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Vt^viB—continued. 



P. loagifolia nobilis (noLle). fronds evergreen, 4ft to 5ft. 

 high ; pinnae linear, 8in. to lOin. long ; rachis pale brown, sori 

 continuous, linear, marginal. South Sea Islands, 1884. 



P. serrulata cristata lacerata (torn), fronds 9in. to 12in. 



long, slender, the margins serrulate ; each pinna divided into a 

 tassel-like or corymbose, drooping bunch of lacerated segments. 

 1882. nana is a dwarf form. 



P. trcmula foliosa (leafy), fronds wavy, larger and broader 

 than in the type. 1886. Garden variety. 



P. t. g^andiceps (large-crested), fronds semi-dependent, the 

 apices divided into tiattish, timbriately-tasselled crests, made up 

 of four or five principal divisions and numerous multifnrcations ; 

 pinn.-e and i^innules also terminating in narrow apices. 1887* 

 Garden origin, 



PTYCHOCOCCI7S (from piyclie, a fold, and coccos, 

 a^^berry; in allusion to the wrinkled albumen). Obd, 

 PalmcB, A genus of throe species of Javan Palms, 

 founded by Beccari, formerly included under Flycho- 

 sperma, Ifc differs from that genus in the form of the 

 fruit, which in Ptychococcus is obliquely attenuated into a 

 beak at the apex, instead of being rounded. For culture, 

 see Ptychosperma, on p. 247, Vol. Ill, 



P. areclnus (Areca-like). A very beautiful, pinnatt-Icaved Palm, 

 which, in its native forests, attains a height of 60ft. or more. 



FULTENJSIA. To the Bpecies described on pp. 

 251-2, Vol. III., the following should now be added : 



P. Guiml (Gunn's). /. golden-yellow, with brown!sh-purj>le 

 stripes on the standard and a brownisli -purplekeel, small ; hcmU 

 three to tive-tlowered, terminating the branchlets. L V4'iy aniull, 



linear-lanceolate. Branches twiggy. 1885. (II. G. 1173 [1171 



in text].) 



FUYA. To the two species deBcribod on p. 255^ 



Vol. Til., the following should now bo added : 



P. lanuginosa (woolly). Jt. peenish-blue, borne in a dense, 

 simple spike 1ft. long by 3in. m diatueter, sunnountinc: a stout 

 peduncle 3ft. long ; flower bracts lanceolate, acuminate, ver^ 

 woolly, whitish-brown on the back ; sepals obtuse, much imbri- 

 cated ; petals oblong obovate, the blade Jin. broad. I. sixty lo 

 100 in a dense rosette, ensiform, 2ft. to 2ift. lonjr, lin. }»road low 

 down, tapering to a long point, green above, white below, be*et 

 with distiint, ascending Npines. Trunk 2ft. to 3ft. hi^h, forked at 

 the top, hidden by old, dead, reflexed leavea. This piant flowered 

 for the first time at Kew in October, 1888. 



P. Roezli (RoezVa), of E. Morren, JL sub-sessile ; calyx pale 

 rose, downy ; corolla peacock-blue, tubular, lAin. long ; panicle 

 2^ft. high, downy. *. numerous, thick, coriaceous, archine, 

 2ft. to 2^ft. long, 2in. to Ziin. broad, ahining green above, 

 covered with white felt beneath, the margins spiny. Andes 

 of Peru, 1885. The correct name of this plant is Pitcaimia 

 megastachya (Baker). 



PYBiETHRUM. To the speciea and Tarieties 

 described on p. 257, Vol. III., the following should 

 now be added : 



P. Decaisnoanum (Decaisne's). A synonym of Chrysanthemum 



Decaimeanum, 



P. marginatum (margined). A synonym of ChrtiBanthemum 



marginatum. 



P. parthenifolium aurenm selaglnoidca (Selaglnella lik«> 



I. flat, shallowly lobed, so cut as to resemble a sprig of Se- 

 laginella, of a bright yellowish-green, 1882, 



FYHiUS. To the species and varieties described on 

 pp. 258-62, Vol. III., the following should now be atlded : 



P.Aucuparia foliis-aureis (golden-leaved). I., leaflets rather 

 thick, tomentose, marked with yellow, which deepens with age. 

 1886u An ornamental, garden variety. 



QUEItCUS. To the species and varieties described 



on pp. 263-6, Vol. III., the following should now b© 

 added: 



Q. sesslllflora pendula (hanging). A variety with pendulous 

 branches. 



BANUNCULUS. To the epecies described on 

 pp. 273-5j Vol. III., the following should now be added: 



R. Se^uierl (Scguier's). fL white, fin. in diameter ; petals five, 

 entire, orbicular, longer than the calyx. June and July. I, three- 

 parted, with acute or bluntish, entire, trifid partitions; floral 

 one<» small, sessile, entire or trifid. Stem one to three-flowered. 

 A. 3in. Alps, 1819. (R. O. 1192, f. 1 [1194, f. 1, in text]. 



BAPHANUS. To the species desoribed on p. 276, 



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



R. isatoides (Isatis-like). fi, yellow, in racemes terminating the 

 side branches. /., radical ones lyratepiunatisect ; cauHne one* 

 ovate-Iancenlato, amplexicaul, thick, glaucous, 1886. A garden 

 variety of Radish, with the general aspect of IsatU tinctoria. 

 (R. H. 1876. p. 372, f. 101.) 



BEICHABDIA (of Roth). A synonym of Picridium 

 (which see). 



sy n onym 



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BENANTHEBA ARACHNITES. A 

 of Araclmantlie moscliifera (which «ee). 



