Heretics Gigas. (B.S. B, F. 1908, 
. H, 1904, 577.) Scitamine. 
late, 1 , &- 
violet-purple when young, afterwards 
een ; les 5 ft. lo Spike 
cylindric, 33-43 in. long, borne on a 
mg pubescent peduncle Biswerk in 
ight pai Sepals lin. long, 
Ww 
Ww ov ry yellow. : Tropical America. 
(Paris B. G.) 
Calathea nigricans. (7. 8S. B. = 
1903, 588 ; ra 1904, a £; 235.) "8: 
A eaves 
oe 
es 34 ft. 
Peduncle 1 te tang "elaroue. 
oblong, 
(exserted 
spike 
part) gp ee 1 in, si 
— dark — 
above, white wards th 
Tropical i (Paris B. @). 
—— Volkensii. (Gartenweit, 
: 5 races, 
in. broad, 
sath. yellow. 
Caton: East Afr ta Berlin BG) 
er ta ep dag e cblard. 1904, 
309.) L ul 
Flowers: seraw-coloured, ac 
ver n the r surface 
with ae ifiky- aaboline tinted hairs. 
Petals rounded, hooded. It has been 
suggested chat this plant is a hybrid 
between C. Benthami and C. siete. 
(R. Wallace & Sexe. 
*Caltha elata. 
CG. W. 1904, 666.) 
“6 egy seri H. Stems re =~ ft. 
Leaves similar to those of C. 
in wir but they are usually areas. 
more 
bps 
t in July; 
ra are canes yellow with orange- 
coloured filaments pond black anthers, 
Himalaya. (Kew.) 
oe exoner ge 9 pact en 
; R.A. ) 
var reptioan 3} ft. high, “with 
69 
quadrangular stems producing nume- 
rous aérial roots. Leaves nearly ovate, 
34 in. long, pessoa ng sy veined with 
red at the base, ciliate; petioles red. 
Flowers red, afterwards leks 7k 
across. East Tropical Africa. (Berli 
B: G:) 
“Campanula amabilis. (B. 7. 
1904, 339.) or amen H. F 
ft. high. 
bs t 
Kurdistan ; Persia, 
Erfurt.) [| C. phyctidocalyw, Boiss. | 
Campanula pal ge Baar ae 
( Gartenwelt, viil. ee form 
with very fine tn e wae 
(G. heeds, iocedack, eens 
Campanula eee ape acaulis. 
ate viii. 570.) H. An almost 
stemless with very large cower. 
(G. aod Reristev!, Germany.) 
ee a (G. M. 1904, 
4, xxxvi. 191; Gard. 
1904, ne aT6. "ofT, f, A’ garden 
hybrid be mn C, pyramidal a alba 
and (. carpatica. (G. Ferguson 
ee eee. pe see 
t:) ie 
tween rs pms a and C. 
carpatica var. turbinata. (T. H 
Archer- Hind.) 
Capsicum annuum gage (G 
90 M. 1904, a 
de 
leaves, ‘oO Gurney Fowler 
Caragana br hig var. crasse 
aculea 
e pe 
; Fiore: 
res, France 
Caralluma affinis. (7.5. H. 7.t.167; 
M. K, 1904, 191.) Asclepiadacer. G. 
Stems tetragonal, mo 
pressed, furnished with conical usually 
opposite protu ces. ers 2-6, 
in fascicles, shortly pedicellate. Corolla 
7% lin. in diam., pale gr tside, 
reddish-purple striped with yellow 
ide, Western Medite 
(Sir T, Hanbury, La Morto 
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