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Physoptychis gnaphalodes. {Gard. 



1907, Ixxi. 222, as P. guavalodes.) 

 Crueiferae. H. A small alpine plant 

 . which in general appearance closely 

 resembles an Auhrietia, but its foliage 

 is greyer and its flowers are bright 

 citron-yellow. Persia. (M. Leichtlin, 

 Baden - Baden.) [Syn. Vesicaria 

 gnaphalodes, Boiss.] 



Physosiphon asaroides. (OreK ii. 



16.) Orchidaceae. G. Rhizome Jong, 

 slender. Stems very short or almost 

 none. Leaves triquetons, thick, lan- 

 ceolate, up to 1| in. long, 3-4 lin. 

 thick, usually reddish. Flowers 

 solitary or in pairs, very shortly 

 stalked, green-spotted and suffused 

 with purple outside, dark purple 

 inside. Tube of the sepals 1 in. long. 

 Petals and lip 1-1 £ lin. long. South 

 Brazil. (Baron von Fuerstenberg, 

 Schloss Hugenpoet, near Mintard, 

 Germany.) 



Picea excelsa interrupta. (.1/ u q 



, 1906,100.) Coniferae. H. A curious' 

 form in which the shoots of every 

 second year are abnormally short, and 

 are clothed with short broad almost 

 scale-like leaves which lie close to the 

 branches. Baron von Stauffenbenr 

 Wilflingen, Wiirttemberg.) ' 



Picea excelsa nidiformis. <j&. b. g. 



1906 87.) H. A form with a cushion- 

 like habit. The short fan-shaped 

 branches are horizontal, and arranged 

 ra dense layers, and through the 

 absence of a central shoot the plant 

 assumes a funnel-shaped or nest-like 

 • appearance (B. Grisson, jr., Sasel- 

 neide, Hamburg.) 



Pi f l0 ^ re n S ? traUsii ' (^-1907,410, 

 r.4J.) Cactaceae. G. Stem columnar, 

 up to about 3J ft. high, cylindric 

 crowned with beautiful pure white 

 silky shining soft hairs. Ribs about 

 2o, not prominent. Areolae almost 

 circular, about 2£ lin. apart, covered 

 with a short pure white wool, and 

 each bearing up to 40 white hairs 

 about 1 in. long, at first soft, after- 

 wards stiffer. The older areolae have 



" V ?- 3 £ white 8 P ines > the lowermost 

 of which are longest and about J in 



long. Bolivia. (Berlin B. G. ; E." 

 Heese, Gross Lichterfelde, near Berlin.) 



Pinus montana aareo-variegata 



{^ Pi <* 19 ? 6 . 193.) Coniferae! 



u. A torm having some of the leaves 



u golden - yellow. (Fritz Graf von 



Schwerin, Wendisch • Wilmersdorf, 

 Germany.) ' 



con- 



Pinus montana gracilis, ni. d. g. 



1906, 193, f.) H. A slow- but 

 regular - growing form, with leaves 

 only 1-1 J in. long. (Fritz Graf von 

 Schwerin, Wendisch - Wilmersdorf, 

 Germany.) 



Pinus silvestris crispata. cm. d. g. 



1906, 192.) H. The long sickle- 

 shaped leaves are each curved in a 

 different direction and stand 

 fusedly together, having a crisped 

 appearance. (F. Graf von Schwerin, 

 Wendisch- Wilmersdorf, Germany.) 



Pinus silvestris nivea. (M. d. g. 



1906, 19 1 .) H. Leaves a dirty white- 

 green. (F. Graf von Schwerin, Wen- 

 disch- Wilmersdorf, Germany.) 



Pisonia Brunoniana. (/. s. n. r.vi. 



9, t. 201, as P. Brunonia.') Nycta- 

 ginaceae. G. A tree reaching a 

 height of nearly 50 ft. Leaves alter- 

 nate, oval-oblong, up to about 10 in. 

 long and 4 in. broad, acuminate t entire 

 or sinuate ; petiole somewhat thick, 

 up to 1 in. long. Flowers very 

 inconspicuous, in spreading terminal 

 cymes. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands. 

 L. van den Bossche, Tirlemont, 

 Belgium.) 



Pleuroth'allis Cogniauxiana. 



(Orch.ii. 28.) Orchidaceae. G. Anew 

 species resembling P. j;rolifera, but? 



• it is a somewhat taller plant with 



narrower leaves, and the outside 



of the flowers are densely hairy. 



Flowers pallid, densely covered with 



purple lines and spots. Sepals 4-4 £ lin. 



long. Petals much smaller, cuneate, 



obtusely angled at the apex. Colombia. 



(O. Beyrodt. Marienfelde, Berlin.) 



Pleurothallis dubia. {Orch. ii. 28.) 



G. A very small creeping plant. 

 Stem 2-edged, 1 -leaved. Leaf oblong 

 or elliptic, obtuse, f in. long, \ in. 

 broad ; petiole about J in. long. 

 Flowers yellow, with a shining 

 orange-yellow lip bearing brown 

 papillae. Sepals oblong, acute, slightly 

 more than £ lin. long. Petals lanceo- 

 late, much smaller. Lip simple, ovate- 

 oblong. Mexico. (Munich B. G.) 



Podophyllum versipelle. (£. C. 



1907, xli. 365 : B. M. t. 8154.) Ber- 

 beridaceae. H. A perennial herb 

 with stems nearly 8 ft. high, 2-forked 

 at the top, each fork bearing a lobed 

 peltate leaf 18-20 in. across. Flowers 

 pendulous, deep crimson, about 1 in. 

 long, borne in clusters of from 12 to 16 

 just under the leaves. Central China. 

 (Kew ; J. Veitch & Sons.) 



