66 



violet-purple beneath. Inflorescence 

 terminal, narrow, 7£ lin. long. Spike - 

 lets in pairs, the lower female and the 

 upper male. Male flowers with 2 

 stamens 

 known. 



only. Native country un- 

 (Kew.) 



Dicliptera Niederleiniana. (J. s. 



IL T. v. 153, t. 198.) Acanthaceae. 

 G. A subshrubby plant with rather 

 slender pubescent stems. Leaves 

 stalked, oval, up to 3 in. long and 

 \\ in. broad, rounded at the apex, 

 densely pubescent. Flowers about 

 \\ in. long, several crowded together 

 in a terminal paniculate cyme. Ar- 

 gentina. (L. van den Bossche, Tirle- 

 mont, Belgium.) 



Dictamnus caucasicus. (R. h. B. 



1906, 254, f. 59.) Rutaceae. H. This 

 is described as being very much 

 prettier than D. albus. Its flowering, 

 stems are very straight and are more 

 than a yard high. Caucasus. 



*Disa erubescens. (o. it, i9or>, 69.) 



Orchidaceae. S. Plant more than 

 1 ft. high, bearing in the wild state 

 racemes of 5-8 flowers. Flowers large 

 and handsome, somewhat resembling 

 in colour those of D. grandiftora. 

 Dorsal sepal obovate-spathulate, \\ in. 

 long ; spur linear, 5 in. long. Lateral 

 sepals spreading, oblong, 10 lin. long. 

 Petals erect, auriculate at the base, 

 extending upwards into a linear lobe. 

 Lip linear, £ in. long. Eastern Tropical 

 Africa. (Kew.) 



*Dissotis modesta. (K. B. 1906, 78.) 



Melastomaceae. G. Stem slender, 

 sparingly setose. Leaves oblong, to 

 1| in. long, acute, minutely serrulate, 

 hirsute on both sides. Flowers few, 

 crowded at the ends of the branches. 

 Petals obovate -elliptic, to \ in. long. 

 Stamens blue-purple, reddish and 

 yellow. Style purple. Uganda. (Kew.) 



*Distylium racemosum. (G C 1906 



xxxix.422; xl.303,f. 120.) Hamamei- 

 ldaeeae. H. A shrub with flexuose 

 branches. Leaves alternate, shortly 

 stalked, leathery, oblong, about 2 in. 

 long and ) in. broad. Flowers in short 

 axillaiy racemes, about ! in. lon^ 

 Sepal >, oblong. Petals absent. Sta- 

 mens 5 with purple anthers. Japan. 

 (T. Smith, ^ewry.) 



Dolichos pseudopackyrrhizus. 



{ N \ *£; 23 ? ? « Leguminosae. G. 



tt ? J 1 " P l ant ^ a lar 2 e tuberous 

 rootstoek Stems long, round or 



angular. Leaves long-stalked. 3-folio- 



late ; leaflets very variable in shape, 

 the lateral often ovate or elliptic and 

 the terminal broadly rhomboid, 3^-8 in. 

 long, 2J-7 in. broad. Flowers small, 

 chiefly violet-blue, in racemes ^-1 J ft. 

 long. Tropical Africa. (Berlin B. G.) 



*Draba elata. (G. a 1906, xxxix. 



363.) Cruciferae. H. A tall-growing 

 biennial. During the first year it 

 forms a rosette of spathulate leaves, 

 from which arise in the following 

 spring stems about 1 ft. high, 

 sparingly leafy, and bearing heads of 

 bright yellow flowers. Himalayas. 

 (Kew.) 



Echinocactus Kurtzianus. (Jf, x. 



1906, 55.) Cactaceae. G. A new 

 species differing from E. Mostii in 

 having 8 radial spines instead of 7, and 

 white flowers reddish at the base. 

 Argentina. (Berlin B. G.) 



Echinocactus Mostii. (J/, k. 1906, 



11.) G. A new species allied to E. 

 multifloriis, Hook. Stem simple, 

 depressed- globose, 2^-3 in. high, un- 

 armed at the summit, 11-11 -ribbed. 

 Spines 7 radial and 1 central. Ovary 

 glabrous, furnished with <s 10 scales. 

 Flowers small, pale red. Argentina. 

 (Berlin B. G.) 



Echinopsis Fiebrigii. 



B. 



(V. n. iv. 



1«4 ; M. K. 1906, 25; f. ; Qfl. 1906,' 49.) 



Cactaceae. G. A new species. Stem 

 simple, depressed-globose, nearly 4 in. 

 high, 6 in. broad, tubercled and not 

 armed at the summit, with 18-24 

 crenate ribs. Spines 8-10 radial and 

 1 central, all curved, strong, yellowish 

 when young, sometimes marbled. 

 Flowers white, nearly 8 in. long. 

 Bolivia. (Berlin B. G.) 



Echinopsis Hempeliana. (if. K. 



1906, 94; B. K. t. 85.) G. Stem 

 ellipsoid, rounded above, up to about 

 6 in. high ; summit flattened, furnished 

 with a dense pale yellow wool ; ribs 

 20, straight. Radial spines 8-12. 

 unequal, 5-15 lin. long ; central spines 

 3 or 4. up to 2 in. long. Flowers about 

 3 in. long, funnel-shaped ; segments 

 lanceolate, cinnabar-red, of a different 

 shade at base and aj>ex. Native country 

 unknown. (F. Fobe, Ohorn, Germany.) 



*Eleutherococcus Simoni, (Jf. D. G. 



1905, 12.) Araliaceae. H. Very closely 

 allied to /;. senticosvs, but the stem 

 and branches are furnished with sharp 

 strong spines instead of long fine 

 prickly bristles. (Simon-Louis Freres, 

 Plantieres, near Metz.) 



