CURTIS’S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE, ILLUSTRATING AND DESCRIBING Plants of the Wopal Botanic Gardens of Kew, AND OF OTHER BOTANICAL ESTABLISHMENTS; EDITED BY SIR DAVID PRAIN, C.M.G., GLE. LL.D., F.R.S., DIRECTOR, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. BAAR RR RRR Ane VOL. IX. OF THE FOURTH SERIES. OJ (Or Vol. CXXXIX. of the Whole Work.) ‘“There the most daintie Paradise on ground Itself doth offer.” SPENSER eee LONDON: aS L. REEVE & CO.: Lip. Publishers to the Home, Colonial, and Indian Governments, 6, BEN EEE STREET, adh og Fe ee 1913, = or" Ca ih sre) ie S ee To Str FRANK CRISP, Baronet, OF FRIAR PARK, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, WHOSE INTEREST IN THE OBJECTS TO WHOSE SERVICES THIS WORK IS DEVOTED IS ONLY EQUALLED BY HIS GENEROSITY TO THE INSTITUTION WHEREIN IT IS PREPARED, THIS VOLUME OF THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED. 6 Kew, December 1, 1913. 8472. MVincentBrooks Day&Son Lttimp Fitch ith. M.S del, o NN L, Reeve &C®° London Tap. 8472. SENECIO srEenocePHALUS. China and Japan. ComposiTaE. Tribe SENECIONIDEAE. Senecio, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 446. Senecio stenocephalus, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. vol. xvi. p. 218; Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxviii. p. 213; affinis 5S, Liguluria, | Hook. f., sed bracteis angustioribus capitulis paucifloris differt. Herba. Folia radicalia longe petiolata; petioli circiter 7 mm. diametro, glabri ; lamina reniformis, basi sinu lato, circiter 22 cm. longa, basi 33 cm. lata, © chartacea, utrinque glabra, grosse dentata, dentibus numerosis triangulari- ovatis obtuse mucronatis 5 mm. longis et latis; nervi laterales utrinque circiter 8, patuli, multiramosi, infra prominentes; folia cauliua inferiora petiolo 15 em. longo basi caulem amplectente parte superiore subterete ; lamina ambitu fuliis radicalibus similis, circiter 15 cm. lata; folia caulina superiora petiolo foliaceo 5 cm. longo 2°5 em. lato caule circumdato; lamina parva. acemi ad 35 cm. longi, basi 7 cm. diametro; bracteae inferiores capitula excedentes, anguste lanceolatae, ad 4°5 cm. longae et . 8 mm. latae, extra glabrae, intus parce lanatae; pedunculi 1 em. longi, parce pubescentes; bracteolae 2, suboppositae, supra medium peduncu- lum insertae, subulatae, 1-1-2 cm. longae, carnosae, glabrae. Capitula lutea, 3°5 cm. diametro. Jnvolucrum anguste campanulatum, | cm. longum, 5 mm. diametro; bracteae circiter 6, connatae, carnosae, lineari- oblongae, obtusae, margine anguste scariosae, apicem versus puberulae. — Flores radii 1-5, patuli, citrini; corollae tubus anguste cylindricus, basi . leviter expansus, 5 mm. longus, glaber; limbus lanceolatus, apice tridentatus, 1°5-2 em. longus, 4-5 mm. latus, 5-nervis, glaber; achaenia 4 mm, longa, glabra; pappi setae barbellatae, 5 mm. longae, purpurascentes ; stylus longe exsertus, flavus. Flores disci 5-6; corollae tubus | cm. longus, inferne anguste cylindricus, supra medium subcampanulato-ampliatus, glaber; lobi lanceolati, subacuti, 1 mm. longi, glabri; antherae 4°5 mm. longae, purpurascentes; achaenia pappoque iis florum radii simillima; stylus exsertus, ramis recurvatis pubescentibus.—S. cacaliaefolius, Sch. Bip., var. stenocephalus, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. vol. xxxix. p. 297. —J. HUTCHINSON. The Senecio here figured is a native of Japan and of Northern China, and is a member of the section Ligularia, whose forms are difficult to discriminate in the herbarium. Mr. Franchet considered our plant a form of S. Ligularia, Hook. f., for which he used the name S. cacaliaefolius, Sch.-Bip.; Mr. Maximowicz, on the other hand, accorded it separate recognition. In 1887 Mr. Hemsley, a third great authority on the Chinese flora, was inclined to adopt (Ind. FI. Sin. vol. i, p. 455) the view of Franchet; in 1905, when Januaky, 1913. living plants were available for study, he was able to vindi- cate the conclusion of Maximowicz. As Mr. Hutchinson now points out, S. stenocephalus may be readily distinguished from S. Ligularia by the long and narrow bracts which sub- tend the peduncle and -by the narrower fewer-flowered heads. The material for our figure was received from Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, and was derived from a plant obtained in Northern China by Mr. W. Purdom. It promises to be hardy, and to be an acceptable addition to the wild garden. Descriptron.—//erb.. Leaves: radical long-petioled, petioles about } in. wide, glabrous; lamina reniform, with a wide basal sinus, about 9 in. long, 16 in. across, charta- ceous, glabrous, margin coarsely toothed, teeth triangular- ovate, bluntly mucronate, } in. long and wide; lateral nerves about 8 on each side, spreading, much-branched, raised be- neath; cauline low down with petiole 6 in. long, stem-clasping at base, above almost terete, and with lamina as in the radical leaves ; higher up with a leafy petiole 2 in. long, 1 in. across and with a small lamina. Racemes up to 14 in. long, 23 in. wide at the base, lower bracts longer than heads, narrow- lanceolate, up to 12 in. long, 1 in. wide, glabrous without, sparingly woolly within; peduncles % in. long, sparingly pubescent, bracteoles 2, subopposite, attached beyond middle of peduncle, subulate, 2-3 in. long, fleshy, glabrous. Heads yellow, 14 in. across. Involucre varrow-campanulate, 2 in. long, } in. across; bracts about 6, connate, fleshy, linear- oblong, obtuse, margin narrow] y scarious, puberulous towards the tip. Ray-florets 1-5, spreading, bright yellow; corolla- tube narrow-cylindric, slightly widened at base, } in. long, glabrous ; limb lanceolate, 3-toothed at tip, 4-2 in. long, 4% in. wide, 5-nerved, glabrous ; fruits 4 in. long, glabrous ; pappus-setae barbellate,1in.long, purplish ; style far exserted, yellow. Disk-florets 5-6; corolla-tube % in. long, narrow- cylindric below, widened and subeampanulate above the middle, glabrous; lobes lanceolate, subacute, very short, glabrous; anthers about 1 in, long, purplish; fruits and pappus-setae as in ray-florets; style exserted, its arms recurved, pubescent. Fig. 1, ray-floret; 2, disk-floret: 3 ; : of disk-floret :—ail enlarged, + PREPuS cote, A anthem; 5, atyleanat 8473, Vincent Brooks Day &Son Lttimp ith MS.del. TNF L Reeve &C®?London Tan. 8473. ROSA SERTATA. China. Rosaceaz. Tribe Rosgax. Rosa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 625. Rosa (§ Cinnamomeae) sertata, Rolfe; species ex affinitate R. Webbianae, Wall., a qua habitu laxiori, aculeis tenuioribus, foliis longioribus et fructu angustiori differt. Frutex ramosus, 1-1°5 m. altus; ramuli glauci, aculeis geminatis rectis gracilibus circiter 1 cm. longis armati, vel rarius inermes. o/ia conferta, . 4-10 cm. longa, 7-11-foliolata; rhachis sparse glanduloso-setulosa et aculedlata; foliola sub-essilia, elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, obtu-a, acute dentata, subtus glauca, 1-2 em. longa; stipulae adnatae, anguste oblongae, arutae vel subobtusae, ciliato-glandulosae. 8-10 mm. longae. Fioves speciosi, rosei vel roseo-purpurei, 5-6 em. diametro, in ramulorum brevium apicibus pauci vel solitarii ; pedurculi 1-5-3 em. lonci, glanduluso-setulosi vel Jaeves. Receptaculum anguste ovoideum, glanduloso-setulosum vel laeve, 5-10 mm. longum. Calycis lobi ovato-lancevlati, caudato-acuminati, interdum foliacei, puberuli, glanduloso-setulosi vel laevi, 1-2 em. longi, subpatentes, etala late ohcordata. Filamenta glabra, 3-5 mm, longa, antheris aureis. Fructus ovoid us, apice aitenuatu;, s:.turate ruber, circiter 2 cm. longus, sepalis persistentibus. Achaenium basi et durso villosum, 3 mis longum ; styli villosi in columnam 4 mm, longam cohaerentes.—R. Webbiana, Vilmorin in Fruticet. Vilmorin. p. 98; nec Wall.—R. A. Roure. The handsome Rose here figured is one grown from Chinese seeds obtained by Mr. E. H. Wilson on behalf of Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, which flowered in the Kew collec- tion in June 1910. The flowers show that it is identical with another plant collected by Mr. A. Henry, which the late Professor Crepin thought might be a small-leaved form of £. macrophylla, Lindl., and with two other Chinese plants presented by Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux, as 2. Webbiana, Wall. Neither of the suggestions hitherto offered is, how- ever, wholly satisfactory. From &. macrophylla the species here described as A. sertata differs in its much smaller rounded leaflets and in numerous other details ; from Le. Webbiana it is easily distinguished by its laxer habit, its few slender straight stipulary thorns, and its more slender, beaked fruit. It is more nearly allied to R. Will-- mottiae, Hemsl., a plant figured at t. 8186 of this work, January, 1913. than it is to R. Webbiana, but R. Willmottiae is a much smaller plant in all its parts than the subject of our plate. In gardens R. sertata will be valued for its graceful habit ; it makes long slender shoots which in the following season become gracefully arched and bear in mid-June a profusion of its beautiful flowers followed by richly coloured fruits, while it has the finely cut, daintily formed leaves and the glaucous stems that have rendered its allies R. Webbiana and £. Willmottiae such favourites among wild roses. It has so far succeeded well in stiff loam and gives promise of being a more vigorous shrub in gardens than R. Webbiana. So far the only experience of its propagation has been from seed, but it is probable that, like R. Webbiana, it may be increased by layers and perhaps by autumn cuttings, Description.— Shrub, branched, 3-5 ft. high; twigs glaucous, armed with straight, slender, geminate prickles over } in. long, rarely unarmed. Leaves clustered, 13—4 in. long, 7-11-foliolate, rachis sparingly glandular-setulose and prickly ; leaflets subsessile, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, sharply toothed, glaucous beneath, 4-3 in. long, stipules adnate, narrow-oblong, acute or somewhat blunt, ciliate- glandular, } in. long. Flowers showy, rose or rose-purple, 2-2} in. across, few or solitary at the ends of abbreviated twigs; peduncles 2-11 in. long, glandular-setulose or smooth. eceptacle narrow-ovoid, glandular-setulose or smooth, $-} in. long. Calyz lobes ovate-lanceolate, caudate- acuminate, sometimes leafy, puberulous, glandular-setulose or smooth, }—$ in. long, somewhat spreading. Petals wide- obcordate. Filaments glabrous, 1-1 in. long; anthers golden-yellow, Fruit ovoid, narrowed at the top, deep red, about # in, long, crowned by the persistent sepals. Achenes villous at the base and on the back, 1 in. long; styles villous, cohering in a column + in, long. Figs. 1 and 2, stamens: 3, a our its: Which ta of wafer sie carpel; 4, ripe fruits:—all enlarged except 4, 8474 Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lttimp MS.4el.3.N Fitch ith L.Reeve &C° London. | Pas. 8474, CLERODENDRON Baker, Tropical Africa, VERBENACEAE. ‘Tribe VITICEAR. CLERODENDRON, Linn. ; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1155. Clerodendron Bakeri, Girke in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. viii. p. 175; Baker in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa, vol. v. p. 296; affinis C. Schweinfurthii, Giirke, sed foliis superne grosse repando-dentatis calycis dentibus majoribus differt. Fruter ad 1°3 m. altus; rami juniores pubescentes. Folia oblongo-elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, acute subcaudatim acuminata, basi rotundata vel leviter cuneata, 9-20 em. longa, 5-10 cm. lata, parte superiore grosse repando- dentata, parte inferiore integra vel subintegra, tenuiter chartacea, nervis exceptis utrinque glabra, nervis infra puberulis vel interdum parce pilosis, lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 arcuatis infra prominentibus, nervis tertiariis laxe subparallelis; petioli 1-5-2-5 cm. longi, verrucosi, tomentelli. Cymae axillares, pedunculatae, dense multiflorae, circiter 12 cm. expansae; peduneuli 5-15 cm. longi, glabri vel parce puberuli; bracteae bracteo- laeque lineari-subulatae, usque ad 3 mm. longae, puberulae. Fores albi. Calycis tubus longe campanulatus, 3 mm. longus, circiter 2 mm. diametro, glaber ; dentes triangulares, subobtusi, vix 2 mm. longi, glabri. — Corollue tubus gracilis, 3-3-5 em. longus, extra glaber; lobi patentes, elliptici vel oblongo-elliptici, apice rotundati, 6-8 mm. longi, 4-5 mm. lati, glabri. Filamenta circiter 15 cm. exserta, erecta, demum recurva, glabra; antherae vix 2mm. longae. Stylus gracillimus, ad 2 cm. exsertus, glaber. Fructus niger, obovoideus, 1 cm. longus, glaber, calyce accrescente carnoso albes- cente parte inferiore cinctus.—C. congense, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1892, p. 127, non Engler.—J. Hurcurnson. The pleasing Clerodendron which forms the subject of our illustration is a native of West Tropical Africa, where it has been collected both in the region of the Lower Congo and in Sierra Leone. In the latter country it occurs, according to Mr. Scott Elliot, near rivers, and forms a handsome fragrant shrub about four feet high. The plant from which the material for our figure has been obtained is one which was presented to Kew in 1910 by Captain Munro, R.N., of Woodlands, Binfield. Grown in a tropical stove it flowered in March and ripened fruits in June 1911, and again in 1912. The nearest ally of C. Bakeri is C. Schweinfurthii, Giirke, a species collected by Dr. Schweinfurth in’ Niam-niamland, which is most easily distinguished by its almost entire leaves January, 1913, and its smaller, more acnte calyx-teeth. With care and under stove conditions C. Bakeri may be grown into a _ very decorative plant. Descriprion.—Shrub, 4 ft. high; young branches pubes- cent. Leaves oblong- or obovate-elliptic, sharply almost caudately acuminate, base rounded or slightly cuneate, 33-8 in. long, 2-4 in. wide, margin in anterior half coarsely repandly toothed, in the basal half subentire or entire, thinly chartaceous, glabrous except on the nerves on both faces, nerves puberulous or sometimes sparingly pilose beneath, lateral arching, raised beneath, about 8 on each side, con- nected by almost parallel veins; petiole 2-1 in. long, verrucose, somewhat hairy. Cymes axillary, peduncled, densely many-flowered, about 5 in, across; peduncles 2-6 in. long, glabrous or sparingly puberulous; bracts and bracteoles _linear-subulate, I-13 lin. long, puberulous. Flowers white. Calyz-tuhe rather deeply campanulate, 14 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, glabrous; teeth triangular, some- what blunt, barely 1 lin, long, glabrous, Corolla-tube slender, 1}~1} in. long, glabrous outside; lobes spreading, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, rounded at the tip, +1 in. long, $-% in. wide, glabrous. Filaments long, exserted 2 in., erect, at length recurved, glabrous: anthers barely 1 lin. long. Style very slender, exserted % in., glabrous, Fruit black, obovoid, 2 in. long, glabrous, the base surrounded by the accrescent, fleshy, whitish calyx. Fig. 1, calyx and pistil; 2 and 3, anthers; 4, ovary; 5, fruiting eyme- 6, vertical section of fruit i—all enlarg Ab Se ing cyme ; ed except 5, which is of natural size, 8475 y& Son Limp tt Brooks Day Ler zi M.S.del. JN Fitch hth, L.Reeve & C° London: Tas. 8475. AMORPHOPHALLUS corrvucarus. ~ Siam. AromwEAE. Tribe PyTHONIEAE. AmorPHOPHALLUS, Blume; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 970. Amorphophallus corrugatus, N. £. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1912, p. 269; affinis A. Kerrii, N. E. Brown, sed ovariis atropurpureis, stylis longioribus et appendice valde corrugata facile distinguitur. Herba tuberosa perennis. Tuber 4-5 cm. diametro, depresso-subglobosum. _ Folium solitarium; petiolus 45-60 cm. longus, sordide viridis, fusco- maculatns et punctatus; lamina radiato-tripartita, viridis; partitiones 25 cm. longae, irregulariter pinnatisectae et furcatae, segmenta sessilia, decurrentia, 3-15 cm. longa, 2-6 cm. lata, elliptico-ovata vel elliptico- oblonga, subcuspidato-acuminata, basi subcuneato-angustata. Pedunculus 25-55 cm. longus, ad 1 em. crassus, sordide viridis et albido-variegatus et fusco-punctatus. Spatha erecta, 7-15 cm. longa, 3-7 cm. lata, cucullata, apice leviter fornicata, obtusa, basi brevissime convoluta, marginibus leviter undulatis, glabra, extra viridis versus basin albido-variegata, marginibus purpureo-tinctis, intra albida, apice viridis, margiuvibus purpureis. Spadix spatha multo brevior, stipitata; stipes albus; pars feminea 1°5-8 cm. longa, ad 1°8 cm. crassa, cylindrica, fuseo—purpurea ; ovarium globosum, in stylum 2-3 mm. longum abrupte contractum, stigmate punctiformi; pars mascula 1-5-2 cm. longa, ad 1°4 cm. crassa, cylindrica, roseo-tincta vel carnea; appendix 1-5-3 em. longa, ad 2 em. crassa, irregulariter ovoidea, obtusa, profunde corrugata, sordide ochracea. —N. E. Brown. The Aroid genus Amorphophallus includes some seventy- five species, widely spread in tropical and subtropical forests in the Old World, of which about one-sixth have already been figured in this work. That which forms the subject of our illustration was discovered by Dr. A. F. G. Kerr in the evergreen forest on the Doi Sootep mountain, in the district of Chiengmai, Siam, at an altitude of 5000 ft. above sea-level. Herbarium material of the plant was sent by Dr. Kerr to Kew, while living tubers were forwarded by him to the Botanic Garden of Trinity College, Dublin. Here one of these tubers, grown under stove conditions, flowered in April 1912, and supplied the material from which our plate has been prepared. To the courtesy of Professor H. H. Dixon, by whom the flower had been sent, we are further indebted for the subsequent communication January, 1913, of the leaf produced by the same tuber. Specifically A. corrugatus is readily distinguished from its nearer allies by the spathe being open in front almost to the base, by the remarkably corrugated appendix, and -by the purple ovaries which are well exposed to view. The delicate shading of the rather agreeably coloured spathe and spadix render this species more ornamental than some other members of the genus, : Desoriprion.—Herb, tuberous, perennial; tuber up to 2 in. across, depressed subglobose. Leaf solitary, petiole 1§-2 ft. long, dirty-green, with tawny dots and blotches ; lamina radiately 3-partite, green; sections 10 in, long, irregularly pinnatisect and fureate; segments sessile, de- current, 14-6 in. long, 3-21 in. wide, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-oblong, almost cuspidately acuminate, base cuneately narrowed. Peduncle 10-22 in. long, about 5 lin. thick, dirty-green with white blotches and tawny dots. Spathe erect, 3-6 in. long, 14-3 in. wide, hooded, the apex slightly vaulted, obtuse, the base slightly convolute, margins slightly undulate, glabrous, outside green and mottled with white towards the base, the margins slightly purplish, inside whitish, green at the tip, the margins purple. Spadi« much shorter than the spathe, stipitate ; stipe white ; female portion 2-1} in. long, 2 in. thick, cylindric, tawny-purple ; ovary globose, suddenly narrowed into a style 1-14 lin. long, stigma punctiform; male portion 2-2 in. long, 2 in, thick, cylindric, rose- or flesh-coloured ; appendix 3-1} in. long, 2 in. thick, irregularly ovoid, deeply corrugated, dirty ochre-yellow. Fig. 1, group of four stamens ; 2, ovary; 8, longitudinal section of ovary; 4, transverse section of ovary; 5, ovule:—all enlarged. ‘ 8476 MS. del. JN-Fitchlith “Vincent Brodis Day & Son Limp LReeve &C° London. Tap. 8476, ASTER PuRDOMII. China. — Compositak. ‘Tribe ASTEROIDEAE. Aster, Linn.: Benth. et Hook, f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 271. Aster Purdomii, Hutchinson ; species inter asiaticis foliis radicalibus petiolatis ovatis vel ovato-ellipticis, 2-3-denticulatis, pappi setis externis quam internis multo brevioribus valde distincta. Herba circiter 15 em. alta. Cau/is monocephalus, ad basin paucifoliatus, ceterum nudus, purpureo-viridis, pilis refl-xis pubescens. Folia radicalia pauca, petiolata, ovata vel ovato-elliptica, apice obtusa. basi rotundata vel leviter cuneata, 8-8-5 cm. longa, 2-2°5 cm. lata, chartacea, margine utrinque 2-3-denticulata, supra basin trinervia, utrinque breviter setuloso- pubescentia, nervis supra immersis snbtus elevatis; caulina sessilia, oblongo-lanceolata, subacuta, ad 3 em. longa et 2 cm. lata, integra vel subintegra, breviter pubescentia, Capitulum 6 cm. diametro; involucri bracteae subtriseriatae, recurvatae, lineari-lanceolatae, mrucronulatae, inter se subaequales, 1 em. longae, 2 mm. latae, virides, albo-ciliatae, extra pilosae pilis basi nigris, intus inferne glabrae, superne appresse pubescentes. Fores radii circiter 40; tubus subnullus; lamina lineari- lanceolata, apice bifida vel trifida, 2°5 cm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata, pailide violacea, medio 7-nervia; stylus 7 mm. longus. Flores diset numerosi, pallide flavi; tubus 5 mm. longus, infra medium _constrictus viridisque, medio parce pilosus; lobi lanceolati, subobtusi, 125 mm. longi, aurantiaci ; ovarium 2 mm. longum, pubescens; pappus biseriatus, externus vx 1 mm. longus, internus filiformis, 6 mm. longus, barbellatus.—J. HUTCHINSON. The pleasing little Aster here figured was discovered by Mr. W. Purdom, while collecting on behalf of Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, at Tai-pei-shan in the province of Shensi, Northern China. It flowered for the first time In the nursery of Messrs. Veitch at Coombe Wood in May 1912, and the material for our illustration was derived from one of their plants. In habit A. Purdomii resembles some of the forms of the widely distributed A. alpinus, Linn., figured long ago at t. 199 of this work, but it may be - distinguished from this and indeed from all the other Asters of Asia by the distinctly stalked ovate or ovate- ae elliptic radical leaves with two or three small marginal teeth, which are associated with flowering stems that are _ Sanvary, 1918, , scarcely leafy and bear solitary heads. The species, which is perfectly hardy, promises to be a desirable acquisition for the rock garden ; it has a tufted habit and flowers freely. Drscription.—Herb, about 6 in. high; stems 1-headed, sparingly leafy below, elsewhere naked, greenish-purple, pubescent with reflexed hairs. Leaves: radical few, petioled, ovate or ovate-elliptic, obtuse, base rounded or slightly cuneate, margin 2-3-denticulate on each side, 1{-14 in. long, 3-1 in. wide, chartaceous, triplinerved, shortly setulose-pubescent on both surfaces, nerves sunk above, raised beneath; cauline sessile, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, up to 1} in. long, 3 in. wide, entire or nearly so, shortly pubescent. Flower-heads 23 in. across; involucral bracts obscurely 3-seriate, recurved, linear-lanceolate, mu- cronulate, almost uniform, 2 in. long, 1 lin. wide, green, white-ciliate, pilose outside with black-based hairs, inside glabrous low down, adpressed pubescent upwards. Ray- florets about 40 ; tube obsolete, limb linear-lanceolate, 2—3-fid at the tip, 1 in. long, 1$-24 lin. wide, pale violet, 7-nerved ; style 4 in. long. Disk-florets numerous, pale yellow; tube in. long, green and constricted below the middle, at the middle sparingly pilose; lobes lanceolate, somewhat blunt, under 1 lin. long, orange; ovary | lin. long, pubescent ; pappus 2-seriate, hair of the outer series very short, under 3 lin. long, of the inner series filiform, barbellate, } in. long. Fig. 1, ray-floret with portion of limb removed ; 2, disk-floret; 3 and 4, pappus-hairs ; 5, anthers :—a// enlarged. ‘na tre racnderte a Vincent Brooks,Day &SonItdimp. MS.del. J N.Fitch lith L. Reeve & C° London. Tas. 8477. COELOGYNE crisravs. Temperate Himalaya. ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. CorLoeyne, Lindl. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 518. Coelogyne cristata, Lindl. Collect. Bot. sub t. 33; Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 39; Fol. Orch. Coelog. p. 8; et in Bot. Reg. 1841, t.57; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. v. p. 829; King & Pantl. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale. vol. viii. p. 133, t. 184; Pfitzer in Engl. Pfanzenr., Orch-Coeloy. p. 65; species distinctis- sima, scapis arcuatis brevibus floribus maximis albis et labelli lamellis longe fimbriatis distinguenda. Herba epiphytica. Rhizoma repens, validum, vaginis numerosis imbricatis vestitum. Pseudobulbi subdistantes, ovato-ellipsoidei, demum longitu- dinaliter corrugati, 4-6 cm. longi, diphylli. