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obtained from the fine specimen referred to. Rhododendron coom- 
bense, Hemsl., is described as a new species belonging to a group of 
very closely allied forms in which R, concinnum, Hemsl., is included. 
Rolfe, a new species from Sumatra, is a curious an pretty little 
plant, with pale purplish flowers umbellately arranged on a slender 
scape which is decurved at the apex. e figure was prepared 
from a plant which was received from the Brussels Botanic Garden 
in 1908. : 
Botanical Magazine for November.—'‘I'he plants figured are : 
Magnolia Delavayi, Franch., Pieris jJormosa, D. Don, Cotoneaster 
moupinensis, Franch., forma floribunda, Stapf, Cephalotaxus 
drupacea, Sieb. et Zucc., and Kitchingia uniflora, Stapf. The — 
Magnolia is an evergreen species, native of China, where it was 
collected in Yunnan for Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, who presented 
a plant to Kew in 1902. This flowered in July 1908, providing the 
material for the illustration, At Kew and at Coombe Wood it 
to as Andromeda formosa. It is a native of India and China. The 
figure was prepared from a plant raised from seed received from 
the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, in 1902. _It has now 
reached a height of 4 feet, and flowered profusely in May, 1908. 
Cotoneaster moupinensis comes from Western China where it was first 
collected by the Abbé David in 1870, and later af correspondent 
of Mr, . Wilson when 
is title Dr. J. C. Willis, 
Iture in the Tropics—Under this title 
Dino of the Royal Ppotanié Gardens, Ceylon, om ee 
published an elementary treatise on em pai hg ae 
work is divided into four parts. Part I deals with soul, : 
