1906. tinguished as OC. devensis from Deva, the Roman name of Chester. Descv.—A succulent perennial, with a simple stem fifteen inches high, and one inch and a half thick, marked with the transverse scars of fallen leaves, glaucous-green above, becoming brown with age. Leaves laxly rosulate, eight to ten inches long, three to three and a half inches broad, oblanceolate or elongate-obovate, tapering into a broad, short petiole, light green, tinged with light rosy purple at the base, slightly glaucous. Flower-stems two, one on either side of the plant, five to seven feet long, half to three-quarters of an inch thick, erect, somewhat flexuose, purplish or reddish on the upper part, green below, glaucous, the lower half laxly covered with elongate, oblanceolate, acute leaves, three and a half to four and a half inches long, and three-quarters to one and a quarter of an inch broad, tapering to the shortly spurred base, light green, tinged with rosy-purple at the base, slightly glaucous. Panicle about nine inches long, of several re- curving racemes two to four and a half inches long. Flowers pedicellate, bracteate. Sepals one-quarter to one- third of an inch long, very spreading, fleshy, linear- lanceolate, acute, whitish-glaucous, slightly rosy-tinted. Corolla six to seven lines long, five-angled, with lanceolate, acute segments, scarlet-red, paler towards the base, very glaucous. Stamens included. Hypogynous glands trans- verse, emarginate. Carpels whitish, tapering into short, purple styles.—N. E. Brown. Fig. 1, flower, with the corolla and stamens removed, showing the hypo- gynous glands and carpels; 2, petal and stamen; 3, anther, side view; 4, whole plant :—tigs. 1—3, enlarged; fig. 4, greatly reduced. M.3.deL.J.N Fitch hth Vincent Brools, Day & Son. Lt? imp ay L.. Reeve &C? Landan Tas. 8105. RIBES crvuentoum. Western United States. SaxirraGacex. Tribe Rrpzstex. Ries, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p- 654, Ribes (§ Grossularia) cruentum, Greene, Pittonia, vol. iv. p. 35; a R. amicto, Greene, foliis et calyce fere omnino glabratis preecipue differt. Frutew diffuse ramosus, novellis minutissime puberulis exceptis, glaber; aculei subaxillares 3, stricti vel leviter curvati, <-4 poll. longi, medio lateralibus longiori. Folia suborbicularia, 3- vel 5-lobata, 3-14 poll. diam., basi distincte lobata vel interdum fere truncata; lobi breviter lateque crenati; petioli gracillimi, circiter } poll. longi. Pedunculi solitarii, 1-flori, }-3 poll. longi, bractea solitaria spathacea decidua ovarium fere omnino vaginante instructi. Caly« circiter 3 poll. longus, glaber, saturate ruber, interdum apice loborum pallide viridis ; tubus subcylindricus, circiter 2 lin. longus ; lobi oblongi, 3-4 lin. longi, obtusi, primum patentes, demum reflexi. Petala erecta, alba, late obovata, involuta, 2 lin. longa, apice 14 lin. lata, ibidem minute denticulata. Stamina calycis lobos zequantia vel leviter superantia; anther sagittato-oblongew, fere 2 lin. longee, apiculate. Ovarium aculeis pallidis cum glandulis sessilibus vel breviter stipitatis mixtis dense vestitum. Stylus staminibus paulum longior, bifidus. Bacca subglobosa, rubra, circiter 3 poll. diam., aculeis patentibus 2-3 lin, longis armata. The specimen figured, which was obtained from a plant purchased from Mr. L. Spiith, of Rixdorf, Berlin, in 1899, differs, in some particulars, from the wild specimens pre- served in the Kew Herbarium. The most noteworthy is, that in the cultivated plant the petals are much broader and less conspicuously denticulate at the apex. It is also described as “wholly glabrous,” but in the cultivated Specimen a minute, but rather dense, pubescence may be found on the younger branches and leaves. Beyond this there is little to distinguish it from R. amictwm, of which the pubescence is very marked. : R. cruentum, according to Prof. Greene, is common in the Californian Coast Range, from Sonoma County north- ward into Southern Oregon. The plant at Kew is growing in the Ribes Collection, near the Temperate House, and is now about two feet high and more than a yard across. It flowers in May. Descr.