88 



plant and more fleshy. Leaves 3 or 4, 

 12- IS in. long, 2 in. broad, thick, 

 bright green. Inflorescence 8 in. long, 

 consisting of 250-300 flowers about 

 i in. acro=s, in a cylindric stalked 

 spike. Flowers white, slightly rose- 

 tinted, the surface with a granulated 

 or frosted appearance. Java. (Hon. 

 W. Rothschild.) 



"Erica Veitchii. «?. a mi, XX xvii 



138, 22% if. 07, 1O0 : Oard. 1007, Ixxi. 

 101, f.) Ericaceae. H. or H.H. A 

 garden hybrid between E. arb&rea and 

 A', lutttanica. (R. Witch k, Sons.) 



Ervum gracile. Bee Lathyrus fili- 

 formis. 



Eryngmm proteaeflorum. (g o 



1907, xli. 218, ff. 101, 107.) Umbelli-' 

 terae. 11.11. or H. A spreading bnshy 

 herb Leaves silvery green, linear, 

 19-24 in. long, i-l i n . broad, with 

 longitudinal fine white furrows fur- 

 nished with spin?* on both ed<r es 



f^*x.K in - l0Dff - F ^vvering.stems 

 •s it. ni<?h, much branched. Flower- 

 heads light blue, 2 -5 in. long, li in. 

 across, 1 or 2 together, surrounded bv 

 a whorl of large silvery white bracts. 

 Mexico. (C. Sprengor, Naples.) 



Eapatorium deltoideum. (//. t. o. 



1007,1:1.) Compositae. G. A shrubbv 

 evergreen species. Leaves long-stalked 

 triangular, hastate or sagittate at the 

 base, toothed, green above, pale green 

 beneath, somewhat rugose. Fiower- 

 heails lar»e rosy purple, in terminal 

 panicles. Mexico. (0. Bprenger. 

 -Naples.) ° 



Euphorbia cirsioides. (R j r i<, 7 



492 ,t 161.) Euphorbiaceae. 's A 

 shrubby species somewhat resembling 

 a thistle m appearance. Stem much 

 branched, fleshy, smooth, not chan- 

 nelled bearing numerous win<?-Hke 

 appendages ; branches short, terminat- 

 ing in a very sharp spine. Leaves 

 absent Flowers and fruit unknown. 



(Part B G f' '** ?* Ma ' k » ascar - 



E ? P ^S ia « nt i 8y - & H - 1907 > 492, 

 i. l<.<».) s. A small tree 20-23 ft 



high. Branches dichotomous or 

 almost whorle.l. jointed, fleshy. 

 Leaves few, minute. Flowers small 

 in very short cymes. The plant: 

 known by the native name "Intisy* 1 

 is interesting as a source of rubber 

 See B. M. H. X. I9nn. ^7-2r,2. Til' 



— - — r ^ 



Madagascar. (P 



■9 



*Fagus sylvatica var. fastigiata. 



{G. C. 1907, xli. 141).) Cupuliferae. 

 H. The Dawyck Beech, remarkable 

 for having erect branches. (F. R. S. 

 Balfour.) 



Felicia petiolata. (& a 1907, xiii. 



SI, f. 34) Compositae. H.H. Dis- 

 tinguished from Agatha ea amelloides 

 by having procumbent or pendulous 



stems and alternate toothed leaves. 

 Leave* shortly stalked, ovate, J-l in. 

 long. Flower-heads solitary. |-I in. 

 across, on slender peduncles about 

 2 in. long ; ray-florets rosy-p irple or 

 mauve ; disk-florets yellow. South 

 Africa. (F. Denis, Balarac les Bains, 

 Herault, France.) [Syn. Aster pefio- 

 latug, Harv.) 



Ferula communis var. brevifolia. 



(/A M. t. S157; A. P>. 1907, 37».) 



Umbelli ferae. H.II. T)ifiev* from 



the type in having the ultimata 

 segments of the leaves shorter. This 



plant is the source of the gum 



ammoniac of Maroceo. Mediterranean 

 Region. (Kew.) 



Fraxinus holotricha. (j/. d. a. 



1906, i\7 ; SpSth ('at. 1907-08, loo.) 

 Oleaceae. II. A new species of the 

 subgenus Fmxinaster % remarkable for 

 the copious pubescence on the branches 

 and leaves, and the shortly hispid 

 ovary. A moderately large tree. 

 Buds dark brown. Leaflets 7-13, dis- 

 tinctly stalked, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate. ]i~3 in. long. Racemes 

 short, with 10 hermaphrodite flowers. 

 Native country unknown. (L. Spath, 

 Berlin; Berlin and Dresden B. G. 

 Cultivated u.-ider the name of /•'. ]mt<t- 



m op hi la ) 



Fraxinus Spaefchiana. 



tn™ a - (Spiith Cat. 



1907-08, 101.) H. A leautifnl tree 

 with large bright 

 leaves. It has been distributed as 

 /. Sieboltiiana. (L. Spath, Berlin.) 



green 



pinnate 



B. G.) 



Glaucium leiocarpum. uard lo^r. 



29; B. T 0. 1SK>7, 215.) Papiveraceae. 

 H. A tufted plant about 1^ ft. high. 

 Leaves glaucous. Flowers 2J-3 in. 

 across. deer> orange-scarlet, with large 

 black blotches at the base of the 

 petals. Asia Minor. (Flaajje k 

 Schmidt, Erfurt.) 



*Haber!ea rhodopensis var. virgin- 



alis. (#. C. 1907, xli. 322: O. M. 

 1907,378.) Gesneraceae. H. Flowers 

 pure white. (R. Farrer.) 