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, subplicata, prominenter trinervia, basi attenuata vel breviter petiolata, 12-25 em. longa, 2-2°5 em. lata. Scapi ad basin pseudobulbi, 15-20 cm. longi, arcuati, basi vaginis imbricatis vestiti; racemi 5-7-flori. Bracteae patentes, oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae, 4-5 em. longae. Pedicelli 3-4 cm. longi. lores speciosi, albi, labelli cristis flavis. Sepala et petala patentia, subaequalia, oblonga, subobtusa, undulata, circiter 5em. longa. Labellum trilobum, circiter 4 em. longum; lobi laterales oblongi, obtusi, basin columnae amplectentes, apice subreflexi; lobus medius suborbicularis vel late rhomboideo-ovatus, obtusus, 2-2-5 em. latus; discus 5-carinatus ; carinae humiles, in fimbrias longas solutae, ante isthmum in laminam brevem triangularem crenatam extensae. Columna clavata, e basi gracili late alata, circiter 3 em. longa. Pollinia 4, oblonga, compressa, apice in massulam granulosam cohaerentia.— Cymbidium speciosissimum, Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 35.—R. A. Roure. The Coelogyne here figured has long been regarded as perhaps the most beautiful species in the genus. Easy to cultivate in a warm greenhouse, it is generally grown and is held in much esteem. This esteem is well deserved ; its racemes of large white flowers are remarkably elegant ; their value is enhanced by the fact that they are developed in winter and last several weeks. They are consequently much prized as materials for bouquets, wreaths and decora- tions. Sometimes in this country specimen clumps over six feet across and bearing hundreds of flowers have been grown, but the finest display in our greenhouses fails to convey any conception of the appearance of a forest-clad spur in the Eastern Himalaya when C. cristata is in blossom. Most abundant from Central Nepal eastward to Bhutan, the species actually extends from Kumaon in the west to the _ Fesrvary, 1913. : Jaintea and Khasia Hills in the east. The plant appears to have been first met with by Wallich near Khatmandu in 1819, and was described from Wallich’s material independ- ently by Lindley in 1821 and by D. Don in 1825. The species was introduced to cultivation by Mr. Gibson in 1837; the first plant to flower in England did so early in 1841 in the collection of Mr. G. Barker of Springfield, Birmingham. As might be anticipated in a species with so wide a range, C. cristata varies somewhat; two of the most beautiful varieties known in collections are Lemoniana, which appeared many years ago in the collection of Sir Charles Lemon, at Carclew near Falmouth, and alba, which appeared first in the collection © of Mr. T. A. Titley, Leeds; a third very striking variety is that known as mazima, introduced by Messrs, Sander and Sons, St. Albans. In Sir ©. Lemon’s variety the hairs on the lip are light citron-yellow in place of orange; in that of Mr. Titley the flowers are pure white throughout. The variety imported by Messrs. Sander has larger flowers with petals and sepals of firmer texture than in the type. Description.—Herb, epiphytic ; rhizome stout, creeping, clothed with many imbricate sheaths; pseudobulbs some- what separated, ovate-ellipsoid, ultimately longitudinally wrinkled, 13-24 in. long, 2-foliate. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat plicate, distinctly 3-nerved, narrowed to the base and sometimes shortly petioled, 5-12 in. long, I in. wide. Scapes basal, 6-8 in. long, curved, clothed below with imbricate sheaths ; racemes 5—7 -flowered ; bracts spreading, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 13-2 in, long; pedicels 14-14 in. long. | Flowers showy, white, the lip usually with yellow crests, Sepals and petals spreading, subequal, oblong, somewhat blunt, undulate, about 2 in. long. Lip 3-lobed, about 1} in. long; lateral lobes oblong, obtuse, embracing base of column, somewhat reflexed at the tip; mid-lobe suborbicular or wide rhomboid-ovate, blunt, 3-1 in. wide; disk 5-crested ; crests shallow, breaking up into long pro-= cesses and continued beyond the isthmus as a short triangular crenate lamina, Column clavate, wide-win ged from a narrow base, about 1} in. long. Pollinia 4, oblong, compressed, cohering at the tip in a granular body. Fig. 1, lip; 2, column; 8, pollinia :—all enlarged, 8478 jchiaigiaeagliaateasT, Inedinibine : rss aaa TTP TTP TY r+ A A fe a a + MS.del J NFitch lith. Sa aia Vincent Brooks Day &Son Leip. L. Reeve & C° London. Tas. 8478. RHODODENDRON svsLANCKOLATUM. Japan. EricacgEakz. Tribe RHODOREAE. RHODODENDRON, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. Rhododendron sublanceolatum, Miquel, Ann. Mus, Bot. Lugd.-Bat. vol. ii. p. 163; Gard. Chron. 1911, vol. xlix. p. 342, cum tab.; ab affini 2. indico, Sweet, calycis lobis majoribus ciliatis dorso glabris, corolla majore recedit. Frutex; ramuli primo adpresse rufulo-setosi, setis mox pallescentibus dein deciduis, brunneo- vel fusco-brunneo-corticati. Folia lanceolata, anguste elliptica vel oblanceolata, utrinque angustata, apice mucronulata, interdum obtusa vel fere rotundata, 2°5-7 cm. longa, 1-2°9 cm. lata, coriacea, subtus costa nervisque setis rufis iis ramulorum costaeque supra similibus mox pallescentibus, supra nervulis pilis rufis deciduis instructa, nervis latera- libus utrinque 59 cum transversis pagina inferiore prominulis superiore immersis, margine sicco recurvo strigoso-ciliata, petiolo plerumque vix 1 em. longo adpresse rufo-setuloso setulis mox pallescentibus dein plus minusve deciduis suffulta. Flores speciosi, terminales; bracteae deciduae, circiter 1°5 em. longae, dorso rufulo-strigosae; pedicelli bracteas paulo superantes, rufulo-strigosi. Calycis segmenta inter se parum inaequalia, plerumque oblonga, apice rotundata, ad 6 mm. longa et 4 mm. lata, dorso glabra; strigoso-ciliata. Corolla ad 5°5 cm. longa, vwix ad medium lobata, lobis ovato- vel elliptico-rotundatis. Stamina 10, inclusa ; filamenta parte inferiore pubescentia. Ovarium ambitu oblongum, adpresse strigosum; stylus stamina paulo excedens, glaber.—R. indicum, Sweet, var. sinensis, Buerger ex Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. vol.. 1. p. 38. R, indicum, Sweet, var. sublanceolatum, Makino in Bot. Mag. Tokyo vol. xviii. p. 100. Azalea sublanceolata, O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p. 387,—W. G. Cras. The subject of our illustration, Rhododendron sublanceo- latum, is an Azalea which is cultivated rather widely in Japan as the ‘Chinese Azalea.’ It is undoubtedly very nearly allied to R. indicum, Sweet, and observers so competent as Dr. Buerger and Mr. Makino have even suggested that our plant may be considered a variety of that Chinese species. But &. sublanceolatum differs so markedly from R. indicum, not only in the size of the flowers but in the form of the calyx, that this suggestion appears to be as unnecessary from the systematic as It Is inconvenient from the cultural standpoint, and there is no doubt that Mr. Craib is justified in treating the two as distinct. It now appears, moreover, that £. sublanceolatum. Fesrvary, 1913. is not a Chinese plant at all, but that its home is in the Loo-Choo Islands. The material from which our figure was prepared was taken from a plant growing in the nursery of Mr. R. ©. Notcutt at Woodbridge. The plant selected was one of the richest as regards tint of corolla in a large and rather variable batch in flower there in June 1912. Under cultivation this species should receive much the treatment that is required in the case of the hardier forms of FR. indicum. In a peaty moist soil. it is likely to prove robust in sheltered spots in the south- western parts of the United Kingdom, but as to its capacity to withstand the rigours of a really severe winter experi- ence is wanting. It is increased by cuttings of moderately firm wood in late summer placed in bottom heat. Descriprion.— Shrub; twigs at first adpressed reddish- setulose, hairs soon getting paler and at length disappearing ; bark brown or tawny. Leaves lanceolate, narrow-elliptic or oblanceolate, tapering to both extremities, mucronulate, sometimes obtuse or almost rounded, margin strigose-ciliate, when dry recurved, 1-23 in. long, 1-11 in, wide, coriaceous, more or less pubescent on the nerves on both surfaces, lateral nerves 5-9 on each side somewhat sunk above and raised beneath, as are the transverse veins; petiole usually under 4 in. long, adpressed reddish-setulose, the hairs soon becoming paler and ultimately disappearing. Flowers showy, terminal ; bracts deciduous, about 2 in. long, reddish-strigose on the back; pedicels rather longer than the bracts, reddish-strigose. Culyzx-lobes slightly unequal, usually oblong, rounded at the tip, 3 lin. long, 2 lin. wide, glabrous behind, margin strigose and glandular-ciliate. Corolla over 2 in. long, lobed not quite to the middle, lobes ovate- or elliptic-rounded. Stamens 10, included, fila- ments pubescent in the lower half. Ovary oblong, adpressed- strigose ; style rather longer than the stamens, glabrous. Fig. 1, calyx and istil; 2, section ; ; baa saseuna 6, Porn ; 4, Section of calyx, showing ovary; 3, hairs; 4 and verse section of ovary :—all enlarged. 8479 8 , Day & Sonia MS.del. SN. Fitch lith Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lum : el ee I Riseve$ Colona tS Tas. 8479. CYTISUS nigricans. Europe. Lxecuminosak. Tribe GENISTEAE. Cyrisus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 484. Cytisus nigricans, Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. i. p. 739; Koch, Syn. ed. ii. p. 169; Nyman, Conspectus p. 156 et Suppl. p. 84; Reichb, Ic. vol. xxii. t. mmlxxi; ab affini C. glabrescente, Sart., racemis terminalibus legumine haud glabro lit, | Frutex ; ramuli primo adpresse breviter albo-pubescentes, mox glabri vel fere glabri, fusco-corticati. Folia trifoliolata vel rarissime quinquefoliolata, petiolo 5-15 mm. longo supra canaliculato breviter adpresse pubescente suffulta; foliola oblanceolata vel late oblanceolata, apice rotundata, apiculata, basi cuneata, lateralia 8-15 mm. longa, 5-8 mm. lata, terminali parum majore, chartacea, supra glabra, subtus parce adpresse hirsutula, nervis lateralibus pagina utraque obscuris vel subobscuris, breviter petiolulata. Racemi terminales sub anthesin circiter 17 cm. longi, rhachi ramulis novellis simili; bracteae deciduae; pedicelli ad 6 mm. longi, ante anthesin apice decurvati, sub anthesin recti, indumento ramulorum; bracteola solitaria, 2°5 mm. longa, paulo infra pedicelli apicem inserta, plerumque in fructu persistens. Calyx bilabiatus, 3 mm. longus, extra adpresse breviter pubescens, dentibus parvis Janceolatis. Corolla lutea; vexillum refractum suborbiculare, emarginatum, circiter 5-5 mm. longum et 6°5 mm. latum, extra glabrum, intus versus basin tenuiter pilosum, ungui fere 1-5 mm. longo; alae 6 mm. longae, 3°5 mm. latae, ungui circiter 2 mm. longo; carina 7°5 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, ungui 1°5 mm. longo. Stamina monadelpha. Ovarium 7 mm. altum; stylus 4 mm. longus. Legumen plerumque circiter 3 em. longum, 5 mm. latum, fuscum, tenuiter adpresse pubescens. Semina circiter 3°5 mm. longa, pallide brunnea, nitida, strophiolo parvo albo.—C. glaber, a, Lamk. Fl. Franc. vol. ii. p. 621. (. virgatus, Salisb. Prodr. p. 330. C. wnibracteatus, Lindem. Prodr. Fi. Czerniz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. vol. iv. p. 471. Genista nigricans, Scheele in Flora vol. xxvi. p. 488; Briquet, Les Cytises des Alpes maritimes p. 122.—W. G. Crar. The Broom which forms the subject of our illustration, an old favourite in gardens, is useful in flowering at a season, from the end of June to August, when the majority of shrubs have gone out of bloom, Its tall erect racemes make it very distinct among the hardy Brooms. The wealth of blossom is followed by a great quantity of seed which enables the stock to be easily renewed. But this excessive fertility is associated with a tendency to be short- lived, and it is therefore well to go over the plants as soon as the flowers are past and cut away all save a few of the old racemes. As the flowers are borne on the growths of Fesrvary, 1913, the current season this Broom may be pruned back in spring to within an inch or two of the old wood. Its other re- quirements are best met by a well-drained loamy soil and a sunny position. Usually considered a Cytisus this plant has, however, been treated by Bentham and Hooker as the type of a very distinct monotypic section, Lembotropis, within that genus, and Dr. Briquet, who has added to that section another species, C. glabrescens, Sart., has transferred the two allied forms composing it to the genus Genista, Linn. In so far as regards the former conclusion there can be little hesitation in following Dr. Briquet; to whichever of the two genera our plant be referred its nearest ally is C. glabrescens. But so far as the latter is concerned it appears, as yet, preferable to follow Bentham and Hooker. | Description.—Shrub; twigs at first shortly adpressed white-pubescent, soon becoming glabrous; their bark tawny. Leaves 3-foliolate or rarely 5-foliolate ; leaflets oblanceolate or wide-oblanceolate, rounded and apiculate, base cuneate, the lateral 41—-2-in. long, }-1 in. wide, the terminal rather longer, papery, glabrous above, sparingly adpressed-hairy beneath, lateral nerves rather obscure on both surfaces; petiolules very short ; petiole }~2 in. long, channelled above, shortly adpressed-pubescent. Jtacemes terminal, in flower 6-7 in. long; rhachis tomentose Jike the young twigs; bracts deciduous ; pedicels up to + in. long, decurved at the tip, in flower straight, tomentose like the rhachis; bracteole solitary to and near the tip of each pedicel, usually persisting in fruit. Calyx 2-lipped, 14 lin, long, shortly adpressed- pubescent outside, teeth small, lanceolate. Corolla yellow ; standard refracted, suborbicular, emarginate, under } in, long, over } in. wide, glabrous outside, thinly pilose near the base within, claw under 1 lin. long; wings } in. long, 7 in. wide, claw 1 lin. long; keel 4 in. long, 4 in. wide, claw under 1 lin. long. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary under 4 in. long ; style 4 in. long. Pod usually about 14 in. long, 4 in. wide, tawny, thinly adpressed-pubescent. Seeds under { in. long, pale brown, shining; sibebiole sinall, white. Fig. 1, flower, petals removed; 2, standard; 3, wing-petal; 4, keel-petal ; 5, pistil; 6, pods; 7 and 8, segments of it , 3 ; enlurged except 6 and 7, which are of weesceaten. stares vepeaenarese to 8480. ee lor pre, a “ae o ; Bn n Dy SS 4 Pay 4 Nees | t., a ie S ». ay Reo MS .del SN Fitchiith . Vincent Brooks,Day & Son Limp LReeve & C? Landon. Tap. 8480. HELIOTROPIUM ancuusarrouium. South America. BORAGINEAE. Tribe HELIOTROPIEAE. Heurorropium, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii, p. 843. Heliotropium anchusaefolium, Poir. Encyc. Meth. Suppl. vol. iii. p. 23; Cham. in Linnaea vol. iv. p. 458; species H. sidaefolio, Cham., affinis, sed foliis lanceolatis vel linearibus sessilibusque differt. Herba perennis. Caules erecti, quadrangulati, hispidi. Folia alterna, lanceo- lata vel lineari-lanceolata, membranacea, integra, margine undulata, apice acuta vel acutiuscula, sessilia, circiter 6°5 cm. longa, 1-1-6 cm. lata, supra scabra, infra nervis hispida. Calyx 5-partitus, viscidulo-pilosus, 2°5 mm. longus; segmenta linearia. Corolla infundibuliformis, 5-loba lobis rotun- datis; violacea; limbus circiter 6 mm. latus, tubus circiter 4 mm. longus supra stamina intus villosus. Stamina 5, sessilia, prope basin corollae tubi inserta; antherae 1-5 mm. longae, triangulari-cordatae, basifixae, Ovarium parvum, glabrum; stigma peltatum, apice conicum, sessile.— Heliophytum anchusaefolium, DC. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 554.—J. J. Char. The Heliotrope which we figure is a native of South- eastern Brazil, Uruguay and Buenos Ayres. It bears a strong general resemblance to the Sweet-scented Heliotrope, H. peruvianum, Linn., figured long ago at t. 141 of this work, but is readily distinguished from its fragrant Peruvian congener by having odourless flowers. The species has long been known in gardens both in Europe and in North America, and we learn from Gray that it has become subspontaneous in Eastern Florida and often appears as a ballast weed about Philadelphia. The earliest descrip- tion, which we owe to Poiret, appeared in 1813; in 1829 it was more fully described, apparently from South Brazil specimens of Sellow’s collecting, by Chamisso. There has never been any confusion between HH. anchusaefolium and fT, peruvianum, whether in herbaria or in gardens. But there has been, and still often is, both among horticulturists and botanists, a tendency to confuse with Poiret’s plant that described by Sir W. J. Hooker at t. 3096 of this work as Tournefortia heliotropioides. The two plants are, how- ever, specifically quite distinct, for that described by Hooker has broad elliptic leaves with petioles three-quarters of an Feprvary, 1913, inch long, while its flowers are somewhat smaller than those in Poiret’s plant with the corolla less deeply lobed. But if the description given by Hooker be accurate, and there is no justification for the formation of a contrary conclusion, the two plants belong not only to different species, but to distinct genera. In the plant named /. anchusaefolium by Poiret, the fruit at first is divided into a pair of two-seeded mericarps, each of which finally divides into a couple of one-seeded nutlets; just before this final division, and marking the plane in which it occurs, we find a groove round the fruit. In the plant named by him Tournefortia heliotropioides, the fruit is described by Hooker as a four- stoned berry. Dr. Giirke, accepting the general but erroneous belief that Poiret’s plant is the same as Hooker’s, and further adopting the description of the fruit given by Hooker as accurate, has transferred Tournefortia heliotro- pioides, Hook., to the genus Cochranea as C. anchusaefolia, Giirke. Hooker’s original description, however, points rather to his plant being, as he originally said, a Tourne- fortia, But, however this may be, the popular belief which confuses Hooker’s plant with that now figured, is one that cannot be sustained. For the material from which our illustration has been prepared we are indebted to Miss Willmott, in whose garden at Warley Place it flourishes freely. It also thrives well and flowers profusely at Kew, but requires to be protected from cold in winter, _Descriprion.—Herb, perennial; stems erect, 4-angled, hispid. Leaves alternate, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, membranous, entire, undulate, acute or subacute, sessile, about 24 in. long, 3-2 in. wide, scabrid above, hispid on the nerves beneath. Calya 5-partite, viscidly hairy, +1; in. long; lobes linear. Corolla violet, funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, lobes rounded; limb about 4 in. across, tube } in. long, villous within above the stamens, Stamens 5, sessile, inserted near the base of the tube; anthers under 1 lin. long, triangular-cordate, basifixed, Ovary small, glabrous ; stigma peltate, conic at the tip, sessile. Fig. 1, portion of a leaf; 2, flower; 3, section of cal aa a laid open; 5 and 6, anthers :—all enlarged. on of calyx, with pistil; 4, corolla, 6481 AMA PS MPOS VAs. SS Dey See LAD oe LEH EPAPER MS del IN Pitch ith Vincent Brooks,Day &SonLitimp : L.Reeve & C° Landon. Tas, 8481, AGAVE HayYna.pit. a Mezxico or Central America. AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AGAVEAE. Agave, Linn.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 733. Agave (§ Littaea) Haynaldii, Tod. Hort. Bot. Pan. vol. i. p. 88, t. 24; Terrace. f. Pr. Contr. Monogr. Agav. p. 25; Baker, Handb. Amaryll. p. 170; species ex affinitate A. expatrivtae, Rose, sed differt foliis numerosioribus longioribus et inflorescentia altissima. Frutex acaulis; rosula circiter 80-folia, 1-2 m. alta, 2 m. lata. Folia erecto- ; patentia vel levissime incurvula, 9-11 dm. longa, lanceolato-ensiformia, longe acuminata et in spinam terminalem fere 3 cm. longam supra late canaliculatam subtriquetram exeuntia, supra medium 9-11 cm. lata, basin versus valde angustata cervice longo 5°5 em. lato carnoso utrinque valde convexo et basi circiter 5 cm. crassa, medium versus planiuscula, superne subcanaliculata, tenuius coriaceo-carnosa, subtus convexa, utrinque obscure viridia nitida laevissima, subtus sine lineis obscurioribus supra juvenilia tantum vitta pallidiore notata, margine angusto corneo primum castaneo dein cinereo aculeato continuo vel folii medio plerumque interrupto cincta, aculeis majusculis e basi latiore deltoideo-uncinatis saepe minoribus inter- jectis vel cum majoribus aggregatis, 5-9 mm. longis, basalibus minoribus crebrioribusque, summis remotioribus et sub apice folii tractu brevi deficientibus. Jnflorescentia elata, valida, circiter 7°5 m. alta; pedunculus 1°5 m. longus, 8 cm. diametro, viridis levissime pruinosus, bracteis vacuis e basi 4-4°5 em. lata abrupte angustatis convolutis reflexis apice pungen- tibus, inferioribus 30 em. longis subremote vestitus; spica cylindrica longissima basi laxior superne densixsima, alabastris glauco-viridibus, floribus expansis viridi-luteis; bracteae filiformes reflexae, 20 mm. longae; flores plerumque 2-ni vel 8-ni, rarissime 4—8-ni, pedicellis 5-6 mm. longis crassis suffulti. Perianthii segmenta 19-22 mm. longa, carnosula, oblonga, obtusa, exteriora dorso crasse carinata, basi in tubum brevis- simum extra 9-10 mm. latum 6-suleatum connata, mox evanescentia et stamina amplectentia. Filamenta 5-5-3 cm. longa, pallide viridi-lutea, gracilia, antheris luteis 20-22 mm. longis. Ovarium subcylindraceum, 9-2-5 em. longum, basi 7-8 mm. crassum, superne constrictum, pallide viride glauco-pruinosum; stylus demum 5°5 em. longus, filamentis ro- bustior; stigma paullo incrassatum, subtrilobum.—A. BErcER. The Agave which the late Professor Todaro named A. Haynaldii, in honour of the distinguished botanist Arch- bishop Haynald, is one that flowered in 1878 in the garden of Mr. Whitacker at Ai Colli near Palermo, and _ was probably originally obtained from some collection in England. The plant from which our illustration has been prepared is one sent by Dr. H. Ross from the Palermo Botanic Garden in May 1897 to that of the late Sir T. Hanbury at La Fesrvary, 1913. | ‘ Mortola. It may therefore be accepted as an authentic example of A. Haynaldii, though it is found on comparing the La Mortola plant with the description and figure supplied by Todaro that there is some degree of variability in the size, disposition and direction of the lateral spines and in the dimensions and arrangement of the flowers. The horny leaf-border is less continuous and is generally interrupted in the middle in the La Mortola example; its flowers, too, are somewhat smaller and are generally disposed in twos or threes, less often in fours; there are never, as in the original Palermo plant, as many as eight in one cluster. The species to which A. Haynaldii bears the greatest resemblance is that described in 1900 as A. expatriata by Dr. Rose ; a comparison of the figures and descriptions of the two plants shows that they are very, perhaps too closely related. A member of the ‘ Marginatae’ group of Littaeas, easily recognised by the horny border of the leaves and by the short perianth-tube with lobes which embrace the stamens as soon as the anthers are ripe, A. Haynaldii is readily distinguished from the others by its larger size. The La Mortola example here figured showed signs of flowering towards the end of September 1910, the spike pushing with considerable rapidity and the first flowers opening in November; the apical flowers opened in February 1911. Description.