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in 1902; the beautiful Oxalis adenophylla (t. 8054), also from 
Chile 5 Deinanthe caerula (t. 8373), a new species of a small 
genus of Leena from Central China, introduced by E. H. 
Wilson first. flowered in this. country at Colesborne; 
pe abe ae (t. 8125), a Loasaceous plant with large 
white flowers, re-introduced from the Argentine side of the 
Andes in 1902; Cereus amecamensis (t. 8277), a fine Mexican 
species with large white flowers, a plant. of which Elwes 
presented to the Kew collection ; though he was much interested 
in the family this is the only Cactaceous plant received from 
him for the Magazine; the handsome Aster diplostephioides 
(t. 6718), with flower-heads 2-3 inches across, seeds of which 
were collected in Sikkim; Shortia yalacifolia (t. 7082), a lovely 
plant concerning which Sir Joseph Hooker wrote :—‘‘ The credit 
of flowering it for the first time in England is due to our 
indefatigable correspondent, Mr. Elwes”; Primula prolifera (t._ 
6732), another introduction from Sikkim, “ which had long been 
regarded as a desideratum”: the singular Castilleja miniata 
(t. 8730), from North-West Meaceas, where it was collected by 
Mr. F. R. S. Balfour; three rather striking Labiatae, namely :-— 
Dracocephalum speciosum (t. 6281), raised by the Rev. H. Harper 
Crewe, from Elwes’s Sikkim seeds; Phlomis spectabilis (t. 8870), 
a handsome beard plant with rose-purple flowers, from 
Kashmir; and Salvia brevilabra (t. 8848), one of Messrs. Veitch’s 
introductions from Western China, and Nothofagus antarctica, var. 
uliginosa (t. 8314). 
e large proportion of petaloid monocotyledons among 
Elwes’s Botanical Magazine plants has already been mentioned. 
About a fifth of the whole number belong to the Orchidaceae, 
and with few exceptions all the Orchids are terrestrial species. 
ines include: Arethusa sinensis (t. 7935), from Western China; 
ownleea caerulea (t. 7309), from South Africa; Calanthe tri- 
phe (t. 8803), from Northern India, Yunnan, and Japan; 
two fine species of Chloraea (tt. 7955 and 8100), tubers of which 
Elwes brought home from Chile and presented to Kew; the 
pretty Coelogyne (Pleione) Hookeriana (t. 6388), from Sikkim : ; 
Cypripedium montanum (t. 7319), from California, and the 
beautiful C. guttatum (t. 7746), from the Altai Mountains ; two 
Species of Disa (tt. 6529 and 7403), from South Africa; Haben- 
aria Elwesi (t. 7478), from the Nilghiri Hills; and the remarkable 
Serapias papilionaceolingua (t. 6255), from Southern France. 
he Scitamineae are: Alpinia Elwesii (t. 8651), an attractive 
plant obtained in Formosa; Hedychium gracile (t. 6638), from 
the mountains of Northern India; the splendid Kaempferia 
Kirkii, var. elatior (t. 81 88), from Rhodesia: and Zingiber Mioga 
(t. 8570), a Japanese species. 
Iridaceae are four charming Crocuses, C. chrysa santhus 
(t: 6162), C. Crewer (t..6168) C. Fleischeri (t. 6176, ff. 5-7). and 
C. Boryi (t. 6187) for the introduction of which we are indebted 
to Elwes; all were collected by himself in Greece or. Asia Minor. 
