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Begonia calabarica. (K. b. 1906, 20.) 



Begoniaceae. Stem short, prostrate. 

 Leaves peltate, obliquely and broadly 

 cordate-ovate, 2-3 in. long and broad, 

 glabrous above, ciliate-fimbriate on 

 the margin, at first softly hirsute on 

 the veins beneath ; petioles l£-2 in. 

 long. Peduncle about 1 in. long, few- 

 flowered. Male flowers of 2 elliptic- 

 rounded sepals about £ in. long, red, 

 yellow, and golden. Female flowers 

 of 2 sepals, smaller than the male but 

 similar. Calabar. (Kew.) 



Begonia Cayeuxi. 

 6. A 



variety 

 lucid a. 



(R. II. 1906, 534.) 

 garden hybrid between a 

 of B. semjyerjl ovens and B. 

 (Cayeux & Le Clerc, Paris.) 



Begonia elatior. ( g. a 1906, xl. 297.) 



G. A garden hybrid between B. 

 socotrana and a variety of the tuberous- 

 rooted section. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



'Begonia gracilis luminosa. ( Gard. 



1906, lxix. 115.) G. A variety with 



dark foliage and large dark scarlet 

 flowers. 



'Begonia Poggei. (r. //. 1906, i. 157. 



t 10.) S. A tall slender plant with 

 stalked ovate-elliptic leaves slightly 

 oblique and cordate at the base, 

 flowers very small, apparently white, 

 ni axillary fascicles. Congo. (Brussels 



'Bellevalia lycaonica. (G. 



h. 



210.) Liiiaceae. 

 nym of Ifyactntlnis lineatus. 



C\ 1906, 

 A syno- 



*Berberis acuminata. ( Veitch 1 x. 



1906, 2, f.) Berberidaceae. H. An 

 attractive evergreen shrub with arching 

 branches; young wood bright red. 

 Reaves senile, lanceolate, 3-5 in. long, 

 1 in. broad, acuminate, spiny along the 

 margins, dark green. Flowers bronzy- 

 yellow, on slender stalks, clustered in 

 the axils of the uppermost leaves. 

 Antral and South- West China. (J. 

 Veitch & Sons.) 



■ 



Beschorneria pubescens. (G. C. 



1908, xl. 350, f . IZX.) Amaryllidaceae. 

 **• A new species characterized by 

 having pubescent flowers. It is a 

 rather small stemless plant. Leaves 

 hnear-lanceolate, 24 in. long, 2 in. 

 broad, glaucous, finely toothed. In- 

 florescence 4-5 ft. high, rather slender, 

 with a bright red scape. Flowers 

 fascicled in the axils of ovate bracts, 

 about 2* in. Ion 

 yellow. 



Mexico. 

 La Mortola.) 



6 j 



green, fading to 

 (Sir T. Hanbury. 



Bifrenaria Fuerstenbergiana. 



(Orch. i. 25, f. 12.) Orchidaceae. G. 

 Pseudobulbs ovoid-conical, quadran- 

 gular, 2-3 in. loner, 1 -leaved. Leaf 

 oblong-elliptic, asute, including the 

 short petiole 8-10 in. long. Raceme 

 loosely 2- or 3-flowered. Sepals 

 oblong, obtuse, nearly 1J in. long, 

 yellow-green, the lateral forming at 

 the base a straight spur about f in. 

 long. Petals rhomboid-elliptic, yellow- 

 green, tinted with violet inside, as 

 long as the sepals. Lip 3-lobed, about 

 If in. long, with a glabrous shortly 

 3-lobed callus running from the base 

 to the middle. Brazil, (Baron von 

 Fuerstenberg, Schloss Hugenpoet, near 

 Mintard, Germany.) 



'Bonatea Ugandeae. (J. of if. 1908, 



liii. 451; 0. C. 1906, xl. 878.) 

 Orchidaceae. G. A new species 

 resembling a Habeiiaria in its 

 curiously shaped flowers and long 

 spurs. The flowers are light green 

 with white column. Uganda. (Kew.) 



Brassocatlaelia 



balarucensis. 



Orchidaceae. G. 

 between Laelio- 



(O. R. 1906, 135.) 



A garden hybrid 



Cattle ya Schllleriana and Rrastarola 



Bight/ana. (F. Denis, Balaruc les 



Bains, Herault, France.) 



Brasso-cattleya Digbyano- 

 Forbesii. (O. R. 1906, M0.1 



Orchidaceae. G. A garden hybrid 

 between Brmsavola Digbyana and 

 Cattleya Forbesii. (Major G. L. 

 Holford.) 



Brasso-laelia fladosa. (O. R. 190*, 



286.) Orchidaceae. G. A garden 

 hybrid between Brasmvola nodosa 

 grandiflora and Laelia Jlata. (J. 

 Colman.) 



Brasso-laelia Lellieuxii. (Jard. 



1906, 48: /. II F. 1906 30; O.R. 

 1906, 60.) G. A garden hybrid 

 between Laelia anceps and Brassavola 

 Bujbyana, (C. Maron. Brunoy, 

 France.) 



•Buddleia asiatica. (6 a JjjOjJ, 



xxxix. 82, 106, f. 44; Card liWb. 

 lxix. 89, f.) Loganiaceae. I*. A 

 bush about S ft. high tomentae on 

 the young shoots, underside of the 

 l2ve<. and on the inflorescences. 

 £ lanceolate, 4-8 in. long tody 

 serrate Flowers white, small, fra- 

 Sntin long ^rrow termnial 

 Lanes. East Indies : wanner parts 

 „# China (J. Veitch & Sons.) [Ke- 

 StSed. ( It was in f^-Jj- 

 1874, but was lost See B. M. t. b323. J 



