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Hance, H. F., A new Hongkong Tephrosia. (1. c. p. 17.) 



[„Tephrosia (Brissonia) Ovaria n. sp. — Frutex parvus, novellis 

 flavido-lanatis , ramis angulatis cortice cinereo obductis , foliis impari- 

 pinnatis rachi ferrugineo - hirsuta foliolis 7— 8 jugis papyraceis ovali- 

 oblongis basi obtusis apice emarginatis utrinque opacis supra breviter 

 adpressa tomentellis subtus dense tomentosis 15 — 18 lin. longis 6 — 10 

 lin. latis petiolulis I1/2 linealibus , racemis ad apices rarnulorum sitis 

 fasciculatis multifloris , floribus breviter pedicellatis roseis?, calycis 

 campanulati canescenti-tomentelli dentibus brevibus triangulatis posticis 

 altius connatis, alis carinaque aequilongis glaberrimis vexillo orbiculato 

 ernarginato extus minute sericeo, ovario lanceolato pluriovulato, stylo 

 incurvo complanato intus breviter barbato stigmate brevissime peni- 

 cillato. — In ins. Hongkong , ad Promontorium D ' A g u i 1 a r , juxta 

 pharum."] 

 Heinsley, W. B., The giant Bromeliads of Chili. (The Gardeners' Chronicle. 



New Series, Vol. XXIV. 1885. No. 624. p. 747.) 

 Hjelt, H. och Hult, R., Vegetationen och Floran i en del af Kemi Lapp- 

 mark och norra Ostenbotten. (Meddelanden af Societas pro Fauna et Flora 

 Fennica. Helsingfors. 1885. Heft 12. p. 1-160.) 

 Hult, R., Bleckinges Vegetation. Ett bidrag tili Växtformationernas utveck- 



lingshistorie. (1. c. p. 161.) 

 Lavallee , Alphonse , Arboretum Segrezianum , icones selectae arborum et 

 fruticum in hortis Segrezianis collectorum. Descriptions et figures des 

 especes nouvelles, rares ou critiques de TArboretum de Segrez. Livr. 2 — 6. 

 [Fin.] Fol., IV. p. 21—124 et planches 7—36. Paris (Bailliere et fils) 1885. 



50 frcs. 

 Linton, E. F. and Linton, W. R., Notes on a botanical tour in West Ire- 



land. (The Journal of Botany. Vol. XXIV. 1886. No. 277. p. 18.) 

 Mönkemeyer, W., Vegetationsbilder vom unteren Congo. (Wittmack's Garten- 

 Zeitung. Jahrg. IV. 1885. No. 51. p. 605.) 

 Mueller, Baron Ferd. von, Record of an additional new Caledonian Liparis. 

 (From Wing's „Southern Science Record". Vol. I. New Series. Dec. 1885.) 

 [Sterns robust , not very much elongated ; leaves three, chartaceous, 

 lanceolar-ovate, longitudinally seven-nerved and somewhat folded, short- 

 acuminated at the summit, clasping at the base; flower-stalks very 

 angular; flowers in the raceme rather numerous and somewhat distant 

 glabrous , dull oliveaceous-violet-colored ; bracts semilanceolate-linear, 

 shorter than the stalklets ; united length of stalklet and calyx-tube 

 rather more than that of the lobes ; upper calyx-lobe broadly linear, 

 lower two oblique lanceolar-oblong, blunt ; inner two (or petals) narrow- 

 linear , nearly as long : labellum cuneate-obcordate , not much shorter 

 than the calyx-lobes , dentate by two acute narrow - conical callosties 

 near the base ; gynostemium greenish , of about one-third the length 

 of the labellum slightly dilated towards the summit. 



New Caledonia, from whence it was sent by Consul E. L. L a y a r d ; 

 specimens reared in the Botanic Garden of Melbourne. 



This plant is slosely related to L. olivacea from Nepal and to L. 

 atropurpurea from Ceylon , differing from the former chiefly in not 

 narrowly stalked leaves, in more distant flowers and in the lower calyx- 

 lobes being broader; from L. atropurpurea, so far as Bateman's Illu- 

 stration represents the plant of that name, the New Caledonian species 

 is only to be distinguished by a thicker stem, narrower petals and less 

 pointed callosities of the labellum; but Lindley's original description 

 does not well apply to the Kew garden-plant, particularly as regards 

 the labellum; and what Wight published as L. atropurpurea must 

 belong to another tribe of the order, if the native draftsman figured 

 the pollen-masses correctly as provided with caudicles and a stigmatic 

 gland. If to be regarded as more than a mere variety , our plant 

 should specifically bear Mr. Layard's name. 



Only one other Liparis is on record from New Caledonia, namely 

 L. disepala (G. Reichenbach in Linnaea. XLI. 97), a very distinct 

 and endemic plant; the great orchidographer of Hamburg may also 



