and black. There are some differences in tlie length and 

 breadth of the produced connectives of the anthers, but 

 these appear to be inconstant, judging from the published 

 drawings and cultivated specimens. 



D. Fargesli is a not uncommon plant in the mountain 

 forests of Western China, at elevations of nine thousand 

 feet to thirteen thousand feet. It was discovered in the 

 province of Szechuen, by Father R. P. Farges, Missionaire 

 Apostolique, by whom seeds were sent to Messrs. Vilmoriii 

 & Co., who flowered it at Barres, Loiret. The plant here 

 figured was presented to the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Mr. 

 Maurice L. de Vilraorin in 1897 ; it flowered in April, 1901, 

 and again in 1902, in the Temperate House, where, planted 

 in a border, it forms a sturdy shrub, seven feet high. It 

 has never fruited. There are specimens in the Kew Her- 

 barium collected by Dr. Henry, F.L.S., and others, in the 

 mountains of the provinces of Szechuen, Hupeh, and 

 Yunnan, at elevations of nine thousand feet to thirteen 

 thousand feet, as far West as the borders of Tibet. 



All collectors agree as to the fruit being eatable, but 

 details of its qualities are wanting. The main distinctions 

 between the present plant and D. insignis being in the 

 fruit, as indicated above, no further description is here 

 required. — /. D. E. 



Fig. 1, stamens of male fl.; 2, interior of base of do. sliowing the pistiliodes; 

 3, portion of fem. infl. ; 5, fruit ; 6, seed :— figs. 1, 2, 4,, enlarged ; 3, of nat. 

 size ; 5 and 6, nat. size, from Rev. Horticole. 



