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Eastern Australia. (Sir T. Hanbury, 

 La Mortola.) [See G. C. 1894, xv. 37, 

 f. o. Syns. A. Mottmna, Hort. and 

 A. cdastn folia, Hort. not of Benth.j 



Acalypha hispida ramosa. rjard. 



1906, 99.) Euphorbiaceae. S. A 



variety in which the inflorescences 

 arising j n fc h e axilg of the uppern]0sfc 



leaves are branched. (Pare de la Tete- 

 d Or, Lyons) 



Acer insigne Wolfii. ( jf. d. g. 1905, 



210.) Sapindaceae. H. Leaves 10 in. 

 long and nearly as broad, red on the 

 under side and glabrous even when 

 young. Caucasus. 

 Sehwerin, 



G ermany.) 



(Fritz Graf von 

 Wendisch - Wilmersdorf, 



* 



Compositae. H. 



AcerNegundoSchwerini. (j/.d. g. 



90o, 2 1 2.) H. Leaves green, densely 

 whitish. - marbled, or when young 

 necked and striped with a rosy colour : 

 petioles long, reddish. 



Acer saccharinum chlorocinctum. 



(«. //. 1906, 128 ; M. D. G. 1905, 209.) 

 «. Leaves greyish green, with a 

 clearly defined margin of dark green. 

 (L. Gebbers, senr., Wiesenburg, Ger- 

 »iany.) [ = A. dasycarpuvi, Ehrh. 



Achillea Sieheana. (jr. B. 1906, 73.) 



A very fragrant 

 undershrub 2-2i ft. high. Leaves 

 sessile, linear-oblong, the longest 1 in. 

 l°ng, minutely serrulate. Flower- 

 head* 3 or 4, very small, arranged in a 

 corymb at the apex of the branches. 

 * lorets all ligulate, 7 or 8, very short, 

 golden-yellow. Asia Minor. (Kew.) 



Adenia lobata. (r. if. 1906, i. 182, 



"•."•) Passifloraceae. S. A climbing 

 Plant, with rounded leaves 4-5 in. 

 across, and axillary fascicles of pale 

 peenish yellow flowers about 1 in. 

 long. ^ Calyx tubular - campanulate, 

 wuh 5 slightly spreading acute lobes, 

 tropical Africa. (Brussels B.G.) [Syn. 

 MoiUcca lobata, Jacq.] 



Adonis vernalis alba. (J. of if. 



W06, Hi. 39.) Kanunculaceae. H. A 

 variety with white flowers. (S. 

 Arnott.) 



Aechmea gigas. (#. M. t. 8107.) 



Kromeliaceae. S. Allied to A. 

 ■Lalindei, with which it has been 

 united, but it diiiers in having the 

 Jarge crimson bracts furnished with 

 very numerous sharp teeth. Its leaves 

 are about 3 ft. long. Peduncle nearly 



tneo 



a foot long, bearing a dense spike of 

 white and pale green flowers. Prob- 

 ably Brazil. (Kew.) 



Aerides virens Sanderae. (G. a 



1906, xl. 36; G. M. 1906, 480.) 

 Orchidaceae. S. A form in which 

 the flowers are pure white. (F, 



are 

 Sander k Sons.) 



Ailantus glandulosa pendulifolia. 



(B, H. 1906, 545, f. 206.) Simaru- 

 baceae. H. The leaves, which attain 

 a length of nearly 5 ft., have a 

 drooping habit, and do not possess the 

 characteristic disagreeable odour of 

 those of the type. (Barbier k Co., 

 Orleans.) 



Alocasia Bayeriana. (<9. G. ,:. 



1906, 52, f. 13.) Araceae. S. A 

 garden hybrid between A. oupr§a and 



A. Sanderiana. 



*Aloe laxiflora. (G. c. 1906, xxxix. 



ISO.) Liliaceae. G. A new species 

 characterized by the very lax arrange- 

 ment of the flowers, horizontal bracts 

 and pedicels, a long vertically pendu- 

 lous perianth which is 1^ in. lon«r, 

 orange-red in the lower part, light 

 yellow at the apex, with a greenish 

 keel to the outer segments and a 

 brown margin to the inner. The plant 

 described has a stem about 4 ft. high, 

 and produced a raceme 3-4 in. long. 

 Cape Colony. (Kew.) 



Aloe Winteriana. (jr. a: 1906, 82.) 



G. A garden hybrid between ^* 

 arbor e*ce7i# var. fruteacem and A. 

 Salmdtjcku(fia. 



Alpinia longepetiola. (B.s.b.f. 



liii. 134.) Scitamineae. S. A new 

 species of robust habit, growing about 

 * 6 ft. high. Leaves elliptic, the upper- 

 most broadly linear, up to 1 1 ft. long, 

 <U-4£ in. broad ; petiole long, seivi- 

 terete, winged at rhe apex. Flowers in 

 a termi nal panicle, white or rose, purple- 

 spotted. Calyxaboutiin.long. Corolla- 

 lobes about £ in. long, I-1J lm. broad. 

 West Tropical Africa. (Paris B. G.) 



*Alyssum saxatile luteum. (Jard. 



1906 29 ; B.Il 1906.511.) Cruciferae. 

 H Distinguished by its dwarf habit 

 and pale yellow flowers. (M. Herb, 

 Naples.) \=A.sax<it;leYar. ettrtnunt^ 



Androsace Henryi. tf*r*-™ w > 



lxix. Snppl. June 2, [4j.) Pnmu- 

 laceae EL A very distinct species 

 with almost Ervchera-like leaves and 

 heads of white flowers. Central China 





(J. Veitch ft Son*.) 



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