81 



An elegant species with handsome 

 flowers. Western China. 

 Arboretum.) 



(Arnold 



""Rubus trianthus. (Bean, T. db S. 



ii. 469.) H. A deciduous shrub of 

 wide-spreading habit, differing from 

 most species in being quite glabrous. 

 Stems erect, much branched, prickly, 

 blue-white, 4-6 ft. high. Leaves 

 ovate to triangular, more or less 

 3-lobed, 3-6 in. long, If^i in. broad. 

 Flowers pinkish-white, insignificant. 

 Fruit dark red. Central China, f J. 

 Veitch & Sons.) 



*SaIJx Pierotii. {Bean, T. & S. ii. 



487.) Salicaceae. H. A compact 

 much branched shrub up to 6 or 8 ft. 

 high. Leaves rather crowded, lance- 

 olate, finely and regularly toothed, 

 2-5 in. long, J-lx in. broad, brilliant 

 deep green and soon quite glabrous 

 above, vivid blue-white and at first 

 somewhat silky beneath, later gla- 

 brous; petiole i-i in. long. Catkins 

 leafy at the base, 1-2 in. long. Sta- 

 mens solitary, rarely 2. Introduced 

 about 1903. Japan. 



Salvia longlstyla. {B. M. t. 8590.) 



Labiatae. G. Plant reaching a height 

 of 14 or 15 ft. Leaves petiolate, 

 cordate-ovate, 3-51 in. long, 2-4i in. 

 broad. Racemes 15-25 in. long. 

 ^ lowers 8^16 in each whorl. Corolla 

 long-exserted, red-pink, rather more 

 ynan 1 m. long. A re-introduction ; 

 It was in cultivation first about 1833. 

 ^yns S rectiflora, Vis., S. arif=f„Iatn, 

 Mart. & Gal. JMe.xico. (Dr. Robert- 

 son-Proschowsky, Nice.) 



SansevFeria intermedia. 



ISl-t, 83.) Liliaceae. S. 



species very similar to S. cyUndrica, 



but the leaves are " 



{A'. B. 

 A new 



edc? 



es of th 



channelled, the 



hcX " , ""® channel being acute 

 oeimv and obtusely rounded above. 



itish East Africa. 



IQU ?.!^ ocymoldes alba. [R. H. 



ophyllaceae. H. A form with pure 

 0?/;! f^"^^^* '^hich may be propa- 



duied by crossing a white-flowered 

 out sterile form with 5. ocymoides 

 ,'^sicoloT. (Vilmorin - Andrieux & 



Co. 



Paris.) 



{G. C. 1914 



Sarcanthus robustus. 



narinJi ,?• -^ "^w species with 

 W^jy oblong leaves a'bout 6 in. 



crefm tlu * ^^^'-Aowered spike of 

 S^^I^'K '« bl"sh-white 

 '" 'V^^^ claret-purple. 



-^- C. Rothschild.) 



(H 



on 



flowers 

 Borneo. 





^Sassafras Tzumu. (Bean, T. d- S. 



ii. 501.) Laui-aceae. H. A tree 

 reaching a height of 50 ft., dis- 

 tinguished from 5. officinale by some 

 small differences in the structure of 

 the flower, by having glabrous shoots 

 and leaves and a different habit of 

 growth. Central China. (Kew.) 



Saxifraga cinerascens. {N. B. G. 



Edinh. v. 142, t. 98; G. C. 1914, Iv. 

 15.) Saxifragaceae. H. ? A densely 

 tufted plant 2-4 in. high, with few- 

 leaved 1-3-flowered stems, covered in 

 the lower part with black glandular 

 hairs. Basal leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 3|^-5 lin. long, horny on the mar- 

 gin, loosely ciliate, bristle-pointed. 

 Flowers golden - yellow. Yunnan, 

 China. (Edinburgh B. G.) 



T- 



Sedum Cockerellii. (G, C. 1914, Iv. 



67.) Crassulaceae. H. I A small 

 not very conspicuous species with 

 white petals and bright pink styles. 

 New Mexico. (T. D. A. Cockerel!, 

 Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.) 



*Sedum rariflorum. [K. B. 1914, 



208.) H. Allied to S, algidum, but 

 well distinguished by the loosely- 

 branched stems, 1-flowered branch- 

 lets, spreading sepals, and somewhat 

 bristly - pointed petals, which are 

 white, oblong-lanceolate, and nearly 

 i in. long. North China. (Kew.) 



*Sempervivum ciliosum. {K. B. 1914, 



379.) Crassulaceae. H. A new species 

 related to S, Braunll, but it is easily 

 distinguished by the much denser 

 rosettes almost flat at the apex, and 

 the distinctly longer hairs of the 

 leaves. Country not recorded. (Kew; 



Cambridge B. G.) 



Senecio Purdomii. [K. B, 1914, 327.) 



Compositae. H. Stem erect, round, 

 densely yellow - pubescent. Leaves 

 radical, broadly orbicular, cordate at 

 the base, regularly toothed, about 1 ft. 

 long and 1^ ft. broad; petiole long. 

 Infl'orescence paniculate; branches 

 densely tawny - pubescent. ^ Flower- 

 heads obconical, up to § in. long, 

 about i in. across. Florets all tubu- 

 lar. North-West China. (J. Veitch 

 & Sons.) 



Sinomenium acutum, var. clnereum. 



[PI inY.%i.387;G^. <7. 1914,lv.3<3J 

 Menispermaceae. H. A pretty climb- 

 ing plant with shining green leaves 

 and stems. Flowers inconspicuous. 

 It differs from the typical form in 

 having the leaves pilose above, then 

 glabrescent, and softly pilose and 

 ilaucous beneath. Sj-n. Coccidu. 

 divemfolius, var. cinereus, Dieis. 



