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Streptocarpus Kewsasia (S. Rexii x 8S. Dunnii). 
Cross made in 1886, seedlings flowered in 1887. ; 
Habit as in S, Rexii, that is, it forms several leaves to each plant. 
Flower stems numerous, 3-8-flowered, bearing a compact mass of 
flowers as in S. Dunnii. Flowers mauve-purple, with brownie 
purple marking in the throat 
See Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1887, ii., 246, fig. 61. 
Streptocarpus White Pet (8. Rexii x 8. aa 
Cross made in 1886, plants flowered in 1887 
Habit as in S. Rezii; ; leaves 2 or more, 5 7 inches long, 2-3 inches 
broad, Inflorescence 4-6 inches high, bearing 2-5 flowers. 
Streptocarpus Dyeri (8. Dunnii x S. Wendlandii). 
Cross made in 1892, plants flowered in 1894-95. 
Plant movophyllows ; ; leaf 2-3 feet long and 16-18 inches broad. 
Inflorescence an erect, many-flowered cyme, 12-30 inches Pe 
flowers reddish-purple. Figured in Garden and Forest, 1895, fig. 1. 
For further particulars of the Kew hybrid Streptocar pi, see 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1890, viii., 410. 
FAILURES, 
pi des eb : Vallota purpurea. 
Hippeastrum ivia miniata 
Impatiens Oliveri at a 
I. Oliveri x I. Herzo 
Meconopsis aculeata x “U. heterophylla. Seeds from this cross 
ripened and appeared to be good, but did not germinate. 
Ovals enneaphylla x O. ot am 
Primula kewensis x P. floribunda. 
P. malacoides x P. obconica 
Tn nearly every case the reverse cross was also made. 
Among shrubs, failures have been experienced with Hypericums 
and Ericas, not due, however, to any inherent incapability of 
hy bridization in these genera, but to accident or defective 
fertilization, 
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1141, Cliffortia Burchellii, Stapf pce Portions affinis 
C. juniperinae, Linn. £., sed ramulis glaberrimis stricto-erectis, 
gulari-ovatis incrassatis maturis in conum arcte conniventibus stylo 
ceylindrico incrassato differt. : 
Frutex- ramosissimus, erectus ; ramulis s glaberrimis stricto-erectis 
neque divaricatis. Folia trifoliolata, sessilia; foliola subulata, apice 
breviter mucronata, undique glabra, dorse rotundato-carinata, primo 
