guished from all the other known 
cies by i 
9 in, broad ; petiole up to 24 in. long. 
i not 
(Trinity Coll. 
) 
*Paeonia obovata. (G. C. 1915, lvii. 
94. anunculaceae, H 
across. re-introduction. Man- 
churia and China. (J. C. Allgrove.) 
Phaius villosus, var. longibractea- 
tus. (B. M. H. N. 1914, 356.) 
ing broad clear maroon blotches 
-Inside and 4 crests of golden-yellow 
airs. Mascarene Islands. (Paris 
B. G. ) 
Phalaenopsis sumatrana_ alba. 
(O. W. v. 146.) Orchidaceae. 
side lobes. (LL. Schmid, Sourabaya, 
Java.) 
Piptanthus tomentosus. (NV. B. 
Edinb. vii, 16, 97; Bees, Cat. No 
5, 9.) Legumi 
Shrub 3-5 ft. high. Leaves and 
young stems covered with white 
silky hairs. Flowers golden-yellow, 
in erect racemes. It is de- 
Scribed as being better in every way 
than P, nepalensis, Western China. 
(Bees, Ltd.) 
Pleione diantha. (Orchis, 1915, 44, 
PY. G.  Nearl 
g 
d has 6 instead rows of cilia 
on the front Sepals and petals 13 in 
long, white. T, p ut as 
spots. . 
Hennis, Hildesheim, Germany.) 
(K 
Pleurothallis Purpusii, (Orchis, 1915, 
49, t. 4, ff. 1-6.) G. Plant tufted, 
3 
65 
about 4 in. high. Stems flexuose, 
Pee ile Leaves lanceolate, subacute, ~ 
2 in. long, 34-42 lin ; 
Raceme 4-6-flowered, Flowers only 
e 
lip and tips of the sepals dark purple. 
Mexico. (Darmstadt B. G.) raise nes 
Pleurothallis rhynchoglossa. (Orchi 
1915, 91, t. 6, ff. 8-15.) G. Plan 
3-6 in. high, tufted. Stems slender 
terete, rigid, 1-leaved. Leaves sessile, 
lanceolate - elliptic, in ng, 
Spikes up to 10 lin long, loosely 
2-38- flowered Fl carcely 
moderately large h us, 
Polypodium Dryopteris plumosum. 
(G. C. 1915, lviii. 187, f. 63.) Filices. 
H. Fronds broader than in the type, 
appearance. Westmorland. (T. G 
H. Eley.) 
Polystachya Hamiltonii. (WV. 2B. G. 
Edinb. viii. 347, rchidaceae. 8. 
greenish-yellow flowers. igeria. 
(Edinburgh B. G.) 
*Posoqueria densiflora. (G. C. 1915, 
lvii. 806, ff. 100-101.) Rubiaceae. 
slender, about 7 in. long. Brazil. 
(Kew.) : 
*Potentilla eriocarpa. (V. 2B. G. 
Edinb. vii. 157; Bees, Cat. No. 48, 
1914-15, 9.) Rosaceae. H. A 
shrubby plant 4-8 in, high, nearly 
tilla fruticosa, var. albicans. 
ir Wils. ii, 302. H. Leaves 
loosely adpressed-villose above, ay 
tomentose and whitish beneath. 
Outer sepals elliptic, mucronate, 
about as long as the inner. Otherwise 
similar to the common form. Western 
