71 



e 



broad panicle. Corolla purpl 

 inside, yellow outside, funnel-shaped, 

 i in. long. Fruit globose, black. 

 Western China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



nonicera Delavayi. {Bean, T. S S. 



ii. 41.) H. A climber belonging to 

 the same group as L, japonica. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 2-5 in. 

 long, £-2 in. broad, glabrous above, 



grey-felted beneath; petiole J-J in. 

 long. Flowers in axillary pairs at 

 the end of the shoot, forming a kind 

 of panicle, fragrant. Corolla pale 

 yellow ; tube slender, 2 in, long ; 

 limb 24ipped, the larger lip | in. 

 long. Syn. L, simUiSy var. Delavayi, 

 Rehd. Central and Westei'n China. 

 (M. L. de Vilmorin, Les Barres, 

 France.) 



Lonicera mupinensis. [PL WIU, i. 



138; (7. C. 1914, Iv. 373.) H. Bush 

 about 4 ft. high. Leaves variable in 

 shape, often elliptic-obJong or 

 oblong, 2^ in. long; petiole 2J-4 

 lin. long. Flowers 2 together on 

 long peduncles, dark red, small. 

 Western China. (Arnold Arbo- 

 retum; Hon. Vicary Gibbs.) 



^Lonicera trichosantha. 



S. ii. 



[Bern, T. S 

 59.) H. A deciduous vigorous 

 species forming a rounded dense 

 leafy bush. Leaves oval to obovate, 

 1-2 in. long, ^IJ in, broad ; petiole 

 h-i in. long. Flowers pale j-ellow, a 

 deeper shade when fading. Corolla 

 i-| in. long, hairv outside. Berries 

 red. Western ' China, (Arnold 

 Arboretum-) 



Lonicera yunnanensis, var. tenuis. 



{Bean, T. A S. ii. 59.) H. A low 



creeper, with slender glabrous stems. 



Leaves oblong or narrowl}' obovat-e, 



smaller than in the type in which 



they are 1^-3 in. long and about ^ as 



broad; upper pair or pairs connate, 



bearing the sessile flowers in their 



axils. Corolla yellow, |-1 in. long. 



South-Western China. (J. Veitch & 

 Sons.) 



Lyslonotus Willmottlae. (0, C. 1914. 



Ivi. 17, 100.) Gesneraceae. G. A 

 dwarf shrub with ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves and lilac-blue flowers If in. 

 long, resembling those of a Pentsfe' 

 ^on. China. (Miss Willmott.) 



Wammlllaria consplcua. {M. K. 1912, 



163; 1914, 37, f.) Cactaceae. G. 

 Stem simple, cylindric - globose, 

 nearly 6 in. high. Tubercles very 

 much crowded, conical, about J in. 

 long :- juice not milky. Areolae small, 

 subelliptic, the younger sparingly 

 ^•oolly but soon naked. Radial spines 

 1&-25, rigid, up to about i in. long; 



central spines 2, up to 5 !in. long, 

 somewhat curved. Flowers unknown. 

 Fruits cylindric-clubshaped, car- 

 mine - red. "^lexico (Darmsta<it 

 B.G.) 



Mammillaria Ciirkeana. (M. A. 1914, 



52, f.) G. Stem simple, depressed- 

 globose, about 2i in. high and 3J in. 

 broad, pale to dark green. Tubercles 

 thick, rounded at the apex, about 

 I in. long and | in. broad. Eadial 

 spines 7, subulate, straight, strong, 

 up to f in. long, 3 or 4 much more 

 slender than the others ; central 

 spines 2 or 3, very thick, f-f in. long. 

 Flow^ers unknown. Mexico. (F. De 

 Laet) Contich, near Antwerp.) 



MasdevaIHa curtipes. (G. C. 1914, 



Ivi. 143; 0. B. 1914, 237.) Orchid- 

 aceae. G. A near ally of M. in- 

 fracta, differing in having very short 

 scapes which are only about a third 

 as long as the leaves. It is a free- 

 flowering pretty species with a rosy 

 purple perianth, yellowish at the tips 

 of the segments. Brazil. (F. Sander 

 & Sons.) 



*Mazus reptans. (B. M. t. 8554.) 



Scrophulariaceae.- H. A new species 

 which was exhibited in 1913 under 

 the name of M. rugosus [G. C. 1913, 

 liii. 158. 190, 210, f. 94), from winch 

 it is quite distinct. It is a tufted 

 perennial herb 1-2 in. high, with 

 prostrate stems which root at the 

 nodes. Leaves lanceolate, |-1 in- 

 long, including the petiole, few- 

 toothed. Kacemes erect, l|-2 in. 

 long, few-flowered. Corolla unequally 

 2-lipped, about f in. long, purplish- 

 blue, blotched with white, yel ow 

 and red-purple on the lower hp. 

 Himalava. (Wargrave Plant Farm.) 



*Meoonopsis rudis. [B. M. t. 8o68.) 



Papaveraceae. H. A monocarpic 

 herb with a simple scapose prickly 

 stem U-3 ft. high. It ^j close y 

 alli<-d to M. acukafa, but differs in 

 having entire or nearly entire leaves 

 and flowers with always more, than 

 4 petals. Western China. (Arnold 

 Arboretum; Kew.) 



»Heliosma Beaniana. ((^f- ^^'^^ "• 



006 ) Sabiaceae. H. Differs from 



In the other species of the genu, m 

 having the flowers in axiUary ULtead 



of terminal panicles. II is a very 

 Eandsome tree mth pinnate leaves 

 6-14 in. long and small precocious 

 white flowers'^ Central and W estern 



China. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



•Mesembryanthemum fulviceps 



B 1914 167.) Ficoideae. U. 

 bodies obconical, truncate, 



(A'. 



Plant- 



1-2 in. 



h. 



