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white, with a purple centre, 

 or autumn. I, cordate, acu- 



continued. 



oblong ; racemes short, arising from the nodes. L lineaT-oblong, 

 not longer than the joints. Stems constricted at the nodes, the 

 joints lin. to IJin. long. Panama, Colombia, 1887. A pretty 

 little Orchid. 



HIBISCUS. Calyx five- cleft or five-toothed ; staminal 

 column truncate or five-toothed; ovary five-celled. To the 

 species and varieties described on pp. 142-3, Vol. II,, the 

 following- should now be added : 



H. californicns (Californian). /. 

 2in. to Sin. long. Late summer 

 niinate, rarely somewhat three-lobed, crenate or acutely toothed, 

 3iu. to 5in. long, exceeding the petioles, velvety-pubescent when 

 young, h. bit. to 7ft. Perennial. Island in San Joaquin River, 

 California. 



B. clirysantlius (polden-flowered). fl. large, campanulate ; petals 

 yellow, -with a purple spot at base, broad-obovate. I. pale green, 

 roundish, sub- trilobate, serrated. Stems hairy. Natal. Gieen- 

 house shrub. 



H. cisplataiius (Plane-like), Jl, pale rose, 2iin. in diameter; 

 calyx campanulate, surrounded by numerous linear bracts. 

 I. ovate, acuminate, with a tendency to become three-lobed. 

 lira/Ji, 1887. Greenhouse shrub. 



H. rosa-sinensis kermcsinus (carmine), fl, rich carmine- 

 ciiujsun, large; petals broad, rounded, undulated, outer ones 

 reflexed, central ones erect, the innermost series consisting of 

 the transformed column developed into numeroTis petaliferous 

 lobes bearing stamens on their margins. Suuth Sea Islands. 



H. r.-B, magBiflcns (magnificent), fl, brijrht rosy-magenta, 

 Hliitdtd crimson, tho base of etich petal blotched chocolate. 



H. r.-8, subviolacons (partly violet), fl, bright rose-colour, 

 lightly striped with violet, dark purple at the base of the divisions, 

 dt>u\ilo. 1885. An ornamental variety. 



HXIIRACinM. To the species described on p. 143, 

 Vol. II., the following ehould now be added: 



B. macula tutn (spotted). fl,-heads yellow, cymose ; florets 

 toi>thed. Summer and autumn. L ovate-lanceolate, strongly 

 toothed, hairy, strongly speckled with black. Stem branched, 

 many-leaved, h. l^ft. 



HIIiLEBBANDIA (named in honour of Dr. Hille- 

 brand, a botanist at Hawaii, who sent dried specimens 

 of the plant to Kew in 1865). Obd. Begoniacem. A 

 monotypic genus. The species is a tall, branched, suc- 

 culent, gtove herb, everywhere sparsely clothed with 

 long-, reddish hairs. For culture, see Beg'onia, on 

 p. 170, Vol. I. 



H. sandwlcensls (Sandwich Isles). /. white, tinged rose or 

 more or less ro>y, about ^in. in diameter, the females 'bi- 

 bracteolate ; scjjals tive, ovate, sub-acute, the outer ones rather 

 larger; petals live, spatUulate, concave, membranous; stamens 

 many, free ; peduncles 6in. to 12in. long, dichotomously branch- 

 ing, and bearing bisexual cymes. May. I 4in. to Bin. long and 

 broad, obliquely rounded and deeply cordate, with a very narrow 

 sinus, and overlapping basal lobes, h. 3ft. to 4ft. Sandwich 

 Isles, 1886. (B. M. 6953.) 



HIPPEASTRUM BAONOLDI. Mr. Baker regards 

 as a form of thia species the plant described on p. 550 

 as HabrantLus punctatus (which see). 



HOIiIbYHOCK. Now Hollyhocks have been exhibited 

 daring the year 1888 at the metropolitan exhibitions; 

 but none of tliem have come up to the high quality of the 

 best flowers produced by Lord Ilawke and by Messra. 

 Chater, of Saffron "U'aldeu. A few good varieties omitted 

 from the previous list are as follow: 



niTT.iON, primTose-yellow; Czar, rosy-red, welbformed: David 

 HrNnr.usoN. rosy-red. fine and full; David Low. rosy-crimson 

 lon^ spike; ExttLSiOR, salmon. large and full; Frank Gib 

 Doi;uu\LL. reddish-purple, larjte ; I'^red. Chvtkr. sulphur- 

 yellow, perfect form ; Grace Darling, rosy-salmon, large- 

 TTeRCVLES, yellow darker ba . perfect ; Ix Memoriam, purple ; 

 lonjt spike; J. M. Lindsay, clear red, perfect, good spike- 

 MajkstiCj deep red, large, long spike ; Memnox Impuovi d' 

 crlmijon. large; Mi<^. BoLTON. pale rose, tine»t form; Mrs' 

 DoWNiE, bright «>ninne, good form ; Mits. Edwards, salmon 

 extra fine; Mrs. Laing. rosy-lilac, large, woll-formed; Netty 

 OaiEVE. purple. In-^-'^ and well-fonned ; rtRpLE Pkixce, purple 

 very finely formed, lar^p spike ; QiEEN OP BuFFS, buff, well- 

 formed, large spike; Ilti.NE Blanche, pure white, handsome 





lar^o, tail spike. ' 



HOMALOMENA. Flowers borne on an inappendicn- 

 tate apadix, which ia included in the spathe, and often 



Homalomena — continued, 



shortly stipitate, the male inflorescence cylindrical or fusi- 

 form, the female shorter and narrower ; apathe straight, 

 cylmdrical or convolute below, the lamina convolute or 

 gaping, acnminate. Leaves ovate- or triangular- cordate or 

 lanceolate ; petioles often elongated and long-aheathing. 

