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DncJdium Ottonis. {Orchis, 1914, 57, 



f. 11.) G. A new species very closely 

 allied to 0. concolor, but it has 

 smaller and shorter pseadobulbs, the 

 leaves are dark green instead of pale 

 green, the flowers are somewhat 

 larger, the sepals are marked with 

 elongated blotches of brown-red or 

 brown-purple near the distinctly 

 xindulate marginj and the lip is much 

 more undulate and has a longer claw. 

 South Brazil. (0. Bevrodt, ^larien- 

 felde, Berlin.) 



Oncidium patulum. [Orchis, 1914, 



18, col. t.) G. Described as a new 

 species of the section Miltoniastrum, 



and allied to 0, Cavendishianum, its 

 flowers being similar in colour but 

 smaller. The inflorescence is spread- 

 ing, 5-7 in. long, paniculate, 20-30- 

 flowered. Flowers fleshy, about 1 in. 

 across. Probably Brazil. (Dahlem 

 B. G.) [0. naman-j Lindl. ; 0. R. 

 1915, 39.] 



Oncidium raniferum, var. Binoti. 



(B. M. H. N. 1913, 532.) G. Dis- 

 tinguished from the type by the 

 smaller not emarginate lip, Brazil. 

 (Paris B. G.) 



*0steomel88 Schwerinae. (Bean, T, 



Jb S. ii. 113, f.) Rosace?.e, H. This 

 is the plant figured in B. M. t. 7354 

 as O, anthyllidi folia, from the typical 

 form of wtich it differs in its smooth 

 fruit, less hairy calyx-lobes, and 

 usually narrower leaves. Western 

 China. (Paris B. G. ; Kew.) 



^Osteomeles subrotunda. (Bean, T. 



cf' S. ii. 114.) H, Distinguished 

 from 0. Schwerinae by its stunted 

 branches, slow growth; and smaller 

 obovate leaflets. Japan. (Paris B. G. ; 

 Kew.) 



Dthonna pachypoda, {G. C, 19U, hi. 



27, f. 14.) Compositae. G- A new 

 species remarkable for its short stout 

 stem and slender trailing branches, 

 the latter having a smooth pale brown 

 bark. Leaves linear - spathulate or 

 linear -oblanceolate, 11-2^ in. long. 

 2-4 lin. broad. Flower-heads 2 or^3 

 together, yellow, with usually 5 ray- 

 florets and about 15 disc-florets 

 Sonth-West Afric:i. (Cambridge b! 



G.) 



•Pachysandra axillaris- [Benn, T, 



tfc S. ii. 118.) Euphorbiaceae. H. 

 An evergreen semi - woody plant' 

 Stems ^10 in. high. Leaves Z-% 

 near the apex of each stem, ovate, 

 coarsely toothed in the upper part' 

 2^ in. long, 1J-2| in. broad. Flowers 

 white, borne in erect axillary spikes 

 1-1 in. long, South-West China. (J. 

 . Veitch & Sons.) 



orientale x somnlferum 



Papaver 



(G. C. 1914, Ivi. 208.) 

 H. Garden hybrid. 



Papaveraceae 

 (A. Perry.) 



*Pelargonium transvaalense. [G, C. 



1914, Iv. 102, f. 47.) Geraniaceae. 

 G. A pretty species with a knotty 

 or gnarled rootstock and herbaceous 

 stems about 2 ft. high, covered, as 

 well as the leaves, with short more 

 or less glandular hairs. Leaves few^, 

 3-5-angled, the largest 7 in. across-; 

 petiole up to 10 in. long. Peduncles 

 6-9 in. long. Umbels few-flowered. 

 Pedicels \^ in. long. Flowers pale 

 pink, Ii in. across. Transvaal. 

 (Cambridge B. G., where it was pro- 

 visionally named P. Thorncroftii.) 



*Pentstemon isophyllus. (Haage S 



Schmidt, Cat. 1914, 197, f.) Scro- 

 phulariaceae. H.H. Plant 2i-3| ft. 

 high, with long erect inflorescences 

 of beautiful carmine - red flowers 

 striped with white inside. Mexico. 

 (Haage & Schmidt, Erfurt.) 



*Phellodendron chinense. (Bean, T. 



& S, ii. 131.) Rutaceae. H. Allied 

 to P. jaijonicum , but the leaflets are 

 longer, more oblong-lanceolate, and 

 the fruit-clusters are only 1-2 in. 



broad and 2-3^ 



Central China. (J- 



in. long, and are 



nearly sessile. 

 Veitch & Sons.) 



""Philadelphus incaiius. [Bean, T. <fc 



S, ii. 135, f.) Saxifragaceae. H. 

 ShJub up to 6 ft. high or more. 

 Leaves ovate or oval, finely toothed, 

 2J-4 in. long, 1^-21 in. broad, much 

 smaller on the flowering twigs ; 

 petiole up to \ in. long._ Flowers 

 white, fragrant, about 1 in. across, 

 opening in the later half of July. 

 Central China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



*Photmia Davidsoniae. [PL WiU. 



i. 185; Bmn, T. ^^ S. ii. 144.) Rosa- 

 ceae. H. A very handsome^ ever- 

 green tree, most closely allied to 

 p. serrulata. but distinguished by its 

 shorter petioles, downy inflorescence, 

 and smaller flowers and fruit. Cen- 

 tral China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



Pierls Forrestii. (V. P. G- Edinh. viii. 

 196.) Ericaceae. H. A very graceful 

 shrub differing from P. for/nosa m 

 several minor characters. It has a 

 much more pendent habit; the leaves 

 are often peculiarly reflexed along 

 the branches; the pedicels are sIctl- 

 derer, with narrower bracts ; the 

 sepals are whitish, and the corolla is 

 different in shape. Syn. GauUh^na 

 Forrestii, Hort. , not of Diels. 

 South-Western China. (Bees, Ltd.; 

 Edinburgh B. G.) 