—Shrub, stemless; rosette with about 80 leaves, some 6 ft. wide, 4 ft. high. Leaves erecto-patent or slightly incurved, 34-34 ft. long, 2 in. thick and very biconvex at the base, narrowed and flat towards the middle and somewhat channelled below the point, lanceolate- ensiform, about 33-44 in. wide above the middle, thence tapering gradually into a long point with a wide-channelled, nearly 3-quetrous, brown end-spine, about 1 in. long, constricted towards the base into a long neck, 21 in. wide, convex underneath but gradually thinner towards the point, coriaceous, dark glossy green, without darker lines on the back and only in young plants with a pale band on the upper surface; the margin with a spiny horny border, usually interrupted about the middle of the leaf, when young chestnut brown, soon becoming ash-grey, slightly repand between the spines, the lowest small and close, those of the middle of the leaf 24-43 lin. long, deltoid-uncinate from a broader base, generally with an intercalated smaller, occasion- ally 1-2 or more aggregated with a larger, the upper spines more distant and smaller, the leaf-point for about 2-3 in. un- armed. /nflorescence a cylindric spike 22-23 ft. high; peduncle stout, 45 ft. high over 3 in. thick, with many reflexed subulate convolute scarious empty bracts, 8-13 in. long; flowers generally 2-3 together, rarely 4 or 8, greenish- yellow, the buds and all other parts of the inflorescence pruinose; bracts filiform, reflexed, pedicels very short, thick. Perianth-segments oblong, obtuse, fleshy, pale yellowish-green, 3-1 in. long, soon withering and embracing the stamens, the outer 3 with a thickened dorsal rib, connate below in a very short 6-furrowed tube, 2 in. wide. Stamens inserted at the mouth of the tube; filaments erect, 2 in. long or longer; anthers yellow, under 1 in. long. Ovary cylindric, 3-1 in. long, 3-34 lin. wide, narrowed into a short beak under the perianth-tube; style rather longer and stouter than the stamens; stigma slightly capitate, obscurely 3-lobed. Fig. 1 and 2, anthers; 3, stigma; 4, sketch of an entire plant :—all enlarged except 4, which is much reduced, 8482 - MS.del. U.N Fitdith Vincent Brooks Day & Son Littimp LL. Reeve &C° London. Tas. 8482. CYTISUS x Daruimoret. Garden Hybrid. LEGUMINOSAE. Tribe GENISTEAE. Cyt:sus, Linn.; Benth. et look. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 484. Cytisus Dallimorei, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1910, vol. xlvii. p. 397; Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 323; Garden, 1910, p. 291; inter C. albo, Linn. et C. scoparti, Link, var. Andreana, Hort., hybrida. Frutex deciduus; caulis tandem 2-2°5-metralis, virgatim ramosus; ramuli angnlati primum adpresse pubes-entes. Folia 1-3-foliolat.; foliola lateralia anguste elliptica vel lauceolata, terminalia oblanveolata, 7-18 mm. longa, 2-3 mm, lata, sessilia, acut», sordide viridia, ciliata, primum utrinque adpresse cinereo-pubescentia, tandem supra glabrescentia; petiolus 3-12 mm. longus, parum a'atus. Fores speciosi, papilionacei, nodis annotinis singuli vel bini; pedicelli pubescentes, graciies 6-8 mm. longi. Calyx ga'eatus, 2-lab'atus, 8 mm. longus, glaber. Vewillum orbiculari-corditum breviter unguiculatum, parum cucullatum, 1°2-1°5 em. loigum, pallide roseo-purpureum et basin versus ruabro-lineolatum. Alae 1:2 cm. longae, praesertim versus apices laete kermesinae. Carina alba, purpureo-tincta. Stamina styloque glabra. Uvariwm serice%- pubescens. Legumen 2°5-3 em. longum, 4-6 mm. latum secus suturas sericeum, ceterum minutissime verrucosum.—W. J. Bray. The Cytisus which forms the subject of our illustration is a hybrid raised at Kew in 1900. A plant of C. scoparius, Link, var. Andreana, Hort. (Genista Andreana, A. Puiss.), was isolated in a greenhouse and the flowers were fertilised with the pollen of the well-known White Portugal Broom, C. albus, Linn. There is thus no doubt as to its origin, and it may be remarked in passing that it is as yet the only hybrid broom intentionally produced, other hybrids being the result of chance crosses made by insects. Andreé’s Broom, now well known in gardens, was discovered in Normandy about thirty years ago; it differs from typical C. scoparius in having rich brown-crimson wing-petals, the rest of the flower being yellow asin thetype. The flowers of C. albus are milky-white, sometimes slightly tinged with rose. In C. Dallimorei the yellow of the female parent has almost disappeared and the whole flower has assumed some shade of rosy-purple, the wing-petals alone showing some approach to the rich colouring of the wings in Andreé’s Broom. Onl 4 two seedlings were raised from the original cross—one wit Marcu, 1913. rosy flowers (C. Dallimorei), the other with yellow flowers as shown at fig. B of our plate. From this second, yellow- flowered plant has been raised a seedling which has cream- coloured flowers touched with rose, as shown at fig. C of our plate. This last is a very promising garden plant with much the character of C. praecox, Hort., but without the offensive odour of that broom. The material for our plate has been derived from the original plants at Kew referred to above. As a garden plant C. Dallimorei is of great promise. It has scarcely the vigour of either parent; the original plant, indeed, was for several years of feeble growth and vigour, and it was only when a twig was made strong enough to graft on a young Laburnum that its continued existence became assured. This grafted plant was the first to flower, and the stock has since been increased from it by the same method. The hybrid produces good seed and a number of plants have been raised, the flowering of which will be watched with interest. _Descriprion.—Shrub, deciduous, ultimately 6 to 8 ft. high, of thin, virgate habit ; branchlets anvled and clothed with adpressed hairs when young. Leaves unifoliolate or trifoliolate ; lateral leaflets narrowly elliptical or lanceolate, the middle one oblanceolate, } to 3 in. long, yy to 4 in. wide, sessile, acute, dull dark green, ciliate, and at first clothed with grey adpressed hairs on both surfaces, glabrescent above; petiole } to 3 in. long, flat and slightly winged. lowers papilionaceous, produced in May from the nodes of the preceding year’s growth, solitary or in pairs. Calyx helmet-shaped, 2-lipped, } in. long, glabrous. Standard orbicular-cordate with a short claw, somewhat cucullate, 3 to £ in. long, pale purple touched with rose and with deeper lines at the a, wing petals § in. long, rich crimson, especially towards the ends; keel white, tinged with purple; peduncle slender, + to 4 in. long, pubescent. Stamens and style glabrous, Ovary clothed with silky hairs. Pod 1 to 12 in. long, 4 to } in. wide, pubescent on the sutures, roughened with minute warts. Fig. A, Cyrisus Datrimorer: B ( : . . 2 ; B, yellow-flowered seedling from same seed- pod as A; C, seedling from B; 1, flower, petals removed ; 2, standard; 3 and 4, Ss eel denen 5, pistil; 6, section of ovary:—A-C, of natural size; Vincent Brooks Day &Son Lamp MS.del INFitchiith LReeve & C°? London. Tap. 8483. MAGNOLIA. SALICIFOLIA. Japan. MaaGnourackak. Tribe MAGNOLIEAE. Maenouta, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 18. Magnolia salicifolia, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. vol. xvii. (1872), p. 418 ; Mélanges Biol. vol. viii. p. 509; Franch. et Savatier, Enum. Pi. Jap. vol. i. p. 16; Sargent in Garden and Forest, vol. vi. p. 65, fig. 12; Sargent, Vor. fl, Jap. p. 10, t. 4; Shirasawa, Ic. Essences For. Jap. vol. i. p. 72, t. 40; C. K. Schneider, Ill. Handb. Lanbholzk. vol. i. p. 829; Gard. Chron, 1912, vol. li. p. 222, fig. 99; affinis M. Kobus, DC., a qua foliis lanceolatis, gemmis glabris facile distinguitur. Arbor decidua, gracilis, 4°5-6 m. alta, trunco 8 dm.diametro. Ramuli hornotin laeves, annotini parce lenticellati. Gemmae glabiae. Folia lanceolata vei oblongo-lanceolata, acute vel obtuse acuminata, basi obtusa vel subcuneata, 7-14 cm. longa, 2~5 em. lata, supra opaca, viridia, subtus subglauca minute appresse puberula; nervi laterales utrinque 9-10; petioli graciles, 1-1°5 cm. longi. Alabastrahirsuta. Flores ramulos breves laterales terminantcs, 7°5-10 em. diametro; pedicelli virides, crassi, circiter 5 mm. longi. Sepala 8, patula, albido-viridula, ligularia, 3-4 cm. longa, mox decidua, Petala 6, nivea, anguste obovato-oblonga, 5-6 cm. longa, 1°3-1°8 cm. lata. Filamenta rosea; antherae connectivo ultra loculos producto. Pistilla viridia; stylus introrsum papillosus. Fructus aggregatus carneus, 4-7-5 em. longus. Semina coccinea.—Buergeria salicifolia, Sieb. et Zuce. Fam. Nat. pars 1, p. 79. Talwuma salicifolia, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot, Lugd. Bat. vol. ii. p. 258.—T. A. SPRAGUE. The Magnolia which forms the subject of our plate differs from all the other species in cultivation in its thin narrow leavesand slender twigs. The flowers on the whole recall most readily those of J stellata, Maxim., figured at t. 6370 of this work. In that species, however, all the perianth leaves are petaloid, whereas in MM. salicifolia, the species now figured, the perianth is differentiated into a calyx and acorolla. In this regard M. salicifolia agrees with its nearest ally, 1. Kobus, DC., but 1s readily dis- tinguished by its Janceolate leaves and glabrous leaf-buds. According to Professor Matsumura J/. salicifolia occurs 1n many localities in Nippon and is also found on Kiusiu; Mr. Shirasawa gives its range of altitude as from 1700 to 4500 feet above sea-level, and states that it naturally prefers a deep soil. The plant from which the material for our Maron, 1918. ' figure was obtained is one of a batch purchased for Kew from a Japanese nursery in 1906. A few flowers were first produced in the spring of 1911; probably as the result of the great heat which marked the summer of 1911 a profuse crop of flowers appeared in March and April 1912. The Jeafy twig in our figure was drawn at the end of May, the plant at flowering time being quite leafless. M. salicifolia promises to make an elegant tree, an unusual feature in the genus. The Kew plants are growing admirably in a mixture of sandy loam and peat; the latter is useful in encouraging newly planted trees to become established, but is not essential at later stages, and therefore need only be placed near the roots of newly planted trees. We have so far no experience in the propagation of this Magnolia, but it will certamly be best on its own roots, so that for some years Japanese sources must be relied upon for trees and seeds. Desoriprion.— Tree, deciduous, slender, 15-20 ft. high, stem 1 ft. thick; new shoots smooth, those a year old sparingly lentieelled ; leaf-buds glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, sharply or bluntly acuminate, base rounded or somewhat cuneate, 3-6 in. long, 3-2 in. wide, dull green above, somewhat glaucous and finely adpressed puberulous beneath; lateral nerves 9-10 on each side; tiole slender, 2-2 in. long. Flowers at the end of short ateral twigs; buds hirsute; open flowers 3-4 in. across; pedicels green, stout, about } in. long. Sepals 3, spreading, greenish-white, ligulate, 11-12 in. long, soon disappearing. Petals 6, pure white, narrowly obovate-oblong, 2-21 in, long, 3-3 in. wide. Filaments rose-pink; connective pro- duced. Carpels green ; style papillose within. Fruit fleshy, 1}-3 in. long. Seeds pink. Figs. 1 and 2, base of petiole, showing its attachment to the stem; 3 and 4, anthers; 5, carpels; 6, two carpels in vertical section :—all enlarged. a ae Vincent Broaks,Day &Son Lttamp M-S.del. JON Fitch ith. L, Reeve & C2 London. Tas. 8484. ALOE Maruoruit. South Africa. Liniaceak. Tribe ALOINEAE. Atox, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 476. Aloe Marlothii, Berger in Engl. Jahrb. vol. xxxviii. p. 87; et in Engl. Pilanzenr. Liliac. Aloin. p. 812, fig. 1383; Wood, Natal Plants, vol. vi. tt. 57, 580; species A. Ga/pini, Baker, quam maxime affinis sed foliis subtus spinoso-tuberculatis et floribus secundis luteis nec rubris, pauloque longioribus differt. Frutex succulentus, caudice valido simplici rosulam foliorum ad 1 m. usque diametientem suffu'c ente, inferne densiuscule foliis exsiccatis persistentibus reflexis vestito. Folia conferta, 4-5 dm. longa, 15-17 em. lata, ovato- lanceolata vel lanceolata, acuminata, margine aculeis conicis 0°5-1°5 cm. remotis armata, supra concaviuscula, apicem versus subcanaliculata, parte inferiore sparse spinoso-tuberculata vel omnino inermia, subtus convexa, subcarinata ubique spinoso-tuberculata et secus carinam tuberculis 1-serialibus notata vel nonnunquam subinermia, utrinque perglauca; aculeae apice brunneae. Pedunculi erecti, fere metrales repztite dichotome ramosi subcandelabriformesque, subpurpurascentes ; rami subhorizontaliter patentes, apice leviter sursum recurvi, 1:5 om: crassi. F/ores secundi, omnes sursum spectantes simulac leviter deflexi ; bracteae reflexae, 6-7 mm. longae, ovatae, acutae, submembranaceae, pallide brunneae; pedicelli 4-6 mm. longi, validi, recurvi, virides. ierianthium 3°3 cm. longum, subcylindricum, versus apicem _leviter dilatatum, segmentis apice rotundatis vix patentibus, extra luteum, superne viridi-striatum, interioribus 3 apice brunneis. Stamina 1°2-1°8 cm, ultra perianthium exserta; filamentorum parte exserta atro-violacea, parte inclusa pallide lutea; antherae aurantiacae. Stylus exsertus, pallide luteus, apice fuscus.—A4. supralaevis, 8 Hanburii, Baker in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vol; vi. p. 327 ; nequaquam A. supralaevis, Haw.—N. E. Brown. The fine Aloe here figured was discovered by Dr. R. Marloth first at Lobatsi in Bechuanaland; later near Lady- smith in Natal; still later on the Klip River Mountains near Johannesburg in the Transvaal. _‘l'ransvaal specimens flowered first under cultivation in the Grahamstown Botanic Garden in July 1908. A plant sent by Dr. Marloth in 1905 from the Klip River locality to Sir Thomas Hanbury, at La Mortola, flowered there in April 1912 and provided the material for our illustration. The species, however, had already reached Europe; the plant described by Mr. Baker Makgcu, 1913. — as A. supralaevis, B Hanburii, from European cultivated specimens, cannot be distinguished from that figured by Mr. Medley Wood as A. Marlothii, and Mr. Medley Wood’s Natal plant is identical with the Transvaal one described by Mr. Berger. As Wood remarks, A. Marlothii had, until Berger defined it, been confused in South Africa with A. ferox, Mill., figured at t. 1975 of this work, and it is possible that there, as in Europe, it may have been confounded with species other than A. ferox, which have themselves been misunderstood. This confusion cannot be unravelled here ; Mr. Berger’s species is, however, a very distinct one which, while approaching A. feror as regards the colour of its flowers, is in other respects more nearly allied to A. Galpini, Baker, in which the flowers are red. Drscriprion.— Shrub, succulent; stem stout, simple, with a terminal rosette, over 3 ft. wide, of about 30 fleshy leaves, and clothed below with the dried remains of pendent shrivelled ones. Leaves close-set, 14-13 ft. long, 6-64 in. wide, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, armed on the margin with conical thorns }-3 in. apart, slightly concave above, more distinctly channelled towards the tip, | convex, slightly keeled below, very glaucous on both faces, above sparingly spinescent on the lower half, more closely and uniformly spinescent throughout on the back, but sometimes quite unarmed above and only sparingly spines- cent on the back; thorns brown-tipped. Peduneles erect, over 3 ft. high, repeatedly dichotomously branched and almost candelabriform, somewhat purplish ; branches almost horizontal, but again slightly recurved at the tip, over } in. thick. Flowers secund, all directed upwards and at the same time slightly deflexed ; bracts reflexed, about } in. long; pedicels 3-4 in. long, stout, recurved, green. Perianth 14 in. long, subcylindric, slightly dilated at the top, segments rounded and hardly spreading at the tip, yellow outside striped with green towards the top, the three inner segments with brown tips. Stamens projecting 3-3 in. beyond the perianth; the exposed portion of the filaments dark violet, the enclosed portion pale yellow; Style exserted, pale yellow with a brown tip. Figs. 1 and 2, anthers ; 3, pistil:—all enlarged. 8485 Vincent Brooks,;D ay & Son Lttimp ol a ae FF et oe eet Bs: Tas. 8485, RUELLIA HARVEYANA., Mezico. ACANTHACEAE. ‘Tribe RUELLIEAE. Ruewia, Linn. ; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1077. Ruellia (Eu-Ruellia) Harveyana, Stapf; species nova R. Jacteae, Cav., affinis sed sepalis magis herbace's singulo fotiaceo-ampliato, coro!lae tubi parte cylindrica duplo longiore, lobis haud latioribus quam longis differt. Herba perennis, caulibus gracilioribus prostratis vel adscendentibus, apicem versus pilis patulis dense hirsutis, inferne calvescentibus, internodiis superioribus saltem superne quadrangulis, inferioribus teretibus, Folia petiolata, oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, utrinque acuta vel ba-i breviter cuneatim at‘: nuata, 5-8 cm. longa, 2°5-3 cm. lata, membranaces, utrinque pilis longiusculs micantibus molliter sed supra densius adpresse hirsuta ;, petioli graciles, 0-8-1°5 em. longi, hirsuti. lores in cauliui vestigiis ex axillis foliorum sigillatim orti, sessiles. Sepala valde inaequalia, sin- gulum late lanceolatum, foliaceum, ad 2 cm. longum, caetera lineari- subulata vix ad 1°5 cm. longa, hirsuta vel praeter margines ciliatas subglabrese-ntia. Corolla lilacina in ore tuboque albida; tubi pars cylindrica 2 cm. longa, parte ampliata aequilonga; lobi elliptico-rotundati, subaequales, 1°5-1'7 em. longi. Antherae sagittatae loculis basi acutis, 2 mm. longae. Ovarium glabrum; stylus 3 em. longus, patule pilosus ; stigmatis lobus inferior 2 mm. longus. Capsula estipitata, oblongo- lanceolata, subacuta, 1:2 cin. longa, glabra, 4-sperma. Semina sublenti- cularia, 3°5 mm, lata, pilis humefactis elastive expansis vestita.—O. Starr. The Ruellia here figured was originally discovered by Mr. J. C. Harvey .in forests on the northern or Atlantic side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in 1904. In 1911 Mr. Harvey sent to Kew, from his garden at Sanborn, Vera Cruz, a living plant which flowered in August 1912 and provided the material for our plate. In a warm house, under the con- ditions suitable for Begonias and Gesneriads, R. Harveyana has grown freely and formed a trailing shrub of somewhat straggling habit. In its native forests, Mr. Harvey informs us, its flowers, though usually coloured as in our plate, ale sometimes white. &. Harveyana belongs to a group of species of Ruellia where there is much confusion. Among _ these it approaches most closely that usually known as £. lactea, Cav., described and figured by Cavanilles in 1794 from a Mexican plant growing in the Madrid garden, stated to have corollas of a blue so diluted that they might almost Manca, 19138, - be said to be white; its sepals are said to be subequal and subulate with awn-like points, so that the plant, whatever it may be, is not 2. Harveyana. According to Loudon, a plant introduced by the Marquis of Bute in 1796 was accepted as Cavanilles’ plant, and early in the nineteenth century was in cultivation at Kew, Parisand Berlin under Cavanilles’ name. Its identity is vouched for by a specimen, collected by Gay in the Jardin des Plantes in 1817, now in the herbarium at Kew. This plant was accepted by Nees as R. lactea, Cav., and described by him as Cryphiacanthus lacteus. It agrees fairly well with wild specimens collected by Andrieux between Acatlan and Chila in lower western Puebla. No specimens of Cavanilles’ original plant appear to exist, and it is impossible to say whether the differences between 2. lactea, Cav., and the plant of Nees be due to faulty delinea- tion or to natural variation. The point that is of consequence is that if the characters given by Cavanilles exclude R. Har- veyana from R. lactea, those of the specimens accepted as £2. lactea make the recognition of our plant equally necessary. Drscriprion.—Herb, perennial; stems rather slender, trailing or ascending, densely hairy near the top, almost glabrous lower down, upper internodes 4-angled above, the lower cylindric. Leaves petioled, oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute, base narrow-cuneate, 2-3 in. long, 1-1} in. wide, membranous, softly pubescent, especially above, with longish glistening hairs ; petioles slender, 1—2 in. long, hairy. Flowers produced one at a time in the upper axils, sessile, Sepals very unequal, 4 linear-subulate, 2 in. long, the fifth wide-lanceolate, leafy, } in. long; all hirsute or nearly glabrous but with ciliate edges. Corolla pale lilac with white throat and tube; cylindric base of tube 2 in. long, as long as the widened upper part; lobes elliptic-rounded, subequal, 2—2 in. long. Anthers sagittate, with locules acute below, 1 lin. long. Ovary glabrous; style 1} in. long, pilose with spreading: hairs; lower stigmatic lobe 1 lin. long. Capsule not stipitate, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, } in. long, 4-seeded. Seeds sublenticular, +. in. across, clothed with hairs that spread elastically when wet. Fig. 1, calyx and pistil; 2, part of corolla-tube, sh wing staminal insertion, laid open; 3 and 4, anthers; 5, ovary :—«il enlaryed. ij. SIO ww )Say>S SS ea '* NOY, eae (“g h ws ; = : ? ~ : SS MWA ES ; SS iB A Se) Os * JR) ; CAS) hx Ey) «f < 4 —— f h MS.del. JN Fitch lith Vincent Brooks Day &Son Lamp 4 L, Reeve & C? London. g Tas. 8486. PRUNUS PENNSYLVANICA. North America. RosacEak. Tribe PRUNEAE. Prunus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 610. Prunus (Cerasus) pennsylvanica, Jinn. f. Suppl. p. 252; Sargent, Silva of N. Amer. vol. iv. t. 156; C. K. Schneider, Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 618; species P. emarginatae, Walp., proxime affinis sed foliis glabrescentibus saepe m y doe semper acuminatis haud obovatis obtusis, fructu minore laete rubro ie iffert. Arbor decidua, 9-12-metralis, truncus 4°5 dm. diametro; ramuli glabri, rubidi; cortex amarissima. Folia petiolata, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, raro obovata, acuminata, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, margine minute irregulariter serrata, dentibus incurvis apice glandulosis, 75-10 cm. longa, 2-5-4 cm. lata, laete viridia, primum puberula, cito glabra; petiolus gracilis, 1-2-2 cm. longus versus apicem 1-3-glandulosus; stipulae minutae, margine glandulosae. ores albi, sub vere aperti, 1°2 cm. lati, in vestigiis annotinis fasciculatim vel subumbellatim congesti, glomeruli 4-6- raro pluri-flori; pedicelli graciles, glabri, 2-2°5 cm. longi. Calyx glaber, 5-lobus; tubus infundibuliformis; lobi obtusi, tubo sub- aequilongi. Petala 5, subrotundata, extra versus basin pubescentia. Fructus globosus, 6 mm. diametiens, maturitate laete ruber ; endocarpium compressum, ovoideum.—Cerasus borealis, Mich. Fl. Bor, Amer. vol. i. p. 286. C. persicifolia, Loisel. in Nouv. Duham. vol. v. p. 9.—W. J. Bean. Though introduced, according to Aiton, in 1773, the Cherry which forms the subject of our illustration has never been common in this country. As long after its introduction as 1842, it appears to have been unknown, in the living state, to Loudon. It is nevertheless a handsome, free-flowering species, as is shown by our plate, prepared from material gathered from a small tree presented to Kew by the Arnold Arboretum in 1910. It is worthy of a place in thin woodland where our native P. avium and P. Padus succeed. One of the most widely spread of North American trees, P. pennsylvanica extends from Newfoundland and the shores of Hudson’s Bay in the north, to North Carolina and Tennessee in the south, and westward to the inland slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Its nearest ally is P. emarginata, -Walp., another red-fruited Cherry, which is, however, a purely western species, confined to the area from California to British Columbia, and is distinguished from the species Maron, 1913. now figured by its obovate, mostly obtuse and more or less pubescent leaves, as well as by its larger and darker red fruit, Description.— Tree, 30-40 ft. high, deciduous; stem 13 ft. thick ; twigs glabrous, reddish; bark intensely bitter. Leaves petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sometimes obovate, acuminate, rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, finely but irregularly serrate, the teeth much incurved and gland-tipped, 3-4 in. long, 1-13 in. wide, bright green, glabrous except when just unfolding ; petiole slender, $—3 in. long, with one or more glands near its junction with the blade; stipules very small, subulate, with glandular edges. Flowers white, } in. across, opening during April or early May on the growths of the previous year, in fascicles or short-stemmed umbels bearing 4-6, sometimes more flowers ; pedicels slender, glabrous, 3-1 in. long. Calyx glabrous, 5-lobed; tube funnel-shaped; lobes blunt, about as long as the tube. Petals 5, suborbicular, pubescent outside near the base. Fruit subglobose, } in. across, bright red when ripe; stone compressed, ovoid. : Fig. 1, portion of edge of a leaf; 2, stipules ; 3, flower-bud; 4, vertical section of a flower, the petals removed :—all enlarged. 