—A dwarf, diffusely branched shrub, glabrous, except the very minute pubescence on the younger parts ; subaxillary spines three, straight or slightly curved, a Novemper Ist, 1906. quarter to half an inch long, the median longer than the lateral. Leaves suborbicular, three- or five-lobed, two- thirds to an inch and a half across, distinctly lobed or sometimes almost truncate at the base; lobes shortly and broadly crenate; petioles very slender, about a quarter of an inch long. Peduncles solitary, one-flowered, a quarter to a third of an inch long; bract solitary, spathaceous, deciduous, almost entirely enveloping the ovary. Calyx about half an inch long, glabrous, crimson, sometimes pale green at the apex of the lobes; tube subcylindric, about a sixth of an inch long; lobes oblong, a quarter to a third of an inch long, obtuse, at first spreading, afterwards re- flexed. Petals erect, white, broadly obovate, involute, a sixth of an inch long, an eighth of an inch broad, and minutely denticulate at the apex. Stamens as long as, or slightly longer than, the calyx-lobes; anthers sagittate- oblong, apiculate. Ovary densely covered with pallid spines, mixed with sessile or shortly stalked glands. Style slightly longer than the stamens, bifid. Berry sub- globose, red, about two-thirds of an inch in diameter, with spreading spines a sixth to a quarter of an inch long.—S. A. SKan. Fig. 1, peduncle and pistil; 2, bract ; 3, two of the petals and a stamen; 4, a stamen :—all enlarged. 8706 Vincent Brocks Day &SonLtthnp S.del J.N-Pitch lith. MN L Reeve &C2 Landon, Tas. 8106. PLEIONE YUNNANENSIS, China. Orcuipacea. Tribe Epipenprex. Pirtonr, D. Don Prodr. il. Nepal. p. 36; Benth. et Hook. JS. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 518, sub Coelogyne. Pleione yunnanensis, Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 1903, p. 292; 1906, p. 81, fig. 10 ; Gard. Chron. 1906, vol. i: p. 115; Journ. of Hort. 1906, vol. 1. p. 25], cum 1c.; a speciebus reliquis cultis pseudobulbis globoso-ovoideis et scapis altioribus distincta. Herba terrestris, exespitosa, rhizomate valido. Pseudobulbi ovoideo-globosi, nitidi, circa 1 poll. lati, monophylli. Folia elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, plicata, membranacea, circa 1 ped. longa, 13-1} poll. lata, basi vaginis spathaceo-oblongis obtecta. Scapi erecti, 5-6 poll. alti, basi vaginis spathaceis imbricatis obtecti, uniflori. Bractese spathacexw, oblong», obtuse, 1-1} poll. longw. Pedicelli 13-14 poll. longi. Flores speciosi, roseo-purpurel, labello atropurpureo-maculati. Sepala patentia, oblongo- lanceolata, subobtusa, 14-12 poll. longa, 4 lin. lata. Pelala subsimilia, paullo angustiora. Labellum obovato-orbiculare, fimbriatum, 1-1} poll. latum, lateribus incurvis et circa columnam convolutis, disci lamellis 5 denticulatis vel fimbriatis. Colwmna clavata, incurva, alata, 9-10 lin. longa, apice 3 lin. lata, alis obtusis; pollinia 4, ovoideo-oblonga, basi glandulze oblong affixa.—Cclogyne (Pleione) yunnanensis, Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxxvi. p. 23. Pleione is a small Indian and Chinese genus of Orchids which was established by D. Don, in 1825, and after- wards united with Celogyne, Lindl., though markedly different in habit, in its annual pseudobulbs, thin, deci- duous Jeaves, erect, one-flowered inflorescence and in floral structure. At least eleven species are known, six of which are natives of Northern India, and all have ap- peared in cultivation, and been figured in the Botanical Magazine. These are Pleione prxcor, D. Don (t. 4496), P. maculata, Lindl. (t. 4691), P. lagenaria, Lindl. (t. 5870), P. humilis, D. Don (t. 5674), P. reichenbachiana, T. Moore (t. 5753), and P. hookeriana, T. Moore (t. 6388) —all under the name of Celogyne. They are charming little plants, and are often called Indian Crocuses. Two of the five Chinese species have also recently been intro- duced, but only this one has as yet flowered. Pleione yunnanensis, Rolfe, was originally discovered by Mr. W. Hancock, F.L.S., in mountain pastures at Mengtse, November Ist, 1906. in the province of Yunnan, at 6,000 to 7,000 feet elevation, in March, 1895, and Dr. Augustine Henry, F.L.S., shortly afterwards collected it in the same district, but at a slightly lower elevation. Its introduction to cultivation came from another source. At the Royal Horticultural Society in February last a pan of several plants was exhibited by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, of Reading, as ‘“ Orchid species from China,” which I immediately recognized as a species already described from dried specimens. Shortly after- wards they forwarded flowers to Kew from which this plate was prepared, the leaves, which appear later, being added afterwards. Unlike several of those above men- tioned, it is not an autumn-flowering species. Messrs. Sutton received the bulbs from a correspondent in China some years ago, but, having mislaid his address, cannot trace its exact source. It is a very charming little plant. Descr.