82 



Central China. (Arnold Arboretum ; 

 Hon. Vicary Gibbs.) 



Smiiacina paniculata. {B, M. t. 



8539.) Liliaceae. G. A glabrous 

 erect herb. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 long-acuminate, 6-6 in. long, 1^ in. 

 broad above the base. Panicle ter- 

 minal, 2\ in. long and broad, alto- 

 gether snowy white. Flowers about 

 1^ in, across, Guatemala and Southern 

 Mexico. (F. Sander & Sons.) 



Smilax Sieboldii. [Bean, T, <£? S, ii. 



518.) Liliaceae. H, A deciduous or 

 semi evergreen species. Stems round 

 or somewhat ribbed, more or less 

 armed with slender prickles. Leaves 

 ovate, cordate at the base, 1^-3 in. 

 long. Flowers green, 4-7 in small 

 umbels. Introduced in 1908 or before. 

 Japan and South China. 



Sophro-laelJo-cattleya Herbertii. (G, 



C. 1914, Iv. 201.) Orchidaceae. G. 

 Garden hybrid between Sopliro-Jarlia 

 heatonensis and Cattleya F. W. 

 Wigan, (H. S. Goodson.) 



Spathoglottis pulchra. [0. B. 1914, 



17.) Orchidaceae. S. A plant with 

 this name is in cultivation, but no 

 description is given^ and it is uncer- 

 tain whether it is 5. pulclrra, Schlech- 

 ter, from the Bismarck Archipeiaeo. 

 (Edinburgh B. G.) 



^Stapelia Leendertziae. 



8561.) 



t. 



Asclepiadaceae. G. -A re- 

 markable species, differing from all 

 other Stapelias except S. nohilts in 

 having a campanulate corolla with 

 a distinct tube, 2-2^ in. long, instead 

 of a flat saucer-shaped one. The 

 corolla is dull dark purple, shortly 

 hairy outside and furnished with 

 long purple hairs inside. Transvaal. 

 (W. E. Ledger; Kew.) 



'Stewartia monadelplia. {Bean, T. 



<b S, ii. 553.) Ternstroemiaceae. H. 

 A deciduous shrub or small tree. 

 Young shoots at first clothed with 

 fine hairs. Leaves oval or ovate- 

 oblong, lJ-4 in. long, f-lf in. broad, 

 at first hairy on both sides, becoming 

 nimost glabrous ; petiole |-J in, long. 

 Flowers solitary and axillary, 1-1^ in. 

 across, white, fragrant. Distinguished 

 from 5. Pscudo-camdHa by the hairy 

 shoots and leaves. China and Japan 

 (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



*Streptocarpus Banksll, {G, C, 1914, 



Ivi. 192, f. 75.) Gesneraceae. G. 

 Gaj-den hybrid between 8. Wend- 

 landii and a plant of hybrid orimn. 

 (Cambridge B. G.) 



Streptocarpus BIythinii. ((?. C. 1914, 



Ivi. 258, f. 104.) G. Garden hybrid 

 between 8. WendJandii and S. cyanea, 

 (Cambridge B. G.) 



*Styrax Veltchiorum. {Bean, T. S 8, 



ii. 560.) Styracaceae. H. Tree 

 12-15 ft. high, covered on the young 

 shoots, petioles and calyx with a 

 close grey stellate pubescence. Leaves 

 lanceolate, remotely and shallowly 

 toothed, 3-5 in. long, |-1 in. broad; 

 petiole l-l in, long. Flowers white, 

 nearly 1 in. across, forming slender 

 panicles 4-8 in. long at the ends of 

 the current season's growths. Cen- 

 tral China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



*Syring:a alborosea. 



187.) Oleaceae. H. 



S. 



1914, 



to 





base, 2-3^ m. 



{K. 



Shrub, up 

 10 ft. high. Leaves elliptic, 2^ in. 

 long, 1-2 in. broad, sparingly pubes- 

 cent on both sides ; petiole up to f in. 

 long. Inflorescence terminal, erect, 

 2-5 in. long. Corolla-tube 4^5 lin. 

 long, pale rose ; lobes l^-lj lin. long, 

 ovate, w^hite. China. (J. Veitch & 

 Sons.) 



*Tilia pauclcostata. {Becm, T. (h 8. 



ii. 594.) Tiliaceae, H. Most closely 

 resembles T. cordata in general ap- 

 pearance. It has glabrous young 

 shoots and very obliquely ovate 

 leaves, conspicuously and fairly regu- 

 larly toothed except at the apex and 



long and 1^-2^ in. 

 broad, sometimes much larger. It 

 is believed to be in cultivation under 

 the erroneous name of T. Miqiie- 

 liana, var. chinensis. Western 

 China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



^Tillandsia Benthamlana, var. An- 

 drieuxii. (B. M. t. 8576.) Bromeli- 



aceae. S. A succulent almost stem- 

 less hei^b. Leaves densely clustered, 

 ovate-lanceolate at the base, ensiform- 

 acuminate above, 6 in. long, i jn- 

 broad at the base. Scape 3-6 in. 

 long. Inflorescence spicate, oblong, 

 3 in. long. Flowering-bracts ovate 

 with rounded tips, rose-pink, white- 

 scaly, I in. long. Flowers 11 in. long, 

 deep violet. Costa Rica and Mexico. 

 (Kew.) 



n 



*Trichocaulon pictum. {B. M. t. 



8579.) Asclepiadaceae. S. Stem sub- 

 ;lobose or cvlindric-oblong, 1^-3 m. 

 ong, 1^2 ''in. thick, very blunt, 

 sparingly branched at the base, 

 irregularly tubercled. Flowers 2-4 

 together in fascicles, erect. Corolla 

 i in. across, whitish but marked 

 with many close-set purple dots and 

 short streaks. Coronas yellowish and 

 purple. Little Namaqualand. (Kew\) 



