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a remarkably short tube. Plant 

 12-18 in. high. Leaves 8-14 in. 

 ^^^Sf W ia- broad. Flowers deep 

 reddish - orange. Western China. 

 (Bees, Ltd.) 



Huernia Schnelderiana. (M. K. 1913, 



177.) Asclepiadaceae. S. A distinct 

 new species. Stems tufted, about 

 2 in. high and i in, -thick, with 

 6 acutely toothed angles. Flowers 

 rather numerous, arising from the 

 base of the branches. Pedicels 

 short, glabrous. Corolla campanulate, 

 brown, rugose, glabrous, veined, 

 with 5 larger deltoid lobes, J in. 

 long, and 5 much smaller lobes. 

 Corona dusky-purple; interior lobes 

 furnished on the back with a semi- 

 ovate fleshy appendage. Nyasaland. 

 (Berlin-Dahlem B. G.) 



Hydrangea villosa. {B. H, 1913,118; 



PI. WiU. i, 29.) Saxifragaceae, H, 

 A shrub 3-10 ft. high, wath stems, 

 petioles and nerves of the leaves 

 carmine. Leaves large, elliptic or ob- 

 ■ long-lanceolate, dark green, covered, 

 as well as the petioles, with a thick 

 pubescence. Corymbs convex. Sterile 

 flowers 1J-1| in. across, bluish. Wes- 

 tern China, (V. Lemoine & Son, 

 Nancy; Arnold Arboretum.) 



"Hypericum Kalmianum. {B, it/, t. 



8491.) Hypericaceae. H. A much- 

 branched shrub, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 

 sessile, linear-oblanceolate, |-2 in. 



^'^"g? \-\ in. broad. Cymes 7-15- 

 flowered. Flowers yellow, \ in. 



across. A re-introduction. The species 

 usually met with in gardens under 

 this name in recent years is H, 'pro- 

 lificum. &. Kahaianum was origin- 

 ally introduced in 1759. North 

 America. (Kew.) 



*llex yunnanensls. [Veitch, N,H,P. 



1913, 4.) Aqnifoliaceae. H. A slow- 

 growing evergreen shrub densely 

 furnished with small ovate crenate 

 spineless leaves. Western China. (J. 

 Veitch & Sons.) 



Impatiens Herzogii alba. (/. //. F. 



1913, 413.) Geraniaceae. S. Flowers 

 quite whitCj 2J in. across. (Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Co., Paris.) 



1 



Iris Bolleana. See 7. Perslca var. 



Bolleana, 



Iris germanica 



1913, Hii. 82.) 



winter-flowering 



hyemalis. 



Iridaceae. 

 form. (W 



(G. C. 



H. A 

 Muller,) 



Iris mesopotamica. {Dykes ^ Iris, 176,) 



H. Closely allied to^ /. cypriana, 

 from which it differs in its broader 



leaves, in the spathes which are only 

 slightly scarious in the upper part 

 at flowering time, in ihe shorter 

 perianth-tube, and in the shorter 

 less prominent beard. Flowers blue- 

 purple with bronze-purple veins, and 

 an almost white beard, which passes 

 to orange on the claw. Mesopotamia. 

 (W. E. Dykes and others.) [Syn, 

 /. Bicardij Hort.] 



Iris montana. (Dykes, Iris, 91, t. 22.) 



H. JRootstock a short creeping rhi- 

 zome. Leaves firm, narrowly sword- 

 shaped, 12-18 in. long, ^ in. broad. 

 Stem 18-20 in. high. Spathes usually 

 2-flowered. Falls narrowly obovate- 

 cuneate, yellow, with lavender veins 

 on a faint lavender ground. Stan- 

 dards oblanceolate, clawed, slightly 

 shorter than the falls, lavender. 



Western United States. (W. K. 

 Dykes.) 



Iris ochroleuca fl. pi. (/. H. P. 1913, 



336.) H. Perianth-segments white 

 with yellow spotSj aU similar in 

 shape. Stamens petaloid. (Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Co., Paris.) 



Iris perslca var. Bolleana. [Dykes, 



Iris, 190.) H. Flowers pale yellow, 

 not veined, but usually with a purple 

 or violet patch on the blade of the 

 falls, the claws of which have the 

 wings extending almost horizontally, 

 not closely clasping the styles. 

 Cecilian Taurus. ( W. R. Dykes ; 

 W. MiiUer, Nocera Inf., Naples.) 

 [Syn. Z- Bolleana, Siehe ; G. C. 1901, 

 xxix. 313; 1913, liii. 82.] 



Iris sikkimensis. {Dykes, Iris, 134, 



t. 31.) H, A new name for the 

 plant included in the 1908 list as 

 Z. kumaonensis caulescens^ 



*lris tenuifolia. (Dykes, Iris, 32, H. 



Eootstock of thin rhizomes, usually 

 growing in crowded tufts. Leaves 

 narrowly linear, 12 in. long, less than 

 ^ in. broad. Stem usually very short, 

 sometimes up to 6 in. long. Spathes 

 2-flowered. Falls with a rather short 

 blade and a broad wedge - shaped 

 claw, blue-purple. Standards ob- 

 lanceolate, about as long as the falls. 

 Eastern Russia to Central China. 



(W. R. Dykes.) 



Kalanchoe sexangularis. {K. B. 



1913, 120.) Crassulaceae. G, Allied 

 to K, paniculata, but very distinct 



in having a 6-angIed stem and super- 

 posed cymes in a panicle. It grows 

 about 3 ft. high. Stem simple, 

 straight. Leaves petiolate, the lower 

 elliptic or suborbicular, 3-3f in. 

 long, 2-3^ in. broad, the upper 

 grad ually smaller and narrower. 