—A terrestrial herb, with ovoid-globose, shining, one-leaved bulbs, about an inch broad. Leaves elliptic- lanceolate, acute, plicate, membranous, about a foot long by an inch and three-quarters broad, with an oblong, spathaceous, basal sheath. Scapes erect, about six inches high, with several imbricating, spathaceous sheaths at the base, one-flowered. Bracts spathaceous, oblong, obtuse, over aninch long. Pedicels about an inch and a half long. Flowers large, rose-purple, with numerous dark purple | blotches on the lip. Sepals spreading, oblong-lanceolate, somewhat obtuse, about an inch and a half long by a third of an inch broad. Petals rather narrower, but otherwise similar. Lip obovate-orbicular, fringed, about an inch and a quarter long, the sides incurved and convolute round the column; disc with five denticulate or fimbriate keels. Column clavate, incurved, about three-quarters of an inch long, winged, dilated at the apex to a quarter of an inch broad, wings obtuse; pollinia four, ovoid-oblong, affixed to a small, oblong gland at the base.—R A. Rorre. Fig. 1, lip with one side removed ; 2, its marginal fringes; 3, column ; 4 and 5, pollinarium, seen from front and back :—all enlarged. 8107 son Lt*Imp Q Vincent Brooks, Day &‘ N°S del JN Fitch ith. sam.don. ne ae L.Reeve & C2 Tas. 8107. ASCHMEA GIGAS, Brazil ? BRoMELIACE2. Tribe BRoMELIER. ‘EcumeEa, Ruiz et Pav.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 663. 4Echmea gigas, EH. Morren ex Baker, Handb. Bromel. p. 61; 4%. Lalindei, Linden & Rodigas, affinis, bracteis inermibus recedit. Planta acaulescens. Folia circa 16 rosulatim disposita, lorata, breviter acuminata, basi vaginata, 3 ped. longa, 5 poll. lata, supra fere glabra, subtus albo-furfuracea ; spines ad folioram medium rectee, inter se 3 lin. distantes, inferiores decurva, superiores incurve. Pedunculus fere 1 ped. longus, robustus; bractess dentate, inferiores imbricate, vagina elliptica inflata purpurea laminaque ovata acuminata viridi, superiores rosulatim congestse, ovate, purpures, 5 poll. longs, 2} poll. late, dentate ; spica simplex, oblonga, 5 poll. longa, 2 poll. lata. Calyx rigidus, extus albo- lepidotus ; lobi 4 lin. longi, suborbiculares, concavi, breviter aristati. Corolla breviter exserta, dilute viridis; petala 7 lin. longa, 14 lin. lata, anguste oblonga, emarginata, basi squamis duabus fimbriatis instracta. Stamina ad corolle medium affixa; anthers oblong, mucronate, quam filamenta duplo longiores. Stylus breviter trilobus. Fructus 3-6-angn- laris, albo-lepidotus, infra viridis, supra dilute roseus, pyramidalis, sepalorum mucronibus erecto-patentibus coronatus, 13 poll. longue. The plant here figured was purchased from the widow of the late Prof. E. Morren of Liége, and flowered in the Victoria House at Kew for the first time in March last. No description of the species was ever published by Prof. Morren, but there exists amongst his drawings at Kew a life-sized figure by P. Stroobant of a plant which flowered in November, 1881. 4. Lalindei, Linden & Rodigas (Ii. Hort. vol. xxx. t. 481), to which this species is united by Mr. Baker, is a very close ally from New Granada, of which perfect flowers are not known. Mez (in DO. Monogr. Phan. vol. ix. p. 263) does not agree as to the identity of these two species, but suggests that our plant belongs to the section Chevallieria; it seems, however, to connect that section with Pothuava, in having the in- florescence of the latter without large bracts subtending each flower, while the angular ovary is that of the former. 