t)8 



with 



tlladiolus Masoniorum, 



Iridaceae. H.H. 



{K. B. 1913, 

 Differs from 



305.) 



G. sulphureus in having acuminate 

 spathes and shorter perianth-lobes. 

 The flowers are cream-coloured, pale 

 yellow at the throat and green inside 

 the tube. South Africa. (Cambridge 

 B, G.) 



ISIadiolus vltrlacensis. (R n 1913 



269, f. 127.) H.H. The name given 

 to _a race obtained by crossing a 

 variety of <?. Lemotnei and some 

 dwarf early . flowering hybrids. 

 (Cayeux ft Le Clerc, Paris.) 



r 



Cleditschla trlacanthos columnarls. 



S^- ?• f' 1913, 322.) Leguminosae. 

 H. A fastiffiate form. (Lovenioul 

 Park, near Lowen, Belgium.) 



/orstera Bidwillii. {Bees, Cat. No. 41, 



1913, 17, as Fast era.) Stylidiaceae. 

 H, { ?) A prostrate plant with stems 

 2-8 in. long, densely clothed 

 small obovate to linear-oblong leaves, 

 the older of which, as well as the 

 young shoots, are covered on the 

 under side with a white felt. Flowers 

 white, with bluish markings, ^ in. 

 across, 1--3 together on a peduncle 

 2-4 in. long. See Cheesemany Manual 



New Zealand Fl 393. New Zealand. 

 (Bees, Ltd.) 



forsythia suspensa var. Fortunei f. 

 . atrocaulls. [M. D. G, 1912, 193; 



1913, 268.) Oleaceae. H. Distin- 

 uished by the dark red young 



ranches and the narrow leaves, 

 which are red in a young state. Cen- 

 tral China. (Arnold Arboretum; H. 

 A, Hesse, Weener, Hanover.) 



*Fortunearia sinensis. [PI. WiU. 



i, 428.) Hamamelidaceae. H. Shrub, 

 5-6J ft. high. Leaves obovate or 

 obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, 

 unequally sinuate-denticulate, 3-6 in. 

 long, 1^-3^ in. broad, glabrescent. 

 Hacemea terminal, erect, 1|-2J in. 

 long. Flowers aimilar in structure 

 to those of Corylopsis, but the petals 

 are minute, the aisc is absent, and 

 the filaments are short. Central 

 China. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



Geranium Purpusii, [Fcdde, Eepert. 



xii. 40.) Geraniaceae. H. ( ?) A 

 new species of the section Incanoidea 

 and belonging to the group of species 

 with 2-flowered peduncles and red 

 flowers. Leaves petiolate, round in 

 outline, 5-partite, with much divided 

 lobes. Peduncles 3-7 in. long. Pedi- 

 cels J-3 in. long. Sepals about i in. 

 long.^ Petals broadly obovate, 2 or 

 3 times longer than the sepals. 

 Mexico. (Darmstadt B. G.) 



""Habenaria lantha. {G. C. 1913, 



liv. 300, f. 110.) Orchidaceae. ^ S. 

 A deciduous plant, about 16 in. high, 

 with tuberous roots. Stem erect, 

 fleshy. Leaves several, sessile, am- 

 plexicaul, ovate-lanceolate, 2^3 in, 

 long, soft in texture, pale green. 

 Flowers about 5, ,: shortly stalked. 

 Sepals and petals creamy white ; 

 upper sepal hooded, partly enclosing 

 the narrower erect petals ; lateral 

 sepals spreading. Lip large, spread- 

 ing, somewhat wavy on the margin, 

 rose-purple and white, with crimson- 

 purple dots and streaks ; crest bright 

 yellow. South India. (F. Sander & 

 Sons.) [Platanthera iantha, Wight; 

 Habenaria jantha. Hook, f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. vi. 164.] 



Habenaria Roebelenii. [G. C. 1913, 



liii. 30; 0. B. 1913, 39.) S. ^ Similar 

 to H. militaris but dwarfer in habit, 

 and the vermilion-scarlet flowers have 

 a broader lip, which is deeply cleft 

 at the sides. Annam. (E. H. David- 

 son; S. W. Flory.) 



^Hamameiis vernalis. (B. H. 1913, 



131, f . 40 ; Sargent, T. dc S. ii. 137, 

 t. 156.) Hamamelidaceae. H. A 

 shrub rarely more than 6J ft. high, 



spreading by stolons and flowering 

 from January to March, differing 

 from H. virginiana in its time of 

 flowering, the amount and persis- 

 tency of the pubescence on the leaves 

 and branches, the pale colour of the 

 under side of the leaves, and in 

 the bright red inner surface of the 

 calyx-lobes. Missouri, Arkansas, and 

 Louisiana. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



^Helianthus lenticularis var. coro- 

 natus X annuus. (G. C. 1913, 



liv. 94, 108, f. 44; <?. M. 1913, 602.) 

 Compositae. H. Garden hybrid. It 

 has been called "The Red Sun- 

 flower." (Sutton & Sons.) 



"Helichrysum bellldioides. (G. C 



1913, liii. 256, 436, ff. 115, 186.) 

 Compositae. H, or H.H. Stems 

 prostrate, slender, densely leafy. 

 Leaves small, ovate, green above, 

 whitish beneath. Flowering - stems 

 2-4 in. high, covered by white cot- 

 tony hairs and bearing narrow bracts. 

 Flower-heads about i in across^ ray- 

 florets in 2 or 3 rows, white, pointed ; 

 disc - florets greenish - yellow. Isew 



(A. Hemsley; Glasnevin 



B. G.) . 



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w 



*HemerocaIIis Forrestii. (N. B- ^^ 



EdinK v. 298; Bees^ Cat. No. 41, 

 1913, 7.) Liliaceae. H. Allied to 

 H. fulva, but easily distinguished 

 from it by its narrow perianth with 



Zealand. 