8487 ROM aN aT Vincent Brooks,Day & Son Lamp. Tap. 8487. | SANSEVIERIA AETHIOPICA. South Africa. Linraceak. Tribe DrRaACAENEAE. SansEvierta, Thunb.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 679. Sansevieria aethiopica, Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. p. 65; Nov. Gen. p. 127, et Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, p. 829; Schultes, Syst. Veg. vol. vii. p. 358; Kunth, Enum. Plant. vol. v. p. 19; affinis S. zeylmicae, Willd., sed foliis numero- sioribus brevioribus haud subeylindricis et multo tenuioribus facile distinguitur. Suffrutex succulentus, acaulis. Folia 13-30, subrosulata, suberecta vel erecto- patula, 12-40 cm. longa, 1-1°5 cm. lata, 8-6 mm. crassa, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, in subulas 2-3 cm, longas albidas excurrentia, concavo-cavaliculata, dorso valde convexa, atroviridia, interdum transverse zonata, subglauca, rubro- vel albido-marginata. In/florescentia 40-75 em. alta, inferne vaginis 5-7 acuminatis membranaceis 2-7 cm. longis instructa, superne spicato- racemosa, floribus fasciculatis; fasciculi 4-6-flori. Bracteae membranaceae, patulae vel reflexae, 5-12 mm. longae, ovato-lanceolatae, acutae. Pedicellt mm. longi, supra medium articulati. Perianthium album; tubus 1°8-2°5 em. longus, basi leviter inflatus; lobi 1°7-2 cm. longi, 2 mm. lati, subspathulato-lineari, revoluti. Stamina longe exserta. Stylus staminibus longior; stigma minute capitata.—S. zeylanica, Red. Lil. vol. v. t. 290; Lindl. Bot. Reg. vol. ii. t. 160; Baker in FI. Cap. vol. vi. p. 5, syn. exclus. ; non Willd.—N. E. Brown. The systematic position of the genus Sansevieria, Thunb., familiar and economically interesting as that which includes the plants yielding the fibre known as Bowstring Hemp, has been a subject of difficulty and debate. Transferred, for what at the time appeared to be valid reasons, by the authors of the “ Genera Plantarum” in 1883 from Liliaceae to Haemodoraceae, it has recently, as the outcome of renewed investigation, been replaced in Liliaceae next to the genus Dracaena, Vand. The species which forms the subject of our plate, S. aethiopica, is one of those upon which Thunberg founded the genus, and has been in cultivation in Europe for over a century, yet it has never, so far, been figured under its own proper name. This has been due to its having been mistaken for S. zeylanica, Willd., a plant till recently very imperfectly known, but one which, now that wild specimens have been obtained for the Kew collection from Ceylon, is found to be altogether distinct from the ApRiL, 1913. ; subject of our illustration, which has leaves that are more numerous to a growth, and are much shorter and thinner, with a whitish in place of a green tip and red or whitish margins. In S. aethiopica, too, the flowers are larger than they are in S, zeylanica. The plant which has supplied the material for our figure was transmitted to Kew in 1895 by Mr. C. Howlett, Curator of the Botanic Garden at Graaf Reinet, and was collected by him in the Uitenhage division of Cape Colony. From Uitenhage it extends inland to Griqualand West, the Transvaal and Rhodesia, but without pene eastwards as far as Natal or westwards to Namaqua- and, Grown in a warm greenhouse S. aethiopica thrives _ well and flowers at intervals; the flowers figured were produced in July 1909. Like other species of the genus, S. aethiopica is easily propagated, either by division of the rootstock or from sections of the leaf, which strike readily when placed in sandy soil in a warm house and soon form a basal growth bud. Descriprion.— Undershrub, suceulent, stemless. Leaves 13-30, somewhat tufted, suberect or somewhat spreading, 5-16 in. long, 3-2 in. wide, }-1 in. thick, linear-lanceolate, acute and ending in white tips 3-1} in. long, concavely channelled, very convex on the back, dark green but at times transversely banded, somewhat glaucous, with reddish or white edges. Injlorescence 16-30 in. long, with 5-7 acuminate, membranous sheaths each 3—23 in. long near the base, the upper half spicately racemose ; bracts membranous, spreading or reflexed, }-} in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, each subtending 4-6 Howers with pedicels 3-1 in. long, jointed above the middle. Perianth white, tube 2-1 in. Jong, slightly swollen at the base; lobes 3-¢ in. long, 1 lin. wide, subspathulate linear, revolute. Svamens far exserted. Style longer than the stamens ; stigma very small, capitate. Fig. 1, a flower; 2 and 8, anthers; 4, an entire plant:—all enlarged except 4, which is much reduced, M S.deL.JNFitch ith. Vincent Brooks D ay &Sonl to imp: L Reeve & C° London Tap. 8488, PyRUS 10ENSIS. Central United States. Rosaceak, Tribe Pomrar. Pyrus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 626. Pyrus ioensis, J. H. Bailey in Amer. Gard. vol. xii. p. 473; ies P. coronariae, Linn., et P. angustifoliae, Ait., arcte affinis, ab ambabus foliis persistenter tomentosis facile distinguenda. Arbor decidua, 6-9-metralis; truncus 3-4:5 dm. crassus; coma laxiuscula; ramuli graciliores nonnunquam in spinas abeuntes, primum dense lanati demum glabrati. olia petiolata, ovato-rhomboidea vel ovata, acuta, basi cuneata, margine grosse irregulariter saepe duplicato-serrata, ramulorum sterilium hornotinorum saepissime prope basin distincte lobata, 7°5-12°5 cm. longa, 5-9 cm. lata, ramulorum hornotinorum floriferorum vix lobata, 5-7°5 em. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, supra saturate viridia, nisi tomento caducissimo glabra, subtus primum dense demum laxe _persistenter tomentosa; petiolus 1°25-3°5 em. longus; stipulae subulatae. _ Flores violam olentes in corymbos 4-7-floros dispositi; singuli 4-5 em. lati, longe pedunculati; pedunculi 3-4 cm. longi, floccosi. Ca/ya extra dense albo- tomentosus; lobi 6 mm. longi, subulati. Petala concava, obovata, unguiculata, unguis 3 mm. longus, Stamina numerosa; filamenta glabra; antherae luteae. Ovarium styloque floccosum. Fructus fragrans, luteo- brunneus, depresse globosus, 2°5-3 em. latus, calyce persistente coronatus; carnes duriusculi peracerbi.—P. corunaria, var. ioensis, Wood ex Sargent in Silva of N. Amer. t. 167. Mulus ioensis, Britton & Brown in Ill. Fl. Nor, U. 8. vol. ii. p. 235; Sargent in Trees of N. Amer. p. 354, fig. 278. M. coronarius, var. ioensis, C. K. Schneider, Ill. Handb., Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 724.—W. J. Bran. The American Crab here figured is one of a well-marked group of three distinguished, in the Malus group of the genus Pyrus, in flowering latest of all and in having violet- scented flowers. The better known of the other two is Pyrus coronaria, Linn., a species figured at t. 2009 of this work, which is distinguished by having its leaves truncate or slightly cordate and by having them, when mature, nearly or quite glabrous. The other species, P. angustifolia, Ait., also differs in having its leaves glabrous at maturity and is very readily distinguished in having fruits that are less than an inch in diameter. It is, besides, a Southern species which reaches Florida, whereas P. ioensis has its own well- defined area west of the Alleghanies; it is described as being the common Crab of the Mississippi basin. As a tree for gardens P. ivensis is strongly to be recommended, Arrin, 1913, especially for the fragrance of its blossom, which is borne in late May and early June. There is a double-flowered variety, more generally met with in gardens than P. wensis itself, which is erroneously termed sometimes P. angusti- folia, flore pleno, sometimes P. coronaria, flore pleno; its Owers are 2—3 inches across. So far as is known the true P. angustifolia, which was grown in English gardens a century and a half ago, is not now in cultivation in this country. Descriprion.— Tree, deciduous, 20-30 ft. high; trunk 1-13 ft. in diameter; crown rather loose and open; twigs slender, sometimes spine-tipped, at first covered with a soft white wool which turns brown and falls almost entirely away by winter. Leaves petioled, ovate-rhomboid or ovate, acute, base cuneate, margin coarsely irregularly often double toothed, on the virgin shoots of the year 3-5 in, long, 2-33 in. wide, with frequently one or two pairs of lanceolate lobes near the base divided halfway to the midrib, on the flowering twigs 2-3 in. long, 14-2 in. wide, scarcely lobed; all dark green above and glabrous except for a loose tomentum at first opening, very tomentose beneath when young and remaining more or less persistently hairy till they fall; petiole 3-14 in. long; stipules subulate. Flowers violet-scented, 13-2 in. across, in 4—7-flowered corymbs ; peduncles 14-1? in. long, floccose. Calyx densely white-tomentose outside; lobes 4 In. long, subulate. Petals concave, obovate, narrowed to a claw s In. long. Stamens numerous ; filaments glabrous; anthers yellow. Ovary and style floccose. Fruit fragrant, yellowish-brown, depressed globose, 1-1} in. wide, crowned by the persistent calyx; flesh hard and very astringent, Fig. 1, vertical section of a flower, the petals removed; 2 and 3, stamens :— all enlarged. 8489 Vincent Brooks Day &SonLt#imp MS. del. JN Fitch lth. L. Reeve & C° London. Tap. 8489. COCCULUS rritosvs. Eastern Asia. MENISPERMACEAE. Tribe CocouLEAE. Coccunus, DC.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 36. Cocculus trilobus, DC. Syst. Veg. vol. i. p. 522; Diels in Engl. Pflanzenr, Menispermac. p. 232; a C. molli, Wall., sepalis glabris distinguitur. Frutec scandens. Rami volubiles, in vivo vix striatuli, in siceo striati, molliter pilosi. Folia ovata (interdum triloba lobo medio lateralibus multo majore), apice obtusa vel acuta, apiculata, basi rotundata vel cordata, 5-9 cm. longa, 3°3-7 em. lata, firme herbacea, basi palmatim 5-nervia, crebre reticulata praesertim in sicco, supra puberula subtus plus miuusve pubescentia; petioli 1-5-3°5 cm. longi, molliter pilosi. Cymae unisexuales, singulae in axillis foliorum, vel in thyrsum terminalem bracteatum aggregatae; bracteolae 2, basi calycis insertae, ovato-oblongae, vix ad 1 mm. longae. Flores ¢ : Sepala 6; 3 exteriora ovata, vix 2 mm. longa, 1-1°5 mm. lata; 3 interiora late ovata, 3 mm. longa, 2°5 mm. lata, Peala 6, ligularia, 3 mm. longa, apice bifida lobis subulatis 0°5 mm. longis interdum iterum bifidis, marginibus inferne inflexis. Stamina 6, petalis opposita; filamenta superne incurva, antheras horizontaliter gerentia; antherae 4-lobatae. Flores 9: Sepala iis maris similia at breviora. Petalu elliptico-oblonga, 1-7 mm. longa, 0-8 mm, lata, bifida lobis divergentibus. Staminodia minuta, 6 vel pauciora, singula inter carpella, interdum nulla. Ovaria 6, stylis recurvis; ovulum unicum, suturae ventrali affixum. Drupae 2-4 pro flore, subglobosae, circiter 7 mm. diametro, fere nigrae, pruinosae, stylo adpresso ventraliter basin versus sito; mesocarpium viride; endocarpium osseum, reniforme, sinu parvula ventrali; intus in condylum magnum centralem productum; condylus extra utrinque in cavum auriformem excavatus ; endocarpii pars peripheralis transverse corrugata. Semen valde curvatum. Hmbryo albumine copioso inclusa; cotyledones incumbentes.—C. Thunbergii, DC. Syst. vol. i. p. 524. C. cynanchoides, Presl. Rel. Haenk. vol. ii. p. 79. Menispermum trilobum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 194. M. orbiculatum, Thunb. le.,non Linn. Cebatha orbiculata, Kuntze, Rev. Gen. vol. i, p. 9; ©. K, Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 327.—T. A. Spracug. The Cocculus here figured is a scandent shrub, native of Eastern Asia, where it extends from Japan and Northern China to the Philippines. The leaves are variable in outline, and the form of C. trilobus with entire leaves, here depicted, is often known as C. Thunbergii, DC. Like other species of the genus, C. trilobus is easily cultivated and propagated, but to get it to fruit freely it needs all the sunshine possible. The flowers figured were produced in 1912, Aprin, 1913. but the fruits shown were gathered in November 1911, and it was no doubt owing to the great heat of that year that the crop was so fine. Even in ordinary seasons, however, the plant is well worthy of cultiva- tion; grown up stout limbs of oak set in the ground it makes an elegant climber, twining itself tightly round the smaller branches. This Cocculus was introduced to cultiva- tion from Japan by Professor Sargent, Arnold Arboretum, some twenty years ago. It is perfectly hardy. _ Description.—Shrub, climbing ; branches twining, softly hairy. Leaves petioled, ovate entire or at times 3-lobed with the mid-lobe much larger than the side lobes, obtuse or acute, apiculate, base rounded or cordate, 2-33 in. long, 1{-22 in. wide, firmly herbaceous, palmately 5-nerved at the base, closely reticulate, puberulous above, more or less pubescent beneath ; petiole 3-11 in. long, soft hairy. Cymes 1-sexual, solitary in the leaf axils or aggregated in a terminal bracteate thyrse; bracteoles paired, close to the base of the calyx, ovate oblong, very small. Male: Sepals 6, the outer 3 ovate, under 1 lin. long, the inner 3 wide ovate, 1} lin. long. Petals 6, ligulate, 14 lin. long, 2-fid at the tip, the lobules subulate sometimes a second time 2-fid, their margins inflexed below. Stamens 6, opposite the petals; filaments incurved above; anthers horizontal, 4-lobed. female: Sepals as in male flowers, but shorter. Petals elliptic oblong, 2-fid with divergent lobes. Staminodes 6 or fewer, very small; sometimes obsolete. Carpels 6, styles recurved; ovule in each carpel solitary, placentation ventral. Drupes 2-4 to each flower, subglobose, about } in. across, blue-black, pruinose, style adpressed, subbasal, ventral ; mesocarp green; endocarp hard, reniform with a small ventral sinus, prolonged into a large central condyle hollowed on each side into an auriculate cavity ; peripheral portion of the endocarp transversely ridged. Seed much curved ; albumen copious ; cotyledons incumbent. Fig. A, male inflorescence; B, female inflorescence; C, branch with fruits; Ne section of male flower; 2, stamen; 3, section of female flower; 4, staminode ; 5, fruit; 6, endocarp, seen from one side; 7, section of endocarp and seed, showing albumen and embryo; 8, embryo :—the lettered Jigures of natural size, the others enlarged. 84.90 my | Vere I ie del. JN-Fiteh lith af 0 -ools Day &San ue imp Tap. 8490. Cistus Lorett x, Garden Origin. - CISTACEAE, Cistus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 113. Cistus Loreti, Rouy & Fouc. Fl. France, yol. ii. p. 279; stirps hybrida foliis C. monspeliensis, Linn,, floribus (. ladaniferi, Linn. Frutex metralis, erectus, viscidulus. Rami pallide brunnei. Folia opposita, patula, sessilia, basi breviter connata, lanceolata vel lanceolato-oblonga, apice obtusa vel rotundata, in basin angnstata, 3-5-5 em. longa, 1-1-8 em. lata, ‘trinervia, supra atro-viridia, glabriuscula, impresso-reticulata, subtus pallidiora, parciuscule minute stellato- pilosa, nervis venulisque promi- nentibus; folia ramulorum floriferorum elliptico-oblonga, circiter 3 cm. — longa, 1°2 cm. lata, supra inferre inconspicue appresse pilosa, superne glabriuscula, subtus minute stellato-pilosa. Inflorescentiae umbelliformes, 3-4-florae, bracteatae, ramulos terminantes; bracteae ovatae, acutae, circiter 1-5 em. longae, 1°1 em. latae, supra subsericeae, subtus stellato- pubescentes nervo medio parce longe piloso. Sepula 5 (rarius 6 vel 4), valde imbricata, inferne connata, late ovata, 1°2-1°4 cm. longa, extra stellato-pubescentia, intus marginibus exterioribus appresse villosa. _Petala 5, fugacia, latissime obovata, 3 cm. diametro, alba, macula basali lutea 6 mm. diametro, alteraque supra-basali atro-sanguinea 5 mm. diametro. Stamina numerosa; filamenta tiliformia, superne leviter ampliata, circiter 6 mm. longa; antherae oblongas, 9°8-1°3 mm. longae, loculis apice approximatis deorsum divergentibus. Ovarium subglobosum, minute dense pilosum, 3 mm. diametro, imperfecte 5-6-loculare, ovalis pro loculo . Rumerosis; stylus subnullus (0:2 mm. longus), stigmate discoideo 2°5 mm, diametro omnino occultus.—Cistus monspeliensi-ladaniferus, Loret in Rev. Se. Nat. vol. iii. p. 364; Loret & Barrandon, Fl. Montpellier, vol. i. p. 67. C. ladaniferus x monspeliensis, Grosser in Eng. Pflanzenr. Cistac. p. 28.— T. A. SPRAGUE. The Rock Rose which forms the subject of our figure is one which has been grown in the Kew collection for a quarter of a century, but having been received under another name and having since its receipt been ‘several times propagated its origin is not known. That it is a natural hybrid between Cistus ladaniferus, Linn., figured long ago at t. 112 of this work, and C. monspeliensis, Linn., has long been believed, for it has been met with in a wild state in Hérault growing along with the two parent species. The belief has been confirmed by the late Mr. Bornet, who obtained C. Loreti experimentally by crossing these two species. The special interest of this Rock Rose to cultivators lies, however, in the fact that it is one of the hardiest in the genus; it has withstecd at Kew without injury, APRIL, 1913, over twenty degrees of frost, and there are but few species of Cistus of which this can be said. It is also undoubtedly one of the most beautiful of the Rock Roses, flowering very profusely and making a striking display for several weeks from Midsummer onwards. Messrs. Rouy and Foucaud recognise two distinct forms, both of which have been met with in a wild state; the first, albiflorus, has petals with no crimson spot near the base; the second, maculatus, which is that now figured, has petals with a crimson a a C. Loreti is easily increased by cuttings made of late summer shoots. Owing to its dislike of root disturbance it should be grown in pots until planted out permanently. A light sandy soil and the sunniest situation available should be given to it. : Drscriprion.— Shrub, 4 ft. high, erect, somewhat viscid ; branches pale brown. Lvaves opposite, spreading, sessile, sliglitly connate at the base, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, apex obtuse or rounded, narrowed to the base, 14-21 in. long, 5-3 In. wide, 3-nerved, dark green above, almost glabrous, with impressed venation, paler beneath, sparingly finely stellate hairy, with raised venation; leaves of the flowering shoots elliptic-oblong, about 1} in. long, } in. wide, above slightly stellate near the base, almost glabrous nearer the apex, beneath finely stellate-hairy. Inflorescence umbellate, 3-4-flowered, bracteate, at the ends of the twigs; bracts ovate, acute, about 3 in. long, nearly 4 in. across, almost silky above, stellate-pubescent and along the midrib sparingly beset with long hairs below. Sepals 5, rarely 6 or 4, much imbricate, connate below, wide ovate, 4 in. long or longer, stellate-pubescent outside, adpressed villous on the outer edges within. Petals 5, tugacious, very wide obovate, 1} in. across, white, with a yellow basal spot + in. wide and just above this a dark red spot } in. wide. Stamens many ; filaments filiform, slightly widened upwards, about 4 in. long; anthers oblong, small, locelli diverging downwards. Ovary subglobose, finely closely pilose, 1 in. across, incompletely 5—6-celled; ovules many in each cell; style very short; stigma discoid. | i Figs. 1 and 2, stamens; 3, pistil; 4, transverse section of the ovary :—all erlaryed: : N.S.del IN. Fitch ith. VincentBrooks Day &Son Lit. 4 s - Reeve & C° London. Tas. 8491, Hypericum KaALMIANUM. North America, Hyprricaceak. Tribe HypEericear. Hypericum, Linn.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 165. Hypericum Kalmianum, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 783; Torr. Fl. New York, vol. i. p. 86, t. 18; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. vol. i. p.158; Coulter in A. Gray, Syn, Fl, N. Am. vol. i. pars 1, p. 285; Britton & Brown, lil. Fl.. Nor. U. 8. vol. ii. p. 480; Britton, Mun. Fl. U. States & Canada, p. 626; stylis 5 primum arcte adpressis tandem divergentibus, stigmatibus minutis ab affinibus facile distinguitur. Frutec multiramosus, 3-6 dm. aitus, cortice brunneo delaminante. Rami quadranguli; ramuli subeompressi, leviter bialati. o/ia sessilia, patentia, lineari-oblanceolata, apice obtusa, in basin sensim angustata, 2-5 em. longa, 3-8 mm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, pellucide punctata, marginibus recurvis, supra nervo medio impresso, subtus glaucescentia nervo medio prominente. Cymae dichasiales, 7-15-florae, ramulos terminantes; pedicelli 4-10 mm. longi. Flores 2cm.diametro. Sepala foliacea, oblonga, subacuta, circiter 5 mm. longa, circiter 2 mm. lata, pellucide punctata. Peta/a lutea, deflexa, oblique obovata, vix ultra 1 cm. longa, 6°5 mm. lata, indistincte pellucide punctata. Stumina numerosissima, libera, aurantiaca, 6-7 mm. longa. Ovarium 5-lobum, 5-loculare, ovulis numerosis; styli 5, primum inter se arcte adpressi, demum divergentes; stigmata punctiformia. Capsula ovoidea, 6 mm. longa, 5-locularis.—T. A. SPRAGUE. The true Hypericum Kalmianum, Linn., here figured, which was originally introduced in 1759, has of late years _ been almost or quite lost to gardens in this country, the plant grown under the name being nearly always //. proli- Jicum, Linn., also a North American species. /7. Kalmianuin is a native of the Great Lake region of North-Kastern America and extends from Ontario and Western New York to Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. The best-known habitat of the shrub is on the banks of the Niagara Gorge, but it is now uncommon in nature as well as in gardens. For its reintroduction Kew is indebted to Mr. J. Dunbar, Assistant Superintendent of the Rochester Parks, N.Y., an eager and accomplished student of the North American flora. In sending seeds in March 1911, Mr. Dunbar remarked that the plants from which they were collected “ were found at Rose Hill, Ontario, Canada, on the opposite side of Lake Erie from Buffalo, growing in great abundance on the bleak Apri, 1913. sandy coast-line.” The plants raised from these seeds flowered in August 1912, and from one of them our figure was prepared. A characteristic appearance is given to this species by the presence of axillary tufts of leaves on the shoots of the current year. These tufts, which are usually composed of two pairs of leaves, are borne on greatly abbreviated “short-shoots.” H. Kalmianum thrives very well with other St. John’s Worts in good loamy soil, and is easily increased by cuttings as well as by seeds. Description.—Shrub, much branched, 1-2 ft. high, bark brown, flaking; branches 4-angled, twigs somewhat com- pressed, slightly 2-winged. Leaves sessile, spreading, linear- oblanceolate, obtuse, gradually narrowed to the base, 3-2 in. long, 4-} in. wide, thinly coriaceous, transparent-dotted, margins recurved, the main-nerve sunk above, glaucescent beneath with the main-nerve raised, _Cymes dichasial 7-15- flowered, at the ends of the twigs; pedicels 1-2 in. long. Flowers % in, across. Sepals leafy, oblong, subacute, about % in. long, 1 lin. wide, transparent-dotted. Petals yellow, deflexed, obliquely obovate, under } in. long, } in. wide, faintly transparent-dotted. Stamens very many, free, orange-yellow, } in. long. