60 



and B. Boicrlngiana, (V, Lemoiiie 

 & Son, Nancy.) 



*BerberJs Prattii. [B. M. t. 8549.) 



Berberidaeeae. H. Belongs to the 

 same group as B. polyantlia and 

 B. brevipaniculaia, differing from 

 the former chiefly in its narrower 

 panicles, and from the latter in its 

 larger serrate leaves, which are not 

 glaucous beneath. It is a shrub of 

 dense growth, with obovate-oblong 

 or obovate leaves, -|-li in. long, 

 narrow panicles of yellow flowers, 

 and ellipsoid salmon - red berries, 

 which are very freely produced! 

 Western China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



"Berberis yunnanensls. (Bean, T. dh 



'o'n's'^^'^ H. A deciduous shrub 

 *^ ft. high, with a dense rounded 

 . nabit. Leaves obovate, sometimes 

 almost orbicular, |-li in. long, 

 4 !"• broad, mostly entire. Flowers 

 3 to 8 in a cluster, pale yellow, | in 

 across. Berries oval, bright red, i in' 

 long. South-Western China. (M L 



r^r.^'^?"""".' f^^ Barres, France.) 

 11 he plant included in the 1908 list 

 as B. yunnancnsis (B. M. t. 8224) is 

 B. diaphana, Maxim.] 



Berchemia flavescens. (Bean, T. Jb 



S. i. 253.) Bhamnaceae. H A 

 climbing deciduous shrub. Leaves 



V,'" ^.TS, 1-2| in. broad, rounded 

 or broadly tapered at the base, nar- 

 rowed at the apex. Flowers Avhite 

 i in. across, produced in pyramidal 

 panicles lt-4 in." long. Himalava, 

 Tibet and Western China. "(J. 

 Veitch & Sons.) 



*^«*"fa araskana. (Bean, T. d- S. l 



4U^{J ft. high. Young shoots thickly 

 covered with viscid worts, glabrous 

 Leaves triangular-ovate, acuminate, 

 *T ^"; ^°^S> 1-2 in. broad, coarsely 

 and often doubly toothed; petiole 

 i-l m. long, reddish. Fruiting cat- 

 kins I-l J m long. Alaska, (/mold 

 Arboretum.) 



'^*>?7 1* ^^ntinalis. {Bran, T. d- S. i. 



■^7.) H. A shrub 15^20 ft. high, 

 or occasionally a tree; bark almost 

 black, not peeling; young shoots 

 resinous, warted. Leaves glandular, 

 broadly ovate, rounded or slisrhtlv 

 cordate at the base, pointed, double 

 toothed, 1-2 in. long, ^H in. broad; 

 petiole i-i xn. long. Male catkins 

 up to 2 in. long. Fruiting catkins 



ix* 14'%- ^^^estern North America. 

 (Arnold Arboretum.) 



(Bean, T. A S. i. 



*Betu!a kenaioa. 



261 ) H. Differs from B. papyrlhra 

 in the fruit-scales being hairy "in the 



margin^ 

 Syn. B. 

 Henry. 



and in the smaller leaves, 

 papyri f era, var. henaka^ 

 Alaska, (Kew.) 



*Betula Wilsonii. (A^ B, 1914, 30.) 



H, A distinct new species^ 6-10 ft. 

 high, remarkable on account of its 

 many-nerved hirsute leaves. These 

 are ovate, |-2J in, long, with 12-22 

 parallel nerves on each side of the 

 midrib. Western China. (Arnold 

 Arboretum; Kew.) 



Bomarea Banksil. {G, C, 19U, Iv. 390, 



f. 176.) Amaryllidaceae- G. Garden 

 hybrid between B. Caldasiana and 

 -S. patacocensis, (Cambridge B. G.) 



""Brachystelma iinearifolium. {K, B. 



1914, 248.) Asclepiadaceae. S. A 

 perennial herb with a tuberous 

 rhizome. Stem erect, branched below, 

 5 in. high. Leaves numerous^ linear, 

 up to 3^ in. long. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary. Corolla purple ; tube very 

 short ; lobes spreading, linear-oblongs 

 about I in. long. Rhodesia. (Kew.) 



Brasso-catlaelia pervenusta. [0, W. 



iv. 208.) Orchidaceae. G. Garden- 

 hybrid between LaeUo-cattleya bletch- 

 leyensis and Brassavola Dighyana. 

 (Charlesworth & Co.) 



Erasso-cattleya Massang:eana. (0. 



W. iv. 162.) Orchidaceae. G. Gar- 

 den hybrid between CattUya Trianae 

 and B.C. Mrs. Leemann. (T. 

 Pauwels, Meirelbeke, Ghent.) 



Brasso-cattleya pervenusta. (0. W\ 



IV. 208.) G. Garden hybrid between 

 Bro^savoJa Digbyana and CattUya 

 Fabia. (F. Sander & Sons.) 



Brasso-cattleya 



214; 0. W. 



hybrid between 



Rex. 



IV. 



(0. 

 235.) G. 



Cattleya 



Bra-^.savola Digbyana. (W. 

 kinshaw.) 



B. 1914, 

 Garden 



Bex and 

 P. Bur- 



Brasso-cattleya sulphurea. (0. B. 



. 1914,368; O. W, V. 57.) G. Garden 

 hybrid between Cattleya GasTcpTliana 

 alba and B.-c. Mrs, Leemann. (R. 

 Ashworth.) 



Brittonastrum ionocalyx. (G. C. 



1914. Ivi. 109, f. 47.) Labiatae. H. 

 or H. H- An erect much-branched 

 herb up to 3 ft. high, having some 

 rcpemblance to Cedronella cana. 

 Leaves deltoid-ovate, cordate at the 

 base, 1^2J in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 

 crenate, purplish beneath when 

 young. Inflorescences terminal, 4-7 in., 

 long, bearing 8 to 14 crowded whorls 

 of rose-pink flowers about 1 in. long^, 

 Mexico. (Edinburgh B, G.) 



