87 



Echinopsis lateritia. (j/. a:. 1907, 



128, 151.) Oactaoeae. G-. Stern 

 simple, ellipsoid, glaucous-green, about 

 3 in. high, slightly depressed and un- 

 armed at the summit. Ribs 16, sub- 

 sintiate, somewhat obtuse. Radial 

 spines 8-10, curved, up to 5 lin. long ; 

 central 1 or 2, longer fall thickened 

 at the base, shining brown, afterwards 

 canescent. Flowers funnel - shaped, 

 about 2 in. long, scarlet-brickred : tube 

 very short, pilose outside. Bolivia 

 (Berlin B. G.) 



Echinopsis mamillosa. (if. A", loo:, 



128, 135.) G-. Stem simple, depi'essed- 

 globose, 2^ in. high, 3{ in. in diam. 

 shining dark green, tubercled and un- 

 armed at the apex. Ribs 17, divided 

 by deep furrows into acute tubercle.?. 

 Areolae 4-6 lin. apart, irregularly 

 orbicular. Radial spines 8-10, subu- 

 late, 2.*,-5 lin. long ; central 1-4. some- 

 what stronger and longer than the 

 radial, all yellowish, brown at the 

 apex. Flowers about J in. long, white, 

 rose-coloured towards the apex of the 

 segments. Bolivia. (Berlin B. G.) 



Echinopsis Meyeri. (£//. 1907, l, t. 



1558.) G-. A very distinct new species. 

 Stem globose, somewhat depressed at 

 the summit, pale green, about 4 in. in 

 diam. Ribs 14-16, acute, occasionally 

 somewhat spiral. Spines subulate, 7 

 or 8 radial and 1 central. Flowers 

 numerous, lateral. club-sh:iped, 6 8 in. 

 ]on£, 5-10 lin. across. Calyx-tube 

 furnished wich brownish green scales 

 from which protrude abundant gray 

 wool. Sepals and petals reduced to 

 peculiar twisted terote threads, the 

 outer brownish, the inner dirty white. 

 Paraguay. (E. Heese, Gr. Lichter- 

 felde, Berlin.) 



Enkianthus chinensis. (G. C. i<><>7, 



xli. 363.) Ericaceae. H. A much 

 branched bush or small tree. Leaves 

 shortly stalked, very variable in shape 

 and size, usually elliptic or obovate- 

 elliptic, narrowed at apex and base, 

 serrulate, glabrous. Flowers in pen- 

 dulous racemes 2J-3 in. long. Corolla 

 broadly campanulate, yellowish- 

 orange, striped with red. Central and 

 Western China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



Enkianthus quinqueflorus var. ser- 



rulatus. (#. a 1907; xli. 344.) H. 



Differs from the type in its much less 

 coriaceous finely serrulate leaves, more 

 or less villous on the midrib beneath, 

 and in having pure white flowers. 

 Central and Western China. (J. Veitch 

 and Sons.) 





Epicattleya balarucensis. (o /.» 



1907, 90.) Orchidacaae. G. A gar-' 

 den hybrid between Cattlej/a labiata 

 and Epidendrtm ebu.rn> urn. (F. Denis, 

 Balaruc Ies Bains, Herault, France.) 



Epidendrum campylostalix. ({?. a 



1907, xlii. 221.) Orchidaceae. A 

 curious speoies with glaucous green 

 pseudobulbs and leaves. Flower- 

 spikes decurved. Flowers yellowish, 

 tinged with chocolate colour, whitish 

 on the lip. Central America. (Kir 

 Trevor Lawrence.) [Jft oampyfc 

 sfahjr, Reichb., f.) 



Eranthemum Dutremblayauum. 



(J. II. F. 1005. 553.) Acanthaceat'. 

 S. A garden hybrid between K. rer- 

 henacruw and E.long'i folium. (Dutrem- 

 blay du May. Courbevoie. Seine, 

 France.) 



Eranthemum 



F. 190f>, 558.) 



Magneanum. 

 8. 



(J. H. 



A garden hybrid 

 between K. cerbenaceum and E. longi* 

 folium. (Dtitremblay du May, Cour- 

 bevoie, Seine, France.) 



*Eremostachys superba. (#.<?. 1907, 



xli. 365.) Labiatae. H. Leaves pin- 

 natisect, forming a rosette at the base 

 of the single stem. Stem about 1 ft. 

 high. Flowers deep primrose-yellow, 

 in woolly heads 4-6 in. long and 3-4 in. 

 broad. Western Himalaya. (Kew.) 



Eremurus Bungei citrinus. (//. //. 



1907, 566 : /. //. F. 1907, 402.) Lilia- 

 ceae. H. More robust than the type, 

 with larger citron-yellow flower*. It 

 is possibly <i hybrid between A'. Bwagm 

 and E. Olga<\ (Vilmorin-Andrieux & 



Cie., Paris.) 



Eremurus vedrariensis. qr.tt. 1907, 



229, f . 83.) H. A garden hybrid be- 

 tween E. robust u* and JB. ipeetatUuf 

 (Ph.L. de Vilmorin, Verrieres, France.) 



*Eria longispica. (B. M. t. 8171.) 



Orchidaceae. S. A new species very 

 nearly allied to E. latifolia. It is a 

 vigorous -growing plant with erect 

 habit, broad leaves 18-16 in. long, and 

 long spikes of very numerous small 

 flowers, which are yellow, blotched 

 with reddish-purple. The lip IS obi- 

 . eular in outline, not obovate as in E. 

 latifolia. Borneo. (Kew.) 



k Eria rhyncostyloides. (<?. C im, 



xlii. :*70.) S. A handsome new species 

 most nearly all ied to & con valla, ides, 

 which it resembles in the structure of 

 the flowers, but it is a much larger 



