89 



Haemanthus virescens x albiflos. 



1907, 41)3, f. 61.) Amaryllidaeeae. 

 G. A garden hybrid. (Freiburg B. G.) 



*Haworthia Pearsoni. (jr. b. 1907, 



365.) Liliaceae. G. A stemless 



plant. Leaves about 80, crowded, 



spirally arranged, oblanceolate-oblong, 



\\ in. long, about \ in. broad, pile 



green, white-striate and furnished 



with 2 rows of cilia on the back, each 



with a bristle at the apas: about J in. 



long. Scape 10 in. long. Perianth 



7j lin. long, curved in the lower part ; 



segments oblong, obtuse, pale flesh 



coloured, brown-ribbed. South Africa. 

 (Kew.) 



Helianthus ciliaris. (ff. a 1907, 



xlii.342; R. H. 1007,467.) Compositae! 

 H. A prefcty floriferons species 

 1 6-24 in. high. Stems erect, glabrous, 

 slender, hard. Leaves narrow, undu- 

 late, glaucous-green. Flower-heads 

 large, with bright golden-yellow ray- 

 Horets and dark brown disk-florets. 

 Mexico. (H. Correvon, Floraire, near 

 Geneva.) 



*Herbertia Amatorum. (a: b. i907, 



321.) Iridaceae. G. Corm globose, 

 with brown scales. Leaves lanceolate, 

 plicate, acuminate, 8 in. long, 4 lin. 

 broad. £cape 18 in. high, cylindric, 

 very slender, branched. Spathes 

 herbaceous, the outer 1 in. long, the 

 iuner almost twice as long. Perianth 

 2 in. across ; outer segments violet, 

 with the midrib white inside, 3 times 

 as long as the inner ; claw with a 

 heart-shaped white blotch edged with 

 blue ; inner segments violet, brown- 

 spotted at the base. Uruguay. (Kew.) 



Hydrangea arborescens var. grandi- 



flora. (#. C. 1907, xli. 322; Gard. 



1907, Ixxi. 176 ; G. Jf. 1907. 357, f. ; 

 Jard. 1907, 34o, f. 196.) Saxifragaceae 

 H. Taller-growing than the type, 

 and all the large pure white flower- 

 are sterile. (Paul & Son ; V. Lemoine 



6 Son, Xancy.) 



Hoya Engleriana. (iv. B. iv. 815, 



t. 2). Asclepiadaceae. S. A new 

 species most nearly allied to //. linearis, 

 but it differs in habit and has dis- 

 tinctly smaller leaves. It is an epi- 

 phyte, with elongated filiform partly 

 dependent branches. Leaves shortly 

 stalked, .lanceolate or narrowly ovate- 

 lanceolate, 7£ lin. long, 2 lin. broad, 

 involute. Flowers fragrant, 4 together 

 in terminal umbels. Corolla whitish, 



7 J lin. across, fleshy, deeply 5 lobed. 

 Siam. (Berlin B. G.) 



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1 *Impatiens oppositifolia. ((?. c. 



1007, xlii. 102, f. 40.) <^Tauiace.icA 

 G. A very floriferons species with a 

 free branching habit. Leaves ^mall, 

 opposite, lanceolate. Flowers about 



1 in. across, pink to rosy-red or ro*y- 

 purple. India and Ceylon. (Kew.) 



*Indigofera hebepetala. (/. 8. //. r, 



vi. 69, t. 219.) Leguminosae. H, A 

 branched shrub; branches slightly 

 pubescent when young, afterwards 

 glabrescent. Leaves 4-7 in. long, of 

 9-17 oblong leaflets which are about 



2 in. long and | in. broad. Flowers 

 small, reddish, loosely arranged in 

 short axillary racemes. Himalaya. 

 (L. van den Bossche. Tirlemont, Bel- 

 gium.) 



Iris laevigata var. alba. (#. t. o. 



1907,856) Iridaceae. H. Flowers 

 white with a golden blotch on the 

 larger segments. (C. Sprenger. Xaples. ) 



*Iris nielanosticta . (GJl. 1907, 49:>.) 



H. A new species of the Apogon 

 group, most nearly allied to /. Grant- 

 Duffii, being similar in habit and 

 foliage, but differing in the colour of 

 the flowers. The outer i omenta are 



yellow, paler towards the base, whet 

 they are dark violet- veined, and bear 

 on the limb 1 or rarely 5 large dark 

 violet blotches. Inner segments pale 

 yellow, somewhat shorter. Syria. 

 (G. Egger, Jaffa.) 



Juglans Duclouxiana. {B. & n. F. 



190t), 73, 75, 81, ft) Jnglandaceae. H. 

 A new species closely allied to ./. regia, 

 from which it is easily distinguished 

 by its longer more elliptic more acu- 

 minate often cuspidate leaflets, and 

 the nut acute and mucronate at the 

 summit, having a very fragile shell 

 with slightly bony partitions. Yun- 

 nan, China. (L. A. Dode, Paris.) 



Juglans kamaonia. (i?. & l). r. 1906, 



73, 75, 80, ff.) H. Leaves with \\-:> 

 pairs of usually lanceolate very pu- 

 bescent leaflets. Nuts globose with 

 a hard shell sinuous inside, having 

 moderately well developed partly bony 

 partitions. Himalaya. (L. A. Dode. 

 Paris.) [Svn. /. reg'ut var. kamaonia, 

 C. DC] 



*Kaempferia lutea. (K. B. 1907, 600 



Scitamineae. S. A stemleBS plant. 

 Leaves 3 or 4, oblong, about 9 in. long 

 and 4 in. broad, green and glabrous 

 above, paler and pilose beneath ; 

 petiole 2J in. long. Scape central, 

 3| in high. Bracts about 8, rounded, 