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-celled; ovules ~ many; styles 5, at first closely adpressed, at length ba stigmas minute. Capsule ovoid, 5-celled, 4 in. ong. Fig. 1, calyx and pistil; 2 and 3, anthers :—all enlarged. Supplement (Vol. VI) to be published on March 14, 346 pp. Small Paper Edition, 83 x 54, with Three Plates, Cloth, 18s net Large Paper Edition, 10 x 63, with 20 Coloured Plates of over 250 Species, £2 8s net COLEOPTERA THE BRITISH ISLANDS A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILIES, GENERA AND SPECIES INDIGENOUS TO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND WITH NOTES AS TO LOCALITIES, HABITATS, ETC. BY W. W. FOWLER, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S. PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 1901-2 AND HORACE ST. JOHN DONISTHORPE, F.Z.8., F.ES. VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 1911 VOL. VI (SUPPLEMENT) INCLUDING A PAPER ON THE MYRMECOPHILOUS COLEOPTERA OF GREAT BRITAIN LONDON L. REEVE AND CO. 6 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN 1913 AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE SIXTH (SUPPLEMENTARY) VOLUME The last volume of the “ Coleoptera of the British Islands” was published in 1891. In the preface to the first volume I expressed a hope that the work might, at all events, prove of some help towards encouraging the study of our native Coleoptera. As far as I can gather, this hope has been, in a measure at least, realised, and to judge by the results, as embodied in this volume, it will be seen that a great deal of work has been done at the Order during the past twenty years. Moreover, that work is by no means exhausted. Almost every month new species are being recorded. The present volume was practically ready some months ago, except for the plates, and the large list of addenda that has accumulated during that period shows the interest that is being taken in our Coleoptera at the present time. Dr. Sharp is of opinion that our indigenous species will be found in the future to number at least 4000, and this makes it evident that there may be much left to discover. 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RHODODENDRON Wicutn. — Sikkim Himalaya. Ericackaz. Tribe RHopoREAE. RHODODENDRON, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. Rhododendron Wightii, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himalaua, p. 80, t. xxvii.; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. iii. p. 467; Watson in Gard. Chron. 1911, vol. 1. p. 268, fig. 121; Smith in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vol. v. p. 216; a R. campylocarpo, Hook. f., foliis majoribus basi angustioribus facile distinguendum. Arbuscula ramulis satis crassis primo plus minusve lanatis mox _glabris brunneo-corticatis. Folia lanceolata, elliptico-lanceolata vel fere elliptico- oblonga, apice obtusa vel subacuta, mucronata, basi valde vel vix inaequi- latera, cuneata vel late cuneata vel latere altero rotundata altero cuneata, 8°5-20 cm. longa, 3-5-8 em. lata, coriacea, supra glabra, viridia, subtus costa mox glabra excepta arcte adpresse cinnamomeo-lanata, costa supra impressa subtus valde prominente, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 12 pagina superiore -impressis inferiore prominentibus nervulis supra parum immersis, margine parum revoluta ; petiolus satis crassus, 1*2-4 cm. longus. IJnflorescentia terminalis, multiflora, laxe capitata; bracteae anguste oblongae, acute acuminatae, ad 4°3 cm. longae et 1 cm. latae, sericeae ; pedicelli plerumque circiter 8 cm. longi, mox glabri, apicem versus sub anthesin plus minusve cernui. Calycis lobi parvi, glandulosi. Corolla campanulata, circiter 4°2 em. longa, straminea, sanguineo-notata ; lobi 5, limbo circiter dimidio breviores, patente-recurvi, imbricati, emarginati. Stamina 10, filamentis ad 2-9 em. longis inferne breviter pilosis, antheris subpurpureis 3°5 mm. longis. Ovarium dense lanatum; 10-loculare; stylus corollae subaequilongus, glaber, stigmate capitato.—W. G. Crat. The handsome Himalayan Rhododendron which forms the subject of our illustration, though it has Jong been in cultivation in this country, does not appear ever to have been common in collections. In certain parts of Sikkim it seems to be plentiful, and in his original description Sir J.D. Hooker speaks of the species as abundant in the wooded valleys and on the spurs of all the mountains at an elevation of 12-14,000 feet above sea-level. It is not, however, abundant in all the valleys of Sikkim at this elevation, though it probably is so in most of those explored by Hooker, and as regards the valley of the Zemu, a tributary of the Tista, Hooker’s account is fully confirmed by recent. travellers, The figure here given was prepared from a May, 1913. plant which flowered in the Himalayan house at Kew in April, 1911. It was raised from a graft presented by Miss A. Mangles, in whose garden at Littleworth there is a large bushy specimen of &. Wightii which has long been grown in the open. It flowers freely, however, only in certain seasons, but it is nevertheless probably quite as hardy as the other Sikkim Rhododendrons from the same elevation. The flowers are usually of a rather deeper yellow than those represented in our plate. Another point in which the plant now figured deviates from the figure by Sir J. D. Hooker cited above is in more lax inflorescence with longer pedicels. In all other respects, however, it agrees well with the original illustration. Descriprion.—Shrub or small tree; twigs rather stout, at first more or less woolly, soon glabrous; bark brown. Leaves lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate or almost. elliptic- oblong, obtuse or subacute and mucronate, base slightly to markedly unequal, cuneate or wide-cuneate, or cuneate on one side rounded on the other, 31-8 in.-long, 14-3 in. wide, coriaceous, green and glabrous above, beneath except on the early glabrous midrib woolly with a closely adpressed cinnamon-brown tomentum, midrib impressed above, very much raised beneath, lateral nerves about 12 on each side somewhat sunk above and raised beneath, secondary venation slightly sunk above, margin somewhat revolute; petiole rather stout, 3-13 in. long. Inflorescence terminal, many- flowered, laxly capitate; bracts narrow-oblong, acutely acuminate, up to 12 in. long, 2 in. wide, woolly ; pedicels usually about 14 in. long, soon glabrous, more or less nodding at the apex when the flowers open. Calyz-lobes small, glandular. Corolla campanulate, about 1% in. long, straw-yellow dotted with deep red; lobes 5, shorter than the tube, spreading to recurved, imbricate, emarginate. Stamens 10, filaments over 1 in. long, shortly hairy below, anthers almost purple, 13 lin. long. Ovary densely woolly, 10-celled ; style about as long as the corolla, glabrous ; stigma capitate, Fig. I, portion of the underside of a leaf; 2, calyx and pistil; 3 and 4 stamens; 5, ovary in transverse section; 6, hair from ovary :—all enlarged, 8493 4 if — f hI ie , . \ one aot ae a a a eee Vincent Brooks, Day &Son Lidamp L Reeve & C2 London. Tas. 8493. DEUTZIA LONGIFOLIA. — Western China. SAXIFRAGACEAE. Tribe HYDRANGEAE. Devrata, Thunb.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 642. Deutzia longifolia, Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Par. sér. 2, vol. viii. p. 235, et in Pl. David. vol. ii. p. 53; Koehne in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. p. 13; Schneider, Handb. Laubholzk. vol. ii. p. 985; Gard. Chron. 1912, vol. li. p. 409, fig. 195; ab affini D. densiflora, Rehd, dentibus, calycis longioribus angustioribusque et a D. aibida, Batal. cui etiam propinquior praeterea foliis lanceolatis argute serrulatis, petalis roseis, stylis longioribus distincta. Frutex 1-2-metralis, ramis juvenilibus pilis stellatis minutis adpressis vestitis, ramis vetustis glabratis pallide brunneis cortice plagulis magnis tenuibus soluto. Folia lanceolata, acuta vel saepius acuminata, basi leviter vel longiuscule attenuata, marginibus minute arguteque serrulata, 4-9 em. longa, 2-2°5 em. lata, crassiuscula, supra saturate viridia, pilis stellatis conspersa, subtus pilis stellatis dense congestis albido-cinerea, in nervis pilis simplicibus additis, nervis lateralibus utrinsecus circiter 4 subtus Yymae in corymbum multiflorum hemisphaericum vel sub- d 6 em. longum latumque collectae ; bracteae inferiores foliaceae, superiores lineares vel filiformes, 5-7 mm. longae; pedicelli ad e stellato-lepidotum, quasi pruinosum, hemi- Sepaia lanceolata vel triangulari-lanceolata, marginata, persistentia. Petala ovata, roseo- Stamina exteriora filamentis Styli 5 mm. longi. Fructus maturus globosus, 5-6 mm. diametro, albo-pruinosus.—D. Veitchit, Wilson in Gard. Chron. 1912, vol. li. suppl. p. xx. fig. 11, in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. vol. xxxvill. pars ii. p. exxxiv. fig. 98, et in Veitch, New Hardy Pl. W. China, 1912, p. 4, cum ic.—O. STaPF. The Deutzia which we here figure was originally dis- covered by the Abbé David near Moupine in Szechuan and was subsequently collected in various localities in the same province by Mr, E. H. Wilson at altitudes of from 5,000 to 9,000 feet above sea level, when collecting on behalf of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, in 1901, and again during his latest Chinese journey. The species was first introduced into cultivation through the Coombe Wood Nursery of the Messrs. Veitch in January, 1902, as an unnamed Deutzia. In 1905 it was named D. Veitchii on their behalf by Mr, Wilson, and under that name it has become well known and widely established in collections and has been recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society. Thanks, however, to the kindness of Professor Lecomte, who has kindly placed at our disposal for study the specimen on which Mr. Franchet's May, 1913. petala multo breviora. original description of D. longifolia was based, it has been possible to ascertain that the name suggested by Mr. Wilson is superfluous. In 1908 a further supply of seeds was received at Kew from Professor Sargent, Arnold Arboretum ; from this consignment was raised the plant from which the material for our illustration has been obtained. In 1909 yet another supply of seed reached Messrs. Veitch. The species varies slightly in size of flower and in depth of colouring ; one of the best of its forms is that which was raised by Messrs. Veitch in 1902, and was again raised at Kew in 1908, Like all the other members of the genus, D. longifolia rejoices in a rich loamy soil and can be propagated by cuttings of moderately firm wood in July and August. In low-lying districts its flowers are liable to be damaged by late spring frosts, but on the whole it may be regarded as one of the most ornamental of Chinese Deutzias. Drscriprion.—Shrub, 3-7 ft. high, young twies clothed with fine stellate hairs, old branches glabrate, pale brown, bark flaking, flakes thin. Leaves lanceolate, acute or often acuminate, base more or less narrowed, margins finely sharply serrulate, 1$-3} in. long, 3-1 in. wide, rather thick, dark green above, with scattered stellate hairs, _ beneath densely grey-white tomentose with stellate hairs, | but with a few simple hairs on the nerves, lateral nerves about 4 on each side, somewhat raised beneath. Cymes aggregated in a many-flowered hemispherical or almost pyramidal corymb about 24 in. across; lower bracts leafy, upper linear or filiform, about 4 in. long; pedicels over % In. long. Receptacle densely stellate-lepidote, almost pruinose, hemispherical, 1 in. wide. Sepals lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, } in. long, persisting, their margins red. Petals ovate, rose-coloured in bud, suffused with rose when expanded, over } in. long. Stamens of outer series with filaments 3-winged above, the lateral wings the larger and produced as far as the middle of the anther, those of the inner series with a solitary linear tooth longer than the anther, all much shorter than the petals. Styles } in, long. Fruit when ripe globose, }-1 in. wide, white-pruinose. Fig. 1, base of leaf; 2, section of calyx; 3, stellate scales; 4, 5, 6 and 7, stamens ; 8, leaf from a second specimen :—al] enlarged except 8, which is of . natural size, S494 M 5.deél. IN Fitch tith. Vincent Brocka,Day &Son. Lrbimp L Reeve &C° London. Tas, 8494, STRONGYLODON psevpo.ucives. Madagascar, a Lreuminosar. Tribe PHASEOLEAE. StroneyLonon, Vogel; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 532. Strongylodon pseudolucidus, Crab; species S. /ucido, Seem. proxima bractcis bracteolisque multo majoribus, floribus minoribus recedit. Frutex scandens; ramuli glabri, striatuli. Folia trifoliolata, ad 12 cm. longa, petiolo 7-8 cm. longo supra canaliculato glabro suffulta; stipulae late deltoideae, circiter 4 mm. longae et late, virides, distincte plurinervatae ; foliola lateralia valde inaequilatera, latere altero dimidiatim ovata, basi rotundata, altero dimidiatim suboblonga, basi: late cuneata vel rotundato- cuneata, ad 8°5 em. longa et 5 em. lata, terminalia a lateralibus circiter 3 cm. distantia, ovata, basi latissime cuneata vel rotundata, ad 9 em. longa et 5°5 cm. lata, omnia apice acuminata, mucronulata, glabra, viridia, membranacea, e basi trinervata, nervis secundariis (e costa ortis) 4-5 cum — nervulis pagina superiore conspicuis inferiore prominulis vel subpromi- nulis; petioluli 5 mm. longi, pilis albis brevibus hic illic instructi; stipellae lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, petiolulis subaequales. Jacemi axillares, ad 7 em. longi, pedunculo communi 5 cm. longo glabro suffulti; nodi conspicui, flores tres gerentes; bracteae hyalinae, fugaces, circiter 5 mm. longae, brevissime ciliatae; pedicelli ad 2°5 cm. longi, glabri, summo apice bracteolis duobus hyalinis rotundatis ad 4 mm. longis brevissime ciliatis ante anthesin deciduis instructi. Calyx cylindricus, circiter 8 mm. longus, lobis brevibus rotundatis ciliolatis. Vexillum sub anthesin reflexum, oblongo-lanceolatum, apice emarginulatum, basi latere utroque auricu- latum, 22 mm. longum, fere 12 mm. Jatum, ungui circiter 4 mm. longo suffultum ; alae 12 mm. longae, fere 4°5 mm. latae, ungui 9 mm. longo suffultae ; carina 2 cm. longa, 6 mm. lata, ungui 8 mm, longo adjecto. Stamen vVexillare liberum. Ovarium 3 mm. longum, stipite circiter 1 em. longo suffultum, uni- vel bi-ovulatum; stylus gracilis, circiter 15 mm. Jongus.—S. ruber, Thw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. p. 89; Baker in Hook. f. Fi. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 191; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. Ixvi. pars 2, p. 411; non Vogel.—W. G. CRarB. “ The Leguminous genus Strongylodon is widely spread from the Mascarenes to Melanesia with, however, two more or less distinct centres in Madagascar and in the Philippines, in each of which areas three or four endemic species appear to occur. The oldest of the known species is one which is widely spread in Polynesia from the Sandwich Islands to Fiji, first described in 1786 by the younger Forster as Glycine lucida, and in 1836 treated by Vogel as the basis of this distinct genus undér the name S. ruber. Thirty years later Seemann again dealt with the plant under the more Mary, 1913. strictly accurate name S. lucidus. About the same time Thwaites discovered what he assumed to be the Polynesian plant on the Ceylon coast and used for it Vogel’s name; thirty years later it was found that the Ceylon form is particularly abundant on the Andaman coast. In 1886, however, Drake del Castillo pointed out that the Ceylon Strongylodon is not the same as the Polynesian one. ‘This Ceylon plant, which extends from the Andamans and Ceylon to Christmas Island, North Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia, is readily distinguished from the Polynesian species by its much smaller flowers and its smaller pods. It is now found that this littoral species also extends west- ward from Ceylon to Madagascar; the material on which our plate is based was raised by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, from a seed received by them from a correspondent in Madagascar, and was communicated by them for identification in December, 1912, and was recognised as being the Strongylodon ruber of the coasts of Ceylon and the Andamans. Since, however, the name S. ruber belongs, as a synonym, to the Pacific S. lucidus, and since Drake, when pointing out that the two are specifically distinct, did not suggest a name for the more western plant, it has been necessary to provide one now. S. pseudolucidus, Messrs. Charlesworth find, thrives satis- factorily and is easy to grow in a warm conservatory. Description.—Shrub, climbing; twigs glabrous, faintly striate. Leaves 3-foliolate, nearly 5 in. long ; petiole glabrous, channelled above, 3 in. long; stipules wide-deltoid, about 1 lin. long and wide, green, many-veined ; lateral leaflets unequal at the base, ovate rounded on the outer, oblong more or less cuneate on the inner aspect, 34 in. long, 2 in. wide, terminal about 1} in. beyond the lateral leaflets, ovate, base wide-cuneate or rounded, 34 in. long, 24 in. wide, all acuminate, mucronulate, glabrous, green, mem- branous, somewhat polished, 3-nerved from the base with 4—5 pairs of lateral nerves spreading from the midrib on each side, visible on the upper surface and somewhat raised on the lower; petiolules about } in. long, with a few white hairs; stipels linear-lanceolate, acute, about as long as tlie petiolules. Racemes axillary, up to 3 in. long; peduncle glabrous, 2 in. long, nodes distinct, each 3-flowered ; bracts hyaline, fugacious, about + in. long, shortly ciliate ; pedicels up to 1 in, long, glabrous, with a pair of hyaline rounded shortly ciliate deciduous apical bracteoles. Calyx cylindric, about } in. long; lobes short, rounded, ciliolate. Standard reflexed in flower, oblong-lanceolate, faintly emarginate, auriculate at the base, under 1 in, long, about } in. wide, claw % in. long; wings } in. long, about 1 in. wide, claw + In. long; keel 3 in. long, } in. wide, claw 1 in. long. Veaillary stamen free. Ovary small, 1—-2-ovuled, long- stipitate ; style slender, about 2 in, long. Fig. 1, calyx, laid open, showing stamens ; 2, base of standard ; 3, wing-petal. 4, keel-petal; 5, pistil; 6, ovary laid open to show ovules :—all enlarged. \ Se ntamieinn i en + ad Day & Soni Vincent Brooks, hth S. AN Bite MS del. si L.Reeve & C2? London Tas. 8495, DENDROBIUM ScHUETZEI... Philippines, ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. Denprosium, Swartz; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 498. Dendrobium Schuetzei, Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 1911, p. 224; 1912, p. 337, fig. 47; Gard. Chron. 1911, vol. 1. p. 42; 1912, vol. lii. p. 229, fig. 102; Orch. World, vol. iii. p. 19; a D.| Dearei, Reichb. f., pseudobulbis brevioribus floribus multo majoribus et mento brevius et obtuso differt. Herba epiphytica, 15-40 cm. alta. Cavules erecti, subcylindrici, medio incrassati, sulcati, basi attenuati, dense foliati. Folia subpatentia, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, coriacea, 8-10 cm. longa, 2°5-3°5 cm. lata, Pedunculi subterminales, breves, pauciflori. Bracteae oblongae, subacutae, breves. Pedicelli circiter 4cm.longi. lores magni, speciosi, albi, labelli basi viridi. Sepala sub- patentia; posticum oblongo-lanceolatum, acuminatum, 3 cm. longum; lateralia triangularia, acuta, carinata, 3-5 cm. longa; mentum obtusum, 1°3 cm. longum. Petala late ovato-orbicularia, apiculata, 4°5-5-5 em. longa, 3°5-4 cm. lata. Labellum trilobum, 4-4°5 cm. longum; lobi laterales subincurvi, late rotundati; lobus intermedius subrecurvus, late obovatus, truncatus vel emarginatus, apiculatus, crenulatus, 3-5-4 em. latus; discus basi obtuse carinatus. Columna lata, 6 mm. longa; alae falcato-oblongae.—R. A. RouFe. The handsome Dendrobium here figured is a native of the Philippines, whence it was introduced by Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, with whom it flowered for the first time in September, 1912; the notes published in the previous year were prepared from dried specimens. A plant purchased for the Kew collection from Messrs. Sander flowered in the tropical Orchid House in October, 1912. In the pre- paration of our plate use has been made of this latter plant and of photographs kindly supplied by Messrs. Sander, A member of the section Formosae, D. Schuetzei is nearly allied to D. Dearei, Reichb. f.,and to D. Sanderae, Rolfe, the latter figured at t. 8351 of this work, both of which are Philippine species. Our plant has, however, larger flowers than either, with a much shorter obtuse mentum, so that it has more of the general appearance of the Indian D, formosum, Roxb., though it is without the large orange-yellow disk of the latter. In D. Schuetzei the flowers are white with some green on the disk of the lip and a tinge of purple at the May, 1913. extreme base. The species thrives well at Kew under the treatment suitable for its two Philippine allies. The number of flowers to a peduncle apparently varies from one to five, Description.— Herb, epiphytic, 6-16 in. high; stems erect, subcylindric, somewhat thickened in the middle, suleate, narrowed to the base, densely leafy. Leaves some- what spreading, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, 3-4 in. long, 1-14 in. broad, Peduncles subterminal, short, few- flowered ; pedicels about 14 in. long; bracts short, oblong, subacute. Sowers large, showy, white with the base of the lip green, Sepals somewhat spreading; posterior oblong- lanceolate, acuminate, 1} in. long; lateral triangular, keeled, acute, 1-2 in. long; mentum obtuse, $ in. long. Petals wide ovate-orbicular, apiculate, 13-21 in. long, 14-14 in. wide. Lip 3-lobed, 13-13 in. long ; lateral lobes somewhat incurved, wide-rounded ; mid-lobe somewhat recurved, wide obovate, truncate or emarginate, apiculate, crenulate, about 1} in. across; disk bluntly keeled at the base. Column broad, } in. long ; wings falcate-oblong. Fig. 1, column ; 2, anther-cap; 8, pollinia; 4, sketch of an entire plant :— all enlarged except 4, which is much reduced. 5496 M.S.del. I. NFitchhth. Vincent Brooks Day &Son LReeve &C° London. Tas. 8496, SAXIFRAGA Srrisryyi. Bulgaria. SAXIFRAGACEAE. Tribe SAXIFRAGEAEs SaxrrraGa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p, 635. Saxifraga (§ Kabschia) Stribrnyi, Velenovsky Neue Nachtr. F?. Bulgar. 1902, p. 5, nomen; Irving in Gard. Chron. 1909, vol. xlv. p. 259, et vol. xlvi. p. 195, f. 81; affinis S. mediae, Gouan, sed inflorescentiis ramosis, floribusque nutantibus differt. Herba caespitosa, caudiculis brevibus dense foliosis; caules floriferi erecti, ramosi, parce foliosi, patule glanduloso-pilosi. Folia inferiora rosulata, patula, sessilia, spathulato-oblanceolata, apice submucronata, usque ad 2°5 em. longa et 0°6 cm. lata, carnosa, glauca, supra foveolis intramargina- libus vix 1°5 mm. distantibus instructa, infra carinata, margine anguste cartilagineo basin versus parce ciliato; folia caulina oblongo-spathulata, subacuta, 0°5-1 cm. longa, 1°5-3 mm. lata, viridia, interdum apicem versus rubella, margine inferne glanduloso-ciliata et utrinque parce glanduloso-pilosa. In/lorescentia cymosa, rami patentes vel leviter recurvi, usque ad 4 em. longi; bracteae foliis caulinis subsimiles sed breviores, plerumque utrinque dense glanduloso-pilosae ; pedicelli ad 1 cm. longi, patente glanduloso-pilosi. F/ores nutantes, circiter 7 mm. diametro. Calyx campanulatus, medio circiter 2°5 mm. diametro, extra rubro-purpureus, dense glanduloso pilosus ; lobi subaequales, oblongo-ovati, apice rotundati, circiter 2 mm. longi, extra glanduloso-pilosi. Petala suberecta, late spathulata, apice obtuse dentata, circiter 2°5 mm. longa et 1°75 mm. lata, carminea, glabra, Stamina petalis breviora. Styli 2, liberi, erecti, glabri. —S. porophylla, var. Stribrnyi, Velenovsky, Fl. Bulgar. Suppl. I. 1898, p. 114.—J. Huronison. The small Saxifrage which is here figured is a native of Bulgaria, where it was first found in 1893 on Mount Rhodope by Stribrny. Velenovsky, who at first thought that it might be considered a variety of S. porophylla, Bertol., subsequently adopted the view that it ought to be considered a distinct species, a view that further. investiga- tion has served to confirm. In 1906 it was again gathered in its original locality by Adamovié, and in that year the plant from which our illustration has been prepared was obtained by purchase from Mr. Sundermann, of Lindau, Bavaria. “According to Velenovsky S. Stribrnyi 1s in nature found in association with S. Frederici-Augusti, Bias, the affinities of which, of S. media, Gouan, and of the present plant have already been discussed at t. 8308 of this May, 1913. work. The affinity of our plant is closest with S. media, figured at t. 7315 of this work, but it is easily distinguished from S. media by its more branched inflorescence with nodding flowers. S. Stribrnyi is, perhaps, seen to most ad- vantage when cultivated in a pot in a cold frame, but it. also does well in the Rockery, where it flowers sometimes as early as February. The plant figured, which had been grown in a frame, flowered in April, 1909. The species is a perennial one with clustered rosettes, but at Kew these clusters do not become enlarged as in some of the other species of the group to which our plant belongs. Descriprion.