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very small violet or lilac flowers. The plant attains a height of 

 18 inches, but flowers when only 4 to G inches high. The species 

 has been brought into cultivation by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 

 who presented to Kew the plant illustrated. The handsome 

 Coelogyne is another of Messrs. Sander's introductions from Annam, 

 where it was discovered by their collector, Mr. W. Micholitz. The 

 large flower has yellow or greenish-yellow sepals and petals, and 

 a reddish-brown lip, with a white front lobe marked with sulphur- 

 yellow. The drawing was made from a plant presented by 

 Messrs. Sander. Oldenlandia doUchantha is an annual Rubi- 

 aceous plant from East Tropical Africa, and was discovered and 

 sent to Kew by Mr. M. T. Dawe, Officer in Charge of the Forestry 

 and Scientific Department of the Uganda Protectorate. The 

 white flowers are remarkable for the long slender corolla-tube, 

 the pretty little Shortia uniflora is a native of Japan, and the 

 Kew plants were purchased from a firm of Yokohama nurserymen, 

 lhis species is most nearly allied to S. galaci folia, Torr. & Gr., 



* £ °£ y .. m f°^\ Carolina > and provides one more instance 

 ot the ammty of the Japanese and Eastern North American floras. 



Botanical Magazine for December.-The plants figured are: 

 tnZtJZ Til' U ^ Primula muscarioides, Hemsl., Picea 



scaflef fl?wer S 91 * ? I G f nem 1B , an ornai »ental plant with 

 scarlet flowers Zk-d inches lone, and has Wn in , n iHv^; nn f™ 



many years 



China SL ,f I 8 ? ? l8tinct new s P ecies from Western 



from UOOO to ROmf ; re %V n Dec ? mber > ^04, at altitudes of 

 the smaiHnrnli\T 6et ', The ca P ita te-spicate arrangement of 



of th?Sppe^ce oi ® fr ^^ ^ fl ° Wers S ives * something 



Seffffil^T P i Cm """i****** ™ a native of 



^»^olSS?a m M Mr'ATl T de i SCribed iQ 1003 fr0m 



France Tt u oi» • 1 , Allard s arboretum at Angers in 



andin tha 8 o fTr 'mZ"? f f"" 1 An T n6Bley at Castle wellan, 

 Sussex, w^bLe it has nroZ i L ° der 2 Leona ^8lee, Horsham 

 country The D^ h £^ °2 f* ™ 8 for the fi ^ time in this 

 flowers ; seeds werfcXelAt f T 8 ??. CieB with lar ^ e white 

 Elgon and Kisu^CutT^^^qof 7 f?u\ between Mount 

 raised in the gardeiw^HinSi^ifi* 116 plant fi 8 ured ™» 

 beautiful species. In thl figure L f? ' Worcester - * « a very 

 the spurs bent over bnt fr^m eFB are presented with 



robust specimen U appear that tht ^^ ?*<*<**& of a more 

 scent of the flowers ^fs mor/r^ ^ ! P T ? 0uld be strai g^ The 

 the Primrose, as ZllTttl%^\ n f * e Eu 7 chari8 Li!v * a » « 

 Bornean species allied to Z? ftffi^lii^W"*" is a new 

 differs in having larger flowers wtth a 'n^ k-^ f " from which " 

 It has long slender racemes 2i ^! blCular - not obovate.lip. 

 yellow flowers blotched with Sth ^^ somewhat small, light- 

 in cultivation at Kew since iftn^ 6, The plant ha * &»» 

 Linden of Brussels. The volume or^lT P resented by Messrs. 

 eluded with this mi mho, ?' K. *.^ 6 Magazine, which i« «™_ 



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