BENANTHEBA FLOS-AEBIS. A njnmjm of 



Arachnanthe moBcliifera (w]nc!i hb), 

 BESTBEPIA. To the spooleti du£»crILcd ou p. 2Si» 



Vol, III., the following should now be add^d ; 



B. pandarata (fldJle-^hapcd). >L, lip pamluratai tho nut friar 

 Madu very broad, trausycr»ely oblyug, covt ttd vUth warUi bairy, 

 whitish, with numorous port-wino roToured apota ; colunm havhig 

 two oranfre Buotm at th» UiuM. Seiitembor. E. an much a« 4in. 

 long. 188*. 



BETXBEBGZA. A aynouym of Cliuaqaea (which 

 see). 



BHAPIS. To the spooios doacribud on pp. 2S7-8, 

 Vol. Ill,, the followiuj^ whould now bo addod: 



B. Kwamwonzlok (a native nanm). I palniat. ly divided fato 

 from four to seven lancuulat- ^«um«utH: pntiolcij unarmed. 

 Stems Blender, leafy. Japan (,/;. .store, (t H, xxxiv. 13.) 



BHIPSALIS SABMENTACEA. This ppooies - 

 (described on p. 2D0, Vol. 'Wt). should be jfrown in a \f . 

 basket of poat-fibro, or, better etill, on a piece of ^^ j^g/^A 

 Fom-fitom, See Fig. 60, p. 508. -^fwl 



BHODODENDBOir. Including Vireya. To the /^ 

 flpecios and Tarieties desoribed on pp. 292-8, Vol. III., 



the following nhonld now be added : 



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B. alboscexus (whitish), jf. white, scented, large, the nipper 

 aegmonta marked at the bane with Jiulphur-yelluw. /. glabrous, 

 the under surface silvery-wbite. ^ 



R. AndersouiCAudemon's). /C. hriitht Cirniine, Ilirtial^^'is. A 

 garden name for wliat ia probably a form of IL arboreuin, 



K. Apoanum (Apo). fl red, hrnall, tubular, abotit iin. lor- 

 wlth spreading lobes ; truAiies fuw-ilowered. L uarroulv elliptic, 

 acute at both ends, ^ri-m .ibove, lu-ty brneath, rhilippine 

 Tsbinds, 1885. A small shrub. (R. U. II96 [HOB fn text]) 



R. aBsamicum (A xm), A garden name of R. formomm, 



R. CoUottlaxiain (Major Collet fn). Jl. white, in di'nie, ter- 

 minal corymbs, shortly pedicellate, surrounded ivith bn»d, 

 ciliated scales; sepals five, o1>tase; corolla nearly lin. long, 

 funnel-Hhapcd ; stampns ten. May. L 2\n. to 3In. long, fery 

 coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or -lanm'^Hte, arute at both endrt, 

 opaque above, lepidote-scaly beneath ] iM^tioleA iln. to lin. lon^. 

 Branchlets furfuraceouspul .nk A oft. to lOft. AfitaanUtan. 

 Hardy. (B. M. 7019; G. C. ser. iii,» toL It., p. 297.) 



R. Cnrtisil (Curtiii'). A synonym uf II. tnulticolor, 



R. Rrande roscum (rosy). JL of m lively rose<olour, with 

 darker Teins on the lobes, and f>bscure spots on th« tube within. 

 1887. (B. M. 634a) 



R, gravcolenfl (strongly-scented). JL pure white, frapmnt. A 

 dwarf and iree-flowefing: hybrid between Ji. fomumum and 

 it Seiterianum, 



R. Jasminifloruin oartninatum (cannine). 0. rich cami1n(«, 

 Bliffhtly toned ^^ itU oranEi ..arid around the bas« oi Uiv limb, tho 

 tube paler externally, llifth A h}bri<l \Hiiw9mk H, }iutni'/.>Jt'Tutn 



and R. jawmfewm. 

 R* Javanionm tubiflorom (tube-flowercdX JL orange- r«*d ; 



corolla tube elongated. June. {. smaller than In tl < type^ t}.*' 

 midrib impreeeed above, i^umatra aTi<l .fava, 1^ . (B. M. 6850.) 



R. KooliU (Koch's). Jl. white, liin. lonff, tnbaiar, with a cam- 

 panalate limb, Homethlng like those of R, jtufiiumjlrirum. dis- 

 posed In loose trusses. L petlolate, oblong-lanceolate, nrtiminate, 

 ^in. to 6in. long, narrowed to the petioles, which are 4ia. tM UiA. 

 long. Philippine Islands. 18S5. Stove shrub. (B. O. 1196 [U96 

 in text].) 



R. liOChfiO (liady Loch's). Jl. rather large, in tttrmfnal, umbelliform 

 fascicles, on very conapicuous stalklets ; corolla brij^ht red, scaly - 

 dotted outaide, the tube cylindrical, the limb blantiy five-lobed 

 and cnnapicuously vplned. L pcrsi«tent» mojrtly whorled, some 

 scattered, conspicuously stalked, tlat, ntari> ovate, rather blunt, 

 glabrous, rainut^lr scaly-dotted beneath, h. 20ft. Mount 

 Bellenden-Ker, 1887. Ihi.s tree is the only known Australian 

 Bhododendron. 



R. Manglcsii (Mangles'). A fine, halMiardy, garden hybrid, 

 having haudsouie, white floHur^, disposed in very lai^e beads. 



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