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Ouratea cuspidata. (L&M.RrL6$> 



t. 218.) Ochnaceae. S. A shrub 

 3-6 ft. high, with slender branches. 

 Leaves alternate, shortly stalked, 

 leathery, elliptic, 4-6 in. long. 2£-3J in. 

 broad, minutely toothed, acute. Pan- 

 icles terminal, simple or branched; 

 branches angular. Flowers about J in. 

 across, yellow; petals obovate, more or 

 less crisped. Brazil. (L. van den 

 Bossche, Tirlemont, Belgium.) [Syn. 

 Gomphia cuspidata, St. Hil.] 



Pachypodium Geayi. (jfc //. 1907, 



491, ff. 156, 157.) Apocynaceae. S. 

 A curious tree attaining a height of 

 80-86 ft., with a succulent spiny Cac- 

 tut-like stem, quite simple or shortly 

 branched only at the summit, and 

 having a terminal tuft of long narrow 

 leaves. Madagascar. (Paris B. G.) 



*Paeonia Cambessedesii. (B. m. t. 



8161.) Ranunculaceae. H. A her- 

 baceous perennial. Leaves ternately 

 pinnatisect ; segments ovate- lanceo- 

 late or oblong, acute, entire, deep green 

 above, purple beneath. Flowers soli- 

 tary, deep rose-pink, about 3.J in. across. 

 Carpels glabrous, purple, shining. 

 Balearic Islands and Corsica. (Glas- 

 nevin B. G.) 



Passiflora Allardii. (G. a 1907, 



xlii. 274.) Passifloraceae. G. A gar- 

 den hybrid between P. quadrcmgularis 

 and P. coerulea * Constance Elliott.' 

 (Cambridge B. G.) 



*Patrinia gibbosa. (£. a 1907, xlii. 



197.) Valerianaceae. H. A small 

 plant about 9 in. high, with the leaves 

 swollen or blistered in places, and flat 

 cymes of small yellow flowers. Japan. 

 (S. Arnott.) 



Pereskiopsis velutina. (5. M. a l. 



333, t. 41.) Cactaceae. G. Stems 

 weak and spreading, forming compact 

 bushes, the old ones with a cherry- 

 brown bark ; young branches borne 

 nearly at right angles to the old stem, 

 pubescent and bearing long white 

 hairs, short spines, and bristles. 

 Leaves broadly ovate, |-1§ in. long. 

 Flowers usually sessile on the second 

 year's stems : bud f -1 ] in. long. Outer 

 sepals green or deep red tinged with 

 yellow. Petals bright yellow. The 

 gonus resembles Pereskia in habit and 

 foliage and Opuntia in its flowers. 

 Mexico. (Washington B. G. ; New 

 York B. G.) 



Phaio-calanthe Colmanii. (& C. 



1907, xli. 31 ; O. B. 1907, 89, f. 10.) 

 Orchidaceae. S. A garden hybrid 



between Phaiut i Norman ■ 



an 



d 



Calanthe Regnieri Stevemii. (J. Cole- 

 man.) 



(0. R. 1907, 

 S. Resembles 



Phaius amboinensis. 



284.) Orchidaceae. 

 P.Jfavns in habit and in the general 

 shape of the flowers, but these are 

 white, with some veining on the lip. 

 Malaya. (F. Sander & Sons.) [Syn. 

 P. Zollinger^ Echb. f.j 



Philadelphia magnificus. (jf, n. g. 



1906, 52.) Saxifragaceae. H. A 

 garden hybrid between P. inodorux 

 and P. latifolius. (L. Spath, Berlin.) 



Philadelphus venustus. (j/. z>. g. 



1906, 53.) H, Leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, up to If in. long, gradually 

 acuminate, subacute at the base, hairy 

 both sides. Flowering-branches short. 

 Raceme 3-5-flowered. Corolla scarcely 

 1 in. across, with oval petals. Eastern 

 Tibet. (M. L. de Vilmorin, Les 

 Barres, France.) 



Phormium tenax Powerscourt ii. 



(G. W. 1907, 3, f.) Liliaceae. H. 

 Differs from the type in having 

 narrower and much more rigid leaves ; 

 it is also hardier and blooms more 

 freely. (Viscount Powerscourt.) [In 

 cultivation for many years as the 

 Powerscourt variety.] 



Phyllocactus Darrahi. (b. k. t, 91.) 



Cactaceae. G. Closely related to 

 P. anguliger* The segments of the 

 stem are flat, thin, and broad, very 

 coarsely toothed, and somewhat pale 

 green. Flowers 9 in. long and 4 \ in. 

 across, with a fragrance resembling 

 that of the Tuberose ; tube greenish, 

 nearly 6 in. long ; outer segments 

 yellow and the inner white. Mexico. 

 (Berlin B. G.) 



Phyllocactus Purpusii. (Jf, K. 1907, 



34, f.) G. A new species allied to 

 P. grandi*. Plant erect, branched, 

 forming a bush about 3 ft. high ; 

 branches large leaf-like, undulate, 

 attenuated and obtuse at the apex. 

 Flowers elongate-funnel-shaped, fra- 

 grant, when closed about 11 in. long. 

 Outermost perianth-segments linear- 

 lanceolate, carmine, passing to purple, 

 with a median stripe darker outside 

 and whitish inside ; middle segments 

 oblong to lanceolate, carmine-rose to 

 white striped with rose, the inner 

 shortly spinescent; innermost seg- 

 ments oblong, shortly spinescent, 

 white tinted with rose, or yellowish 

 white. Mexico. (Darmstadt B. G.) 



