62 



■ it may be distinguished by its gla- 

 brous peduncles, purple corolla-tube, 

 and different corona. It is a climb- 

 ing herb, with glabrous elongater 

 ovate leaves 1|-2| in. long. Peduncle 

 axillary, umbellately 3- or 4-flowered. 

 CoroUa-tuDe curved , about 1 in. 

 long; lobes erect, about ^ in. long, 

 slightly connate at the apex, dark 

 purple above, pallid below, very 

 minutely purple - dotted. Probably 

 India or Malay Archipelago. (W. 



Ledger.) 



Chaenomelesjaponlcadotichocarpa. 



(M. D. G. 1913, 321, f.) Rosaceae. 

 H. A form with pear-shaped fruits 

 nearly 3 in. long and 2 in. broad. 

 (G. W. Depken, Oberneuland, Bre- 

 men, Germany,) {Gydonia jaj^onica, 

 Thunb., var.] 



Chamaedorea pumila. {G, O. 1913, 



liii. 294.) Palmae. 8. A very small- 

 growing species, flowering when 

 only about a foot high. It re- 

 sembles (7. tenella and C. geonomae- 

 formis, but is markedly different in 

 the glaucous green of its foliage. 

 Stem slender. Leaves bipartite, 

 about 6 in. broad, elegantly curved, 

 serrate ; rachis clothed with fioecose 

 hairs. Spadix lateral, with 6 

 slender drooping branches densely 

 covered with small dark creen 

 flowers. Costa Rica. (F, Sander & 

 Sons.) [C nanaj N. E. Brown in 

 K. B. 1914, 156. It is quite distinct 

 from the true C. pumila, Wendl., 

 in its dwarfer habit, smaller leaves, 

 shorter petioles, &c.] 



Cheirantheslmum Cayeuxii. (li. H. 



1913, 443.y^ Cruciferae. H. H. A 

 new name proposed for the plant 

 included in "the list of 1912 as 



Cheiranthus mxitallio, 



Cirrhopetafum miniatum. (K. B. 



1913, 28.) Orchidaceae. S. A new 

 species allied to C, gradUimum., 

 but differing in having a shorter 

 scape, larger vermilion-coloured 

 flowers, and the upper sepal and the 



Eetals furnished with yellow hairs, 

 leaves lanceolate-objong, about 3 in. 

 long. Scape slender, 4 in. long, 

 about 8-fiowered. Flowers elon- 



f[ated. Upper sepal ovate, 4 lin. 

 ong. Lateral sepals narrowly 

 linear-oblong, 3-32 in. long. Petals 

 obliquely ovate, 2^ lin. long. Lip 

 oblong, recurved, IJ lin, long. 

 Annam. (Glasnevin B. G,) 



*Ci8tU8 Loreti. (J?. M. t. S490.) 



Cistaceae, H. A natural hybrid 

 between^ <7. ladaniferus and C, 

 marts pel iensis. It has been in culti- 

 vation at Kew for a quarter of 

 century. 



""Cladrastis sinensis. (K. B. 1913, 



164, t.) Leguminosae. H. A de-' 

 ciduous tree, 50 ft. high or more; 

 branchlets rusty pubescent at the 

 base. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 11- 

 17, oblong or ovate, 1^5 in. long, 

 up to 1^ in. broad^ dark green and 

 smooth above, pubescent on the mid- 

 rib beneath and on the rachis and 

 short petiolule. Flowers papiliona- 

 ceous, blush-white, fragrant, \ in. 

 long, borne in erect pyramidal pani- 

 cles which are as much as 12 in. 

 long and 9 in. broad. Western 

 China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 





B, 

 A 



cr 



Cleisostoma acuminatum. 



1913, 144.) Orchidaceae. 

 dwarf almost stemless epiphytic 

 herb. Leaves narrowly oblong, 3|- 

 6 in. long. Scapes about f in. Ion 

 few-flowered. Flowers only 2 lin. 

 long. Sepals and petals yellowish- 

 green, with 1 or 2 large transverse 

 purple blotches. Lip cream-white 

 and yellow. Formosa. (H. J. 

 Elwes.) 



Clematis grata var. grandldentata. 



[PL Wils. i, 266; M, D. G. 1913, 



266.) Ranunculaceae. H. Easily 

 distinguished from the type by its 

 large coarsely toothed leaflets. 

 Central and Western China. 



(Arnold Arboretum ; 

 Weener, Hanover.) 



H. A. Hesse, 



Wils. i. 

 H. A 



""Clematis lasiandra. (PL 



322; M. D. G. 1913, 266.) 

 fine species with pale green leaves 

 bordered with brown, and flow^ers 

 varying from nearly white to dark 

 red-purple. The young shoots are 

 red-brown, and, with the flower- 

 buds, are viscid. China and Japan. 



(Arnold Arboretum ; H. A. Hesse, 

 Weener, Hanover.) 



Clematis montana var. Wilsonii f. 

 platysepala- {PL Wils, L 334; 



M. p. G, 1913, 266.) H, Dis- 

 tinguished by its broadly obovate 

 rounded or truncate sepals. Western 

 China. (Arnold Arboretum; H. A. 

 Hesse, Weener, Hanover.) 



*Clematis nutans var. thyrsoldea. 



(PL Wih, I 324; M. D. G, 1913, 



266.) H. This is the plant included 

 m the list of 1910 as C. nutans. It 

 differs from the type in its broadly 

 ovate leaflets, usually cordate at the 

 base, silky pubescent below and with 

 more prominent veins. Western 

 China. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



^Clematis 

 uscula. 



tangutica var. obtusi- 



(G. C. 1913, liv. 94; G, M, 

 1913, 6(Xi.) H. Leaves similar to 

 those of the type. Flowers nearly 