47. Mavriz-Regine, H. Wendl. (Bot. Mag. t. 6441) is another allied species, but with a longer, narrower spike, and narrower bracts. Since flowering the plant at Kew has produced two DecemBeEr Ist, 1906. healthy offsets. The original plant was sent to Prof. Morren by Dr. A. Glaziou of Rio Janeiro, and is presumably a native of Brazil. Descr.—Acaulescent. Leaves about sixteen in a tuft, lorate, shortly acuminate, sheathing at the base, three feet long, five inches wide, nearly glabrous above, white fur- furaceous beneath ; spines at the centre of the leaf three lines apart and straight, the lowermost decurved, the uppermost upcurved. Peduncle nearly a foot long; bracts dentate, the lower imbricate, with a crimson, elliptic, in- flated sheath and a green, ovate-acuminate blade, the uppermost rosulate, ovate, crimson, five inches long, two and a quarter inches wide; spike oblong, five inches long, two inches wide. Calyx rigid, white, lepidote outside ; lobes four lines long, suborbicular, concave, shortly awned. Corolla shortly exserted, pale green; petals seven lines long, a line and a half wide, narrowly oblong, emarginate, with two fimbriate scales at the base. Stamens inserted about half-way up the corolla; anthers oblong, mucronate, about twice as long as the filaments. Style shortly three- lobed. Fruit three- to six-angled, white lepidote, green below, pale rose and pyramidal above, an inch and a quarter long, crowned by the spreading awns of the per- sistent sepals.—C. H. Wricur. Fig, 1, portion of calyx and pistil; 2, portion of corolla laid open ; 3, anther ; 4, apex of style; 5, whole plant :—1-4, enlarged ; 5, much reduced. fet. 8108 Vincent Brooks Day & Son Litimp del JN Fitch hth a Ri O. tT Ries COT Aon: Tar. 8108. PONTEDERIA CORDATA, var. LANCIFOLTA. Temperate America. PoNTEDERIACER. Ponreperta, Linn.: Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 837; Solms in DC. Monogr. vol. iv. p. 531. Pontederia cordata, Linz., var. lancifolia, Morong, in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. v. p. 105 ; a typo foliis lanceolatis recedit. Herba aquatica, 1-2 ped. alta. Rhizoma horizontale vel ascendens, abbre- viatum, inferne radicibus dense obtectum. Caules florifert erecti, inter- nodiis duobus superioribus elongatis. Folia longe petiolata, petiolis inferne vaginantibus; lamina lanceolata, obtusa, basi rotundata vel obtusa, 3-1 ped. longa, 1-24 poll. lata, glabra. Spatha angusta, tubulosa. Panicula densa, spiciformis, 2-4 poll. longa. Perigonium czruleum, glanduloso-pilosum, circiter 4 poll. longum; tubus antice fenestratus ; lobi ovato-oblongi, tubo breviores; lobus medianus posticus macula flavo- virente notatus. Achenium ovatum, leve, breviter apiculatum.—P. lan- eifolia, Muhl. Cat. p. 34; Ell. Sketch, vol. i. p. 382. P. lanceolata, Nutt. Gen. Am. vol. i. p. 216. The small family of the Pontederiacex contains but five genera, of which three have been figured in this Magazine, namely :—Pontederia (t. 1156), in which two of the cells of the ovary are abortive, and only a single ovule is developed in the third cell; Hichhornia (t. 2932, sub Pon- tederia, & tt. 5020, 6487), which differs from Pontederia in having all three cells developed and containing many ovules; and Heteranthera (t. 6192), which is noteworthy, on account of having only three stamens. One of the best known species is the ‘* Water hyacinth,” Fichhornia speciosa, a native of Tropical South America, which was introduced into the St. John’s River, Florida, about 1890, and increased so rapidly as to become a serious menace to navigation in 1897. A fullaccount of its spread is given in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Botany, Bull. No.18. It is figured at t. 2932 under the name Pontederia azurea. The plant now figured was regarded as a distinct species by Muhlenberg and Nuttall, but has been reduced by more recent botanists, including Solms, who mono- graphed the family, to a variety or form of P. cordata ; the typical form of the latter is figured in t. 1156. The DecemBeEr Ist, 1906. variety lancifolia has been cultivated at Kew for many years, and flowers annually in the Waterlily House. Descr.