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Picea pungens flavescens. (jf. d. g. 



1905, 212.) H. Tho foliage on the 

 parti of the plant most exposed to the 

 light is of a whitish-yellow colour. 

 (W. F. Niemetz, Temesvar. Hungary.) 



*Platylepis australis. (#. b. 1906, 



378.) Orchidaceae. G. Stem as- 

 cending, leafy. Leaves ovate, 2-4 in. 

 long, 15-21-nerved; petiole \\-2 in. 

 long. Scapes erect, 6-12 in. long, 

 bearing an oblong or elongated many- 

 flowered raceme 2-5 in. long. Flowers 

 small, green, with the upper half of 

 the lip white. Natal. (Kew.) 



Platylepis densiflora. (x. B. 1906, 



378.) S. Differs from P. australis in 

 having narrower sepals, the lateral not 

 reflexed in the middle, narrower 

 petals, and a lip not constricted in the 

 middle. Mascarene Islands. (Kew.) 



Tleione yunnanensis. (B.m. t. 8106 ; 



G. C. 1906, xxxix. 115; 0. B. 1906. 

 81, f. 10: J. of H. 1906, lii. 251, f.) 

 Orchidaceae. G. An elegant little 

 plant flowering before the leaves 

 appear. Flowers 2J in. across, on 

 erect scapes 3-4 in. high. Sepals and 

 petals oblong, gracefully recurved, 

 light rosy-purple. Lip beautifully 

 fringed, lilac, with numerous irregular 

 bright purple blotches: side lobes 

 striped with purple towards the base 

 Yunnan, China. (Sutton & Sons.) 



Plant small 



Pleurothailis Barbosana. (#. c 



1906, xxxix. 244.) Orchidaceae.' G 

 A new species allied to P. pluriffora. 



4.u- i . ?? U ' , tufted - Leaves small, 

 thick at the edges, oblong-lanceolate, 

 emargmate, apiculate. Stems very 

 short, roundish. Flowers small, 

 yellow, rather nodding, in pluriflorous 

 distichous racemes. Brazil. (Brussels 



■t>. Kx.) 



Pleurothailis gracilis 



(?'.//. 1906, i. 3.) G. 

 the type in having the 

 connate up to the apex. 



var. Binoti. 



Differs from 

 lateral sepals 

 Brazil. 



Pleurothailis venosa. ( a. a. 1906, 



w.; tr. Stems round. 6-9 in. lone- 

 Leaves shortly stalked, lanceolate-' 

 oblong, 5|-8 in. long, U-lf in h ™ d 

 Racemes 2 or 3, fueled o? Sy 

 solitary slender, many-flowered, 4-6?/ 



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Poliothyrsis sinensis. (&. a 1906. 



xxxix. 13.) Bixaceae. H. A tree 

 similar to Idesia poly car pa, but havin 

 a capsular instead of a baccate fruit. 

 Central China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



or 



Polygonum Auberti. (E. h. 



506.) Polygonaceae. Name 

 (Cayeux & Le Clerc, Paris.) 



1906, 

 only. 



Polypodmm glaucum speciosum. 



(Gartenwelt, x. 624.) Filices. S. 

 The fronds are prettily undulated, but 

 are shorter than in the tvpe 

 Jank.) /P 



(F. 



Polypodium Phymatodes corym- 



bosum. (fir. C. 1906, 

 Gard. 1906, lxix. 168.) G. 

 long- and drooping-, heavilv 

 (H. B. May.) * 



157; 

 Fronds 

 crested. 



• 



Tolystachya bicolor. (a. b. 1906, 



114.) Orchidaceae. S. A very small 

 plant with tafted stems, lanceolate- 

 oblong leaves, and scapes 8-6 in. long. 

 Flowers small. Sepals light purple, 

 petals, Up and column cream-white. 

 Seychelles. (Kew.) 



808, f 14o ; Gard. 1906, lxix. 803, f.) 



Pnmulaceae. H. Leaves in a dense 

 rosette pale green, obovate-r.blong, 

 rounded at the apex, 1 H» in. long, mealy 

 on the under side. Scapes 4-9 in. high, 

 mealy Powers in umbels, fragrant. 

 Pedicels slender, erect, 1-2 in. long. 

 Calyx 4 lin long, with angular tube 

 and li near obtuse ] obes. Corolla light 

 bluish-purple ; limb about 1 in across. 



v new species related to P. ttewealym, 



Maxim Western China. (J. Veitch 

 & Sons.) 



P £ mU J? .******- iG.C. 1906, xxxix. 

 129, Veitch Nov. 1906, 5, f.) H. A 



new species belonging to the Capitata 

 group. Leaves in basal rosettes, thin, 

 narrowly oblanceolate, 5-11 in. long, 

 i m. broad, more or less clothed on 

 both sides with minute white hairs, 

 bcape often nearly 2 ft. high. Flower- 

 heads subglobose, about 1 in. across. 

 Mowers crowded, sessile, deflexed. 

 Corolla about } in. long, funnel-shaped, 

 ciark blue or rose-purple, with a delicate 

 ome centre i segments cuneate-oblong, 

 broadly emarginate. Western China. 

 (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



Primula hazarica. (j ar d. 1906,212.) 



n. A very elegant plant. Leaves 

 petiolate,obovateorspathulate, 11-3 in. 

 long, toothed, farinose, covered on the 



