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Scilla bifolia splendens. (<?. m. 1906, 



224.) H. A form with intense 

 cobalt blue flowers. (M. Leichtlin, 

 Baden-Baden ; S. Arnott.) 



Scilla sibirica amoenula. (£. c. 



11)06, xxxix. 235.) H. Dwarfer than 

 the type, and the brighter blue flowers 

 are produced earlier in the year. (S. 

 Arnott.) [Syn. S. amoenula, Hornem.] 



Senecio Faberi. (G. a 1906, xi. 43.) 



Oompositae. H. A robust fleshy coarse 

 herb growing in clumps, 4-5 ft. high, 

 glabrous or glabrescent. Stems many- 

 angled, hollow. Leaves pinnatifid, 

 coarsely toothed, similar to those of 

 the sow-thistle, the radical ones up to 

 2 ft. long. Inflorescence a dense com- 

 pound flat-topped corymb, 6-8 in. 

 across. Flower-heads very numerous, 

 small, deep yellow, with 3-5 ray, and 

 8-12 disk-florets. Western China. 

 (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



Sonerila laeta. (k. b. 1906, 73.) 



Melastomaceae. G-. A new species 

 allied to S. macitlata from which it 

 differs in having a very slender and 

 short dense indumentum, an entirely 

 terete stem, and the margins of the 

 leaves destitute of cilia. The leaves 

 are deep green above, with white spots, 

 and purple beneath, with green spots. 

 South China. (J. Veitch &; Sons.) 



Spathoglottis Colmanii. (O.H. 1906, 



80.) Orchidaceae. S. A garden 

 hybrid between S. aurea var. and S. 

 aureo- Vieillurdii. (J. Colman.) 



*Stachys citrina. (#. c. 1906, xi. 23.) 



Labiatae. H. Plant about 1 ft. high, 

 with white woolly leaves, and sulphur- 

 yellow flowers in whorls. Asia Minor. 

 (Kew.) 



Stapelia Engleriana. (M. K. 1906, 



176.) Asclepiadaceae. S. Stems 4- 

 angled, finely pubescent, with small 

 spreading teeth. Flowers solitary, 

 rather long-stalked, dark brown. 

 Corolla-lobes triangular, sharply re- 

 curved, about i-in. long, undulate- 

 rugose on the upper side, ciliate on 

 the margins. Probably East Tropical 

 Africa. (Berlin B.G.) [See Engler, 

 Bot. Jahrb. xxxviii. 49, f. 8.] 



*Stokesia cyanea praecox. (G. a 



1906, xl. 97 ; ff, M. 1 ;>(><>, 563, 564. f.) 

 Oompositae. H. H. An early-flowering 

 variety. (A. Perry ; R. Wallace cV: Co.) 



27160 



Syringa pinnatifolia. (,;. a 1906, 



6$.) Oleaceae. H. A new 

 species resembling S. perriea var. 

 laciniata. It is an elegant bush ,6 

 high, with distinctly pinnate leaves, 

 and white flowers about \ in. long. 

 Western China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



Tainia Fuerstenbergiana. (Orck. 



i. 4.) Orchidaceae. S. A new species 

 nearly allied to T. penangiana. A tall 

 plant with ovoid pseudobulbs about 

 2 in long, each bearing 1 leaf. Leaf 

 erect, stalked, lanceolate, about 2 ft. 

 long. Scape slender, erect, 2£-3 ft. 

 long, bearing a lax 10-15-flowered 

 raceme. Flowers about 2 in. across, 

 with oblong-ligulate sepals and petals 

 and an oblong 3-lobed lip, resembling 

 those of T. pe?ia?igia/ia. Native country 

 unknown. (Baron von Fuerstenberg, 

 Schloss Hugenpoet, near Mintard, 

 Germany.) 



*Tecoma Brycei. (#. c. 1906, xxxix. 



344, f.) Bignoniaceae. G. A hand- 

 some quick-growing plant, with dense 

 masses of light green pinnate leaves, 

 and very large panicles of rich rose- 

 crimson flowers as large as those of 

 T. grandifiont, and delicately scented. 

 Mashonaland. (Dr. F. Franceschi, 

 Santa Barbara, California. [Syn. 

 T. Reglnae-Sabae, Franceschi.] 



Thunia Marshalliana alba. (O.R. 



1906, 214 ; Gard. 1906, lxix. June 30. 

 vi.) Orchidaceae. S. Flowers white 

 with a sulphur-yellow disk to the lip. 

 (Sir Trevor Lawrence.) 



Trachycarpus Takil. (£'. T. o. 1906, 



105, ff. 9-13.) Palmae. G. or H.H. 

 A new species closely resembling T. 

 Martiaria. It has a tall stout stem 

 which rises obliquely from the base 

 and afterwards becomes erect, covered 

 with a fibrous network, which is almost 

 destitute of free pannose filaments. 

 Leaves all persistent, the lower mar- 

 cescent, deeply divided into 45-50 

 bifid sword-shaped segments. Western 

 Himalayas. [See Beccari in Webbia, 



52.] 



Trigonidium subrepens. (A". 5.1906. 



377.) Orchidaceae. S. Allied to T. 

 tenue from which it differs in having 

 larger pseudobulbs, and broader leaves 

 and sepals. The latter are greenish - 

 yellow, faintly lined with brown. 

 Petals whitish, with 3 brown lines and 

 a brown blotch at the apex. Lip green- 

 ish-yellow, with brown veins on the 

 side lobes. Native country unknown. 

 (F. Sander & Sons ; H. Low k Co.) 







