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Sncomis — contimi ed. 



2Jin. in diameter, crowned with a tuft of thirty small leaves ; 

 peduncle IJft to 2ft long, cylindrical, l. five or six to a 

 stem, oblanceolate, sub-erect, over 2ft. long, 4in. to 5in. broad. 

 1887. 



shorter ; raceme 

 Otherwi^^e like 



. zambeslaca (Zambesi), fl. green ; pedicels 



longer and denser; scape not spotted. I. tirmer, 

 1^, punctata. Eastern tropical Africa, 1886. 



IiUIjOPHIA. SrN. Orthochilus. This genus embraces 

 nearly fifty species. To those described on pp. 538-9, 

 Vol. I., the following should now be added ; 



K* gninebnsls purpurata (purple), fl, handsome, in a loose 



raceme ; sepals and petals dark, dull purple, narroNv-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; lip bright rose-purple, the front lobe elliptic-ovate, 

 acute. Pseudo-bulbs globose, two or three-leaved. Western 

 tropical Africa, 1883. A showy plant. (W. O. A. ii. 89.) 



£• xnegistophylla (largest-leaved), fl. greenish-yellow, lined 

 with brownirih-red, panlcled ; sepals lanceolate, narrower than 

 the petals ; Up four-lobed, the lobes obtuse ; spur very short, 

 cyliudiical ; sheath ample, ochroous, oblong, acute. I, mor • 

 than 1ft. long and 9in. broad, petiolate, c un eat e- oblong, acute. 

 Comoro Islands, 1885. A striking species, (R. H. 1887, p. 87.) 



E. pulchra divergens (pretty, diverging), fl. purple-spotted, 

 showy; sepals and petals oblong-Mnear, acute; Up going out 

 into two diverging shanks; spur short and straight; raceme 

 erect, many-flowered, ecpialUng the leaves. L oblong-lanceolate. 

 I^le of Buurbuu, 188^. The typical plant is not in cultivation. 



£UONTMT7S. About forty species are included here ; 

 they inhabit the mountainous parts of India, North China, 

 Japan, Europe, and North America, a few being found in 

 the Malay Islands, To those described on pp. 539-40, 

 Vol, I., the following should now be added : 



1*, ^aponioufl Cariidrel (Carrifere's). A prostrate form that 

 will make a picturesque rockwork plant, 1883. A vigorous, 

 green-leaved, garden variety of i.\ radicaiis, 



E.I. Choilvetl(Cliouvet'3). /. thick, fleshy, very narrowly ovate- 

 elUptic, glossy, rounded at tip, with a narrow margin of yellowish- 

 whitc. A remarkable form, with erect branches. It bears 

 cutting well, and makes an excellent ornamental border plant. 

 1887. 



E, J. colamnarls (columnar). I. shortly oval, rounded, sometimes 

 »ub-orbic\dar, thick, glossy, with broad, shallow teeth. A 

 vigorous form, of columnar habit. 



E. nanus (dwarf). Jl. greenish- white, four-cleft, one to three on 

 a peduncle. July ana August. /. lanceolate, entire, nearly 

 opposite, deep green. Branches smooth, somewhat herbaceous. 

 Northern Caucasus, 1830. A neat, trailing under-shrub, suitable 

 for the rockery. Syn, £I, pulchellus (of gardens). 



E. pulchellus (pretty). A garden synonym of E, namis. ' 



EUOTHONJESA. 



see). 



ETIPATORIUM. To the Bpecics described on p. 540, 

 Vol. L, the following should now be added : 



E. graudlflorom (large-flowered), of Andr^. fl. -heads reddish, 

 disposed in large, terminal corymbs. I. rugose, cordate, acute, 

 serrated. 1883. An ornamental, hardy perennial. (R. H. 1882, 

 p. 384.) 



EUBiTA. Flowers small, sessile or shortly peduncu- 

 late, fascicled or rarely solitary in the axils \ sepals five, 

 imbrioated ; petals five, imbricated, coalescing at base ; 

 stamens fifteen or lesa, rarely five. Leaves often crenate- 

 aerrated and glabrous. To the species described on p. 542, 

 Vol. I., the following should now be added : 



E. Vitiensls (t'iji). fi^ small, ancillary, unisexual, the males 

 fascicled, the (©males usually in paira. I. elliptic-lanceolate or 

 oblong, serrulate, acuminate at both ends, shining. Fiji, 1887. 

 Stove tre«» 



BUSTSPHIA (from 9U, well, and bU^Iws, a crown; 

 in allusion to the circle of Btamens). Ord. A'maryllidem, 

 A monotypio genus. The species, J5J, coccinea^ is the 

 plant described on p. 89, Vol. III., as Fliijedranas&a ruhro- 

 viridia. 



A synonym of Hexisia (which 



FAGUS. To the species described on p. 2, Vol. II., 

 le following variety should now be added : 



'. sylvatica tricolor (three -coloured). I. dark purplish-green, 

 spotted with bright carmine-rose, and shaded with rosy-white. 