—An aquatic herb, one to two feet high. Rhizome short, horizontal, or ascending, giving off many roots on its lower surface. Flowering stems erect, with the two uppermost internodes elongated. Leaves long- petioled ; petioles sheathing in their lower part; blade lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, six to twelve inches long, one inch to two inches and a half broad, glabrous. Panicle dense, spike-like,“two to four inches long. Perianth blue, glandular-pilose, about half an inch long; tube with four longitudinal clefts in front; lobes ovate-oblong, shorter than the tube, the median posticous one with a greenish-yellow blotch. Achene ovate, smooth, shortly apiculate.—T. A. Spraaur. Fig. 1, a flower, and two young buds; 2, pistil; 3, ditto, longitudinal section ; 4, ditto, transverse section :—all enlarged. 8109 M.S.del. INFitch lith Vincent Brooks, Day&S on Lt? bap L Reeve & C?London Tas. 8109. VANDA Warsont. Annam. ORcHIDACERX. ‘Tribe Vanpen. Vanpa, R. Br.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 578, Vanda Watsoni, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. i. pp. 82, 123, fig. 52; Orch. Rev. 1905, p. 67; aff. V. kimballiane, Reichb. f., a qua differt labello concavo fimbriato albo, basi saccato nec calcarato. Herba epiphytica, gracilis, 1-14 ped. alta. Folia subteretia, acnta, gracilia, supra leviter canaliculata, 6-14 poll. longa, 2 lin. lata, viridia; vaginee membranaces, brunneo-maculate. Scapt suberecti, graciler, 3-1 ped. alti, 10-12-flori. Bractex ovato-oblongse, obtuse, 2 lin. longe. Flores albi; crista flava, purpureo-maculata. Sepala obovato-spathulata, obtusa, 9-10 lin. longa; lateralia basi obliqua. Petala obovato-spathu- lata, obtusa, 9 lin. longa, basi deflexa et torta. Zabellwm 3-lobum, 8 lin. longum ; loli laterales incurvi, carnosi, truncati, margines dentibus acutis binis instructi; lobus intermedius cordato-ellipticus, obtusus, con- cavus, circa 6 lin. latus, margines fimbriati et basi incurvi; saccus obtusus, 1} lin. latus, 2 lin. altus, intus flavus, brunneo-maculatus ; callus erectus, 3-lobus. Columna clavata, 3 lin. longa, pede callo truncato vel obscure 3-lobo instructo. Vanda Watsoni, Rolfe, is a distinct and attractive species, which was discovered in the interior of Annam by Mr. W. Micholitz, a collector for Messrs. Sander & Sons, by whom it was introduced to cultivation, and at whose request it was dedicated to Mr. W. Watson, Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It flowered at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, early in 1905. It is the third member of a curious little group, characterized by having narrow or acute leaves and racemes of moderate- sized flowers, all of which have now been figured in this work. The two others are V. kimballiana, Reichb. f. (t. 7112) and V. amesiana, Reichb. f. (t. 7139), both natives of Upper Burma. A fourth species with terete leaves has also been figured, namely, JV. teres, Lindl. (t. 4114), but that has far larger flowers, which are markedly different in structure. The plate was prepared in February last from materials furnished by Messrs. Sander, with the help of a living plant in the Kew collection which had previously been received from them. It flowers freely in winter under tropical treatment. DeEceMBER Ist, 1906. Deser.—Plant almost identical with Vanda kimballiana, Reichb. f., in habit, about a foot high. Leaves subterete, acute, slender, slightly channelled on the upper side, six to fourteen inches long, less than a quarter of an inch broad, dull, dark green, spotted with brown on the mem- branous sheaths. Scapes nearly erect, slender, about a foot high, with ten to twelve white flowers, having the crest and interior of the sac yellow, spotted with brown. Bracts ovate-oblong, obtuse, under a quarter of an inch long. Sepals obovate-spathulate, obtuse, about three- quarters of an inch long; the lateral pair oblique at the base. Petals similar to the sepals in shape, but rather shorter, deflexed, and twisted at the base, so that the face is turned underneath. Lip three-lobed, nearly three- quarters of an inch long; side lobes incurved, truncate, fleshy, with a pair of acute teeth on the inner margin; front lobe cordate-elliptic, obtuse, concave, about half an inch broad, with a fimbriate margin, incurved at the base till the sides nearly meet; sac obtuse, under a quarter of an inch deep, about half as broad, bearing inside an erect three-lobed crest, yellow in colour, spotted with brown. Column club-shaped, a quarter of an inch long, bearing a truncate or obscurely three-lobed callus on the foot, opposite to the crest of the lip.