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Botanical Magazine for August.—The plants figured are Hydrangea 
Sargentiana, Rehder (t. 8447); Aloe Steudneri, Schweinf. (t. 8448) ; 
Muehlenbechia complera, Meisn. (t. 8449); Pyenostachys Dawer, 
N. E. Brown (t. 8450); and Agave disceptata, J. R. Drumm. 
(t, 8451). 
The Hydrangea is one of the many new Chinese plants discovered 
by Mr. E. H. Wilson and sent by him to the Arnold Arboretum. 
This species.is characterised by the conspicuous covering of bristly 
hairs present on its stems and petioles and is thereby easily 
distinguished from its nearest ally, //. Rosthornii, Diels. Though a 
native of Western Hupeh, at elevations of from 5,000 to 6,000 feet, 
several young plants at Kew, which were raised from seed presented 
by the Director of the Arnold Arboretum, were killed during the 
winter of 1909-10, 
Alve Steudneri is a particularly handsome species, with a dense 
rosette of leaves about 2 feet Jong, slightly branched peduncles 
3 feet high, and pendulous flowers about 2 inches long, deep red, 
rose-pink, and dark yellow. It is a native of Eritrea and Abys- 
sinia, and was first introduced into European gardens by Prof. 
Pycnostachys Dawei is a handsome winter-flowering Labiate from 
ganda, whence seeds were sent to Kew in 1905 by Mr. M. T. Dawe. 
Plants raised from these seeds flowered in January, 1906. It 
has now been figured from a specimen received for identification 
in December, 1911, from Dr. A. R. Wallace. The deep blue 
flowers, arranged in dense heads, are liable to injury at Kew from 
ogs. 
The Agave was presented to Kew in 1593 by the late Mr, W. B. 
Kellock, It was received under the name of A. Leopoldi, Hort., 
and was believed by Mr. Kellock to be a hybrid between A. filifera, 
Salmdyck, and A. princeps, Hort. The plant has now flowered, 
and proves to be a valid species most closely allied to the group 
which includes d. geminiflora, Scannag., and A. angustissima, 
ngelm. 
Botanical Magazine for September.—The plants figured are 
Dendrobium Imthurnii, Rolfe (t. 8452); Columnea glabra, Oerst. 
(t. 8453); Berberis verruculosa, Hemsl. & E. H. Wils. (t, 8454) ; 
a ee lava, Gilg (t. 8455); and Primula Wattii, King (t. 8456). 
endrobium is a distinct new species which was discovered 
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