—Herb, tufted ; crowns short, densely leafy ; flowering stems erect, branched, sparingly leafy, patently glandular-pilose. Leaves rosulate at the base, spreading, sessile, spathulate-oblanceolate, somewhat mucronulate, up to 1 in. long and } in. wide, fleshy, glaucous, beset, above with intramarginal pits barely 1 lin. apart, keeled beneath, — margin narrowly cartilaginous, sparingly ciliate towards the base; stem-leaves oblong-spathulate, subacute, 1-2 in. long, up to § in, wide, green, sometimes reddish towards the tip, margin glandular-ciliate towards the base and sparingly glandular-pilose on both sides. Inflorescence cymose ; branches spreading or slightly recurved, up to 13 in. long; bracts resembling the stem-leaves, but shorter and usually densely glandular-hairy on both surfaces; pedicels up to 3 in. long, patently glandular-hairy. Flowers nodding, about 4 in. across. Calyx campanulate, about 4), in. across in the middle, reddish-purple and densely glandular-hairy outside; lobes subequal, oblong-ovate, rounded at the tip, about 1 lin. long, glandular-hairy outside. Petals suberect, wide spathulate, apex bluntly toothed, about +1, in. long and under +4; in. wide, glabrous, carmine. Stamens shorter than the petals. Styles 2, free, erect, elabrous. _ Fig. 1, basal leaf; 2, bract; 3, hairs from margin of bract; 4, flower; 5, pistil; — 6 and 7, stamens; 8, pistil:—all enlarged. Nes r= ey a | SS ie oi MSdel JN Fitch ith Vincent Brooks.Day &Sont fi L.Reeve &C° London Tas. 8497, | RHODODEN DRON AUGUSTINIT. China. | Ertcackeark. Tribe Ruoporear. Ruopopenpnon, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. Rhododendron Augustinii, Hems/. in Journ, Linn. Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 19; Flora & Sylva, 1905, p. 162; Rev. Hort. 1909, p. 19; Le Jardin, 1909, p. 158; Hemst. et Wilson in Kew Bull. 1910, p. 114; Gard. Chron, 1912, vol. lii. p- 4; ab affini A. lutescente, Franch., foliorum costa subtus pubescent facile distinguendum. Frutex 1-1°5 m. altus; ramuli primum pubescentes, pallide corticati, lepidoti, demum glabri, cortice brunneo obtecti, lepidibus sparsioribus vix con- spicuis instructi. Folia lanceolata vel late lanceolata, apice acuta vel fere acuminata, mucronata, basi obtuse cuneata, 4-6°2 cm. longa, 1-3-2-2 em. lata, chartacco-coriacea, supra viridia, puberula, subtus pallidiora, costa tantum conspicue longe albo-pubescentia, lepidibus satis crebris ornata, costa subtus prominente, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 pagina utraque subconspicuis, nervulis supra impressis, margine parum revoluta; basin versus juventute setis paucis longis instructa; petioli 3-7 mm. longi, pubescentes. Perdicelli 11-17 mm. longi, lepidoti. Ca/ycis lobi breves, apice rotundati, ciliati. Corolla campanulata; tubus 14 mm. longus; lobi 5, patentes, margine undulati, superiores maculati, ovati vel oblongo-ovati, acutiusculi vel obtusi ad 23 mm. longi et 16 mm. lati. Stamina 10, parum exserta, filamentis inferne pilosis. Ovariwm dense lepidotum nisi basi apiceque pilosum, stylus 35 mm, longus, glaber.— W. G. Crars. The Rhododendron now figured, which was_ originally named in compliment to Mr. Augustine Henry, its first discoverer, appears to be one of the most hardy and free- growing of the new Chinese species of the genus and thrives in any open soil free from lime, although the ideal soil is one of a peaty nature. It can be increased by cuttings made of the current year’s growth taken in late July when the wood is becoming firm. The plant from which our illustration has been prepared was obtained for Kew from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons in 1908, their stock having been raised from seeds procured by Mr, E. H. Wilson, who met with the species both in Hupeh, where it had formerly been gathered by Mr. Henry, and in Szechuan. It is, however, probable that there was an independent and earlier introduction of this species to June, 1913. European gardens, because it was already not only in cultivation but in flower in the garden of Mr. M. L. de Vilmorin at Les Barres in 1904. The flowers vary some- what in colour from white to pink and pale purple, with yellow or orange blotches on the dorsal lobes of the corolla. Its nearest ally is R. lutescens, Franch., but from this it is easily distinguished, even when out of flower, by the line of persistent hairs on the midrib of the leaf beneath. Description.—Shrub, 34-5 ft. high; shoots at first pubescent, with pale lepidote bark, ultimately glabrous, the bark turning brown and with the scales more scattered and hardly visible. Leaves lanceolate or wide lanceolate, acute or subacuminate, mucronate, base wide cuneate, 14-22 in. long, 3-4 in. wide, firmly papery, green and puberulous above, paler beneath and hirsute with long persistent white hairs only on the midrib, elsewhere rather copiously lepidote, midrib raised beneath, lateral nerves about 8 on each side, fairly visible on both surfaces, the finer nervation sunk above, margin somewhat revolute, towards the base when young beset with a few long deciduous hairs; petiole 4-4 in. long, pubescent. lowers showy; pedicels 4-2 in. long, lepidote. Calyz-lobes short, ciliate, rounded. - Corolla campanulate; tube over 4 in. long; lobes 5, spreading, . their margins undulate, the upper lobes blotched, ovate or ovate-oblong, moderately acute or quite obtuse, nearly 1 in. long, 2 in. wide. Stamens 10, slightly exserted; filaments pilose below. Ovary densely lepidote and hairy except at base and tip; style 12 in. long, glabrous. Fig. 1, petiole and base of leaf, seen from below, showing disposition of sea'es and hairs; 2, scales from leaf; 3, calyx and pistil; 4, ovary; 5 and 6, stamens ; 7, transverse section of ovary :—all enlarged. 8498 Pr MS. del IN Ftd kth Veieark tie ooks,Day&San Li ame oy L Reeve & C° London. Tas. 8498, HYPERICUM avreovm. South-Eastern United States. Hypericacear. Tribe HypERIcEAn. Hyrrricum, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 165. Hypericum aureum, Bartram, Trav. p. 383; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. vol. i. p. 161; Coulter in A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am. vol. i. pars 1, p. 286; Small, Fl. S. E. United States, p. 790; affine H. myrtifolio, Lam., a quo foliis a angustatis nec cordatis, floribus majoribus, capsula integra r Planta suffruticosa, superne late ramosa, 0°6-1°2 m. alta. Rami ramulique anguste bialati, alis a basi fuliorum ad nodum inferiorem decurrentibus, alis duabus intermediis inconspicuis deorsum paullo. productis. Folia oblonga, apice rotundata vel obtusa, plus minusve apiculata, in basin angustata, 3-7 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata. tenuiter coriacea, glanduloso- punctata, subtus glaucescentia; petioli brevissimi. Cymae 3-florae, in paniculam foliatam dispositae, floribus solitariis interdum in iisdem axillis infra pedunculos triadum ortis; bracteae foliaceae. Sepa/a foliacea, elliptico-oblonca vel obovato-oblonga, apiculata, glanduloso-punctata, valde inaequalia, 3 exteriora 8-9 mm. longa, 2 interiora 5 mm. longa. Petala lutea, leviter deflexa, oblique obovata, 1°5 cm. longa. Stamina numerosissima, 1 em. longa, aurantiaca; antherae dorsifixae, connectivo glandulifero. Ovarium anguste ovoideum, integrum, 1-loculare, placentis 3 parietalibus valde intrusis; ovula plurima; styli 3, primum arcte adpressi, demum divergentes. Caysula ovoideo-conica, integra, 10-12 mm. longa.— Hi. frondosum, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. vol. ii. p. 81. H. amoenum, Pursh, Fi. Am. Sept. vol. ii. p. 375.—T. A. SPRAGUE. The St. John’s Wort which is here figured is a native of the South-Eastern United States, and is widely distributed from South Carolina and Georgia to Tennessee, Alabama and Texas. Though it has not before found a place in our pages, Hypericum aureum is an old plant in gardens, and the example from which our plate was prepared is one of a batch raised from seed saved at Kew. It can also be quite easily 2s fe by cuttings in late summer. Among the St. John’s Worts grown in gardens, //. aureum is well marked by its deflexed yellow petals, its orange stamens and its leafy sepals. It is useful, like most of the cultivated Hypericuins, for making a display in August when few woody plants are in blossom. It is quite hardy Jung, 1913, : ‘and thrives best in a well-drained loam of moderate richness. In habit it differs from many of its congeners in forming a distinct stem which gives the plant the appearance of a miniature tree. Botanically 7. aureum is most nearly related to H. myrtifolium, Lam., another North American species which has 3 styles and a I-celled ovary, as well as foliaceous sepals. But from H. myrtifolium our plant is readily distinguished by its narrow in place of cordate leaf bases, Description,— Undershrub, widely oranched above, 2-4 ft. high; branches and twigs narrowly 2-winged, the wings decurrent from the leaf-bases to the node next below, with two faint intermediate wings prolonged somewhat further down. Leaves oblong, rounded or blunt, and more or less apiculate at the tip, narrowed to the base, 14-3 in. long, %-% in. wide, thinly leathery, gland-dotted, glaucescent beneath ; petioles very short. Cymes 3-flowered, forming a leafy panicle, with at times solitary flowers situated in the same axils as, but below the cyme-peduncles; bracts leafy. Sepals leafy, elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, apiculate, gland-dotted, very unequal, the 3 outer 1 in. long, the 2 inner } in. long. Petals yellow, somewhat deflexed, obliquely obovate, 3 in. long. Stamens very many, 2 in. long, orange-yellow ; anthers dorsifixed, connective glandu- liferous. Ovary narrow ovoid, entire, 1-celled ; placentas 3, parietal, far-intruded ; ovules very many ; styles 3, at first closely adpressed, at length diverging. Capsule ovoid-conic, entire, 4—} in. long. Fig. 1, calyx and pistil; 2 and 3, anthers :—all enlarged. M.S. del. JN-Ritanlith L Reeve &C? London, Tas. 8499, AMELANCHIER o1icocarpPa. North America. Rosackak. Tribe PoMEAE. AMELANOHIER, Medic. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 628. Amelanchier oligocarpa, Roem. Syn. fase. iii. Ros. p. 145; affinis A. canadensi, Torr. et Gray, a qua statura humili, foliis utrinque magis minusve acutis minute crenato-serratis, inflorescentiis paucifloris, ovarii vertice pubescente et fructu atro-purpureo longiore quam lato differt. Frutex plerumque humilis, raro sesquimetralis, ramis glabris cortice fusco- nitente obtectis. Folia oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica, utrinque breviter acuta vel basi subobtusa, minute crenato-serrata, 3-5 em. longa, 2-2°5 em. lata, in gemma dense pubescentia, citissime glabrata, nervis obliquis utrinque 8-12; petiolus -5-1 (vel ultra) 1 cm. longus; et boat lineari- filiformes, purpureae, circiter 5 mm. longae. Flores in brac yeladiis 1-3, rarius 4; pedicelli villosuli, 1°5-2 cm. longi. Receptaculum turbinatum, 3 mm. altum, basi villosulum, superne glabrum. Sepa/a e basi triangulari filiformiter acuminata, apicibus rubris, 3 mm. longa, extus glabra, intus villosulo-pubescentia. Petala alba, late oblonga, 6-8 mm. longa. Antherae flavae. Ovarii vertex pubescens. /ructus atro-purpureus, pruimosus, globoso-pyriformis vel globoso-ellipsoideus, 8-9 mm. longus, 6-7 mm. diametro.—A. cunadensis, var. oligocarpa, Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. vol. i. p. 474. Mespilus canadensis, var. oligocarpa, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. vol. i. p. 291; S. Watson in Garden & Forest, 1888, p. 247; Gray, Manual, ed. vi. p. 167; OC. Schneider, Handb. Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 737.—O. STAPF. The subject of our illustration, Amelanchier oligocarpa, is a denizen of cold swamps and mountain bogs from Labrador southward to the shores of Lake Superior and the northern portion of New York State. In habit it is the most low- growing species of its genus, and coming as it does from a more northerly habitat than any other, it 1s exceedingly hardy. Yet it has always been one of the rarest of shrubs in our collections, some form of A. canadensis, Torr. & Gray, being as a rule supplied under the name, a circumstance which may perhaps have helped to account for its occasional treatment asa variety of A. canadensis. In spite of this, A, oligocarpa is singularly unlike A. canadensis, and is well — and easily distinguished by the few-flowered inflorescences with one to three, very rarely four blossoms. The species thrives best in a good loamy soil. The plant from which Jung, 1913. the material for our tgure has been obtained is one which was received at Kew from the Arnold Arboretum in 1910, Descriprion.— Shrub, usually dwarf, rarely up to 5 ft. high ; twigs giabrous, bark shining brown. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, shortly narrowed to apex and base or with the base somewhat rounded, margin finely crenate- serrate, 1{-2 in. long, 3-1 in. wide, densely pubescent in bud, very quickly glabrous, lateral veins 8-12 on each side, oblique; petiole 1-1 in, long; stipules linear-filiform, purple, about $ in. long. Flowers 1-3, rarely 4 to a flowering shoot ; pedicels somewhat villous, 3-3 in. long. feeceptacle turbinate, 14 lin. deep, somewhat villous below, glabrous above. Sepals finely acuminate from a triangular base, their tips red, glabrous outside, villous within, 12 lin. long. Petals white, wide oblong, 4-4 in. long. —_Anthers yellow. Ovary pubescent at the top. ruit dark purple, pruinose, rather widely pyriform or ellipsoid, 1 in. long, ; In. wide. Fig. 1, young leaf with stipules ; 2, bud; 8, vertical section of a flower, the petals removed; 4 and 5, anthers ; 6, transverse section of an ovary, two ovules removed to show their position in the cell: —all enlarged, AAA aA sna 7a ae Vincent Bra oke .D ay & Sor Te@amp. M.S.del,.IN Fitch ith. LReeve &C° London Tas. 8500. OSBECKIA sTELLaTaA. India and China. MELASTOMACEAE. Tribe OSBECKIEAE. OspEcnia, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 744. Osbeckia stellata, D. Don, Prodr. Fl, Nepal. p. 221, et in Bot. Rey. t. 674; Hook. Exot. #1. t. 87; DC. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 142 (var. 8 exclus.); species O. hispidissimae, Wight affinis sed ramulis et foliis sparse strigosis, foliorum basibus rotundatis differt. Frutex, 1-2 m. altus. Ramuli tetragoni, superne rubentes, inferne cortice tenui obtecti, scabri. Folia opposita, ovato-lanceolata, apice acuminata, basi rotundata, 6-15 cm. longa, 2-5 em. lata, membranacea, sparse et brevissime strigillosa, ciliata, nervis 5; petio'i 0°8-1 em. longi. Fores terminales in cymam paucifloram aggregati; bracteae late triangulares, 5 mm. longae, 5 mm. latae, ciliatae. Calycis tubus urceolatus, pallide viridis, 1:5 cm. longus, 1 em. diametro; segmenta 4, lineari-lanceolata, acute serrata, 1:3 em. longa, pili stellati, stipitati, apud calycis basin minuti, prope apicem ad 0°8 mm. longi, stipitibus viridibus, radiis circa 8 rubentibus. Corolla lilacino-rubens, petalis 4 late ovatis vel orbicularibus ciliatis 3°5 cm. longis 8 em. latis. Stamina 8, aequalia, lutea; antherae incurvae connectivo antice bicalloso. Ovarium apice setosum ; stylus albus, elongatus, apice curvatus; stigma nigrum, simplex.— 0. spectosa, Hort. ex Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, vol. xiv. p. 73. 0. crinita B, Benth. MSS. in Herb. Kew. 0. septemnervia, Ham. in Wall. Cat, n. 4062 B.— J. J. CLARK. The Osbeckia which forms the subject of our illustration appears to have first attracted the attention of Dr. F. Buchanan (afterwards Hamilton) when he accompanied the embassy of Captain Knox to the Court of Nepal in 1802. None of the seeds then sent by him to Dr. Roxburgh, the superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, appear to have reached Europe in a germinable state, and it was not until the period from 1816 to 1822, when Dr. Wallich, then in charge of the Calcutta garden, was successful in obtaining Himalayan seeds, that the plant was introduced to English horticulture. These seeds found their way to various prominent nurserymen, and by 1820 the plant was already under cultivation, by whom first raised is uncer- tain. In 1822 Messrs. Shepherd of Liverpool advertised the species as raised by them from seods collected near Khatmandu in Nepal. In the manuscript of his *¢ Exotic June, 1913. Flora,” Sir W. J. Hooker. described this species as O. crinita, but before the description appeared, the name was altered to Q. stellata which had already been pub- lished by Dr. D. Don. The species, which extends from the North-Western Himalaya to China, has again been introduced to Europe from the Calcutta garden ; the material for our figure has been derived from a plant raised from Sikkim seeds sent from the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, by Major Gage. The plant is easily grown, and under ordinary greenhouse conditions it forms a shrub about two feet in height which flowers in autumn. Drscription.—Shrub, 2-7 ft. high; branchlets 4-angied, reddish upwards, below covered with a thin bark, scabrid. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base rounded, 23-6 in. long, 3-2 in. wide, membranous, sparingly and shortly strigillose, ciliate, 5-nerved from the base ; petioles 3-3 In. long. Flowers terminal, clustered in few-flowered cymes; bracts wide triangular, } in. long and wide, ciliate. Calyx-tube urceolate, pale-green, 3 in. long, 2 in. wide; segments 4, linear-lanceolate, sharply serrate, } in. long; hairs stellate, stalked, near the base minute, towards the apex larger; stalks of the hairs green, rays about 8 to a hair, reddish. Corolla lilac-red; petals 4, wide ovate or orbicular, ciliate, 13 in. long, 14 in. wide. | Stamens 8, equal, yellow ; anthers incurved, connective 2-callose in front. Ovary setose at the tip; style white, elongate, declinate, upcurved at the tip; stigma black, simple. Fig. 1, port’on of a leaf; 2, vertical section of calyx and pistil; 3 and 4, anthers; 5, a hair from the ovary :—all enlarged, M.S.del.J.N-Fitch lith. L Reeve & C° London . Vincent Brooks,Day &Son Lt amp okt Tas. 8501. AGAVE WARELLIANA. | Mezxieo. AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AGAVEAE. ~ Acave, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 738. Agave (Littaea) Warelliana, Baker in Gard. Chron, 1877, vol. viii. p. 264, fig. 53; species e grege Littaearum perianthiis tubulosis segmentisque recurvis, maxime affinis A. chiapensi, Jacobi et A. macranthae, Tod., sed a prima differt tubo longiore, a secunda foliorum forma et aculeis minoribus. Suffrutex. Rosula acaulis vel subcaulescens, parce sobolifera et post anthesin ex axillis ramosa, dense foliata, circiter 1 m. alta et 1°70 m. lata. Folia laete et pallide viridia, vix glaucescentia, subnitida, erecto-patentia, lanceolato-spathulata, acuminata, 70-75 em. longa, supra medium 13-14 cm. lata, basin versus ad 9-10 cm. constricta, usque medium convexa, superne plano-concava, dorso convexa, basi carnosa circiter 6-7 cm. crassa, superne tenuiora sed satis rigida; spina terminalis 18-20 mm. longa et 3-4 mm. lata, recta, atro-brunnea, supra plana et ultra medium late canali- culata, ad margines longe decurrens; margines linea atro-brunnea vel demum grisea usque basin fere muniti aculeisque parvis vix 1 mm. longis et 2 mm. inter se distantibus rectis incurvis vel recurvatis serrulati. Inflorescentia circiter 5 m. alta; scapus validus adscendens 2 m. longus, viridi-hbrunneo- maculatus, bracteis vacuis numerosis erectis adpressis deltoideis longe acuminatis mucronatis obtectus; bracteae inferiores circiter 28 cm. et ultra, superiores 18 cm. longae; spica densissima 3 m. longa et circiter 84-35 cm. lata, bracteae magnae, circiter 15-17 cm. longae iis scapi similes, summi gradatim minores. ores breviter pedicellati, 90-95 mm. longi; ovarium 4 cm. longum, utrinque attenuatum, trigonum, laeve, Jaete viride, subrectum ; perianthii tubus decurvatus, obconicus, 14-15 mm. longus, extra 6-sulcatus ; segmenta late lineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, 85 mm. longa, intus luteola, dorso violaceo-brunneo-adspersa, exteriora acutiora, interiora obtusiora latiora, 10-11 mm. lata, dorso late carinata ; filamenta ad faucem inserta, $5 mm. longa, violaceo-brunnea, basi pallida, antherae sulphureae 82 mm. longae; stylus robustus concolor fere 14 cm. longus. Capsula obclavata, breviter rostrata, trigona, lignosa, 35-38 cm. longa et 18 mm. lata; semina atra, 6 mm. lata, subsemiorbiculata.—A. BERGER. — Agave Warelliana was first described by Mr. Baker from the famous collection of Mr. Wilson Saunders. It is still an uncommon, but is a very attractive plant in gardens. During the summer of 1912 it flowered at La Mortola in the garden of Lady Hanbury, and also in the garden of Professor G. Roster at Ottonella in the Island of Elba, From the plant which flowered at La Mortola was derived the material from which our figure has been prepared. ‘June, 1913. at Among the Agaves generally included in the section Littaea on account of their cylindrical inflorescences, our species belongs to a special group the members of which have tubular flowers with recurved segments, as in A. polyacantha, €. Koch. Its nearest allies are A. macrantha, ‘Tod. and A. chiapensis, Jacobi. All have rather large flowers and bracts. But in A. chiapensis the flowers are smaller than in A, Warelliana and have a shorter tube; the leaf characters also differeven more markedly. Between A. mucrantha, Tod., and A. Warelliana there are relatively minor differences, especially in the shape of the leaves and their marginal teeth, so that it is not impossible that the two may be extreme forms of one rather variable species. If this view be adopted, Mr. Baker’s name has priority. The. Agave which flowered at Lyon in the Pare de la Téte-d’Or in 1869 and was described as A. chiapensis by Jacobi (Abhandl. Schles. Ges. Naturw. Abth, 1870, p. 164) is another form of this species and is not the same as the original A. chia- pensis described by Jacobi in 1866 (Hamb. Gartenz. xxii. 213), Description.—Shrub. Rosette acaulescent or very shortly caulescent, with about 75 leaves, over 3 ft. high and nearly 6 ft. broad, emitting a few suckers and, after flowering, branching from the axils. Leaves about 28-29 in. long and 5-53 in. broad in the middle, lanceolate-spathulate, erecto-patent, bright pale green, almost shining, rather stiff and hard, at the base about 24-3 in. thick, constricted to 4 in. or less, above convex or plano-convex, towards the middle and the long point a little concave, convex at the back, especially at the base; end spine $—# in. long and 3-2 lin, broad, straight, black-brown, when old ash-grey, above flat and broadly channelled to about the middle, on the margins decurrent into a narrow horny line which almost reaches the base and which is densely beset with minute teeth; teeth about $ lin. long and I lin. distant, straight or curved. Inflorescence over 15 ft. high. Scape robust, over 6 ft. high, green mottled with brown, densely covered with numerous empty bracts, all erect, deltoid and long acuminate, the lower ones about 11 in., the upper ones about 7 in, broad. Spike dense and many-flowered above, 9 ft. high, and when expanded about 13-14 in. broad; a bracts similar to those of the scape and rather large, about 6-7 in. long or longer, the upper ones gradually smaller ; pedicels short and thick. J owers about 35-3$ in. long, with a curved tube and limb. Perianth-lobes broadly linear-lanceolate, obtuse, yellowish-green, outside mottled with brown or red, the outer ones more acute, the inner ones broader, about 5-54 lin. wide, with a deep channel above and a fleshy keel at the back; tube obconical, 7-74 lin. long, outside with six distinct furrows; stamens over 3 in. long, widely spreading, robust, violet-brown, paler at the base; anthers about 1} in. long. Ovary 1) in. long, somewhat triangular, smooth, green; style coloured like the stamens, at length 52 in. long. Capsule 2} in. long, obclavate, triquetrous ; seeds black, about 3 lin. long and broad. Fig. 1, portion of leaf-margin with teeth; 2, anther; 3, stigma; 4, sketch of an entire plant :—all enlarged except 4, which ts much reduced. 8502 Vincent Brooks Day & SonLttimp. See eS M.S.del. J.N. Fitch hth Tas. 8502, PODACHAENIUM EMINENS. Central America. ComposiTak. Tribe HELIANTHOIDEAE. PoDACHAENIUM, Benth. ea Oerst.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. 