69 



about 2\ in. long, etch bearing two 



oblong leaves] 8-10 in. long. Inflores- 

 cence pendulous, about 16 in. long. 

 Flowers pale; yellow, purple-spotted, 

 almost the e me in size us those of G 

 truncata. ^Colombia. (0. Bey rod t, 

 Marienfelijfe, near Berlin.} 



Gurania malacophylla- (B. M. t. 



8085.) Cucurbitaceae. S. This is 

 the correct name of the plant included 

 in the list of 1904 as G. eriantha. It 



differs from the true G. en ant ha, 

 Cogn., by having a capitate instead of 

 a spieate inflorescence. 



*Habenaria triquetra. (jr. b. 1906, 



87.) Orchidaceae. G. Plant 12-18 in. 

 high, somewhat glauoous. Radical 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long : 

 stem-leaves oblong or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 2] -4 in. long. Raceme about 10- 

 flowered, with f oliaceous bracts. Sepals 

 10 lin. long, light green. Petals and 

 lip about as long as the sepals, white. 

 Ovary triquetrous or almost 8 -winged. 

 Shan States. (Kew.) 



*Haplocarpha scaposa. r&. a 1906, 



*L 122, f. 49.) Compositae. H. ! A 

 stemless herbaceous perennial resem- 

 bling an acaulescent species of Arctot is. 

 heaves lanceolate to elliptic, 3-9 in. 

 *^ n J?i 1-3 in. broad, more or less 

 obtusely toothed or sometimes nearly 

 entire, green above, covered with a 

 wmte felted tomentum beneath, 

 peduncles |-2$ ft. long, white-tomen- 

 tose, leafless, bearing a solitary radiate 

 clear yellow flower-head, l£-2i in. 

 across, having a woolly involucre. 

 Jouth Africa. (W. E. Gumbleton ; R. 

 £• Beamish.) It appears to have been 

 &rst introduced in 1894. 



*Hedysarum multijugum var. api- 



CUlatum. (/y. m. t. 8091.) Legu- 

 minosae. H. Differs from the type 

 in the leaves, which have fewer leaflets, 

 glabrous on \,he upper side, and api- 

 culate. It has been in cultivation for 

 a ] ong time as H. multijugum. Central 

 A »ia. (Kew.) 



Hemerocallis fulcitrina. (G.awos, 



?' I *-) Liliaceae. H. A garden 

 hybrid between II. .fulva maculata and 

 -«. cUrim. (C. Sprenger, Naples.) 



Hemerocallis fulva var. Cypriani. 



t . ••' H. A distinct variety, dwarf er 



Th a type and more Poriferous. 

 Z*? A fl °wers are coppery red with a 



»nu centr e, and a well-marked 

 -.omen li ne down the middle of the 



jJJJJ® * 8 ' Central China. (C. Sprenger, 



Hemerocallis fulva var. hupehensis. 



(6?. C. 1906, *L 159 ; Jl. T. 0. 1306, 



205.) H. Flowers very bright 

 coppery red, with a yellow throat, the 

 segments very reflexed and undulating. 

 Central China. (C. Sprenger, Naples.) 



Herpetospermum g r a n d i fl o rum. 



QB. S. B. B. xlii. 231.) Cucurbitaceae. 

 H. An annual climbing herb, pro- 

 bably dioecious. Leaves on very long 

 stalks, broadly ovate-cordate, to 4 \ in. 

 long and 4J in. broad, more or less 

 angular. Male flowers 8-6 at the apex 

 of a peduncle 3-5 in. long, with larg» 

 golden-yellow petals. Female flowers 

 solitary or in pairs, very shortly 

 stalked, slightly smaller than the 

 male. Fruit greenish. 7- or 8-ribbed. 

 densely hairy, about 2J in. long. 1J in. 

 broad. Central China. (ViJmorin- 

 Andrieux & Co., Verrieres-le-Buisson. 

 France.) 



Heuchera sanguinea maxima. 



(R. II. B. 1906, 208, f. 41.) Saxi- 

 fragaceae. H. A very vigorous 

 variety, with large panicles of large 

 deep crimson flowers. (Haage & 

 .Schmidt, Erfurt.) 



Hoodia CurrorL (£. a 1906, xi. 62, 



f. 27.) Asclepiadaceae. S. AStajwlia- 

 like plant, with a leafless stem 1-2 ft. 

 high and 2\ in. or more in diam., 

 bearing 12 longitudinal ridges, each 

 consisting of 30 confluent spine-tipped 

 mammae. Flowers 5 in. across, saucer- 

 shaped, dull rosy - lilac with dark 

 radiating lines and covered with soft 

 hairs inside, paler and glabrous out- 

 side ; they are odourless and last 

 about a month. Portuguese West 

 Africa. (Kew.) 



Impatiens Holstii hybrida. (i?. II. 



1906, 488.) Geraniaceae. G. or H. H. 

 The following forms, obtained by 

 hybridising /. Ilohtii and L iSidtani, 

 are enumerated -—albo-maculata. albo- 

 rosm, atrovwlacea, carmiiiea, cinna- 

 bar ino-aurantiaca. (Haage & Schmidt, 



Erfurt.) 



*Iris demavendica. (£. c. 1906, 



xxxix. 364.) Iridaceae. H. A distinct 

 dwarf species belonging to the Cushion 

 Irises. Stems about 6 in. high, each 

 bearing 2 large rich claret-red flowers. 

 The standards are paler, and the falls 



veined with lines of a 



are richly 

 deeper shade. 

 (Kew.) 



Demavend 



