COTYLoXIA. A XKW (iEN'US uF U M BK LLI FER.E 1G7 



the colleet(jr in callinL,' the tlower.s white : they do not seem so hi the 

 dried state. ^ 



Cotylouia bracteata, sj). unica. Herha annua, suberecta, radice 

 tibro.sa, eaiile nudo glabr.j siniplice ; f'oliis rotiindis, b.isi prot'unde 

 cordatis, niarginibiis ai-gute crenatis, inferne ghiucis, nervis utrinque 

 sparsissime pilosis; petiohj longo, glabro ad basiiu scarioso et breviter 

 vaginante : umbellis^\n\\A\cvh\i?, paucis ±3, qiuiruiu media tenuinalis, 

 eeterie laterales, ex axillis bractearum t'oliacearum creseentes ; innbel- 

 lulorum ])edieellis paueis vakle injequaUbus crassis ; bracteis intlores- 

 centiie 2, niagnis, oppositis, sessilibus, sub-renit'ormibus, ca^tero foliis 

 exacte simihbiis ; involucellorum numerosis. late linearibus obtusis : 

 petalis albis. lanceolatis, obtusis. 



Westekx CiiiXA : roadside: 1l. I£. JFilson. ^o. Sij(')(j (in Herb. 

 Brit. ]Mus. and Herb. Kew) and Xo. 20ll (Herb. Kew) from 

 S. Wushan. 



A lax herb: the measurements are: — leaves -l-S'oxG-lO cm.; 

 petiole 12-28 cm.; bracts o/* //(/fo/-. -i-o'o x o'o-lO cm. ; bracts of 

 involucel ±-^m.i\\. \ peduncles 2-8''j cm. ; pedicels 7-1-5 mm.; fruit 

 3x2 mm. 



A remarkable plant. The long stem is without leaves, having 

 only the large bracts at the top. The hi florescence is noteworthy, 

 apart from the bracts : at first sight it appears to l>e a compound 

 umbel of few rays, but it is in fact a terminal simple umbel — always 

 the oldest — -with one Literal umbel (sometimes two) springmg 

 from the axil of each bract. 



Wilson Xo. 49-30 (Herb. Brit. ^Mus. and Kew) is an exactly 

 similar plant on a small scale, from Mt. Omi, For the present 

 it seems best to look upon this as a mountain form of the above 

 species, though it is possible that further material may prove it 

 distinct. It has certainly no appearance of being starved or stunted. 



XEW Oil XOTEWORTHY FUXGL 

 Br W. B. Geote, M.A. 



(Concluded from p. 148.) 



370. ^MarssoxIa Sambuci Rostr. in Bot. Tidsskr. 1899, p. 270. 

 Sa^-c. SvU. xvi. lOll. AUesch, vii. (309. Ascochyta Eustrupii 

 Died. Pilz. Brand, p. 39-5. 



Spots roundish or angular, up to 1 cm. wide or more, visible on 

 both sides, above fuscous, paler and almost ochraceous in the middle, 

 concentrically zoned at times, below dusky and olive-brown. Pustules 

 clustered in the middle of the spots, lens-shaped, brown or blackish, 

 prominent, amphigenous, 80-100 /tt diam. Spores oblong-cylindrical, 

 rounded at the ends, at length 1-septate, scarcely constricted, colour- 

 less, 7-S X 3 ya (8-13 X 3-4 /l/, Died.). 



On living leaves of Sambuciis nigra. Kichmond, Surrey. Aug. 



Diedicke places this in Ascochi/ta, on the ground that there is a 

 distinct but thin pycnidium ; the spots in the Kichmond specimens 



