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Ribes bracteosum flore fusco. 



(#//. 1906, 162, f. 15.) Saxifragaceae. 

 H. A form with smaller bracts and 

 brownish flowers. (L. Spath, Berlin.) 





*Ribes cruentum. (B. M. t. 8105.) 



Saxifragaceae. H. A species of the 

 section Grossularia. It is a dwarf 

 straggling bush, with spiny branches. 

 Leaves suborbicular, 3- or 5-lobed. 

 Flowers solitary, crimson, the calyx- 

 segments long and reflexed. Berries 

 subglobose, about £ in. in diam., dull 

 red, covered with long slender straight 

 spines. Western United States, (Kew.) 



*Ribes viburnifolium. qb. m. t. 8094.) 



, H. A very distinct evergreen species, 



freely resin-dotted. Leaves ovate- 

 orbicular, leathery, shining, f-lf in. 

 long, shortly toothed, rounded at the 

 base. Flowers small, rosy, with a short 

 calyx- tube. Berries red, ellipsoid, 

 persistent. Lower California and 

 Santa Catalina Island. (Kew.) 



Rodger sia sambucifolia. (<?. c. 1906, 



xxxix. 115.) Saxifragaceae. H. A. 

 new species distinguished from those 

 previously described by having truly 

 pinnate leaves with 9 or 11 leaflets. 

 A herb 2-3 ft. high, very sparingly 

 hirsute. Cauline leaves I or 2, long- 

 stalked, 1-2 ft. long including the 

 petiole ; leaflets subsessile, oblong- 

 lanceolate, i-Q in. long. Flowers in- 

 conspicuous, in a cymose-paniculate 

 inflorescence about 3 in. long. Western 

 China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



'Rosmarinus officinalis prostratus 



(G. C. 1906, xxxix. 381. 423.) Labiatae. 

 H. Distinguished from the type by 

 its prostrate habit. Mediterranean 

 Region. (S. Arnott ; Edinburgh B. 



Rudbeckia fulgida variabilis, (r h 



190fi, 120, f. 60.) Compositae. H. A 

 very floriferoua plant about a yard 

 high, having numerous rigid stems 

 bearing flower-heads with yellow and 

 brown ray -florets and dark purple 

 disk-florets. (Cayeux & Le Clerc 

 Paris.) ' 



'Saccolabium rubescens. uc x 



1906, 114.) Orchidaceae. S. Stem 

 erect, robust, about 10 in hi°-h 

 Leaves oblong, 4J-6 in. long, vlry" 

 shortly two-lobed. Scapes suberect 

 Racemes 3-4 in. long, many-flowered] 

 Flowers uniformly light rose-purple. 

 Sepals and petals scarcely 2 lin. long 

 Lip 3-lobed. Spur straight or in- 







*Saponaria bellidifolia, (#. a 1906, 



xxxix. 237.) Caryophyllaceae. H. 

 A handsome perennial about 6 in. 

 ' high, forming tufts of long Daisy-like 

 leaves, and bearing heads of yellow 

 flowers surrounded by an involucre. 

 Central Europe to Greece. (Kew.) 



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Saponaria depressa. (#. a 1906, 



xxxix. 237.) H. A perennial having 

 tufted spathulate leaves and heads of 

 rather large purplish flowers. Sicily. 

 (Kew.) 



*Saponaria pulvinaris. (G. a 1906. 



237.) H. A small tufted 

 perennial not unlike Silene aeaulis. 

 Its flowers are rather small, bright 

 rose-coloured, borne on very short 

 stems. Asia Minor and Syria. (Kew.) 



*Saponaria Sundermanni. qg. C. 



237.) H. Closely resembles 

 S. bellidi folia, but it is more florif erous, 

 and the flowers are somewhat larg-er. 

 (Kew.) 



Saponaria Weinmanni. (G. a 1906, 



* 237.) H. ' 



Closely allied to 

 S. caeipitma and possibly only a form 

 of that species. It differs in having 

 paler purple flowers with a shorter 

 calyx. (Kew.) 



Sarcanthus inflatus. (K. b. 1906, 



115.) Orchidaceae. S. Differs from 

 all the other known species in the 

 inflated spur, which is much longer 

 than the segments of the lip. Sepals 

 and petals green, with 2 dark brown 

 stripes. Front lobe of the lip light 

 yellow, and the side lobes white, with 

 a purple stain on the side next the 

 column. Annam. (P. Sander & Sons, 

 Glasnovin B. G.) 



Saxifraga oppositifolia var. 

 cinea. (#. a 1906, xxxix. 253) 



Saxifragaceae. H. The flowers are 

 of a richer shade of purple than those 

 of the type. (J. Backhouse k Son.) 



Schizanthus retusus trimaculatus. 



CR. 1L B. 1906, 61, f. 23.) Solanaceae. 

 G. Flowers purple-crimson, with 

 three distinct golden - yellow spots 

 bordered with bright purple. (Haage 

 & Schmidt, Erfurt.) 



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Scilla bifolia ruberrima. 



Liliaceae. 



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11. 



1906, xxxix. 165.) ___. ... 

 One of the earliest-flowering forms, 

 with the flowers much brighter in the 

 bud than those of the type ; they open 

 rather red than blue. The leaves are 

 chocolate-colon n d. (S. Arnott,) 



