78 



a velvety pubescence. Tendrils as in 

 VUU inconstant. Leaves long-stalked, 

 with 5 long- stalked elliptic leaflets 

 8 in. long and 3 in. broad, long- 

 acuminate, dark green and glabrous 

 above, paler and pubescent on the 

 nerves beneath. Inflorescence very 

 large (about 6 in. long 1 ), pyramidal, 

 loose. Probably native of North 

 America. [Syn. Parthenocissus Saint- 

 Paulii, Koehne & Graebn. in Gft. 1900, 

 250, 28;?. = litis.] 



Ancistrochilus Rothschildianus. 



(G. C. 1907. xli. 51, ff. 24, 25.) 

 Orchidaceae. S. A new species differ- 

 ing from A. Thomsonianus in being 

 larger, with rather more fleshy leave? 

 and flower-, in having broader sepals, 

 the two lower being distinctly coxi- 

 nivent. and a shorter front lobe to the 

 lip, which has the side lobes heavily 

 tinged with sepia-brown, instead of 

 being spotted. Nigeria. (Hon. W. 

 Rothschild.) 



*Anemone Bungeana. (Gard. ioo7, 



lxxi. 214.) Ranunculaceae. H. A 

 distinct species similar in habit to 

 A. Pulsatilla, with the same finely- 

 divided leaves, but the segments are 

 not so long. Flowers golden-yellow. 

 vSiberia. (Kew.) 



Anemone elongata. (#. a 1907, xlii 



127.) H. Similar to A. syhestri* in 

 habit and foliage, but it is much less 

 beautiful. The flowering-stems reach 

 a height of about 1| ft., and the erect 

 flowers are scarcely 1 in. across, dull 

 greenish white, with bright green 

 anthers. Himalaya. (S. Arnott.) TAn 

 old garden plant re-introduced.] 



* Anemone magellanica. (Ami, 1907, 



lxxi. 77.) H. A pretty but not showy 

 species. Leaves prostrate, deeply lobed 

 slightly hairy. Flowers yellow, 1 in 

 across, raised slightly above the leaves 

 Straits of Magellan. [= A. mvltitida. 

 Poir. j 



*Angraecum Buyssoni. (g. m. \m 



885; G. C. 1907, xlii. 381.) Or- 

 chidaceae, S. A very strong-growing 

 species resembling A. articulation. 

 Stems elongated, with stiff green 

 leaves m 2 rows. Flowers moderately 

 large, pure white, with long slightly 

 brown spurs. Madagascar. (Charles- 



™ b & Co) l"See VOrchidophile, 

 1887, 281 , and 1891, 282. Apparent!, 

 lirsb introduced into Europe in 1*87 

 when it was figured and described a 



A, <lu Bvym)))i'<.] 



Angraecum Scheffleri. fOreh. i. 70.) 



S. Plant scarcely 8 in. high. Leaves 

 ampiexicaul, about 3 J in. long and 

 | in. broad, reddish brown on the 

 underside when young, greener, 

 with transparent reddish dots above. 

 Racemes about 6 in. long, densely 

 flowered : rhachis reddish brown with 

 minute sessile bracts of a paler colour. 

 Flowers, excluding the spur, 2|-8 in. 

 long, reddish brown ; spur about as 

 long again. German East Africa. 

 (Berlin B. GO 



Angraecum Scheffleri var. virens. 



(firch. i. 70.) S. Differs from the 

 type in having all the vegetative 

 parts green. German East Africa. 

 (Berlin B. G.) 



Angulocaste Bievreanae. (T. ii. 



1907, ii. 516, t. :>7 ; R. II. 1907, 438.) 

 Orchidaceae. G. A garden hybrid 

 between Anguloa I Inciter I and Ly caste 

 Skinner L (Chateau Royal, Laeken. 

 Belgium.) 



Anthurium Andreanum Gameri. 



(M. II. 1907, 30) Araceae. S. Spathe 

 rounded, about 9 in. long, 8 in. broad, 

 strongly corrugated, very bright red, 

 shining ; spadix small, incurved, 

 yellow at the apex. (R. Jarry- 

 Desloges, Paris.) 



Araucaria excelsa virgata. (.1/. D. 



G. 1906, 193.) Coniferae. G. A form 

 in which the primary branches have 

 no secondary branches or only short 

 ones. (Observed in a garden in 

 Palermo, Sicily.) 



; Arctostaphylos Manzanita. (it. 



J/.t. 8128.) Ericaceae. H. A shrub or 

 tree, up to about 30 ft. high. Leaves 

 ovate or elliptic-ovate, l.J-l| in. long*, 

 §-1$ in. broad, obtuse or acute, coria- 

 ceous ; petiole up to £ in. long. 

 Flowers many, in a short ovoid or 

 corymbose panicle. Corolla urceolate, 

 about j in. long, white or pinkish. 

 California. (Kew.) 



Astilbe. (Lemoinc Cat. n. 167, iii. ; 

 II. II 1907, 535; Jard. 1907, 371.) 



Saxifragaceae. H, The following 

 garden hybrids, obtained by crossing 

 the hybrids between A. chinensis and 

 A. Lemolnm with A. Da rid it, are de- 

 scribed : A. cartninea, A. rubella, and 

 A. rut Hans. They have rose or rose- 

 carmine flowers, and differ slightly 

 from one another in the size and form 

 of the panicles. (V. Lemoine & Son. 



Nancy.) 



