75 



*Oxalis adenophylla. c#. J/, t. 805 1 ; 



ft C. 1906, xl. 14.) Geraniaceae. H. 

 Closely allied to 0. eiineaphylla, from 

 which it differs in having a bulb-like 

 rootstock covered with matted fibres, 

 instead of a rhizome. The flowers are 

 rosy purple and have deeper coloured 

 veins, with a deep crimson centre ; 

 2 or 3 are borne on each stem instead 

 of only one as in 0. enneaphylla. 

 Chili. (Kew.) 



*Palisota Pynaerti. (r. //. 1906, l 



21, t. 2.) Commelinaceae. Very similar 



to P. Barter^ but the ovary is more 



densely velvety. The flowers are pure 



white. Congo Free State. (Brussels 

 B.G.) 



Paphiopedilum affine. (H H. 1906, 



i, 57.) Orchidaceae. S. A new species 

 allied to P. rUlosum, differing, 

 amongst other characters, in the 

 staminode, which forms at the sum- 

 mit a subacute angle. The upper 

 sepal is white on the upper part, green 

 in the middle and at the base, striped 

 with green and spotted with violet on 

 the lower third. Petals and lip green, 

 tinted with violet. Tonquin. 



*Parrya MenziesiL (ft a 1906, 



Cruciferae. H. A 



238.) 



perennial herb 9-12 in. high, with a 

 branching habit. Leaves spathulate, 

 1-4 in. long, covered with a silvery 

 tomentuin. Flowers freely produced 

 in racemes, purple, or rich rose-purple, 

 sometimes flaked with white. Cali- 

 fornia. (Kew.) 



*Passiflora punctata. (#. M. t. 



8101.) Passifloraceae, S. A pretty 

 species with semicircular or lunate 

 shallowly 3 - lobed leaves, blotched 

 with purple, and rather small flowers, 

 having pale yellow sepals and petals, 

 and the segments of the corona yellow 

 at the base and violet ac the apex. 

 This is the true P. punctata, Linn. 

 South America. (Kew.) 



Pennisetum macrophyllum airo- 



purpureum. (Gard. 1906, lxix. 51 ; 

 Jard. 1906, 95.) Gramineae. H. H. 

 A very ornamental grass with elegant 

 deep red-brown foliage and .silvery 

 ro^e spikelets. (Darmstadt B.G.) 



Pescatorea cochlearis. (A". B. 1906, 



33.) Orchidaceae. 8. Leaves oblan- 

 ceolate-oblong, acute, 5-9 in. long, 

 1-1 i in. broad. Scapes horizontal, 

 3-3£ in. long. Sepals and petals 

 elliptic-oblong or oblong, 1} in. long, 

 the lower halves ivory-white, the 



upper reddish maroon. Lip 3-lobed, 

 1 in. long, white, the median lobe 

 bearing a large horseshoe-shaped call us 



ornamented with 17 maroon crests 

 and tubercles. Column maroon. Andes. 

 (Mrs. Ida Brandt, Zurich.) 



Phoenix Menieri. (i?. //. 1906', 375.) 



Palmae. G. A name proposed for a 

 Phoenix grown in the South of Fr»&06 

 under the name of P. senegalensii. It 

 is probably a form of P. *fjh tris or 

 a hybrid between P. sylrestrk and 

 P. cananvmis. (Villa Menier, Cannes.) 



Physaria didymocarpa. {Q. a 



1906, xxxix. 306.) Cruciferae. H. 

 A pretty perennial herb, having a 

 rosette of spathulate leaves covered 

 with a white stellate pubescence. 

 Stems many, leafy, about 3 in. high, 

 each bearing a raceme of bright 



flowers. North - Western 



yellow 

 America. 



(Kew.) 



Picea complanata. (A a i'.k>6, 



xxxix. 146, f. 57.) Conit'erae. H. A 

 new species belonging to the section 

 Omorika, having the blue surface of 

 the leaves uppermost. It is ;i hand- 

 some tree attaining a height of 100 ft. 

 Younger branches glabrous, orange- 

 brown. Leaves about | in. long, 

 linear, acute, somewhat flattened. 

 Ripe cones obiong-cylindrie, narrowed 

 at apex and base, 4-5 in. long : jales 

 slightly convex, transversely oblong or 

 rounded. Western China. (J,\eitch 



& Sons.) 



Picea montigena. (£. C. iooe. xxxix. 



14(5, f. 56.) H. A new specie? having 

 the general character.^ of a Spruce. It 



reaches a height of 60 ft. Older 

 branches grey, the younger slightly 

 setose and of an orange colour. 

 Leaves scarcely } in long. linear, 

 curved, 4-sided. Ripe cones cyUndno- 

 oblong, obtuse, about 6 in. long and 

 2 in broad; scales oblong -ovate, 

 undulate, light brown, flushed with 

 purple. Western China. (J. Veitcn 

 & Sons.) 



Picea orientalis nutans, (If, D. 9. 



1905 212.) H. The branch hang 

 o-racefully without being exactly pen- 

 dulous. (W. F. Niemetz, Tcmesvar. 

 Hungary.) 



Picea pungens aurea. (.V. D. G. 



1<>05 212.) H. A form wi th constantly 

 golden-yellow foliage. (W. F. Niemetz, 

 Temesvar, Hungary.) 



