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Centiana rhodantha. {G, C. 1914, 



Iv, 15.) H. A vigorous-growing 

 species with a bushy habit and pink- 

 white fringed flowers. Yunnan, 

 China. Edinburgh B. G.) 



Centiana rigescens. (<3. C. 1914, Iv. 



15.) H. A very floriferous late- 

 flowering species with a bushy habit 

 and persistent stems and leaves. 



Flowers violet-pink. Yunnan, China. 

 (Bees, Ltd.) 



*Centiana septemfida, var. lagode- 



chiana. ((;. C. 1914, Ivi. 232, f. 92.) 



H. Stems ascending, 6-8 in. long, 

 each bearing 2 to 4 flowers which are 

 solitary on short pedicels in the axils 

 of the upper leaves, instead of being 

 in a head at the summit of the stem, 

 as in the type. The flowers are about 

 If in. across and are deep blue, with 

 a paler throat and green or greenish- 

 yellow spots- Eastern Caucasus. 

 (Kew.) 



Geranium Schiedeanum. [M, G. Z, 



1914, 361, f.) Geraniaceae- H. ? 

 RootStock thick and fle3hj% Basal 

 leaves long-stalked, softly hairy, 

 usually 1-2 in. across, trisect, with 

 pinnately lobed segments. Stems 

 prostrate, branched, slender, leafy, 

 rather long. Flowers usually 2 

 together on long pedicels, reddish- 

 violet to blue-violet with a paler 

 reticulation, about as large as those 

 of G, sanfjuineum, but flatter and 



with narrower petals. Mexico. (Darm- 

 stadt B. G.) 



"^Claucidium palmatum. {G. C. 1914, 



Iv. 337.) Ranunculaceae. H. Plant 

 rather slender, 1 ft. high or more. 

 Leaves rounded, the lower long- 

 stalked, the uppermost sessile, 

 pahnately lobed and coarsely serrate, 

 cordate at the base, the largest 6 in. 

 across or more. Flowers solitary, 

 2-3 in. across, with 4 broad mauve 

 sepals and yellow stamens. Japan. 

 (A. Perry.) 



^Clobularia incanescens. 



Ivi. 69, f. 29.) 

 dwarf perennial 



(G. C. 1914, 



Selaginaceae. H. A 

 Leaves in a com- 



pact rosette, evergreen, oval, \ in. 

 long; petiole thin, J-f in. long. 

 Flowermg-stems 2 in. high, leafy, 

 bearing globose pale blue flower- 

 heads rather more than \ in. across. 

 South Europe. (Glasnevin B, G.) 



•Congora grossa. 



Orchidaceae. S. 



(5. .1/. t. 8:362.) 

 Pseudobulbs clus?- 



tered, ovoid, 8-angled, 2-2| in. long. 

 Leaves elliptic or obovate-elliptic 



&'12 



Ion 



Scapes curve 

 long, bearing 



2^-3^ in. broad! 



, pendent, 



long 



li-2 ft. 

 many - flowered 



18 in. high. Leaves 



open racemes. Flowers yellowish or 

 whitish, with numerous red and 

 purple spots. Sepals oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 1-1 in, long. Petals falcately 

 incurved, about \ in long. Lip 

 clawed ; limb narrow, fleshy, 5- 

 lobed. A re-introduction ; it was in 

 cultivation in 1877. Ecuador. (Kew.) 



""Habenaria procera. (0. 7?. 1914, 



278.) Orchidaceae. S. Plant about 



lanceolate- 

 oblong, very undulate, produced on 

 the lower part of the stem. Racemes 

 12-30-flowered. Flowers white, with 

 the tips of the sepals and spur 

 green. Lip 3-lobed ; side-lobes 

 filiform. Spur about 4 in. long, 

 pendulous. A re-introduction ; it 

 was in cultivation in 18S5. See BoL 

 Beg. t. 1858. West Tropical Africa. 

 (Kew.) 



Haberlea Austinii. [G. C 1914, Iv. 



411.) Gesneraceae. H, This was 

 formerly regarded as a variety of 

 H. Ferdinandi-Cobergii to wdiich it 

 is apparently closely allied. It 

 appears to be a free grower, and 

 has lilac or violet and white flowers. 

 (Cunningham, Eraser, & Co.) 



""Hibiscus Waimeae. {B. 3L t. 8547.) 



Malvaceae. G. A tree up to 25ft. 

 high. Leaves broadly elliptic-ovate 

 or suborbicular, toothed, 3^8 in. 

 long, 3-7 in. broad ; veins purplish. 

 Flowers solitary in the upper axils. 

 Bracts 6-8, linear-subulate, about 

 i in, long. Corolla white ; limb 

 spreading ; segments about 4^ in. 

 long. Syn. //. AmoUtanuSy H. 

 Mann. Hawaiian Islands. (Kew.) 



Hippeastrum (Habranthus) Efwesil. 



(A^ B. 1914, 330.) Amaryllidaceae. 

 G. Leaves appearing with the 

 flowers, linear, acuminate, concave, 

 lOj in. long, 2^ lin. broad. Peduncle 

 cylindrical, 2-flovered. Perianth a 

 clear yellow, blood-red inside the 

 tube ; tube funnel-shaped, scarcely 

 1^ in. long ; lobes subspreading, 



elliptic, 1| in, long. Argentina. (H. 

 J. Elwes.) 



Huernia transvaalensls. [K. B, 1914, 



249.) Asclepiadaceae. G. Re- 

 sembleii //. guttata, but the tube of 

 the corolla is furnished inside with 

 purple hairs, the lobes are dark 

 purple, with yellow lines at the base, 

 and the lobes of the interior corona 

 are recurved at the apex. Transvaal. 

 (Dep. Agric, Pretoria.) 



^Hypericum laeve rubrum. [G. C, 



1914, Ivi. 16.) Hypericaceae. H.? 

 A free-flowering "shrubby species, 

 with sparingly leafy brown twiggy 



