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leaves, the longest of which are about six inches, and some two to 
three inches broad, and bearing from one to four deep green ovules ; 
these are now about one-third of an inch in diameter, and occasion- 
ally swell up to about an inch, changing to dull yellow when 
mature. The scale leaves are comparatively few in number, two to 
three inches in length, reddish-brown in colour, and, unlike those of 
the majority of Cyads, are completely deciduous. The stem is 
naked except in the upper few inches, dull pinkish-red in colour, 
tapering from below upwards, and more or less gouty. 
: Cc. P. R. 
A. marmorata appears to be most closely allied to A. Willdingii, 
Tod. ‘The flowers are small and bright yellow, so that it cannot be 
placed in Baker’s group Americanae. 
The form of Erica ciliaris, which is the subject of the plate, is 
one which is found in Portugal, where also the more commonly 
known form—native in Dorset, Cornwall and Galway—is also found 
This form was first noticed by Mr. G. Ward in Portugal in 1872. 
It has a more compact habit of growth, and its flowers are not 
secund as in /, ciliaris proper. It was re-introduced in 1882 by 
Mr. Backhouse as ZH. Maweana. The plant thrives at Kew, and 
makes a bright display of colour from July to October. 
_ Sturax Wilsonii is a compact shrub most nearly related to S. 
japonicum, but about half the size of that plant in all its parts. The 
plant figured was raised from seeds presented to Kew by the 
Arnold Arboretum and collected by Mr. Wilson in China in 1908. 
The shrub flowered when only seventeen months old, and it is as, yet 
uncertain whether it is quite hardy at Kew. 
The Cotyledon is a remarkably handsome species, a native of 
Mexico, for the plant of which we are indebted to the authorities 
of the Natural History Museum at Washington. C. subrigida was 