—R. A. Roure. Figs. 1 and 2, column, with base of lip, seen from side and front; 3 and 4, pollinarium, seen from front and back :—all enlarged. M.S.del IN.Fitchlith . Vincent, Brooks Day &Son LitImp L.Reeve & O° London Tar. 8110. COREOPSIS Grant. Eastern Tropical Africa. Composita. Tribe HELIANTHOIDEA. Corxoprsts, Linn. ;. Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 385. Coreopsis Grantii, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xxix. p. 98, t. 65, et Fl. Trop. Africa, vl. iii. p. 388; W. W. in Gard. Chron, 1906, vol. i. p. 162, f. 64; The Garden, vol. xix. p. 161, cum figura ; C. Steppizx, Steetz, affinis, foliis bipinnatifidis molliter pubescentibus, acheniis haud alatis, pappi aristis quam acheenia multo brevioribus. Herba perennis, erecta, 2-4 ped. alta, suffruticosa, ramosa, dense foliata, ubique breviter et molliter pubescens ; rami patentissimi, subteretes vel obscure angulati, validiores plus minusve semi-pollicares diametro. Folia patentia, subsessilia vel longe petiolata, atroviridia, paulum viscida, bipiunatifida, deltoidea, 1-6 poll. longa, basi 3-6 poll. lata ; lobuli ovati, apice rotundati, terminalibus angustioribus acutis exceptis, minutissime apiculati; petioli ad 1} poll. longi, ut rhachis anguste alati et supra canaliculati. Capitula breviter pedunculata, 13-2 poll. diam., floribus vivide luteis. Jnvolucri bractew exteriores herbacew, virides, pilose, spathulato-oblongw, 23 lin. longs, acute, interiores majores, membra- nace, oblonge, lute, extra pilosze. Flores ligulati seepissime 8, oblongi, 8-10 lin. longi, 3-4 lin. lati, apice denticulati. Receptaculi plani pales anguste oblonge, achzniis leviter longiores. Achznia oblongo-linearia, circiter 24 lin. longa, compressa, marginibus et facie interiore parce setulosa. Pappus minutus, setoso-ciliatas, cum aristis duabus oppositis acheenio 5-6-plo brevioribus. Coreopsis Grantii is a herb of robust habit, elegant, dark green foliage, with some resemblance to that of Anthriscus sylvestris, and bright. yellow flower-heads, pro- duced in the winter months. It is of very easy culture, with treatment similar to that given to the Chrysanthe- mum, and the protection of a cool house during the winter, as it is not quite hardy. It commences to flower in December, and reaches its best in February. Coreopsis Grantii was first discovered by Capt. Grant in Karagué, German East Africa, during the Speke and Grant Expedition to the sources of the Nile in 1860-68. It appears to have escaped the attention of all subsequent travellers till Messrs. M. T. Dawe and EK. Brown, of the Scientific and Forestry Department, Entebbe, collected it in the district of Buddu, Uganda, where it is common at elevations between 3,900 and 5,000 feet. It was grown at Kew from seeds received from Mr. Dawe in 1905. DecemBer Ist, 1906. The type specimen is rather more hairy than the culti- vated plant; its leaves are much smaller, and all are subsessile, but only the upper ones are present. There are variations, too, in the depth of the lobing of the leaves, and in the breadth of the ultimate lobes. Descr.—A perennial, subshrubby, branched herb, erect, two to four feet high, densely leafy, everywhere shortly and softly pubescent; branches very spreading, subterete or obscurely angular, the stronger about half an inch in diameter. Leaves spreading, subsessile, or long-petioled, dark green, somewhat viscid, bipinnatifid, deltoid, one to six inches long, three-quarters to six inches broad at the base; ultimate lobes ovate, rounded at the apex, very minutely apiculate, the terminal ones narrower and acute ; petioles up to an inch and three-quarters long, like the rhachis narrowly winged and channelled on the upper side. Flower-heads shortly peduncled, an inch and a half to two inches in diameter, with bright yellow florets. Outer bracts of the involucre herbaceous, green, pilose, spathulate- oblong, nearly a quarter of an inch long, acute; inner larger, membranous, oblong, yellow, pilose outside. Ligu- late florets usually eight, oblong, two-thirds to slightly more than three-quarters of an inch long, a quarter to a third of an inch broad, minutely toothed at the apex. Receptacle flat, with narrowly oblong scales slightly longer than the achenes. Achenes oblong-linear, about a fifth of an inch long, compressed, setulose on the margins and on the inner side. Pappus small, of short, setose hairs, and two opposite bristles five or six times shorter than the achene.