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Botanical Magazine for January. — The plants fiomed are 



Erythrina pulcherrima, Tod. (t. 8532) ; Galtonia pTinceys, Decne 

 (t. 8533); Carpinus japoiiica, Blume (t. 8534); Primula Fur- 

 domiiy Yeitcli (t. 8535), and Lonicera dejlexicalyxy Batalin 



(t. 8536), 



The beautiful Erythrina^ like other similar species^ was in- 

 troduK^ed into Italian giardjens and thence found its way to 

 Northern Europe, Its habitat is doubtful, but it is probably 

 Argentina. E, Crista galli^ Linn, from Brazil [see t. 2161) is 

 the nearest ally of E. pulchej-rima but the leaflets afford an easy 

 character by which the two species may be distinguished. The 

 plant figured flowered in the Palm House at Kew. 



Galtonia princeps like its ally G. candicans is an interesting 



plant for out-door culture and is regularly grown at Kew, Its 

 home is the Eastern region of South Africa on the Bazeia Moun- 

 tain, and near Pietermaritzburg, at altitudes of nearly 3000 ft. 

 The specimen figured flowered in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, 

 and was collected by Canon G. E, Mason and Miss M. H. Mason 

 in Tembuland. It differs from G\ candicans in having the peri- 

 anth segments shorter than the tube and the stamens attached 

 near to the base of the tube. 



The Hornbeam is a handsome species belonging to a well- 

 marked section of the genus separated by some under the name 

 Distegocarpus. This section is distinguished from Eu-carpinus 

 by the more numerous parallel nerves of the closely imbricated 

 fruiting bracts and the existence of a lobe or infolded base to 

 each bract which completely covers the nutlet. Carpinus cordata, 

 Blume, distinguished by its larger leaves and basal bract-lobe 

 is the only other species in the section Distegocarpus. 0. 

 japonica was probably first introduced to Great Britain by Mr. 

 C. Maries in 1879, but most, if not all, of the plants now in 

 cultivation came in 1895 from the Arnold Arboretum, or from 

 Tokyo. The figure was prepared from a tree sent by Prof. 

 Sargent in 1895 which is now 16 ft. high. 



Primula Purdomii is an interesting species, the seed of which 

 was collected at 10-11,000 ft. at Tao-chow in western Kansu by 

 Mr. W. Purdom, travelling on behalf of Messrs. J. Veitch & 

 Sons, and the plant figured was raised by them from the seed 

 sent home. It is allied to F, nivalis but differs in having the 

 lobes of the corolla more rounded and entire and in the larger 

 stigma and probably P. Purdomii should only be regarded as the 

 geographical representative in Kansu of its Siberian and N. 

 x\merlcan congener P. nivalis* 



Another Chinese plant is represented in the final plate in 

 Lonicera dejlexicalyx a species belonging to the subsection 

 Ocliranthae, Zabel (as amended by Eehder), and allied to L. 

 ovalis, Batalin, and L. tricosantha, Bur. & Tranch,, also found 



in Yunnan, Szechuan and Eastern Tibet. Our species is easily 

 distinguished by its narrower leaves and by the shorter ovarian 

 bracts. The plant which yielded material for the figure was 

 purchased for Kew from Mr. Spath of Berlin in 1908 and now 

 forms a considerable bush. The flowers are a rich yellow and 

 are borne in profusion, and as the plant usually escapes being 

 damaged by frost it makes a valuable garden shrub. 