380. Podachaenium eminens, Baill. Hist. Pl. vol. viii. p. 206 (1882); species unica. Frutex elata; rami cinereo-tomentosi, subteretes. Folia opposita, ambitu suborbicularia vel late ovata, obtuse acuminata, basi in petiolum breviter vel longe cuneata, usque ad 22 cm. longa, 5-18 cm. lata, breviter 5-7-loba vel subintegra, membranacea vel tenuiter chartacea, supra subscabrido- puberula, infra cinereo-pubescentia vel subtomentosa, supra basin pro- minente trinervia; petioli usque ad 12 cm. longi, pubescentes. Corymbi terminales, laxiflori, ad 20 cm. expansi, foliosi; bracteae lineares, circiter 3 mm. longae, pubescentes; pedunculi 1-3 em. longi, graciles, albo- tomentosi. Capitula 2°5-3 cm. expansa, late campanulata. Involucré bracteae 8-seriatae, lineares vel oblanceolatae, obtusae vel subacutae, 3-4 mm. longae, extra breviter albo-tomentosae, intus glabrae et nitidae. Receptaculum conicum; 2 mm. altum. Paleae disci corollis breviores, oblanceo!atae, obtusae vel subacutae, membranacere, carinatae, parce puberulae. Flores radii 9-10, patuli, albi; corollae tubus 0°75 mm. longus, puberulus; limbus oblongo-ob!anceolatus, apice late emarginatus, 1 cm. longus, 4-5 mm. latus, 7-nervius, glaber; achaenia anguste obovoidea, stipitata, 3-angulata, angulis minute pubescentibus; pappl paleae circiter 5, lanceolatae, acutae, 0°75 mm. longae, glabrae; stylus exsertus, bilobus. Flores disci numerosi, flavi; corollae tubus subeylindricus, 1°5 mm. longus, inferne parce pubescens: lobi 5, obtuse triangulares; antherae 1 mm. longae, acntae; achuenia iis florum radii simillima; pappus rigidus, ore 3 ceus, paleis 2 ad angulos sitis acutissimis plus minusve integris, 2 laterali- bus dimidio vel ultra brevioribus latis laceratis vel 3-4-dentatis.— Ferdinunda eminens, Lag. Gen. et Sp. Nov. p. 81 (1816). a co. paniculatum, Benth. ex Oerst. in Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddel., 1852, p. ‘9s Heumsl. Biol. Cent.-Am. Bot. vol. ii. p. 192. ?. alatum, Walp. ee vol. v. p. 230, sphalm. (1858). Cosmophyllum cacaliaefolium, C. Koch, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1854, p. 12; Walp. Ann. vol. v. p. 219. Dicalymma fragrans, Lem. lllustr. Hortic. vol. ii. Mise. 87.—J. HuTcH1nson. The Composite here figured has been in continuous greenhouse cultivation for over seventy years. A native of Central America, it is met with wild at from 3,000 to 6,500 feet above sea-level from Southern Mexico to Costa Rica. The monotypic genus Podachaenium to which it belongs is rather closely related to Verbesina, Linn., but : readily distinguished by its uniformly opposite leaves = its stipitate achenes with few pappus scales. When first Juzy, 1913. described it was referred by Lagasca to Ferdinanda, and the erroneous name F”. eminens is even yet frequently em- ployed for our plant in seed-lists and garden catalogues. The plant is of vigorous growth and easy culture provided it be given a sunny.and airy position. © It may be propa- gated by seeds or by cuttings of young growths in sandy soil in a moist, warm frame. Unless frequent stopping of growths be practised the plants become somewhat straggling and unbalanced. ‘To ensure free flowering in early spring from the leading shoots, plants should be allowed to become well pot-bound in comparatively small pots during winter. Drscriprion.—Shrub; twigs grey-tomentose, subterete. Leaves opposite, suborbieular or wide ovate, bluntly acumi- nate, narrowed to a short or long petiole, up to 9 in. long, 2-7 in. wide, shortly 5-7-lobed or nearly entire, membranous or thinly papery, scabrid puberulous above, grey-pubescent or nearly tomentose beneath, distinctly 3-nerved above the base ; petiole up to 5 in. long, pubescent. Corymbs terminal, lax, leafy, up to 8 in. across; bracts linear, about 14 lin. long, pubescent ; peduncles 4-1} in. Jong, slender, white-tomentose. Heads 1-1} in. across, wide campanulate. Bracts of the involucre 3-serlate, linear or oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 14-2 lin. long, shortly white-tomentose outside, glabrous and shining inside. Ae- ceptacte conical, 1 lin. deep. Pales of the disk shorter than the corollas, oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, membranous, keeled, sparingly puberulous. Ray-florets 9-10, spreading, white, corolla-tube 39 In. long, puberulous ; limb oblong- — oblanceolate, tip wide-emarginate, x In. long, 1—-} in. wide, 7-nerved, glabrous; achenes narrowly obovoid, stipitate, d-angled, angles pubescent ; pappus-pales about 5, lanceolate, acute, s'5 in. long, glabrous ; style exserted, 2-lobed. Disk- Jlorets many, yellow; corolla tube subeylindrie, +1, in. long, sparingly pubescent low down; lobes 5, bluntly triangular ; anthers 31; in. long, acute achenes as in the ray-florets ; pappus-paleae rigid, 2 at the angles acute and nearly entire, 2 lateral much shorter, wide and lacerate or 3—4-toothed. _ Fig. 1, portion of under surface of leaf ; 2, flower-head; 8, bract of the Involucre; 4, ray-floret; 5, achene; 6, scale of the receptacle; 7, disk-floret ; 8, anthers ; 9, style-arms :—all enlarged. 8503 a M.S .de61,3.N Fitch lith & A oS ® ra 3 e o 8 L Reeve &G° Lo nabon: Tap. 8503. SEDUM prtosum. Caucasus and Armenia. CRASSULACEAE. Sepum, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 659. Sedum pilosum, Bieb. Fl. Tuur.-Cauc. vol. i. p. 352, et Cent, Plant. Rar. t. 40; DC. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 406; Boiss. F7. Orient. vol. ii. p.786; Irving in Gard. Chron. 1911, vol. xlix. p. 317, fig. 16; affinis S. sempervivoidi, Fisch., sed foliis multo angustioribus oblongis vel oblanceolatis et petalis obtusis vel subacutis (nec longe acutis) pulchre roseis facile distinguitur. Herba succulenta, 5-7 em. alta, glanduloso-pubescens. Folia 5-10 mm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata, oblonga vel oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa ; radicalia dense rosulata; caulina alterna, sublaxa vel conferta, patula. Flores in cymam corymbosam 2-4 cm. diametro conferti. Pedicelli 2-5 mm, longi. Sepala erecta, 3°5-4 mm. longa, 1°5-1:75 mm. lata, oblonga, subacuta vel obtusa. Petala erecta, apice recurva, 6-7 mm. longa, 2-5-3 mm. lata, elliptico- lanceolata, obtusa vel subacuta, basi in unguem latum angustata, glabra, pulchre rosea. Stumina 8-4 mm. longa, glabra ; antherae rubrae. Carpella 4 mm. longa, inferne compresso-ovoidea, superne in stylum 1 mm. longum attenuata.—Umbilicus pubescens, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. vol. ii. p. 175. Cotyledon pubescens, C. A. Mey. Verzeich. Pflanz, Cauc. p. 150.— N. E. Brown. The pleasing little biennial Stonecrop which forms the subject of our figure is one of the most charming members of its genus, from all others of which it is readily distinguished by its beautiful rosy flowers. In Sedum sempervivoudes, Fisch., which has already Leen figured at t. 2474 of this work, and to which S. piloswm is most nearly allied, the flowers are deep red, and there are several other species 1n which the petals are purple. But except in S. pilosum we do not in the genus Sedum find the rich rosy colour which the petals of our plant possess. In this regard and in their shape and general facies the flowers of S. pilosum bear a greater resemblance to those of a Crassula than to those of a Sedum, though the number of the stamens and_ the disposition of the leaves prove conclusively that it 1s to the latter, not the former genus that our. plant must be referred. A native of the Caucasus, where it affects exposed localities at heights of from 4,000 to 5,000 feet above Juty, 1918. sea-level, S. pilosum is quite hardy in this country when grown in well-drained, sunny situations in a stony soil. The plant from which our figure has been prepared is one which was received at Kew from the Burton Hardy Plant Company early in 1911. It had been raised, as were other plants already in cultivation but not yet in flower at Kew when this plant arrived, from seed sent to England in 1910 by Messrs. Regel & Kesselring of St. Petersburg. Descriprion.—Herb, succulent, 2-3 in. high, glandular- pubescent. Leaves 4-2 in. long, ~,-} in. wide, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, radical densely rosulate, cau- line alternate, spreading, rather close together. Flowers clustered in a corymbose cyme 3-14 in. across; pedicels qy-} in. long. Sepals erect, 1} in. long, oblong, subacute or obtuse. Petals erect with recurved tips, + in. long, yo-t in. wide, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed below into a broad claw, glabrous, rose-pink. Stamens 1-1 in. long, glabrous; anthers red. Carpels } in. long, below compressed-ovoid, narrowed upwards into the short style. Fig. 1, a leaf; 2, a flower; 3,a petal; 4,a stamen; 5, carpels with h ous glands :—all enlarged. cual ie se aia 8504 M.S.del J.NFitch kth Vincent Brooks,Day & Son Lt*amp L Reeve &C° Landon Tap. 8504,: CUNONIA CAPENSIS. South Africa. SAXIFRAGACEAE. Tribe CUNONIEAE. CunontA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 654. Cunonia capensis, Linn. Syst. ed. x. p. 1025; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. vol. x. t. 828; DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p.12; Rev. Hort. 1854, t. 8; Fl. Cap. vol. ii. p. 806; Sim, For Fl. Cape Col. t. 66; affinis C. Viellardi, Brogn. et Gris, sed floribus stipulis et foliis majoribus, foliolis numerosioribus, racemis longioribus et stylis elongatis differt. Arbor sempervirens, in cultu 4-5 m. altus. Folia opposita, longipetiolata, in toto ad 23°5 em. longa, imparipinnata, foliolis lateralibus 4 vel 6 spathulato- oblongis terminalibus oblanceolatis apice acutis basi cuneatis in petiolulum attenuatis 6°5-10 em. longis, 2-8 cm. latis glanduloso-serratis coriaceis glabris supra atro-viridibus nitidis subtus pallidioribus; petioluli 0-2-1 em. longi; petioli 4-5°5 em. longi, rubiginosi; stipulae spathulatae, interpetiolares, folia novella includentes. lores in racemos densifloros axillares dispositi; pedicelli 5-7 mm. longi, fasciculati, Calycis lobi 5, ; virides, ovati, 1°5 mm. longi, decidui, imbricati. Petala 5, luteola, oblonga, 3 mm. longa, 1°5 mm. lata, apice obtusa, margine erosa. Stamina 10, longe exserta ; filamenta complanata, 6-7 mm. longa ; antherae parvae. Ovarium glabrum, biloculare; styli 2, quam petala longiores.—Oosterdykia floribus spicatis, pentapetalis, foliis oblongis, subincanis serratis, Burm. Pl. Afr. t. 96. O. capensis, Crantz, Inst. vol. ii. p. 452.—4, J. CLARK. So far as is at present known, the subject of our illustra- tion, the Umqwashube of the Kaffirs or Red Alder of European settlers in South Africa, is the only African representative of the genus Cunonia, the other members of which, some ten in number, are confined to New Caledonia. While fairly abundant in the forest tracts of South-Eastern Africa, where it is a tree reaching a height of some fifty feet, C. capensis is hardly entitled to be considered a forest tree, because it is rarely to be met with except on the fringes of forest tracts. The wood is valuable, being as hard as boxwood, resistant to fire and durable in water ; it is besides of a rich red colour and is very handsome when polished. The scarcity of the tree, however, prevents the extensive use of the wood. There used to be large plants of C. capensis in various conservatories in the United Kingdom, notably a fine example at Syon where it grew well and Jury, 1913. flowered every year, and-another at Bicton which throve so vigorously as to require severe pruning to keep it within bounds, At Kew it is grown in the Temperate House, but has never flowered satisfactorily, probably owing to its need for more direct sunlight than it there enjoys. The material for our figure was obtained from a specimen in the Botanic Garden of Trinity College, Dublin, with the history of which the name of Dr. Harvey, the well-known authority on the flora of South Africa, is inseparably associated, though, as Professor Dixon informs us, there is no particular record connected with the Dublin plant, which is grown in a cool greenhouse in the usual loam to which some peat has been added, and flowers every year. The flowers are fragrant. Descriprion.— Tree, evergreen, in conservatories 12-15 ft. high, in a wild state up to 50 ft. high. Leaves opposite, Jong-petioled, unequally pinnate, up to 9 in. long, lateral leaflets 4 or 6, spathulate-oblong, terminal oblanceolate, acute at the apex, cuneate and narrowed into the petiolule at the base, 24-4 in. long, %-14 in. wide, glandular-serrate, coriaceous, glabrous, dark green and shining above, paler beneath ; petiolules short or very short; petioles 14-24 in. long, reddish; stipules spathulate, interpetiolar, enveloping the new shoots. Flowers in dense axillary racemes; pedicels about } in. long, clustered. Calyx 5-lobed ; lobes green, ovate, deciduous, imbricate, very small. Petals 5, yellowish, oblong, } in. long, obtuse, érose. Stamens 10, far exserted ; filaments flattened, 4 in. long; anthers small. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; styles 2, longer than the petals. Fig. 1, a flower; 2and 8, stamens ; 4, pistil :—all enlarged. 4 8505 h ? t ; i } IN Fitch ph th tdok iV¥i.3.de] ay & Son lL timp D 3,4 Brooks Vincertt London. ~r Yfeve & ( =) bay Tas. 8505. CROTALARIA AGATIFLORA. East Tropical Africa. LEGUMINOSAE. Tribe GENISTEAE. Crotatanta, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 58. Crotalaria agatiflora, Schweinf. ex Engl. in Abhandl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1891, vol. ii. p. 244, et in Hoehnel, zum Rudolph See, Append. p. 18; affinis CO. laburnifoliae, Linn., sed racemis multo robustioribus et longioribus, floribus duplo majoribus distinctissima. Frutex circa 1 m. altus; rami glabri vel ad apices puberuli, virides. Folia alterna, exstipulata, 3-foliolata, glabra vel subtus puberula ; petioli 3-10 em. longi; petioluli 2-3 mm. longi; foliola 2°5-7 cm. longa, 1°6-4 cm. lata, ovata, acuta, basi late cuneata vel cuneato-rotundata. Racem* terminales 90-35 em. longi. Bracteae caducissimae, 1°5-2°5 cm. longae, 0°5-1°6 cm. latae, lanceolatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, concavae, dorso puberulae vel glabrae. Pedicelli superne obconico-incrassati ; parte inferiore gracili 1 em. longo viridi prope basin minute bibracteolato; parte incrassato sordide brunneo-purpureo leviter glauco. Calyx 3-lobus, glaber, viridis, leviter glancus; lobi laterales 13-14 mm. longi, 7-8 mm. lati, lanceolati, acuti; lobus anticus 17 mm. longus, basi 4-5 mm. latus, In apicem tenuis- simum attenuatus. Corolla maxima, glabra, pallide viridi-lutea, carina apice sordide fusco-purpurea ; vexillum 4 cm. longum, 3 cm. latum, ovatum, subacutum, basi in unguem 8 mm. longum abrupte contractum; alae lamina 2-2-5 em. longa, 0:9-1 em. lata, basi in unguem 9 mm. longum abrapte contracta; carina longe acuminata, 4-4°5 em. longa, 1:8 cm. lata, Stamina basi monadelphia, parte libera 2°5-3°5cm. longa. Stylus 5°5 em. longus, ad apicem staminum vaginae abrupte incurvatus. Legumen stipitatum, turgido-cylindricum, 6 cm. longum, 1°8 cm. crassum ; stipes 1:3-1°5 em. longus.—N. E. Brown. The Crotalaria here figured, one of the finest and one of the largest-flowered of the African species of this genus, is a native of Uganda and British East Africa, and throughout this area appears to be rather widely spread and fairly common. It forms in a wild state a large, hand- some shrub with numerous long racemes of large greenish- yellow but nevertheless brightly coloured flowers. It is closely allied to the more familiarly known C. laburnifolia, Linn., but its larger leaflets are more acute, the peduncle of its raceme is much longer and stouter and the flowers are very much larger. ‘The plant has been grown for the first Juny, 1913. time in this country in the garden of Mr. Ingham Whitaker at Pylewell Park, Lymington, by Mr. W. F. Hamilton, by whom aspray was submitted for identification in November, 1912, followed later by further material which has admitted of the preparation of our plate. Under greenhouse condi- tions the species has thriven well and flowered freely under Mr. Hamilton’s care. Description.— Shrub, about 3 ft. high ; branches olabrous, or puberulous towards the tips, green. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, 3-foliolate, glabrous or puberulous on the lower surface ; petioles 14-4 in. long; petiolules 7, in. long; leaflets 1-23 in. long, 2-11 in. wide, ovate, acute, wide cuneate or cuneately rounded at the base. Racemes terminal, 8-14 in. long; bracts very caducous, 2-1 in. long, $-% in. wide, lanceolate or -ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, concave, puberulous outside or glabrous; pedicels ob- conically thickened upwards, slender below, green, minutely 2-bracteolate near the base, the upper thickened portion dull brownish-purple, faintly glaucous. Calyx 3-lobed, glabrous, green, slightly glaucous; lateral lobes over $ in. long, } in. wide, lanceolate, acute; anterior lobe 2 in. long, $3 In. wide at the base, narrowed above intoa very slender tip. Corolla very large, glabrous, pale greenish-yellow, keel dull brownish-purple at the tip; standard 14 in. long, 1} in. wide, ovate, subacute, base abruptly narrowed into a claw } in. long; wings $-1 in. long, } in. wide, base abruptly contracted into a claw over + in. long; keel long acuminate, 13-12 in. long, 2 in. wide. Stamens mona- delphous below, the free portion 1-1} in. long. Style 2} in. long, abruptly incurved at the top of the staminal sheath. Pod stipitate, turgid-cylindric, 2% in. long, 2 in. thick; stipe over 4 in. long. Fig. 1, a flower, part of the calyx and vexillum removed ; 2, a flower with all the petals removed; 3, pistil :—all very slightly enlarged. 8506 é | § Y) 3 2 Qa : Q & 5 s M.S.del, JN Fitch lith L. Reeve & C° London Tap. 8506. VINCA pirrormrs. South Europe and North Africa. APOCYNACEAE. Tribe PLUMERIOIDEAE. Vinca, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 703. Vinca difformis, Pourr.in Mém. Acad. Toul. vol. iii. p. 8333; Rowy, Fl. France, vol. x. p. 226; Coutinho, KI. Portug. p. 485; species V. majori, Linn., arcte affinis sed foliis basi minus late rotundatis vel breviter attenuatis, eciliatis, floribus paulo minoribus, sepalis glabris brevioribus, corollae segmentis superne minus latis distincta. Suffrutex humilis, sempervirens ramis sterilibus prostratis florentibus ascenden- tibus. Folia ovata e basi rotundata vel breviter acuta, apice obtusa vel subacuta, 8-7 cm. longa, 2°5~4°5 em. lata, glaberrima; petiolus 5-8 mm. longus. flores in foliorum superiorum axillis solitarii; jedicelli 1-4 cm. longi. S+palu linearia, paulo supra basin utrinque glandula wunita, 5-10 — mm. longa, raro longiora. Corolla coerulea; tubi pars infrastaminalis cylindrica, 4-5 mm. vel raro 6 mm. longa, pars suprastaminalis infundi- buliformis, Y-13 mm. longa; limbi segmenta oblique obovata, 12-20 mm. longa, 7-13 mm. lata. —V. media, Hoffg. et Link, Fl. Portug. vol. i. p. 376, t. 70. V. acutifora, Bertol. Fl. Ital. vol. ii. p. 751.—O. Srapr. The Periwinkle which forms the subject of our plate is a native of the Western and Central Mediterranean region from Portugal to Italy and Algeria, where it is to be met with in moist and shady places, mostly in hedges and woods. According to Dr. Schneider it is extremely rarely met with in cultivation. The plant which yielded the material for our illustration is one which was presented to Kew by Canon Ellacombe, in whose garden at Bitton the species has long been grown. It is a dwarf shrublet of the easiest cultivation where the climate is sufficiently warm for its constitution, but it is not so hardy as the two species, -V. major, Linn., and V. minor, Linn., which are most commonly met with in English gardens, The plant figured had been grown in the open air, but as it was thickly set with flower buds in November, 1912, it was taken up, potted, and placed in a greenhouse. From then until February, 1913, it kept up a continuous succession of flowers, Juy, 1918. and the species therefore promises to be of value for green- house decoration during what are the dullest months of the year. According to Dr. Coutinho a variety bicolor, characterised by having a white centre to the corolla, has been met with in Southern Portugal. he species is very readily increased by means of firm, woody cuttings. Description.— Undershrub, evergreen and dwarf, with prostrate leafy branches and ascending flowering twigs. Leaves ovate, base rounded or shortly cuneate, apex sub- acute or obtuse, 14-23 in. long, 1-12 in. wide, quite glabrous; petiole }-1 in. long. Flowers solitary in the axils of the uppermost leaves; pedicels 1-14 in. long. Sepals linear, with a gland on each side a little above the base, 4-% in. long or océasionally longer. Corolla blue, the portion of the tube below the stamens cylindric 1—} rarely z in. long, the portion of the tube above the stamens funnel- shaped 4-} in. long; segments of the limb obliquely obovate, 4-3 in. long, 4-4 in. across, Fig. 1, section of calyx ; 2, corolla tube, laid open; 3 and 4, stamens; 5, part of the style, with stigma :—all enlarged, ea ee Bie ee ee ena at Sows Vincent Brooks Day&Son Lt imp MS.del,J.N Fitch hth. Tas, 8507, STANHOPEA convo.uutTa. Colombia. Orcurpackar. Tribe VANDEAE. Srannopga, Frost; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 549. Stanhopea convoluta, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1909, p. 366; species S. tricorn#, Lindl., affinis, differt floribus majoribus, mesoehilii cornubus oblongis obtusis nec acuminatis epichilio duplo brevioribus. Herba epiphytica. Pseudobulbi ovoidei vel dvoideo-oblongi, obscure 5-angulati, circiter 5 em. longi. Folia petiolata, elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, breviter et abrupte acuminata, 5-7-nervia, 30-35 cm. longa, 9-14 cm. lata, petioli circiter 8 cm. longi. Scapi breves, vaginis ovatis imbricatis obtecti, biflori. Bructeae spathaceae, elliptico-oblongae, subacutae, convolutae, 6 cm. longae, Pedicelli 7 cm. longi. Sepala subpatentia, elliptico- oblonga, concava, apice recurva et subacuta, 6°5-7 em. longa, 3°5-4 cm. lata. Petalu conniventia, columnam involventia, ovata, concava, subacuta, 5 em. longa, 3 em. lata. Lahellum trilobum, carnosissimum, 4 cm. longum ; hypochilium subglobosum, 22 em. latum, basi utrinque angulatum vel cornu obtuso, mesochilium breve, esulcatum, bicornutum, antice gibbo- sum, cornubus incurvis oblongis obtusis 1 em. longis; epichilium oblongum, truncatum, 2 cm. longum, 1 em. latum. Colwmna incurva, 4 cm. longa, subito et late alata—R. A. RoLrE. ‘eile taints aaa TANTS i The striking Stanhopea of which a figure is here given is a native of Colombia, where it was first discovered in the province of Antioquia and whence it was first imported by Mr. F. Claes, in whose establishment at Etterheek, Brussels, it flowered in September, 1909. The plant from which the material for our illustration was obtained is one that was pre- sented to the Kew collection by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, in 1911. It flowered at Kew in October, 1911, and again in October, 1912. It has thriven well under the conditions suitable for other members of the genus, tensively represented in the collections of this country. These conditions involve a he plants are in growth, about three months while they are at n intermediate house near the glass. ut, most nearly allied flowers, and there are in the structure of the lip. Avaust, 1918. Description.—Lerb, epiphytic. Pseudobulbs ovoid or ovoid-oblong, obscurely 5-angled, about 2 in. long. Leaves petioled, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, shortly abruptly acu- minate, 5-7-nerved, 12-14 in. long, 33-54 in. wide; petiole about 3 in. long. Scapes short, 2-flowered, clothed with ovate, imbricate sheaths; bracts spathaceous, elliptic-oblong, subacute, convolute, 2} in. long; pedicels nearly 3 in. long. Sepals somewhat spreading, elliptic-oblong, concave, re- curved and subacute at the tip, 24-23 in. long, 14-13 in. wide. Petals connivent, enveloping the column, ovate, concave, subacute, 2 in. long, 14 in. wide. Labellum 3-lobed, very fleshy, 14 in, long; hypochile subglobose, over $ in. wide, angled at the base, or with a blunt horn on both sides; mesochile short, not channelled, 2-horned, gibbous in front, the horns incurved, oblong, obtuse, over 4 @ long; epichile oblong, truncate, # in. long, over 1 in. wide. Fig. 1, lip; 2, column; 8, anther-cap; 4, pollinarium; 5, sketch of an entire plant :—all enlarged except 5, which is much reduced. 