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"Begonia Bertini nana. (Zemins 



(at.n. 165,9.) Begoniaceae. G. A 

 dwarf compact variety with large red- 

 dish flowers. (V. Lemoine k Son. 

 Nancy.) 



'Begonia dichroa. io. a. z, \m, 



418.) G. * A new shrubby species. 

 Stem erect, freely branched from the 

 base. Leaves elongate-oval, .slightly 

 undulate on the margin, sharply acu- 

 minate, shining green, dotted and 

 blotched with white, those developed 

 later entirely dark green. Flowers in 

 large axillary fascicles, bright sal- 

 mon-orange. Fruits whitish rose, 

 winged. Brazil. (Haage & Schmidt. 

 Erfurt.) 



Begonia incomparabilis. (H, // b. 



1907, 60, t.) G. A garden hybrid 

 between B. soeotrana and a garden 

 variety of the tuberous-rooted section. 

 (J. Veitch k Sons.) 



Begonia Pearcei x Baumanni. 



A gar- 





* 



(Lemoine Cat. 

 den hybrid. 

 Nancy.) 



n. 165, 10.) G. 

 (V. Lemoine <fc Sod. 



Berber is Bretschneideri. (Sargent. 



T. $ &, ii. 21, 1. 110.) Berberidaceae. 

 H. An erect shrub 6-10 ft. high.with 

 dark red-brown terete, one-year-old 

 branches producing prominent flori- 

 ferous spurs. Spines usually simple, 

 scarcely \ in. long. Leaves deciduous 

 obovate-oblong, l|-2£ in. long, f-lj 

 in. broad, densely toothed (the teeth 

 bearing long bristles pointing forward), 

 shortly stalked, brightly coloured in 

 autumn. Flowers pale yellow, about 

 a in. across, in short peudent racemes. 

 Fruit oblong, purplish, scarcely J in. 

 long. North China. (Arnold Arbo- 

 retum.) 



'Berberis Wilsonae. (<v. c. j9o: 



xlii. 284, 372, f. 163 ; Gard. 1907, lxxi. 

 237, 541, f. ; J. of II. 1907, lv. 42.% f.) 

 H. A dwarf much-branched shrub 

 densely clothed with leaves about 

 i in. long, which in the autumn 

 become a beautiful crimson. Spines 

 nearly 1 in. long. Flowers rich 

 golden. Fruits nearly round, coral- 

 red, shining. Western China. (J. 

 Veitch & Sons.) 



Bigelovia graveolens. (B. J/. t„ 



8155.) Compositae. H. A shrub 

 6-8 ft. high. Stem much branched 

 upwards; flowering branches corym- 

 bose, pendulous, tomentose, white. 

 Leaves alternate, crowded, linear, 

 1-3 in. long, acute. Flower-heads very 



numerous, shortly staJkeil. Mtowered, 



corymbosely arranged. Flowers yel- 

 low, all tubular. Xorth America. 

 (Kew.) 



*Blepharocalyx spiraeoides. (//. m. 



t. 8123.) Myrtaceae. G. A new 

 species. It is a much-branched free- 

 flowering shrub reaching a height of 

 9 ft. Leaves lanceolate-linear, W in. 



loD ff» rV-il iu - broad, very shortly 

 stalked. Flowers small, pale yellow, 

 in dense terminal panicles. Petals 4, 

 broadly elliptic, I in. long. Brazil. 

 (Kew.) [Previously known in (rardens 

 under the name of Eugenia m >/>■;<>■ 



phylla.] 



Brasso-cattleya Alexanders 



1907, 125.) Orchidaceae. 8. 

 den hybrid between OaUleym 

 and Brauawla Diahi/aua. 

 Holford.) 



(O. //. 

 A gar- 



cif i inn 

 (U. L. 



Brasso-cattleya Hyeae. (O. it. 1907, 



113, f. 12.) S. A garden hybrid bi 

 Cattleya Harrixotiiana and Braseaftola 

 Blgbyana. (Q. L. Holford.) 



Brasso-cattleya Thoratonii. (G. r 



1907, xli. 413.) A garden hybrid 

 between Braxxavola Digbyana and 



Cattleya (laxfaiUana. (J. Chamber- 

 lain.) 



Brasso-laelia Jessopii. (o. n. i90T, 



191.) Orchidaceae. G. A garden 

 hybrid between Laelia ocanthina and 

 Brxx.suvoht DUjbyana, (G. >I. Jenop.) 



Brasso-laelia Thwaitesii. (<>. n, 



1907,264.) G. A garden hybrid be- 

 tween Laelia g r null flora and Brami* 

 rola Dighyava. (R. G. Thwaites.) 



Erasso-laelia westfieldiensis. (<?. 



B. 1907. 52.) G. A garden hybrid 

 between Braxsa vol a <flaaea and Laelia 

 thtva. (F. Wellesley.) 



*Bulbophyllum Binnendijkii. (£, 



C, 1907, xlii. 161.) Orchidaceae. 8. 

 Allied to J5. Eriaeemii from which it 

 differs in having a rigid upright dorsal 

 sepal, marked, as well as the other 

 segments, with larger purple spots, 

 and in the darker colour of the lip. 

 Java. (F. Sander k Sons.) 



Bulbophylluin dichromum. (£. //. 



l9OT 9 lf8; B.M.t.8U>0.) B. Anew 

 species allied to B. fuxcopurpureum. 

 An epiphytic herb, with a etout 

 woody rhizome. Pseudobulbs ovoid- 

 oblong, about 2 in. long, 1 -leaved. 

 Leaf oblong, about 6 in. long. Scape 



