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between A. microphyllum and A. 

 Sanctae-Catharinae {A. trapeziforme 

 var. Catharinat). (C. Le Couteulx, 

 Chesnay, Versailles.) 



^Aesculus georgiana. {Sargtnty T. 



dh S. ii. 259, t. 197.) Sapindaceae, 

 H. A broad round-topped shrub, 

 3-6J ft. high, distinguished by ita 

 short compact inflorescence and red 

 petalsj and in the normal form by its 

 glabrous leaflets. Flowers IJ-lJ in. 

 long. Georgia, U.S.A. (Arnold 

 Arboretum.) 



Jlesculus georgiana var. pubescens. 



{SaTgent,T.d:S.il2iQ.) H. Differs 

 from the typical form in having the 

 leaflets covered below early in the 

 season with a loose pale pubescence. 

 Georgia, U.S.A. (Arnold Arbor- 

 etum.! 



Aesculus glabra 



{Sargent, T. dh S. ii 

 from the type in 

 narrower and more 

 which are coated 

 young branchlets, 

 pale pubescence. 



Arkansas, U.S.A. 

 etum.) 



Buckleyl. 



H. Differs 



var. 



. 262. ) 



having usually 7 



acuminate leaflets, 



below, like the 



with close fine 

 Missouri, Iowa & 



(Arnold Arbor- 



Jlesculus glabra var. leucodermfs. 



{Sargent, T, dh S. ii. 262.) H. 

 Characterised by the smooth pale 

 often nearly white bark of the trunk 

 and branches. South-eastern United 

 States. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



A^GUlus Harbison!. (Sargent, T. &S, 

 ii. 259.) H. Supposed to be a 

 natural hybrid between A. georgiana 

 and 4. discolor var. mollis ? Georgia, 

 U.S.A. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



Aesculus woerlitzensis var. Ellwan- 



gerl. (M. D. G. 1913, 258.] H. 



Characterised by the leaves feeing 



sparingly or very sparingly villous 



beneath and furnished with 24-27 



nerves on each side, and the deeper 



colour of the flowers, (Arnold Arbor- 

 etum.) 



Jlgapanthus hybridus. (7. R. H. S. 



xxxix. 363.) Liliaceae. G. Garden 

 hvbrid between A, umhellatus and 

 A. Mooreanus T = A. umhellatus var. 



Moorean7ts.'} (Scheubel.) 



Agapanthua Millerf. {G. C. 1913, liv. 



217.) G. Garden hybrid between 

 A. umbellatus and A^ caulescens, (W. 

 Muller, Fratte di Salerno, Italy.) 



Agapanthus umbellatus monstro* 



BUS. (/. E. H, S, xxxix. 364.) G. 

 A very robust form, with leavea 

 2J-3 in. broad. Umbels containing 





several hundred flowers. Perianth 

 of many segments. (A. Worsley.) 



Agapanthus umbellatus repens. 



(/. R. H. 8. xxxix. 364.) G, "A 



small-growing form with creeping 



rootstock, narrow and short leaves, 



and flowers like A. Mooreanus,'' (A. 

 Worsley.) 



^Agapanthus WeilligJI. {G, C. 1913, 



liv, 125; G, M, 1913, 633, f.) G. 

 Leaves deciduous, six to a feulb, 

 short, rigid, erect, deeply chan- 

 nelled, subglaucous, Umoel about 

 60-flowered, denser than in A. um- 

 bellatus. Flowers erect in bud, 

 drooping vertically when open, sub- 

 campanulate, not more than J in. 

 across at the throat of the tube, 

 which is \\ in. long, deep violet at 

 the base, othewise pale blue-violet 

 except for a dark line running up 

 the inside; lobes about |in. long. (A. 

 Worsley. [4. Weillighi; J. R. H. S. 

 xxxix. 363. =A. inapertus, Beu* 

 averd.] 



Agave Vilmoriniana (Fedde, Repert. 



xii. 603.) Amaryllidaceae. G. A 

 new species apparently allied to 



A, EUemeetiana, but its flowers are 



at present unknown. Leaves about 

 25, in a loose rosette, narrowly 



linear-lanceolate, long and gradually 

 acuminate, entire, flat on the upper 



side in the lower part, channelled 

 above, convex beneath, furnished 

 with a slender terminal 



Mexico. 



lJ-12 m. 

 B, G.) 



long. 



spme 

 (Paris 



^Alnus cremastogyne. (K, B. 1913, 



164, t.) Betulaceae. H. An elegant 

 tree, reaching a height of 80-100 ft. 

 Leaves obovate or oval, 2J~5^ in. 

 long, 1J--3 in. broad, acute or cus- 

 pidate, broadly cuneate or rounded 

 at the bas«, unevenly serrate, dark 

 glossy green and glabrous above, 

 with tufts of brown hairs in the axils 

 of the veins beneath; petiole J-^ in. 

 long. Female strobiles solitary, 

 ovoid, I in. long, } in. broad, borne 

 on slender peduncles 1^-21 in. long. 

 Western China. (Arnold Arbore- 

 tum; Kew.) 



*Alnu8 lanata. (K. B. 1913, 164.) 



H. Closely allied to A* CTemasto- 

 gyne and possibly only a variety of 

 that species, differing by the dense 

 covering of brown wool on the 

 branchlets, petioles, peduncles, and 

 the underside of the leaves. Wes- 

 tern China. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



Amorphophallua corrugatus. [B, M. 



t. 8475.) Araceae. S. A new species 



most nearly allied to A. Kerrii, but 



it has dark purple ovaries, longer 



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