purple to pale mauve flowers, which 

 are about 1 in. across, and are sweet- 

 scented. Mountains of Yunnan, China. 

 (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



*Prunus serrulata Hisakura. {gh. 



1902, 2, 49, t. 14<J4b.) Rosacea. H. 

 A form with large semi-double pale 

 rose-red flowers. (L, Spath, Berlin.) 



Pteris Alexandrae. {G. r. 1902, xxxi, 



279.) Filices. S. Fronds variegated 

 and crested. (H.B.May.) 



Pteris semisagittata. nv. g. mm, 



203.) S. A new species with broad 

 Bcrai-sagittate fronds. South Brazil. 



Pteris Wimsettii multiceps. (G 



1902, xxxi, 280 ; G. M. 1902. 274.) 

 " The fronds have fine crests and a 

 prettily cut." (J. Hill & Son.) [ 



Pyrus Aria himalaica. ^g. c. 1902, 



XXXI suppl. May 31, iii.) Rosacea^ 

 H. Leaves up to li ft. long, white- 

 felted beneath, bright green above. 

 (Fis;her. Son & Sibray.) 



Hauwolfia pleiosciadia. iBuii. Mn,. 



/^«/v,v, 1902, 279.) Apocynaceae. S. 

 A .shrub or small tree up to 20 ft. high. 

 Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4, lanceolate 

 to elliptic, 3 7 in. long. Flowers in 

 aichotomous cymes arranged in um- 

 bels. Corolla white ; tube 3-3i lin. 

 long; lobes i ! lin. long. Tropical 

 Africa. (Paris B. G.) [R, vomitoria, 



Rbamnus californica tomentella 



iSpdth Cot. 1902^3, 110.) Rham- 

 nace«. H. Striking on account of 



Richardia Rehmanni v.u-. speoiosa. 



Dwarfer and more robust than the 

 type. Scape longer than the leaver ; 

 spathe bright red. (C. Sprenger, 



Richardia Sprengeri. {G. c. 1902, 



xxxii, 350.) G. This species is re- 



(not hastate or cordate) at the base, 

 and the yellow spathes are broader 

 than in any other species. Transvaal. 

 (C. Sprenger, Naples.) 



calyx, in its thinner weaker suffruti- 

 cose laxly spreading more leafy stems, 

 and in its pinnately 3 to 5 parted 



bud." ' California. (H. C. Baker.) 



iiuUca. (Zabcl, Gotha.) 



Rosa Marias GraBbneriae. ^gh. 1902, 



564, t. 1.504, f. 4.) H. A garden 

 hybrid between R. rarolma and 

 R. humlUs var. hicida. (Zabel, 

 Gotha.) 



Rosa scharnkeana. ^Gj 



Rosa spaethiana. (Gtf. 1902, 563, 



t- 1304, f. 3.) H. A garden hybrid 

 (Zabel, Gotha!) '^^ ""* ^° * '"^''*'*" 



Rudbeckia conspicua. {Gard. 1902, 



Ixi, 154, 219, 267.) Composite. H. 

 Grows 18 in. high, and is exceptionally 

 '-""— -ing; it has ' 

 . low ray floret , 

 (B. Ladhams.) [A 



Ruellia lorentziana. 



