78 



i-^ in. long. Flowers solitary or 

 2 or 3 together, appearing with the 

 leaves, pink. Petals oval, 4| lin, 

 long. It differs from the type in the 

 hairs on the midrib and nerves of 

 the underside of the leaves. Central 

 China. (Arnold Arboretum ; Hon. 

 Vicary Gibbs.) 



Pteris flabellata plumosa. (G. C. 



1914, Iv. 363; G. 21. 1914, 434.) 

 Filices. S. A form in which the 

 fronds are often beautifully plumose. 

 (H. B. May & Sons.) 



*Pyrus Meinichii. 



277.) Eosaceae. 



{Bean, T. S S, ii. 

 H. Intermediate 



between P. Aucuparia and P. pin- 

 nati/ida, and probably a seedling from 

 the latter. Introduced about 1904. 

 Norway. (Earl of Ducie.) 



*Quercus Schneckii. [Bean, T. Jb S. 



ii. 324) . Cupulif erae. H. A de- 

 ciduous species sometimes reaching a 

 height of 200 ft. Leaves 6-8 in. long, 

 obovate, 5- or 7-lobed, dark glossy 

 green and glabrous above, at first 

 covered beneath with loose stellate 

 hairs, afterwards glabrous except for 

 tufts of hairs in the vein-axils. Acorns 

 ovoid, up to 1 in. long. Southern 

 and Central I'nited States. Svn. 



Q. texana, Sargent, not Buckley. 

 (Kew.) 



Quercus semecarpifolia. (/, F. H, S. 



xl, 78, f. 26.) H. A tree sometimes 

 reaching 100 ft. high. Leaves almost 

 sessile, usually elliptic, prickly- 

 toothed, often about 3 in. long and 

 2 in. broad, lasting till a month or 

 t wo before the new ones appear. 

 Acorns solitary or in pairs, ripening 

 in the second year. Cupule hemi- 

 spherical, about i in. across, covered 

 with closely appressed tomentose 

 scales. Himalava and Western China. 

 (J. S, Gamble.) 



Quercus vaccinifolia. (Bean. T. Jc S. 



ii. 306.) H. Closely allied to Q. 

 chn/solrpts, of which it is Sometimes 

 regarded as a variety. A shrub up 

 to 4 ft. high, with small oval mostly 

 entire leaves, covered beneath with 

 a pale grey scurf. Introduced in 

 1909. Oregon and California. 



Renanthera pulchella. (A. 5. 1914 



213; G. M. 1914. 574.) Orchid 

 S. A new species with a general 

 resemblance to i?. Im-^choofiana, but 

 Its flowers are only about half the 

 size and are diiTerent in structure 

 They are yellow, with the side lobes 

 of the lip and the upper half of the 

 • petals crimson. Burma. (A. A 

 Peeters & Co., Brussels.) 



n- 



Rhododendron Barclay!. [G. C, 1914,. 



Iv. 191.) Ericaceae. H. Garden hybrid 

 between S. Aucl'landii and R, Thorn- 

 sonii, (R. Fox.) 



w ■ 



Rhododendron burmanicum. [K, B. 



1914, 185.) G. Distinguished from 

 B. formosum by the leaves being 

 very densely scaly on the upper side. 

 Leaves oblanceolate or subobovate- 

 oblanceolate, 2^-3^ in. long, up to- 

 in. broad. Flowers terminal, 

 5 or 6 together, greenish - white,, 

 very sw^eet-scented. Slount Victoria^ 

 Burma. (Glasnevin B. G.) 



^Rhododendron crassum. (A'. B. 



1914, 201 ) H. ? Very closely allied 

 to R, Machhni, differing from the 

 typical ioi'm of that species by its 

 larger calyx-lobes. Its flowers are- 

 creamy white to rosy w^hite, funnel- 

 shaped, 3 in. long, 4 to 7 together 

 ir\ a terminal cluster. South-Western 

 China. (Bees, Ltd.) 



"Rhododendron discolor. {K. B. 1914, 



383; Bean, T. <b 8, ii. 353.) H. A 



yigorous - growing plant, sometimes; 

 20 ft. high. Leaves oblong, 8 in. 

 long, 2^ in. broad ; petiole purple, 

 stout, up to Ij in. long. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, 6- or 7-lobed, 3-^—3 in. 

 across, w^hite tinged with pink or 

 sometimes distinctly rosy pink. 

 Stamens 12 or 14. Similar to R. 

 Fortunoi^ but the leaves are cuneate, 

 not cordate, at the base, and the 

 margins of the calvx are ciliate. 

 Central China. (J. Veitch & Sons,) 



''Rhododendron Faberl. {K. B. 19U, 



384.) H. A distinct species, reach- 

 ing a height of about 20 ft. Young- 

 shoots covered with a brown rather 

 loose felt. Leaves hard and stiff, 

 ovate-oblong to oval, 3-8 in. long, 

 1-4 in. broad, glabrous above, at 

 first reddish-tomentose beneath, after- 

 w^ards almost glabrous ; petiole ^1 in. 

 long, brown-tomentose. Flowers 6-13,. 

 in trusses 3 in, across. Corolla cam- 

 panulate, 1^-2 in. across, white or 

 white spotted with red. Western 

 China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



^Rhododendron fastigiatum. (G. C. 



1914, Iv. 257; G. AL 1914, 290; ^. ^. 

 1914, 51.) H. A very dwarf plant, 

 allied to R. infriratum^ flowering- 

 when only 4 in. high- Leaves closely 

 crowded, overlapping, ovate, J— | in. 

 ^o'^gj i-J in. broad, covered with 

 rusty dots. Flowers bright lilac-rose, 

 \-\ in. across, in 4~5-flowered ter- 

 minal heads. Western China. (G. 

 Reuthe; J. C. Williams.) 



^Rhododendron grande 



{G. C. 1914, Iv. 239.) 



hybrid. (Kew.) 



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