6508 MS.del J.N-Fitch lith. ‘ bi 1 Vincent Brooks D ay & Son L€amp. L Reeve &C° London Tap. 8508. CENTAUREA crassIrorta. Malta. Compositar. Tribe CYNAROIDEAE. Centaurea, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 477. Centaurea crassifolia, Bertol. in Ann. Stor. Nat. vol. ii. p. 359; Fl. Ital. vol. ix. p. 428; DC. Prodr. vol. vi. p. 601; species foliis carnosis involucri bracteis inappendiculatis valde distincta. — Suffru’ex usque ad 50 cm. alta, parce ramosa; caulis dense foliatus, teres, glaber. Folia elongato-spathula‘a, apice rotundata, breviter mucronata, basi longe attenuata, 6-9 em. longa, 0°75-2°5 em. lata, integra, crassa, glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3-4 ascendentibus distinctis. Capitula in ramis elongatis 3-4-natis disposita, circiter 4-5 em. expansa; pedunculi elongati, usque ad 35 em. longi, parce bracteati, longitudinaliter sulcati, circiter 2 mm. diametro, apicem versus leviter incrassati et angulati, glabri; bracteae lineares, subfoliaceae. Involuerum ellipsoideo-globosum, apice constrictum, 2 em. longum, medio 2 em. latum. Jnvolucri bracteae 6-7-seriataé, apicem versus gradatim longiores, obtusae, exteriores ovato-landeolatae, circiter 38 mm. longac, 2 mm. latae, rigide coriaceae, glabrae; interiores lineares, fere 2 cm. longae, 2°5 mm. latae, quam interiores tenuiores. Recepticulum dense setosum, setis albescentibus circiter 1 em. longis glabr's. Flores numerosi, purpurei rosel vel albi (Rouy). Corollae tubus leviter arcuatus, gracilis, 1*5 em. longus, superne gradatim expansus, glaber; lobi lineares, obtusi, 7-8 mm. longi. Antherae 8 mm. longae; filamenta puberula. Pappus biseriatus; setae exteriores breves, 1-5-3 mm. longae, barbellatae, interiores usque ad 7 mm. knee, etiam minute barbellat:e. Achaenia oblonga, 3 mm. longa, glabra. mg longe exsertus.— Centaurea nitida, Nald. ex Bertol. Fl. Ital. vol. ix. B = C. spathulata, Zerafa Fl. Melit. vol. i. p. 11, non Ten. Serratula 8 4 a, Jauka ex Rouy Ill. Pl. Europ. Rar. p. 5, t. xiv.; Rev. Bot. Syst. 145, t. 4.— J. HUTCHINSON. The attractive Composite here figured is endemic in Malta, where, according to Rouy, it is met with mainly in the central portion of the island, more especially in the gorges of Wied-Baba near Zurrico and of Wied-Mokbel. For its introduction to collections in this country we are indebted to Professor G. Henslow, who sent a plant from Malta to the Cambridge Botanic Garden in 1894. When af a later date the Cambridge plant was lost, it was replace by one from the garden of the late Sir Thomas Hanbury at La Mortola.. From this plant came the material, sent by Mr. Lynch at the request of Professor Henslow, from rae _ our drawing has been prepared. At Cambridge, Mr. Lynch Aveust, 1913. informs us, it has thriven well in the Succulent house under conditions suitable for species of Sempervivum and similar plants. It is not difficult to grow, and in sandy Joam in not too Jarge a pot it will flourish for several years. Owing, however, to the liability of old plants to die it is desirable to keep a second and younger specimen in reserve. It is readily propagated by means of cuttings. The fleshy leaves and the absence of appendages to the involucral bracts render this species a distinct and well-marked one. But while there is no question as to this, its generic position has been disputed ; some authorities, among them Mr. Rouy, regard it as a Serratula; others, whom we preter to follow, accept the view of Professor Bertolini and treat it as a Centaurea. | Description.— Undershrubd up to 2 ft. high, sparingly branched, stem densely leafy, round, glabrous. Leaves long- spathulate, obtuse, much narrowed to the base, 24-34 in. long, }-1 in. wide, entire, thick, glabrous; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, ascending, distinct. Heads 3-4-nate, nearly 2 in. wide when open, on long branches; peduncles elongated, up to 14 in. long, sparingly bracteate, longi- tudinally channelled, about 2 in. thick, slightly swollen and angled towards the top, glabrous; bracts linear, somewhat leafy. Involucre ellipsoid-globose, narrowed at the tip, 3 in. long, in the middle 3 in. across, Jnvolueral bracts. 6-T- seriate, gradually increasing in length upwards, blunt, the outermost ovate-lanceolate, about 14 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, firmly coriaceous, glabrous, the innermost more membranous, linear, nearly 3 in, long, over 1 lin. wide. Receptacle densely setose; setae whitish, about 1 in. long, glabrous. Flowers purple, rarely rosy or white. Corolla-tube slightly curved, slender, nearly 3 in. long, slightly widened upwards, glabrous ; lobes linear, obtuse, nearly } in. long. Anthers 3 in. long, filaments puberulous. Pappus 2-seriate; outer setae short, } in. long, inner larger, over t in. long, all more or less barbellate. —Achenes oblong, } in. long, glabrous. Style far exserted. Fig. 1, part of receptacle showing setae; 2, flower; 3 tae ; > a ‘a ? ’ 2 pappus BeuR , 4, anthers; 5, style-arms; 6, base of style :—all enlarged. f 8509 M.S.del. JN.Fitch lith. Vincent Brooks Day &Son Lé@amp a “ L.Reeve & C? London. Tas. 8509. CYTISUS supranusivus. Canaries. LEGUMINOSAE. Tribe GENISTEAE. Cytisus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. yol. i. p. 484. Cytisus supranubius, 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 177; Briquet, Cytises Alpes Marit. p. 152; Ascherson et Graebner, Syn. Mittel-Europ, 7. vol. vi. 2, p. 299; species insignis ab affini C. filipede, Webb, calyce parum longiore, carina magis recurva distinguenda. Frutex ramis satis robustis erectis striatis primo pilis albis adpressis laxe tectis mox glabris. Folia trifoliolata, petiolo usque ad 4 mm. longo suffulta ; foliola ex lineari-lanceolata ad angnste oblanceolata, apice acuta vel obtusa, basi cuneata, petiolo plerumque subaequilonga, pagina ning pubescentia. Flores laterales, breviter pedicellati, pedicellis calyceque adpresse hirsutis. Calyx sub-bilabiatus, tubuloso-campanulatus, supra gibbus; tubus 3 mm. longus; labium snperius e dentibus duobus brevibus deltoideis acutis, inferius subporrectum, e dentibus tribus acutis mediano 0°75 mm. longo Jateralibus longiore constitutum. Corolla glabra; vexillum oblongo- obovatum, apice retusum, basi auriculatum, 1 cm. longum, 0°5 cm. latum, ungui 3 mm. longo suffultum; alae circiter 9 mm. longae et 3°5 mm. latae, ungui 3°75 mm. longo adjecto; carina obtusa, basi auriculata, 6:5 mm. longa, 2°5 mm. lata, ungui 4 mm. longo suffulta. Stamina monadelpha, Ovarium lineare, complanatum, basi attenuatum, glabrum, multi-ovula- tum; stylus filiformis, stigmate capitato papillato, Legumen compressum, plerumque circiter 2°8 cm. longum et 5 mm. latum, fuscum. Semina nigra, subovata, 3°5 mm. longa, arillo erassiusculo pallidiore ine crenulato.—Spartium supranubium, Linn. f. Suppl. Pl. Syst. p. 39. Genista supranubia, Spach. in Ann. Se. Nat. sér. 8, vol. iii. [ 155. Spartocytisus supranubius, Christ; Schenck, Beitr. 2. Kenntn. d. Veg. d. Canar. Inseln. p. 386. Spartium nubigenum, L’Herit. Stirp. Nov. p. 183; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. i. vol. iii. p. 18. Cytisus nubigenus, Link. Enum. Hort. vol. ii. p. 240. Genista nubigena, Link. in Buch. Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. p. 156. Spartocytisus nubigenus, Webb in Webb et Berth. Phyt. Canar. vol. ii. p. 50; Pitard et Proust, Les Isles Canar. Fl. p. 153, Oytisus fragrans, Lamk. Encycl. Meth. vol. ii. p. 248. Genista fragrans, Spach in ‘Ann. Se. Nat. sér. 3, vol. iii p. 155. Nubigena tenerifa, Rafin. Sylv. tellur. p. 25.—W. G. CralrB. The subject of our illustration, which is an endemic species in the Canaries, is, according to Dr. Schenck, the most characteristic plant of the Alpine region of Teneriffe, where it is abundant between 6,000 and 9,000 feet above sea-level, and is to be met occasionally even at 10,000 feet. Here it forms a compact globular bushy shrub about five feet in height, and nearly as much across. Dr. Christ, in consequence of its peculiarly characteristic nature, speaks of it as the “ Alpenrose,” or the “ Krummholz of the Peak. Aveust, 1913. We As the synonymy cited above indicates, there has been considerable diversity of view as regards the generic position of this plant, though it seems clear that there is no justification for either of the two rival views which have found most favour, and that the species cannot be considered a Spartium or a Genista. There is more to be said in favour of the view that this endemic species represents a distinct generic type, but although in habit it is more suggestive of a Fetama, Mr. Craib considers that, in the present state of our knowledge, it is preferable to follow Dr. Briquet and retain the plant in the genus Cytisus. The material from which our figure has been prepared was sent by Sir F. Moore from the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, where it is grown against a wall. Like other Brooms, that of the Peak of Teneriffe is a lover of the sun, and though not hardy in the open ground in most parts of this country, might well succeed on a sunny wall. At Glasnevin ‘it flowers in May, and is very striking in its long wands of creamy white blossom. It should be propagated by seeds. Description.—Shrub, branches rather stout, erect, striate, at first loosely clothed with white hairs, soon glabrous. Leaves 3-foliolate, with petioles 1 in. long; leaflets linear- lanceolate to narrow-oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, cuneate at the base, usually about as long as the petiole, pubescent on both surfaces, Flowers lateral, shortly pedicelled, pedicels adpressed hairy. Calyx almost 2-lipped, tubular- campanulate, gibbous above, adpressed-hairy; tube } in. long; upper lip with 2 short, acute, deltoid teeth; lower lip somewhat spreading, 3-toothed, the central tooth the longest. Corolla glabrous ; standard oblong-obovate, retuse, auricled below, 4 in. long, 1 in. wide, claw 1 in. long; wing-petals 1 in. long, } in. wide, claw ¢ in. long; keel blunt, auricled below, } in. long, qo In. wide, claw 1 in. long. Stamens monadelphous, Ovary linear, flattened, narrowed to the base, glabrous, many-ovuled ; style filiform; stigma capitate, papillose. Pod compressed, usually over 1 in. long, } in. wide, brown. Seeds black, almost ovate, } in. long; arillus rather thick and pale, its margin crenulate. Fig. 1, a flower, petals removed; 2, vexillum; 8, wing-petal; 4, keel; 9, pistil ; 6, ovary, laid pet 7, part of a fruiting branch; 8 and 9, secd:— all enlarged except 7 and , Which are of natural size, 8510 — a MS. del INFitch hth Tas. 8510. GREVILLEA BIPINNATIFIDA. rm fest Australia. PROTEACEAE. Tribe GREVILLEEAE. Grevinuxa, R. Br.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol; iii. p. 180. Grevillea bipinnatifida, Rk. Br. Prot. Nov. p. 23; Meisn. in Pl. Preiss. vol. i. p. 541, et in DC. Prodr, vol. xiv. p. 376; Benth. Fl. Austral. vol. Vv. p. 439; species foliis bipinnatifidis racemis secundis laxis floribus magnis distincta. Frutex diffusus vel prostratus, circiter 1 m. altus; rami subflexuosi, costati, appresse tomentosi vel fere glabri, internodi plerumque 8-4 cm. longi. Folia bipinnatifida, petiolata, 7-15 em. longa (petiolo incluso), 9-12 cm. lata, viridia, supra glabra, reticulata, infra parce pilosa vel glabra; lobi utrinque 5-10, pinnatilobi vel rarius grosse dentati, lobis ovato-triangu- laribus abrupte longe spinoso-acuminatis margine cartilagineis; petioli usque ad 5 em. longi, anguste alati. Racemi solitarii vel plures in paniculo terminali dispositi, secundi, ad 15 em. longi; rhachis pubescens vel tomentosa ; pedicelli mox reflexi, 6-10 mm. longi, molliter pubescentes vel tomentosi. Perianthiwm rubrum, extra molliter pubescens, intra glabrum; tubus 0°7-1°2 cm. longus, infra medium dilatatus et sub- gibbosus, sub limbo attenuatus et revolutus; limbus late ovatus, apice mucronatus, inflexus. Antherae 1°5 mm. longae. Glandula transverse oblonga, carnosa, glabra. Ovarium sessile, obliquum, tomentosum ; stylus longe exsertus, 8-4°5 cm. longus, breviter pubescens; discus stigma- ticus late obliquus.—J. HUTCHINSON. The Grevillea now figured, G. bipinnatifida, R. Br., 1s a native of rocky localities in the neighbourhood of the Swan River in Western Australia, and among the many species of the genus in cultivation in Europe it is one of the most ornamental, not only on account of the beauty of its flowers, but also because of the charm of its foliage. The species 1s perhaps most closely related to G. Gaudichaudi, R. Br., and to G. acanthifolia, A. Cunn., both of which are natives of and endemic to New South Wales, and therefore geogra- phically widely separated from our plant. Neither of these eastern species is sO attractive as G. bipinnatifida. The material for our plate has been derived from a plant which was raised from seed received at Kew in 1909 from the Adelaide Botanic Garden. This plant is now a shrub some three feet high and leafy to the base. The first flowers appeared in December, 1912. Avaeust, 1913. Descriprion.—Shrudb, spreading or prostrate, about 3 ft. high; branches somewhat flexuous, costate, adpressed hairy or nearly glabrous. eaves 2-pinnatifid, petioled, usually 14-1} in. apart, including the petiole 3-6 in. long, 33-5 in. wide, green, glabrous above, reticulate, sparingly pilose or glabrous underneath ; lobes 5-10 on each side, pinnately lobulate or occasionally coarsely toothed; lobes ovate- triangular, abruptly spinosely acuminate with cartilaginous edges; petiole up to 2 in. long, narrowly winged. Facemes solitary or several together in a terminal panicle, secund, up to 6 in. in length, rachis pubescent or tomentose; pedicels soon reflexed, 3-5 lin. long, softly pubescent or tomentose. Perianth red, softly pubescent outside, glabrous within ; tube 4-4 in. long, enlarged and somewhat gibbous below the middle, narrowed and revolute under the limb ; limb wide-ovate, mucronate at the tip, inflexed. Anthers under 1 lin. long. Gland transversely oblong, fleshy, glabrous. Ovary sessile, oblique, tomentose; style far exserted, 14-12 in. long, shortly pubescent ; stigmatic disk widely oblique. Fig. 1, flower; 2, limb with stamen ; 3, ovary :—all enlaryed. MS. del JN.Fitch lith Vineent Brooks,Day &SonLttnnp LReeve & C°London, Tas. 8511. SOLENOSTEMON Goperroyar. Congo and Angola. LAsiatTaAr. Tribe OCIMOIDEAE. SoLENostEMon, Schum. & Thonn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1175. ; Solenostemon Godefroyae, N. E. Brown, species S. ocymoidi, Schum. & Thonn., affinis sed foliis minoribus et obtusioribus, calyce multo minore et corolla duplo majore conspicue differt. Herba ad 60 cm. alta, ramosa, ramis quadrangularibus minute puberulis viridibus. Folia opposita, utrinque minute puberula, viridia, subtus pallidiora; petiolus 1-2-3 cm. longus; lamina 2-4 em. longa, 2-4°5 cm. lata, latissime ovata vel deltoideo-ovata, basi truncata vel cuneato-truncata, leviter crenata, venis supra impressis subtus prominentibus. Lacemt terminales spiciformes, 15-20 cm. longi; verticilli subdistantes. Bracteae 3-5 mm. longae, abrupte reflexae, deciduae, integrae et ovatae, canaliculati- acuminatae vel inferiores trilobae, lobis lateralibus dentatis. Pedicelli 2mm. longi, minutissime puberuli. Calyx subaequaliter bilabiatus cum dentibus duobus minutis interjectis, minutissime puberulus, viridis; labium superius reflexum, ovatum, subacutum, labium inferius porrectum, oblongum, minute emarginatum; dentes laterales 0°5 mm. longi, acuti. Corolla 1 em. longa, coerulea; pars tubi basalis abrupte sursum curvata, pars superior abrupte deflexa, compresso-dilatata ; labium superius 1°5 mm. longum, subtruncatum, 4-crenatum; labium inferius 5 mm. longum, 3°5 mm. profundum, lateraliter compressum, subobtusum. Stamina 5 mm. longa, filamenta in vaginam 2 mm. longam connata, albida ; antherae violaceae. Sty/us staminibus longior.— Coleus Godefroyae, Godefroy-Lebeuf, Cat. Pl. Nouv. 1903, p. 2, cum icon.—N. E. Brown. The pleasing stove plant which is here figured belongs to the Labiate genus Solenostemon, which is very closely allied both to Plectranthus. and to Coleus, but is readily distinguished from these two genera by its subequally two- lipped calyx, the upper lip being entire, the lower minutely notched at the tip. Of the seven species known to belong to the genus, S. Godefroyae is the first to find a place in cultivated collections. First discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Monteiro in 1873, about fifteen miles from Ambriz 1m Angola, it was in the “Flora of Tropical Africa” referred to its proper genus, but was not distinguished from 4. ocymoides, Schum. & Thonn. ‘Thirty years later 1t was rediscovered in the Congo State by Mr. Godefroy-Lebeuf, and was treated by him in his Catalogue as a distinct species, though unfortunately Mr. Godefroy-Lebeuf, who at the Avceust, 1913. same time supplied a figure of the plant, placed it in the genus Coleus. A plant in flower was sent to Kew in November, 1903, by Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, and in 1911 another plant was supplied to Kew by the Jardin Colonial, Lacken. From the last mentioned plant, which has thriven well when grown in an intermediate tempera- ture along with Begonias, where it forms a shrub two feet high which flowers freely throughout the winter, was derived the material on which our figure has been based. Description.— Herb, up to 2 ft. high, branched; branches 4-angled, finely puberulous, green. Leaves opposite, finely puberulous on both sides, green, rather paler beneath, ¢-1} in. long, 3-13 in. wide, very wide ovate or deltoid ovate, base truncate or cuneate-truncate, slightly crenate ; nerves sunk above, raised beneath ; petiole 4-14 in. long. Racemes terminal, spiciform, 6-8 in. long; whorls some- what separated ; bracts 13-23 lin. long; abruptly reflexed, eciduous, entire, ovate, channelled-acuminate or the lowest 3-lobed with toothed lateral lobes ; pedicels 1 lin. long, very finely puberulous. Calyx subequally 2-labiate with 2 very minute intercalary teeth, very finely puberulous, green; upper lip reflexed, ovate, subacute, lower lip straight, oblong, finely emarginate, lateral teeth very short, acute. Corolla 3 In. long, blue ; basal portion of the tube abruptly upcurved, “pper portion abruptly deflexed, flattened-dilated ; upper li very short, subtruncate, crenately 4-toothed ; lower lip 23 lin. long, nearly 2 lin. deep, compressed sideways, nearly blunt. Stamens 24 lin. long, filaments white, united in a sheath 1 lin. long; anther violet. Style longer than the stamens. Fig. 1, portion of the stem; 2, a flower; 3, calyx with pistil and gland; 4, co: ae set ik of the lower lip removed to show the stamens ; 5 and 6, anthers :— MS. del. J.N Fitch lith LReeve & C2 London. oe conte Tas. 8512. AGATHIS VITIENSIS. Fiji Islands. ConIFERAE. Tribe ARAUCARIEAE. Aaatuis, Sulisbury; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 436. Agathis vitiensis, Benth. et Hook. f. ex Drake, dil. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif. (1892) p. 353, nomen; Masters, Handl. Conif. Roy. Gard. Kew, p. 61 (1896); ed. ii. p. 67 (1903); Warburg, Monsunia, p. 186 (1900); affinis A. macro- stachyae, Warburg, sed ramis glabris, amentis masculis minoribus, strobilis majoribus et seminum alis differt. Arbor excelsa, resiniflua. Rami laeves, subquadrangulares. Folia opposita vel subopposita, lanceolata, apice acuta vel obtusiuscula, basi attenuata, 9-12°5 em. longa, 2-3°5 em. lata, supra viridia, subtus pallidiora interdum pruinosa, sessilia, striata, coriacea. Amenta mascula extra-axillaria, cylin- drica, 3 cm. longa, 1°5 em. lata, apice obtusa, basi rotundata, perulata ; pedunculi 7-8 mm. longi, cum axe confluentes; filamenta 3 mm. longa, horizontalia, in connectivum cuneatum producta; antherarum loculi 7, cylindrici, connectivi basi penduli, filamento paralleli et aequilongi. Strobili globosi, 8°5 em. longi, 9°5 cm. diametro; squamae lignosae, dense imbricatae, circiter 5 em. latae, 4 cm. altae, apice crassiores, rhombiformes, ab axi solutae. Semina solitaria, integumento membranaceo utrinque in alam producto; ala altera parva, angusta, altera magna, cultriformis.— Dummara vitiensis, Seem. in Bonplandia, vol. ix. (1861), p. 259, nomen, et Fl. Vitiensis, p. 265, t. 76 (1865). D. longifolia, Lindl. ex Gord. Pinet., Suppl. p. 28 (1862).—J. J. Cuark. The Dammar which forms the subject of our illustration is endemic in mixed forest in the Fiji Archipelago, where it is known as the Dakua, and is abundant in the islands of Vanua Levu and Viti Levu, though it also occurs, but less plentifully, in the Islands of Ovalau aud Kaduvu. From Ovalau some particularly fine individuals have heen re- ported; one of these hada diameter of five feet ; others had attained a height of from eighty to a hundred feet, with sixty feet of clean stem. The bark in A. vitiensis peels off like that of the Australian gum-trees, the shreds being whitish outside, red on the inner surface. The wood, which serves much the same uses as deal, is employed by the Fijians for house-floors, and for masts, booms and spars. Unfamili- arity with its value has led to neglect as an article of com- merce of the gum which the tree exudes. In the interior of the larger islands, however, this gum, made into pastilles or SerremBer, 1913. ribbon-like strips surrounded by pieces of wood, has been used for burning in place of the cocoa-nut oil employed in the smaller islands. This gum, known as Makadre, burns better after it has been kept fora time. From the smoke a pigment used by the natives for personal adornment. is obtained. The material for our figure has been supplied by a plant raised at Kew from seeds presented in 1881 by Sir J. B. Thurston, then Governor of Fiji. This plant was grown in the tropical Palm House until 1897 when it was transferred to the newly constructed Mexican House. Here it has thriven well and is now a tree twenty-five feet in height. The female cone depicted was developed in 1911; male catkins had, however, been borne in previous years. Descriprion.— Tree, tall, resiniferous ; branches smooth, 4-angled. Leaves opposite or subopposite, lanceolate, acute or bluntish, narrowed at the base, 34-5 in. long, 3_]1 in. wide, green above, paler and sometimes pruinose beneath, sessile, striate, coriaceous. Cathkins extra-axillary, cylindric, 1j in. long, 2 in. wide, blunt, base rounded, perulate ; peduncles 4 in. long, confluent with the axis; filaments x In. long, horizontal, prolonged into a cuneate connective ; anther-cells 7, cylindric, pendulous from the base of the connective, parallel with and as long as the filament. Cones globose, 3} in. long, 34 in. wide; scales woody, closely imbricate, about 2 in. across, 1% in. deep, rather thickened at the apex, thombiform, detaching trom the axis, Seeds solitary, with a membranous coat produced on each side as a wing, on one side small and narrow, on the other large and broad. Figs. 1 and 2, male flowers; 3, two scales with seeds; 4,a seed :—all enlarged. 8513 M.S.del.d NFitchi th Boeke Dayv&e Son Lica Vincent Brooke Day &. 1. Reeve & C°London Tas. 8513. ROSA FOLIOLOSA. North America. Rosa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 625. Rosa (Carolinae) foliolosa, Nutt. ea Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. vol. i. p. 460; S. Wats. in Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. xx. p. 349; Gard. & For. 1890, pp. 100, 101, fig. 22; affinis R. nitidae, Willd., ramulis laevibus vel sublaevibus, stipulis et foliolis elongatis et angustis, sepalisque elongatis et minus hispidis differt. Fruticulus nanus, circiter 0°25-0°5 m. alti. Ramuli_laeves vel aculeis paucis rectis gracilibus armati, glabri. Fvlia sparsa, 5-7 cm. longa, 7-9-foliolata ; rhachis sparse pilosa, foliola breviter petiolulata, lanceolata vel lineari- oblonga, acuta, serrulata, supra glabra, subtus sparse pubescentia, 2°5 em. longa, 0°6-1°3 cm. lata; stipulae adnatae, lineares vel angustissime oblongae, acutae vel breviter acuminatae, minute glanduloso-ciliatae, 2-2:5 cm. longae. Flores speciosi, coccineo-rosei, 5-5°5 cm. diametro, in ramulorum brevium apicibus pauci vel solitarii, pedunculi 1-1°5 cm. longi, glanduloso-setulosi. Receptaculum globosum, glanduloso-setulosum, 5 mm. longum. Calycis lobi oblongo-lanceolati, longissime acuminati, glanduloso- setulosi, 2-2-5 cm. longi, patentes vel subreflexi. Petala lata, obcordata. Filumenta glabra, 4-5 mm. longa, antheris aureis. Fructus globosus, glanduloso-setulosus, 8-10 mm. longus.