91 



Lewisia pygmaea. (#. a 1907, 



xli. 295.) H. A very small spacies, 

 only 1-2 in. high, with tuf bs of linear 

 fleshy leaves and 

 flowers. 



Magnolia grandiflora Katharin- 



Buliey.) 

 Gray.] 



numerous small 

 Rocky Mountains. (A. K. 

 [Syn. Calandrinia pygmaea, 



390.) 

 with 



Lobelia RichardsoniL ( G. w. 1 907, 



544; G. C. 1907, xlii, 7tf.) Cam- 

 panulaceae. G. Stems spreading" or 

 drooping-, 12-16 in. long. Leaves 

 cordate, crisped, small as in the bed- 

 ding Lobelia. Flowers light blue, in 

 a long terminal raceme. (J. Veitch & 

 Sons.) [A garden variety of Lobelia 

 Erinus, Linn.] 



Lonicera Giraldii. (e. h. 1907, 300, 



f. 98.) Caprifoliaceae. H. A vigorous 

 twining shrub. Leaves shortly 

 stalked, lanceolate, 2-2\ in. long, 

 7£-9 lin. broad at the base, gradually 

 acuminate, cordate at the base, velvety 

 on both sides. Flowers dull red, 

 scarcely fragrant, about 15 together 

 in heads terminating short branches. 

 Corolla small ; tube cylindric, 7J lin. 

 long ; limb 2-lipped ; lips reflexed or 

 rolled back, the upper 4 times larger 

 than the lower. Western China. (Ph. 

 L. de Vilmorin, Verrieres, France.) 



Lonicera retusa- (Sargent, t. % s. 



ii, 49, t. 123.) H. An erect much 

 branched graceful shrub about 6 ft. 

 high. Leaves deciduous, shortly 

 stalked, obovate or broadly ovate, 

 J-l in. long, £-£ in. broad, obtuse 

 truncate or emarginate at the apex, 

 dark green above, bluish white 

 beneath. Flowers in pairs, white, be- 

 coming yellowish, on short peduncles. 

 Corolla 2-lipped, about £ in. long. 

 Fruit subglobose, ^-\ in. in diam., 

 shining black. Western China. (J. 

 Veitch & Sons.) 



"Lonicera utahensis. (Sptith Cat. 



1907-08, 107.) H. A finely-branched 



erect shrub 3-5 ft. high. Leaves 



oblong, subcordate at the base, 2 iu. 



long, 1 in. broad. Flowers greenish 



yellow, scarcely £ in. long. Berries 



pale scarlet. Utah. (L. Spath, 

 Berlin.) 



Lopezia miniata.' (JkPJSr, B. 1907, 



157, f. 36.) Onagraceae. G. A slender 

 shrub with a terete glabrous stem 

 and small ovate-oblong serrate leaves. 

 Flowers numerous, small. Sepals 

 spreading, Petals red in the Jo^er 

 part, rose with violet margins in the 

 upper part. Mexico and Guatemala. 

 (V. Heursel-De Meesten.) 



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iana. (G. a 1907, xlii. 



Magnoliaceae. H. A form 

 ascending branches, smaller usually 

 twisted yellowish leaves, smaller 

 petals destitute of a claw and having 

 yellow or light yellow veins. (Acclima- 

 tation Garden, Nikita, Walta, Crimea.) 



Malus Dawsoniana. (Sargent, T. $ s. 



ii. 23, t. 111.) Rosaceae. H. A natural 

 hybrid between 31. fusca and M. com- 

 munis. Oregon, U.S.A. (Arnold 

 Arboretum.) [Pt/rus.j 



Malus Hartwigi. (31. n. g. 1906, 



60.) H # A hybrid between M. baecata 

 and 3f. Ealliana. (K. G. Hartwig, 

 Liibeck.) \ Py rus. ] 



Mammillaria hidalgensis. (jf. k. 



1907, 118, f.) Cactaceae. G. Stem 

 simple, cylindric, up to 1 ft. high or 

 more, rounded at the apex. Tubercles 

 in about 21 rows, remote, conical, 

 obliquely truncate. Areolae floccose- 

 woolly when young, glabrous when 

 old. Radial spines none ; central 4, 

 cruciately arranged, sometimes 2 

 about 5 lin. long, gray or pale brown. 

 Flowers carmine, about f in. long ; 

 segments short, narrowly lanceolate, 

 acuminate. Mexico. It has been 

 proposed to distinguish the form with 

 2 spines as a variety under the name 

 biapina. (Darmstadt B. G.) 



Mammillaria Knippeliana. (j£ K. 



1907, 59.) G. Stem about 3 in. high 

 and 2J in across, simple or later 

 becoming branched, sometimes forked 

 rounded above, slightly depressed at 

 the summit which is sparingly woolly 

 and crowned with white spines blood- 

 red at the tips. Tubercles when 

 young pyramidal, 4-sided. 4 lin. long, 

 about 2£ lin. broad at the base. 

 Areolae circular, at first white- woolly, 

 60on glabrescent. Spines usually 6, 

 up to l\ in. long, whitish with blood- 

 red or brown tips, sometimes accom- 

 panied with smaller spines. Flowers 

 and native country unknown. (C 

 Knippel, Klein Quenstedt, Germany.) 



Mammillaria littoralis. (jr. A'. 



1907, 80.) G. A species closely re* 

 semblicg 31. mazatlanewis and pro- 

 bably not distinct. It is, however, 

 stronger in growth, and its spines are 

 a little longer and of a darker brown 

 colour. California 1 (Berlin B. G.) 



Mammillaria petrophila. (Jf, A'. 



1907, r>5, f.) G. Stem depressed- 

 globose or often cylindric-globose, up 

 to 6 in. high and broad, at first 



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