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•country it is particularly abundant in the province of Plumthiet 

 (Binh-tang), where Loureiro had already noted it in 1790, under 

 the name of " Cay Cu-chi," which is still actually the Amiamit 

 name of this species in all Indo-China. The port of Bangoi 

 exported before the Avar about 15 tons collected in this region, 

 and bought by Chinese and German merchants. The Scientific 

 Institute is taking means at the present time to recover the trade, 

 and will make known the result later. j. u. n. 



Viburnum Carlesii, var. syringiflora.*— -1 rohi about the 



beginning of May of this year, one of the most charming beds of 

 flowering shrubs at Kew has been that of Viburnum Carlesii, by 

 \ the side of a path leading from greenhouse No. 4 to the old rock 



j garden. This beautiful Corean shrub combines with its 



! delightful clusters of pink-white flowers a most agreeable scent, 



j and as an indication of the " hit " this species has made on the 



I horticultural mind, one need only turn to the pagfes of the 



gardening periodicals, where it has been frequently described and 

 > figured during the month of May for the last few years. Mr. 



Beckett, in the "Gardeners' Chronicle" for May 6th, 1916, 



p. 242, writing in praise of V. Carlesii, says: "Unfortunately 

 there are two varieties in existence, one of which is much inferior 

 to the other." This inferior variety, together with the true 

 form, has recently been forwarded to Kew by Messrs. Robert 

 Veitch & Son, of Exeter, with the request that the poorer form 

 should be given a distinctive name, in order that it may be dis- 

 tinguished in trade. It differs from true V. Carlesii in its 

 less hairy leaves, which are also probably more fully developed 

 at the time of flowering than are those of the type, its laxes and 

 smaller flowers with much smaller spread of corolla limb, and 

 according" to Messrs. Veitch, there is also some difference in habit. 

 As pointed out, it is desirable that this plant should be named, 

 and I therefore describe it here as F. Carlesii, var. syringiflora, 

 from the general resemblance of the flowers to those of a lilac. 

 That this plant deserves only varietal rather than specific rank- 

 seems probable, because it does not appear to have been gathered 

 yet in a wild state. Probably Mr. E. H. Wilson, who has lately 

 Ibeen travelling in Corea, may hare met with it. J. &- 





Botanical Magazine. — The following: plants are figured in 

 the number for January, February and March: — Rhododendron 

 auricula turn, Hemsl. ft. 8786), from Central China; Isabella 

 virginulis, Rodr. (t. 8787), a native of Brazil; Ipomoea dasy- 

 spenna, Jacq. (t. 8788), from Tropical Asia and Africa; Rhodo- 

 dendron callvmorphwm, Balf. f. & W. W. Sm. (t. 8789), from 

 Yunnan; Aloe concinna, Baker (t. 8790), from Zanzibar; 

 Primula chasm ophila, Bnlf. f. (t. 8791), a native of Bhutan; 

 BulhophijUinn robust!fm, Rolfe (t. 8792), a native of Madagascar ; 



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* Viburnum Carlesii, Tar. syringiflora, HatchuiBOn, var. nov. ; a typo foliis 

 sub anthesin bene evolutis parce stell tto-puberalis, inflorescentiis laxis. 

 corollae limbo multo minore et habitu differt. 



