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florescence a secuud raceme, 2^- 

 flowered or more. Corolla lemon- 

 yellow, ^ in. long ; lobes distinct for 

 about J of their length, spreading a 

 little at their tips. Mexico. (Wash- 

 ington B. G.) 



Echjum simplex k candscans. (R. H. 



1913, 442.) Boraginaceae. G. Gar- 

 den hybrid. (G. V. Perez, Puerto 

 Orotava, Tenerife.) 



Ephedra Cerardiana sikkimensis. 



{Bees, Cat. No. 41, 1913, 7, as E, 

 GeTrardiana sikkimensis.) Gnetaceae. 

 H. A low shrub with thin wiry 

 rush-like stems and inconspicuous 

 unisexual flowers in small spikes or 

 cones. The variety has larger male 

 spikes than the typical form. See 

 Hook. /. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 864. 



Sikkim and Western China. (Bees, 

 Ltd.) 



Epicattleya schoenbrunnensis. (0. 



G. Z. 1913, 91.) Orchidaceae. G. 

 Garden hybrid between Cattleya 

 Mossiae and Epidendrum raniferum. 

 (Schonbrunn Hofgarten.) 



Epidendrum congestum. [K. B. 1913, 



29.) Orchidaceae. S. A new species 

 differing from E. discolor in having 

 smaller pale green flowers. Upper 

 sepal reflexed, ovate, 5 lin. long. 

 Lateral sepals spreading, oblong- 

 lanoeolate, 5 lin. long. Petals lance- 

 olate, 4J lin. long, subrecurved at 

 the apex. Lip adnate to the column; 

 limb cordate-ovate, 2^3 lin. long. 

 Costa Rica. (Glasnevin B. G.) 



Epilaelia schoenbrunnensis. {0. G, Z. 



1913, 91.) Orchidaceae. G. Garden 

 hybrid ' between Epidendrum ciliare 

 and Laelia pumila var. Dayana. 

 ( Schonbrunn Hofgarten, ) 



*Eria trilamellata. {K. B. 1913, 141.) 



Orchidaceae. S. Allied to E. trun- 

 cata, but it is a smaller plant, with 

 glabrous pedicels and a shortly 

 3-lobed middle lobe to the lip. 

 Pseudobulbs club-shaped , lf-3 in. 

 long, 2-3-leaved. Leaves lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, li-^J in. long. 

 Scape about | in. long, 2-flowered. 

 Bracts light emerald -green. Flowers 

 medium-sized, white, with a light 

 brown front lobe and a very hairy 

 brown keel in front. Siam. (Kew.) 



*Erlgeron multiradlatus platyphyl- 



lUs. {Bees, Cat. No. 41, 1913, 7.) 

 Compositae. H. Flower-heads larger 

 than in the type, soft pink. Wes- 

 tern China. (Bees, Ltd.) 



Eulophia ugandae. {K. B. 1913,. 



339.) Orchida^^eae. G. Remarkable 

 for its climbing habit. Pseudobulbs 

 subfusiform, superposed, 2-3-Ieaved^ 

 emitting thick roota from the base. 

 Leaves petiolate; limb ovate or 

 elliptic-ovate, 3^-4^ in. long. Scape 

 5-8 in. long, bearing a compact 

 many-flowered panicle. Flowers small,, 

 white, with a few purple nerves and. 

 streaks on the lip and column.. 

 Uganda. (Sir Trevor Lawrence.) 



Racemes 2J 



Eulophia Watkinsonii. [K, B. 1913,. 



339.) G. Scapes 9-16 in, high. 



5 in. long, 6-12-flowered. 

 Flowers bright yellow, with a little 

 brown on the outside of the sepals, 

 about f in, long. It differs from 

 E. hians mainly in the colour of the 

 flowers. Transvaal and Swaziland.. 

 (Kew.) 



L 



Euonymus radtcans var. acuta. (M. 



Z). G. 1913, 257.) Celastraceae. H. 

 Leaves thinner than in the type^ 

 elliptic or ovate-elliptic, l|-2^ in. 

 long, acute or shortly acuminate, 

 w^ith the nerves on the under side* 

 conspicuous. Central China. (Arnold" 

 Arboretum.) [Syn. E. japonica var.. 

 acuta, Rehder in PL Wils. i. 485.] 



""Euphorbia Eustacei. [K. B. 1913, 



122, f.) Euphorbiaceae. G. A very- 

 distinct new species, remarkable- 

 among those having a similar habit 

 for its long white spines. The plant 

 has the form of a hemispherical spiny- 

 cushion, sometimes as much as afoot 

 in diameter, with pale green cylindric* 

 or scarcely tuberculate stems and 

 spreading spines f-2 in. long. South 

 Africa. (Kew.) 



"Euphorbia HIslopii. [K. 5. 1913, 



304.) G. A new species vqtj similar 

 .to E. sphndens, but the stems are 

 almost twice as thick, the leaves are 

 sessile and broadly cuneate instead 

 of attenuated at the base, and the 

 ped uncles are shorter. Probably 

 Madagascar or 

 islands. (Durban B. G.) 



the neighbouring 



"Euphorbia Pillansii. (K. B. 1913. 



122, f.) G. Distinguished from 

 E. steUaespina by its stems having 

 much fewer angles, stouter spines, 

 and transverse pale greenish bars, 

 while the involucre is larger. The 

 plant is 4-€ in. high, branched at 

 the base. Stems very obtusely 

 7-angIed.^ Spines 4-9 lin. long, 

 5-1 lin. thick. Peduncles erect, 

 3^ lin. long, 1-6-flowered. Involucre 

 2^-3 lin. across. South Africa. (Kew.) 



