101 



Tricuspidaria dependens. (b. m. 



t. 8115.) Tiliaceae. G. A small 

 compact tree. Leaves obovate or 

 elliptic or sometimes ovate, §-2$ in. 

 lon &, i-li in. broad, serrate. Flowers 

 1-3 together, axillary, borne on long 

 curved peduncles. Petals oblong, 

 white, about f in. long, 3-toothed at 

 the apex. This is the true T. dejxndens, 

 Ruiz & Pav. The plant under this 

 name in Bat. Mag. t. 7160, is T. lanceo- 

 late, Miq. Central Chili. (Kew.) 



Tritoma rufa var. venusta. (B. h. 



1907, 304, t.) Liliaceae. H. Scape 

 long and very straight. Flowers a 

 beautiful bright yellow. (Ph. L. 

 de Vilmorin, Verrieres. France.) 



L 



■Knipkofia ru fa var.] 



*Trollius chinensis. (G. w. 1907, 



283, f.) Ranunculaceae. PT. Plant 

 about 2 ft. high, with leaves similar 

 to those of the other species in culti- 

 vation. Flowers flat (not globular), 

 the golden-yellow sepals spreading 

 horizontally. Petals long and 



narrow, standing up conspicuously 

 in the centre of the flower. China. 



(Kew.) 



UlmUS japonica.^ {Sargent, T. 9f A, 

 ii. 1, t. 101.) Urticaceae. H. A new 

 species resembling U. americana in 

 habit, foliage, and pubescence. A tree 

 65-90 ft. high, with a trunk often 

 3-4 ft. in diam. Branches gracefully 

 pendent, with slender slightly zigzag 

 branchlets, pale yellow-green during 

 their first season, becoming deeper 

 coloured. Winter-buds obtusely coni- 

 cal. Leaves oblong-obovate, 3-6 in. 

 long, 1J-3 in. broad, unequal at the 

 base, coarsely toothed. Flow ers nearly 

 sessile, light red. Fruit narrowly 

 oblong - obovate. Japan. (Arnold 

 Arboretum.) 



Vernonia gigantea. (li. il 1907, 



468.) Compositae. H. A robust 

 plant with very large panicles of car- 

 mine or violet-rose flower -heads. (H. 

 Correvon, Floraire, Geneva.) 



Viburnum cinnamomifolium. (&r- 



gent, T. $ S. ii. 31, t 114.) Capri- 

 foliaoeae. H. A glabrous shrub or 

 small tree with dark reddish brown 

 branches. Leaves leathery, persistent 

 elliptic-oblong, 3-5 in. long, 1 j-2 in. 

 broad, long-acuminate, entire or with 

 a few small teeth near the apex, con- 

 spicuously 3-nerved ; petioles stout, 

 J-l in. long. Flowers small, greenish 









white, in large loose umbel - like 

 corymbs. Mt. Omei, Western China. 

 (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



Viburnum propinq uum. 



T.J?S. ii. 33, t. 115.) H. 



(Sarge?U, 



A shrub 

 with reddish brown lustrous branches. 

 Leaves handsome, evergreen, elliptic to 

 elliptic-oblong or ovate to ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, If— 4 in. long, f-lj in. broad, 

 remotely toothed, glabrous, conspicu- 

 ously 3-nerved, with slender petioles 

 up to § in. long. Flowers small, 

 greenish white, in small umbel-like 

 terminal corymbs. Central and West- 

 ern China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



Viburnum utile. 



381.) 



(G. C. 1907, xli. 

 H. An extremely floriferous 

 species. Stems stellate - tomentose 

 when young, glabrous when mature. 

 Leaves shortly stalked, thick, lanceo- 

 late-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 1-1 £in. 

 long, f-1 in. broad, obtuse, entire. 

 Flowers pure white, £ in. across, in 

 dense corymbose cymes about 3 in. 

 across. Central China. (J. Veitch <fc 

 Sons.) 



Victoria Cruciana 



Malmei. 



var. 



(llenh. Nymph. 43.) Nymphaeaceae. 

 S. A very robust variety. The strong 

 ribs of the margin of the leaf, which 

 is strikingly ventricose, are pale rose 

 to dflrk rose, with the intermediate 

 tissue green. Brazil. (Stockholm 

 B. G. ; F. Henkel, Darmstadt.) [ V. 

 ref/ia, Lindl. var.j 



Vitex littoralis. (//. i\ vi. 86, t. 2.) 



Verbenaceae. G. A tree 18 ft. high 

 or more, with a hard durable wood. 

 Leaves dark green, long-stalked, the 

 lower with 3, the upper with 5 leaflets 

 which are elliptic, obtusely acuminate 

 and glabrous. Flowers in a short 

 racemose panicle. Corolla bright rose, 

 about 1 in. long, 2-lipped. New Zea- 

 land. (Palermo B. G.) 



■ 



Vitis Pagnucci. (G. M. 1W7, 797.) 



Ampelidaceae. H. A slender-growing 

 densely branched plant. Leaves small, 

 few-lobed, bronze-coloured in autumn. 

 China. (Kew.) 



♦Vitis semicordata. (G. jit. 1907, 797, 



as V.semicaudata.) H. A self -cling- 

 ing species. Leaves long-stalked, 3- 

 lobed, dark green above, paler reddish 

 and pubescent beneath ; leaflets ovate, 

 with a slender tapering apex. Hima- 

 laya and Khasia Mt* ["?•*"**- 

 la yana, Brand., var. iemicordata,\\ all.] 



