by the late Mr. Franchet 
complete material now ava 
two are conspecific. 
8<nts«urrft rillosa. Franch. in Jnum. de But., Vol. II. (1888), 
p. te6 = Saussurr,< hirrarioid^ Hook. til. in VI Br. Ind. III. ;; 7 1. 
S. hieracioides, Hook, fil., was founded on a single gathering 
from Tungu in Sikkim, and named with reference to the radical 
leaves which recall those of H. pifosella, Linn. 
Franchet based his .V. /v/W, on a Yunnan plant, No. U Abbe 
IMavay. which he . J i ^t iu-n ishv.l from X. hlei-ncinides by the heads 
(in ri/lnsa) being smal lei-, and by the long bristles of' the recep- 
tee. In all the examples then known, an. 1 in a plant collected 
heads in a rather close irregular co 
Hupeh, which Mr. Hemsley has ref 
has root leaves nearly a foot in leng 
fastigiately for abont the last five 
(Tachienlu) show the gradation in 
plainly, and there can be no doubt t 
above as well as No. 370 Son lie b 
species. I can find no difference i 
seem to vary in the same capitulum. 
of the European Cent an, -en nigra, L 
Hab. Alps 
Botanical Magazine for June— The plants figured are Mn.jifi;,, 
'turnnficort, Sch. Hip.. Ghtdinhn '/„■;, rudhi "■<. Bak.. and Rh>«l,. 
The Mat/ nut/a is a distinct species, native of .laj.an and China, 
valued in the former country for its timber and in China for the 
tonic medicine prepared from its bark and flowers. The latter are 
large, creamy white or white, and are pn.du.-ed when the leaves are 
nearly mature. The Kew plant, now about 14 ft. high, was raised 
from ^>i'>\ received fnun a Japanese nursery in IS'.H). d'oniusri/jj/tn 
i s a Liliaceous genus of the tribe A*pidi*t mtr. <i . pi«ni, t nid>'s. the 
"idy species, is a native of the Eastern Himalaya. Mr. W. Bull, of 
Chtdsoa. first introduced it into cultivation, and he presented a 
plant to Ivew about the year 1886. The Gerhcra is a fine sp.-eies 
from Natal and the Ti-ansvaal, having flower-heads '2-:> inches in 
. ray-florets bright Mood-re. 1 above and yellow beneath. 
s a tropical African species remark- 
