77 



lobes. Corolla exserted, cylindric- 

 funnel-shaped, slightly curved .and 

 enlarged in the upper part, scarlet, 

 with dark purple nerves and spots. 

 Siam. (Berlin B. G.) 



Aesculus Pavia rcseo-variegata. 



(Jf. D. G. 1006, 211.) Sapindaceae. 

 H. Young leaves rose-red, with green 

 blotches. The reddish colour later on 

 changes to yellow, and finally the 

 whole leaf becouie3 green. (R. 

 Behnsch, Diirrgoy, Breslau.) 



*Agapetes speciosa. (G. a ii)07. 



xli. 224, 230, f. 101 ; G. M. 1907, 292.) 

 Ericaceae. G-. A new species allied 

 to C. set ig era var. Roylei, differing in 

 having larger leaves auricled at the 

 base, larger flowers, and shorter deltoid 

 calyx-lobe*. Leaves clustered at the 

 end of each year's shoot, ovate-oblong. 

 8j~4 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad. Corolla 

 deep crimson, tubular, ventricose in 

 the middle, H If in. long, 7| lin. 

 broad in the middle, 5-ribbed. Native 

 country unknown, probably Burma. 

 (J. T. Bennett-Poe.) 



Agave parrasana. (iv. B. iv. 250.) 



Amaryllidaceae. G. A new species 

 with a very distinct habit. Leaves 

 about :*0, in a dense rosette, erect from 

 a very fleshy base., smooth, 3£ in. broad 

 at the base, nearly 4 [in. broad at the 

 middle, almost ovate in the upper part, 

 deeply concave above, convex beneath, 

 with a stout terminal spine ; margins 

 at the base entire or with small or 

 minute prickles, in the upper parfc 

 furnished with stout hooke.i or 

 variously bent ones. Mexico. 

 Mortola.) 



(La 



* Agave Watsoni. (a: /;. 1907, 322.) 



O. A new species allied to A. horrid a. 

 but it is distinguished from that 

 species an, Pothers: of^thejsame group 

 by the extremely narrow border of the 

 leaf. The leaves are 15 20 in number, 

 narrowly oblong - lanceolate, about 

 20 in. long, with straight or slightly 

 hooked marginal spines about 2£ lin. 

 long and £ in. apart. Scape nearly 

 18 feet high. Probably Central 

 America. (Kew.) 



Ailantus Giraldii. (B. S. D. F. 1907, 



191, ff.) Simarubaceae. H. Near 

 A, gland ulom, but the leaves are 

 longer with more numerous narrower 

 long-acuminate leaflets, set much more 

 Closely together, and the almost flat 

 fruits are larger. Shensi and Szechuen, 

 China. (Barbier k Co.. Orleans; M. 

 L. de Vilmorin, Les Barres, France.) 



8 1 535 



Ailantus sutchuenensis. (b & b r 



1907, 1D2, ff.) H. Closely allied to 



A* glainhtlox/i. It differs in having 

 the leaflets apparently glabrous, not 

 ciliate, narrower at the bas< . and 

 furnished with spreading teeth. In- 

 florescence larger, 12-16 in. long, 

 glabrous. Fruits nearly Hat, larger, 

 up to 2i in. long and nearly \ in. 

 broad. Central China. (M. L. de 

 Vilmorin, Les Barres, France.) 



Alluaudia sp. (JR. //: 1007, vx\, 



f. 165.) Didiereaceae. S. The genus 

 closely resembles Didierea, which was 

 included in the List of I89& It con- 

 sists of a few species of small trees 

 with tufted spiny branches, quite 

 destitute of leaves excopt in the young 

 state, and bearing cymes of incon- 

 spicuous flowers. The name of the 

 species in cultivation is not recorded. 

 Madagascar. (Paris R..G.) 



Aloe pallidiflora. (S. it. t. 8122.) 



Liiiaceae. G-. A stem less plant. 

 Leaves in a dense rosette, linear- 

 lanceolate, about H in. long, 2J-8 in. 

 broad, dull green above and marbled 

 with long whitish mark-, armed on 

 the margins with sharp spines up to 

 J in. long. Inflorescence 2£-4 ft. high, 

 branched. Flowers pale flesh-colour, 

 yellowish inside, 1{ in. long; tube 

 slightly constricted above the ovary, 

 curved near the throat. South Africa [ 

 (Sir T. Hanbury, La Mortola.) 



Amomum unifolium. (5. ft B. r. 



11)07, *03.) Scitamineae. S. A herb 

 about If ft. high. Leaf 1 (rarely 2), 

 ovate, stalked, 9 in. long, about 3 in. 

 broad," abruptly acute, glabrous and 

 glaucescent. Scape none or short. 

 Spike half -immersed in the soil, ovate. 

 H in. long. rose. Calyx spathe-like, 

 rose. Corolla-tubs If in. long, gla- 

 brous; lobes alternately equal, ovate, 

 obtuse, j- in. long, \ in. broad. Indo- 

 China. (Paris B. G.) 



*Ampelopsis Lowi. (G. a lm, 



xlfiT 253; Gard. 1907, lxxi. 516, f . ; 

 12. //. B. 1907, 333, f ) Ampelidaceae. 

 H. Raised from seed of A. lettrhu. 

 It is more slender in habit than that 

 species. Leaves somewhat cordate, 

 deeply lobed, dark purple in autumn ; 

 lobes usually 7, acute. .(H. Low ft ,0.) 



ha, 726, f. : 6. W. 1907, 698.] 



*Ampelopsis Saint-Paulii. (//. //. 



1907, 567J H. A vigorous-growing 

 speciee, covered on the ends of the 

 branches and on the young leaves with 



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