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p. 31). In 1907 Mr. Elliott was invalided home from Nigeria 

 owing to a serious illness. He appeared to have made a complete 

 recovery, and was reported as fit to return to duty. On the 6th of 

 March, however, he fell ill with influenza, followed by double 

 pneumonia, which proved fatal. 



Botanical Magazine for March.— The plants figured are Sinningia 



Regina, Sprague, Gypripedium debile, Reichb., Pyrus Aria, Ehrh., 

 var. majestica, Prain, Berber is acuminata, Franch., and Rom 

 Willmottiae, Hemsl. The Sinningia was introduced as a chance 

 seedling from Brazil by Mr. de Smet-Duvivier, of Ghent, and 

 under the name of Gesneria Reginae was exhibited in flower at 



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It is an ornamental 



plant both on account of its leaves and its large pale violet flowers. 

 The Kew plants were raised from seed distributed by Messrs. 

 Benary, of Erfurt. Gypripedium debits is a curious little plant 

 with small, pale green and white flowers slightly marked with 

 brown and purple. It is a native of Japan and is found also in 

 several localities in Western China. In this country it may be 

 grown out of doors. Roots were purchased for Kew from the Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Company. The variety of the handsome Pyrus Aria, 

 which is distinguished by its larger leaves and flowers, is believed 

 to be of garden origin. The material figured was obtained from a 

 tree which has been cultivated for many years in the Kew Arbo- 

 retum. Berberis acuminata is a native of Yunnan and Western 

 Hupeh, China, and has been introduced into cultivation by 

 Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, who supplied the material for the 

 drawing. It is allied to B. Wallirhiana, DC, but has narrower 

 and more acute or acuminate leaves, with more numerous, longer 

 and more spiny teeth. The flowers are bright yellow and are 

 borne in fascicles of 2 to 15. Rosa Willmottiae is an exceedingly 

 pretty species belonging to the section China > no meae, and was 

 described first in the Kew Bulletin, 1907, p. 317. It was raised 

 by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons from seeds collected for them 

 by Mr. E. H.Wilson, in the Sangpan mountains, near the Tibetan 

 frontier of Western China, at elevations of 9,500 to 11,000 feet. 

 Its nearest ally is R. Webbiana, Wall. 



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Botanical Magazine for April.-The following plants are figured 

 £L % Mv . lhe *r Brttophyllum BinmndijW, J. J. Smith; 



kaempferia Ktrkn, K. Schum., var. elatior, Stapf ; Saxifraga 

 STTSi ^p** ww inopinatum, Prain ; P and Olearia 

 of Java Jk Irk T 5 6 Vei 2 8trikin S Bulbophyllum is a native 

 in almost al? i? I Tr B ' E ™ s oni, Kraeuzl., in being larger 

 Pbnt frtf w£l ar k ¥«***• F ' Sander & Sons, who grew the 

 vear's TemX 4n ^ d / awin * was made > exhibited it at last 



Considered identical S t. ^ °J ? £ 0t the tw0 specieS Bhou i d b " 

 a ,wi mMO '!" , dl ; , x he beautiful Kamwferia was drawn from 



specimens presented tateHJW tt 1 *"^ 



the plant from Hip \1\ \ vT' , ' Elwes » F.R.S., who ol 



ne piant tiom the neighbourhood of Salisbury, Rhodesia 



It is 



