86 



Tritonia bracteata. (£.6 7 .1906, xxxix. 



2.) Iridaceae, An inconspicuous little 

 plant with a flexuose much- branched 

 scape bearing SO to 40 scentless tawny- 

 red flowers, which open singly or in 



pairs, and large foliose bracts. Flower 



irregular, about 1 in. across ; outer 

 segment* in. broad ; inner segments 

 1 in. broad, recurved. South Africa. 

 (A. Worsley.) 



*Tsuga yunnanensis. (ff.a 1906, 



xxxix. 286, f. D3.) Coniferae. H. 



" Readily distinguishable from its near 

 allies by its spreading branches, its 

 entire not ciliated leaves, its sessile 

 horizontally spreading subglobose and 

 relatively large cones." South-western 

 to Central China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 

 TSyn. Abie* yunnanensis, Franch.] 



Tulipa Greigi alba. (G.a 



285.) Liliaceae. 

 in which the perianth 

 white on the 



margin. 



Tubergen, Haarlem.) 



Ulmus 



1906, 



H. A form 



segments are 



(C. G. van 



cornubiensis Dicksoni. 



(Gard. 1906, lxx. July 14, vi.) Urti- 

 caceae. H. A golden-leaved form of 

 U. glabra var. cornubiensis. 

 Chester.) 



(Dicksons, 



Viburnum Opulus aureum. con 



1906, 322.) Caprifoliaceae. H. A 

 pretty form with golden-yellow leaves. 



Wistaria multijuga rosea. 



1906, lxix. 282, 289.) 

 H. A variety with 

 flowers. 



( Gard. 

 Leguminosae. 



rose-coloured 

 (L. Chenault, Orleans ; W. E. 

 trumbleton.) 



CM. 1906, 337, 1. 1552.) Araceae. G 



Kaised from seed of the variety 



rtolacea. It has a compact habit of 



growth and scarlet-red spathes. (C 



Sprenger, Naples.) [Biehar&ia Be/,', 

 niantu var.] 



^L n fi th 7 °f 01] ? a cord atum. ( a: b. 



allied In r»°T- S " An ^ species 

 Se }-f a7 f um - Le ^es glabrous ; 

 petiole 2 ft. long or more; blade 

 cordate, up to If ft. long, 1* ft. broad! 



acute, with the basal lobes semi- 

 orbicular. Tube of the spathe sub- 

 globose, If in. across, green ; blade 

 6 in. long, acuminate, yellow-green 

 outside, rose-tinted at the base, whitish 

 inside. British Guiana. (Kew.) 



Xylobium brachystachyum. 



Orchidaceae. 



(G. C. 



S. A 



1906, xl. 302.) 

 new species chiefly of botanical in- 

 terest. The bulbs, leaves and habit of 

 growth are like those of a Stanhopea. 

 Flowers few, in a very short raceme, 

 about \\ in. across, purplish outside. 

 Dorsal sepal broadly ovate-oblong, 

 . smaller than the lateral. Petals 

 oblong, a quarter smaller than the 

 sepals, yellowish, with sordid purple 

 spots. Lip simple, obovate -oblong. 

 South Brazil. (W. Hennis, Hildes- 

 heim. Germany.) 



*Yucca nitida. (#. c. 1906, xxxix. 



154, f, 61; Gard, 1906, lxix. 161, f.) 

 Liliaceae. G. Not specifically dis- 

 tinct from Y. Whipplei. (Kew.) 



Yucca. (B. T. O. 1906, 45-19, 70-72, 

 131-134,225-230.) Liliaceae. H. The 

 following garden hybrids are enume- 

 rated : Alexandrae (filamentosa X 

 aloifolia), Amottiana (flaccida var. X 



gloriosa), ehinenm (filamentosa x 

 glonosa), caetedis (flaccida var. x 

 recurvifolia), Colombia m (flaccida var. 

 X gloriosa), Mvenma (treculeana 

 var. x recurvifolia), Enqelmanni (fila- 

 mentosa x gloriosa), emata (filamen- 

 tosa X gloriosa), exsultans (filamentosa 

 X recurvif oli^floribunda (filamentosa 

 X glonosa), Fosterlana (Treculeana 

 var. x recurvifolia), Imperator (fila- 

 mentosa x recurvifolia), Koelleana 

 (flaccida x recurvifolia), lanceolata 

 (filamentosa x recurvifolia), Laic- 

 renceana (Treculeana var. x recurvi- 

 ioha), lilacea (filamentosa Xrupestris), 

 margaritaeea (filamentosa X gloriosa), 

 Mariae (flaccida x aloifolia), praecox 

 (filamentosa x gloriosa), prinarps 

 (filamentosa x recurvifolia), robmta 

 (filamentosa x gloriosa), Sieliearut 

 (aloifolia x flexilis), smaragdina 

 (aloifolia x rupestris), vomeretixis 



(aloifolia X pendulif olia). (C. Sprenger, 

 Naples.) 