 To the species described on p. 149, Vol. IT., the following 

 should now be added r 



H, insignia (remarkable). /., spathe green, ZUn. to 4in. long, 

 obtusely keeled at back, the apex compressed-rostrate; spadix 

 white, 3in. long, L 1ft. long, 6in. broad, elliptic-oblong, obtuse 

 and shortly mucronate, rounded at base, green above, suffused 

 purple beneath ; petioles fuscous-purple, channelled, 3in. to 5in. 

 long, sheathed to the middle. Borneo, 1885. (I. H. 1885, 560.) 



H. Siesmeyeriannm (Siesmeyer's), fl.^ spathe purplish-red 

 outside, white within, the tube and limb indistinguishable; 

 peduncle purplish-red. I. slightly sagittate, the veins, midrib, 

 and margin beneath, tinted red; petioles purplish-red, long, 

 glabrous. Malaya, 1885. 



HOULIiZITIA. To the species described on pp. 158-4, 

 Vol. II., the following variety should now be added : 



H. odoratissima xanthina (yellow). /., sepals and petals 

 orange-yellow, the lip sulphur and white. 1884. A handsome 

 variety. 



HOYA. To the species described on pp. 155-6, Vol. II., 



the following should now be added: 



H. gonolobioides (Gonolobus-like). fl. brownish, rotate, with 

 ovate, obtuse lobes, umbellate ; peduncles hispid. I. membranous, 

 cordate-ovate, acuminate, hairy on both sides. Stem fulvous- 

 bispid, climbing. India (?), 1884. A distinct plant. * 



H. Griffithii (Dr. W. GriflBth's). fl, externally pale and rather 

 dull rose-red, with yellowish edges, paler and yellowish within, 

 with three faint pink stripes on each segment, lin. to IJin. in 

 diameter, numerous, umbellate on a stout peduncle lin. to Hin. 

 long. July. I. in distant pairs, 4in. to lOin. long, very shortly 

 petiolate, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate. Stem 

 liexuous, climbing. Eastern Bengal, 1885. (B. M. 6877.) 



H. linearis sikkimensls (Sikkim). fl, waxy- white, pen- 



tagonally tive-lobed, nearly ^in. in diameter, in terminal, ten to 

 thirteen-fiowered umbels. L soft, fleshy, terete, hairy. Stems 

 weak and flaccid, pendulous, slender, softly hairy. Sikkim, 

 1885. A good basket plant. (B. M. 6682; G. C. n. s., xx., 

 pp. 8-9.) 



H. longifolia Sbepherdi (long-leaved, Shepherd's). /. pale 



flesh-coloured, Jin. in diameter, disposed in globose umbels. 

 I linear-oblanceolate, acute, 5in. to 7in. long, iin. broad. 

 Sikkim, 1885. A beautiful plant. (G. C. n. s., xxiv., p. 616.) 



HUERNZA. To the species described on p. 156, 

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



H. aspera (rough), fl, few in a sessile cyme ; sepals greenish 

 or purple, linear-subulate, spreading ; corolla purple, nearly lin. 

 in diameter and as long, campanulate, the lobes very short, 

 broadly triangular, acute ; column very short ; outer corona of 

 five broad, short, truncate, very dark lobes, the inner of five 

 yellowish, oblong-lanceolate, erect, incurved, obtuse ones. Sep- 

 tember. I, minute, tooth-like, disitant. horizontal or recurved. 

 Stems procumbent, purplish-brown; branches ascending, divari- 

 cate. Zanzibar, 1887. (B. M. 7000.) 



HUMUIiUS. Syn. Lu'pulus, Flowers dioecious, 

 the males paniculate, the females spicate. Leaves op- 

 posite, petiolate, broad, five to seven-nerved. To the 

 species described on p. 157, Vol, II., the following should 

 now be added: 



H. japonicns (Japanese), fl., males in long, lax panicles; 

 females m short, ovoid spikes, on long peduncles, with cordate, 

 cuspidate-acuminate bracts, which do not enlarge in the fruit. 



;'oP^^"S''^*^^^^ .*^^®,.^^ seven-lobed, the margins toothed. Jvapan. 

 1886. Somewhat like the common Hop. (R. G. 1886, p. 359. f. 43.) 



-^'^•A'CINTHUS- To the species and varieties de- 

 scribed on pp. 159-60, Vol. II., the following should now 

 be added ; 



^«^^?i^*^^ (4y-blue). fl,, lower ones deep blue, deflexed. with 

 fnr.^ a« fif ^*"^''*^^ ^'^' ^^^S' t^e segmente about one-third as 

 «a^^.ioL ^"^f J i^PP.®^ ^^^s nearly sessile, the sky-blue, cam- 

 panulate perianth having segments nearly or quite as long as 



^r.i rn^f^i^*if ""f '^^^'^^^ conical, with a thickened, blue axis; 

 wPf ^^l ^^.''^^^'^ *^*^^" ^^^ leaves. February. I six or eight, 

 ih? fioT u^Ik^^'^IHI' ^i»- to6in. long, deeply channelled down 

 (B?M 68*22?' ' ^^''''^ ^'"- '^ tiiameter. Asia Minor. 



°^o^^*lhf^A^^P^^^^'?^>' ■^•« perianth bright lilac, Jin. to Jin. 

 ih^^iiM «faf^??^' oblong-lanceolate ; raceme few-flowered, in 

 iwi; tw^*'*,!^^'! congested into a corymb ; scape erect, terete, 

 shorter than the leaves. TiJarch and ApriL I. three to sis or 



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