 1835. An ornamental garden variety. 



FARADAYA (named in honour of Michael Faraday, 

 the celebrated ohemistj 1794-1807). Ord. Verhenacem. A 

 small genus (about five species) of stove or greenhouse, 

 tall-climbing, glabrous shrubs, natives of Australia, Fijij 

 Now Guinea, &c. Flowers white, showy; calyx at first 

 closed, ultimately cut into two or three valvate lobes; 

 corolla tube exserted, enlarged above, the limb ample, 

 spreading, four-cleft; stamens four, long-exsertcd; cymes 

 many-flowered, disposed in a terminal, loosely corymbose 

 panicle or sessile at the nodes. Leaves opposite, entire, 

 coriaceous. Two species are in cultivation, but have not 

 yet flowered in this country. They thrive in a rich loam, 

 and require plenty of root room. The branches should 

 be allowed to spread close to the glass, in as light a 

 position in the stove as possible. 



P. papaana (Papuan), fl. salver-shaped, disposed in corymbose 

 panicles. L lanceolate, bullate. Java, 1884. 



P» Splendida (splendid), fl. large, in a terminal, corymbose 

 pamcle ; calyx segments eight to ten lines long ; corolla tube 

 above liu. long, the lobes flat, nearly Jin. long. L ovate, acu- 

 minate, rounded or cordate at tlie base, 6in. to nearly 12in. long, 

 prominently penniveined ; petioles lin. to 2in. long. Queensland. 

 A tall, woody climber. 



FEDIA. To the species described on p. 4, Vol. II., the 

 following variety should now be added : 



F. Comucoplsa floribunda plena (abundantly double- 

 flowered). A handsome, tufted variety, producing its pretty, 

 reddish-pink, double flowers in such profusion as to almost 

 entirely hide the leaves. 1886. (R. G. 1218.) 



PICXJS. The number of species, according to speci- 

 mens in herbaria, is upwards of 600 ; they are found in 

 the warmer regions of the globe. To those described on 

 pp. 11-12, Vol. II-, the following should now be added : 



F, Cannon! (Cannon's). The correct name of the plant described 

 on p. 117, Vol. L, as Artocarpus Cannoni. 



F, Cavroni (Cavron's). I. shortly petiolate, cuneate-obovate, 

 obtuse, IJft. long, 9in. broad, dark green with a yellowish-white 

 midrib above, rusty beneath. Brazil, 1887. Stove shrub. 



F. elastica variegata (variegated). I, variegated with various 

 shades of creamy-white and yellow. A beautiful form, 



FORSYTKIA. A couple of species, natives of China 

 and Japan, compose this genus. 



F. intermedia (intermediate). A hybrid between F. snspensa . 

 and F. viridissima. 



FRAXINUS. F. excelsior is the only "British repre- 

 sentative of this genus. To the species and varieties 

 described on pp. 23-4, Vol. II,, the following should now 

 be added : 

 F.americana foliis argenteo-nxarglnatis (silvery-margined 



leaved). An ornamental form, having the leaflets bordered with 

 pale yellowish (or rosy in a young state). 1886. 



F. turkestanica (Turkestan). I. pinnate ; leaflets five, dark 

 green, cuspidate, coarsely toothed. Buds reddish. Bark dark 

 green, smooth. Turkestan, 1837. 



FBITILIiARIA. Including Rhino pet alum, &c. This 

 genus is distributed over North temperate regions. To 

 the species described on pp. 27-9, Vol. II., the following 

 should now be added : 



P, ormena fasco-lutea (fuscous-yellow), fl, bright yellow 



inside, tinged coi)pery-brown outside, solitary, drooping, sin- 

 long. I. four to six, about 2in. long. h. 5in. to bin. Smyrna, 

 1887. 



F. bucharica (Buchara). fl. white, greenish or purplish at base ; 

 perianth segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, 

 or rarely lanceolate or linear-lanceolate ; raceme terminal, few 

 or many-flowered. I. usually all alternate, ovate or lanceolate, 

 the upper ones narrower. Stem erect, flexuous, 6in. to ISin. high. 

 Buchara, 1884. (R. G. 1171.) 



. eontorta (twisted), fl. nodding, IJin. to 2in. 

 segments united (thus differing from all the 

 I. Ihree or four, distant, lanceolate, somewhat 

 unknown. 1886. 



long; perianth 

 other species), 

 fleshy. Origin 



hf. vftllow. with 



. discolor (discoloured), fl. nine to twelve, light yellow, ^ 

 a slight suspicion of green, lAin. to 2in. across ; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, slightly reflexed; throat marked with a blood-red 

 ring ; bracts numerous. I. erect, sessile, sub-amplexicaul, broadly 

 lanceolate, glaucous, fleshy, about Sin. long and lin. broad, with 

 a tinge of red up the midrib on the under-side. k. lOin, 1888. 