—§, A, Sxan. Fig. 1, part of ray-floret; 2, disk-floret and scale cf the receptacle ; 3, anthers ; 4, upper portion of style :—all enlarged. dil. Ne en Avda” sen 4 mae sx er a j LE -f 5 Fs Vincent Brooks Day & Son Limp M.3.del, JNFitchlith LReeve & C° London Tas GLE RHODODENDRON Forou. China. Ericacem®. Tribe RHODOREZ. RHODODENDRON, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. Rhododendron Fordii, Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1894, p. 5; species exaffinitate R. Fortunei, Lindl. (B. M. t. 5596) et R. brachyearpi, D. Don (B. M. t. 7881), sed ab ambobus foliis minoribus basi cuneatis et floram colore differt. Frutex demum circiter 8-pedalis, ramulis floriferis tortuosis glabrescentibus apice tantum foliiferis. Folia distincte petiolata, crassa, coriacea, primum floccoso-tomentosa, fulva, cito glabrescentia, obovato-lanceolata, 2-3 poll. longa, apice rotundata, deorsum attenuata. Corymbi 4-6-flori; bractese coriaceze, glutinosse, fulvee glabrescentes, lanceolatzw, acute, exteriores gradatim minores; pedicelli ferrugineo-pubescentes, quam folia breviores. Flores circiter 3 poll. diametro, intus albi, corolle lobo superiore roseo maculoso, extus primum roseo-purpurei. Calyx parvus, lobis triangularibus acutis. Corolla 5-loba, lobis rotundatis emarginatis. Stamina szepius 10, insequalia, longiora corollam fere equantia, filamentis infra medium puberulis; anther aurantiace. Ovarium pilis stellatis vestitum ; stylus stamina paullo excedens, in parte inferiore pilis paucis glandulosis preeditus. Capsula ignota. The genus Rhododendron is spread all around the northern hemisphere, extending southward to Florida and California in America, and in the Hast southward to New Guinea and North Australia, with the greatest concen- tration of species in China, chiefly in the western provinces. About 150 Chinese species have been described, and there are probably not fewer than twenty-five undescribed species in the Kew Herbarium. Considering the immense areas of unexplored China in connection with the fact that many, perhaps most of the species are quite local, the total number of species inhabiting that country is probably not under 250. &. Fordii is an eastern species, collected by a native in Lantao Island, in 1889, for the Hong Kong Botanic Garden. Lantao, it may be mentioned, is con- siderably larger than, and lies a little to the west of Hong Kong. Plants were raised at Kew from seeds sent in 1894 by Mr. C. Ford, 1.8.0., F.L.S., at that time Super- intendent of the Hong Kong Botanie Garden, and it has been widely distributed to other gardens. It is a very pretty species, the flower-buds being of a bright purple- red, and the expanded flowers white inside, with a slight DecEeMBER lst, 1906, spotting of red on the uppermost lobe. The plant from which the figure was made flowered in May in a green- house, and it is not hardy at Kew. Deser.—A tortuously branched, glabrescent shrub, reaching a height of eight feet. Leaves clustered at the tips of the branches, distinctly stalked, thick, leathery, when young clothed, especially on the undersurface, with pale brown felt, obovate-lanceolate, two to three inches long, rounded at the tip, narrowed downwards. Coryibs four- to six-flowered; bracts leathery, glutinous, lanceo- late, acute, outer ones gradually smaller; pedicels clothed with a rusty pubescence, shorter than the leaves. Flowers about three inches in diameter. Calyx small; teeth ‘triangular, acute. Corolla five-lobed; lobes meahded, notched. Stamens usually ten, unequal, the longer ones nearly equalling the corolla; filaments slightly hairy below the middle; anthers yellow. Ovary clothed with stellate hairs; style slightly glandular in the lower part, a little longer than the stamens. Capsule unkuown.— W. Bortine Hemstey. Fig. 1, portion of leaf, under surface; 2, hairs from the ovary : 3, calyx and pistil; 4 ‘and 5, stamens :—all enlarged. 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