and northern Persia, and the species to which the Corean 
S. asiatica is most closely related is the Candian S. eretica, 
A.DC., one that has long been known. For the mate- 
rial from which our plate has been prepared we are 
indebted to Mr. G. W. E. Loder, who received seed of the 
species collected by Mr. E. H. Wilson in Corea. This seed 
was sown in two pots, in March, 1918, and flowered in a 
cool house in Mr. Loder’s garden at Wakehurst Place, 
Ardingly, Sussex, during June and July, 1919. One of 
these pots with seedlings, some of them in flower, was 
presented to the Kew collection by Mr. Loder and en- 
abled the figure now supplied to be made. So far the 
hardiness of the species has not been put to the test of 
cultivation in the open. 
Description.—Herb, perennial ; stem, including the inflorescence, 8 in. to 
2) ft. high, glabrous, somewhat fistulose. Leaves ovate or lanceolate-ovate, 
acuminate, base cuneate or truncate or cordate, up to 3 in. long, 12 in. wide, 
margin coarsely toothed, midrib and lateral nerves slightly sunk above, raised 
beneath, upper surface sparingly beset with white hairs, lower glabrous or 
nearly so; petiole over 1 in, long, glabrous. Inflorescence branched, lax, 
about 5-flowered, the flowers nodding; bracts (floral leaves) small, sessile, the 
lower the larger, the uppermost linear, 3-¢ in. long. Receptacle turbinate, 
3_in. long, about } in. wide at the top, glabrous. Calyx 5-lobed; segments 
distant, linear, 4-2 in. long, ies in. wide, serrate, more or less recurved in bud. 
Corolla campanulate, 1? in. long, glabrous; lobes semi-orbicular, mucronate, 
slightly spreading, 14 in. across. Stamens % in. long; filaments glabrous 
above, hirsute below, dilated at the base, the expanded portion ovate or 
semi-orbicular, ;'; in. long, hirsute with the margin densely ciliate; anthers 
linear, connate, 3s in. long. Disk epigynous, inflated, very short. Style, 
including the stigmas, over 1 in, long, puberulous upwards, glabrous below. 
Tas. 8837.—Fig. 1, section of cal yx, showing st d pistil; 2, anthers ; 
3, base of filaments :—all enlarged. : erie cn cy get 
