

_, Further material of Central American Dicliaeaa, especially 

 living _ plants or dried specimens with flowers, would be 

 appreciated, as there are imperfect specimens at Kew which mav 

 indicate additional species, and others have been described which 

 cannot be identified for want of materials. 



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^ Botanical Magazine for October.— The following plants are 



figured : Ixora umhellata, Valet, (t. 8577) ; Cytisus palUdus, Poir. 

 (t. 8o78) ; Trichocaulon pictum, N. E. Br. (t. 8579) ; hidigofera 

 Kinlowii, Maxim, (t. 8580), and Agave hracteom, S. Wats. 

 (t. 8581). 



. The Ixora was introduced to cultivation at Kew from Java in 



1889, whence it was sent by the late Dr. Treub. It is nearly allied 



\o J. congesta, Eoxb., but differs particularly in the corymbs of 



white flowers. As a wild plant 7. umhellata appears now io be 



very rare in Java. In cultivation it forms a handsome branching 

 shrub. 



Cythtis pallidus, a native of the Canary Islands, was raised at 

 Kew in 1912 from seed sent in that year by Dr. G. V. Perez, of 

 Puerto Orotava, Teneriffe. This plant has been depicted by Webb 

 and Berthelot under the name Genista splendens, in their work on 



the Canary Islands. 



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from whicli it differs in the broader leaflets. It is a particularly 

 pleasing plant with its silvery pubescent leaves and fragrant 

 yellow flowers. ' - ^ 



Trichocaulon pictum is a remarkable Asclepiad from Little 

 -Namaqualand, originally discovered by Dr. R. Marloth^ and sub- 

 sequently found again by Prof. H. H. W. Pearson and sent to Kew 

 with many other interesting succulents collected during the cOtlrse 

 of the Percy Sladen Expedition. In the vegetative condition our 

 plant can hardly be disting-uished from T. cactiforme, N. E. Bf.^ 

 but so distinct are the flowers that they cannot be regarded as Con- 

 specific. It flowered at Kew for the first time in June, 1912. 



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for another pretty Ifarden shrub. 



een received 

 recent. The 



flowers are a delicate pink colour, and are developed continuously 

 from the leaf axils during June and July, This species was 

 referred first by Bunge to /. macrostachya, but its nearest ally 

 appears to be /. elliptica, Eoxb- • ^ 



Agave hracteosa, the subject of the last plate, is a very distinct 

 species of the section Littaea. A. pruinosa, Lemaire, is its nearest 

 ally, and has similarly finely dentate leaves, but in A., hracteosa 

 the leaves gradually taper upwards from a short thickened base. 

 This species was discovered by Dr. E. Palmer near Monterey in 

 JSTorthern Mexico, and was introduced by him to the Harvard 

 Botanic Garden, where it flowered for the first time, in 1881> 

 The plant which furnished material for the plate was received in 

 1888 from the Botanic Garden at Washington. 



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