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underside with a dense white pu- 

 bescence. Scape 3-3$ in. long, 

 1 -flowered or bearing- a many -flowered 

 umbel. Pedicels slender, £-1 in. long. 

 Corolla purple, with a pale yellow 

 tube ; limb about J in. across ; lobes 

 emarginate. Western Himalayas. 



Primula obconica superba. (i?. //. 



1906,448, f. 176, and t.) G. A fine 

 variety with large brightly coloured 

 flowers. (A. Nonin, Chatillon-sous- 

 Bagneux, France.) 



Primula orbicularis. (G. a 1906, 



xxxix. 290, 403, f. 164.) H. A new 

 species having some resemblance to 

 P. sikkimensis. Leaves rather leathery, 

 oblong-lanceolate, 2-6 in. long, obtuse, 

 minutely toothed, at first slightly 

 mealy. Scape about 1 ft. high, round, 

 yellow- or white-mealy as well as the 

 flowers. Flowers 5-7, in umbels, 

 fragrant. Calyx thick, campanulate, 

 scarcely £ in. long. Corolla yellow, 

 salver-shaped ; limb orbicular, about 

 1 in. across, flat, with almost orbicular 

 lobes. Western China. (J. Veitch & 

 Sons.) 



Prunus domestica elegans. (7?. if. 



1906, 128 : M. D. G. 1905, 209.) Ro- 

 saceae. H. Leaves narrower than in 

 the type, with a narrow white margin. 

 (E. Beterams, Geldern, Germany.) 

 \~Pvunus communis', Huds. var.] 



Pseudotsuga Douglasii f. Fretsii. 



(M. D. 6. 1905, 74, t. 8.) Coniferae. 

 H. A compact pyramidal plant with 

 vigorous branches and terminal shuot. 

 Leaves very much shortened, ;$-2 in. 

 long, 1 lin. broad, rounded at the apex. 

 It was included in the list of 1904 

 under the name of Pseudotmga Fretsi. 

 (C. Frets & Sons, Boskoop, Holland.) 



Pseudotsuga Douglasii f. globosa. 



(-1/. D % 6. 1905, 75, t. 9.) H. In this 

 form the plant assumes a regular 

 loose spherical shape. (C. Luz & Son, 

 Stuttgart.) 



Pyrenacantha malvifolia. (Garten- 



welt, x. 353, ff.) Olacaceae. S. A 

 climbing plant with a fleshy root- 

 stock more than a yard across. 

 Stems slender. 6-10 ft. long. Leaves 

 deeply 3-lobed, 6 in. long, 5 in. 

 broad. Flowers small, unisexual, the 

 male crowded on a cylindric spadix 

 li-l| in. long, the female on the end 

 of shoots about 8 in. long. Fruits 

 crowded, orange-red, about § in. long, 

 hast Tropical Africa. (Berlin B. 00 



Quekettia Jenmani, (#. ft 1906. 



xxxix. 394 ; O. R. 190G, 211.) Orchi- 

 daceae. 8. A tufted little plant, with 

 hard narrow leaves about 2 in. long, 

 and very slender panicles of nunierou 

 small whitish flowers. British Guiana. 

 (Sir Trevor Lawrence.) 



Quercus rubra bullosa. (.1/. n. 0. 



1905,209.) Cupuliferae. H. Leaves 

 narrow, 5-6 in. long, only about \ in. 

 broad, thickened, leathery, often 

 twisted and blistered, dark green, 

 with yellow ribs. (C. Gebbers. senr., 

 Wiesenburg, Germany.) 



*Ramondia leucopetala, R. pere- 

 grina, & R. quercifolia. (G. <. 



1906, xl. p. 2b.) Gesneraceae. H. 

 Apparently only forms of It. pyre- 

 tiaica. (S. Arnott.) 



*Renanthera annamensis. (a: b. 



1906, 377.) Orchidaceae. S. Resembles 

 J?. Imschootiana, but the flowers are 

 only half the size, and the yellow 

 sepals, as well as the spur and base 

 of the petals, are much spotted with 

 crimson. The lobes of the lip and 

 apex of the petals are deep crimson. 

 Column yellow, striped with crimson. 

 Annam. (F. Sander & Sons ; Kew.) 



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Gthipsalis Wercklei. (JC a; 1906, 



64.) Cactaceae. G. An epiphytic 

 plant freely branched, forming dense 

 drooping fascicles, altogether 3^-5 ft. 

 long ; basal branches divaricate, tri- 

 angular ; apical flattened, 2-edged, 

 often in twos or threes, 6 - 8 in. long, 

 %-l in. broad; margins straight, 

 scarcely sinuate at the small unarmed 

 areolae. Flowers small: segments 

 elliptic-lanceolate, 2 sepaloid, 4 cream- 

 white. Costa Rica. (Sir T. Hanbury, 

 La Mortola.) 



Rhododendron Annae. (it. //. 1906, 



318.) Ericaceae. H. A very distinct 

 species, with lanceolate coriaceous 

 leaves and medium-sized white flower?. 

 The corolla is remarkable in being flat 

 and disk-like. Western China. (M. 

 de Vilmorin. Les Barres, France.) 



Rhododendron Augustinii. {M. il 



1906, 273.) H. A shrub 4-10 ft. 

 big h Leaves lanceolate, 1 £ 4 m. long, 

 Flowers about 2£ in. across, varying 

 in colour from white to pink and pale 

 purple. Lobes of the corolla undulate. 

 Central and Western China. (M. L. 

 de Vilmorin, Les Barres France : 

 j Veitch & Sons.) [See Flora and 



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