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Lysionotus warleyensis.' (G. C, 1913, 



liv. 125; G, M. 1913, 633.) Gesner- 

 : aceae, G. A subshrubby plant forming 

 dense little bushes about 9 in. high- 

 Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, 

 oblong to lanceolate, tapering to a 

 short crimson petiole, irregularly 

 . few-toothedj l|-2 in. long, \-\ in. 

 broad, fleshy, almost white beneath. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, shortly 

 stalked, tubular, white, with 3 

 purple lines running np the tube, 

 about 2 in. long. China. (Miss Will- 



mott.) 



Mammillaria arida, (M. iT. 1913, 



181.) Cactaceae. 6, Stem simple, 

 globose, 14-2^ in. across. Tubercles 

 almost terete. Radial spines about 

 15, pallid, occasionally yellowish at 

 the base, dark at the tips; central 

 spines 4-7, 6-8 lin. long, much longer 

 than the radial. Flowers green- 

 yellow, scarcely ^ in. long. Lower 

 California. (Washington B. G. ; L. 

 Quehl, Halle a. S., Germany.) 



Mammiilaria echinoidea. (M, K. 



1913, 42, 146, 162, 182, f.) G. Allied 

 to M, OttonU and M. glanduUgera. 

 Stem simple, globose, about 2^ in. 

 high, slightly depressed at the apex. 

 Tubercles conical, shortly furrowed 

 above, dilated when old. Eadial 

 spines 20"2o> subulate, up to 7^ lin. 

 long, white, brown at the tips; cen- 

 tral spines 1-3, usually 2, about 

 7J lin. long. Flowers unknown. 

 Mexico. (F. De Laet, Contich, Bel- 

 gium; K. Knippel, Klein-Quenstedt, 

 Halberstadt, Germany.) 



Mammjilaria Thornberi. {M. K, 1913, 



51.) G. Plant cylindric, usually 

 2-3 in. high, 1\ in, across, with 8 or 

 9 spirally arranged series of tubercles, 

 naked in the axils. Radial spines 

 1318, slender, \ in. long ; central 

 spine more slender, curved, hooked, 

 J-l in. long. Flowers funnel-shaped, 



about H i*^' long; segments broadly 

 oblong, acute, white, with a flesh- 

 coloured median stripe and bluish- 

 red niargins. The species is allied 

 to M. Grahamii. Arizona. (K. 



Knippel, Jtlein-Quenstedt, Halber- 

 ; stadt, Germany.) 



Mandevilia Tweedleana. (7?. 11, 1913, 



422, f. 146, as Mandemllea Ttveedie- 



: ana), Apocynaceae. G. A new 



■ species which has been confused with 



. M. .''uaveohnSy which it closelv re- 



sembles. It differs, amongst other 



characters, in having the branchlets 



quite glabrous, leaves long-acuminate 



or almost caudate, longer petioles, 



lanceolate bracts, more fragrant 



flowers, lanceolate sepals, and a 



corolla with a brilliant white limb 



and green tube, which differs in 

 shape and in the pubescence within. 

 Country doubtful, probably Argen- 

 tina. (C. Pichaud, Vertou, Nantes.) 



Maranta Oppenheimii tricolor. (.1/. 



G. Z, 1913, 522, f.) Scitamineae. S. 

 Leaves variegated with grey-green, 

 milk-white and red. (J. De Cock, 

 Meirelbeke, Belgium. ) 



aurandia Purpusi. {M. G^ Z, 1913, 



446, ff.) Scrophulariaceae. H.H. A 

 perennial herb, 12-16 in. high, with 

 ascending pendulous or prostrate 

 leafy, not climbing, stems and tuber- 

 ous rootstock. Leaves long-petiolate, 

 similar in shape to those of M. scan- 

 dens but somewhat smaller. Flowei^s 

 axillary, long-pedunculate, like those 

 of M. scandenSy but more ornamental 

 and of a beautiful purple-carmine 

 colour. South - west Mexico, (M. 

 Herb, Naples.) 



""Maxillaria Fletcheriana. (G, C 



1913, liii. 258; 0. E. 1913, 160.) 

 Orchidaceae. S. A new spepies in- 

 termediate between M. Sanderiana 

 and M. grandiflora in the form and 

 size of the flower, the broad segments 

 of w^hich more resemble the first - 

 named. Scapes erect, with loose 

 green sheaths. Flowers solitary on 

 each scape, large, cream-white, with 

 thin purple lines. Lip yellow, with 

 some purple markings. Peru. (F. 

 Sander & Sons.) 



""Meconopsis chelidonifolia. (/. of 



fl^. 1913, Ixvi. 149.) Papaveraceae, H. 

 A perennial. Leaves mostly basal, 

 densely hairy, roundish, 3-lobed, the 



lobes slightly incised; petiole short. 

 Flowering - stems slender, wiry, 



brownish-black, bearing leaves similar 



to the basal ones, at first erect, finally 



becoming prostrate. Flowers borne 



in the axils of the upper stem-leaves, 



clear yellow. Western China. (Glas- 



nevin B. G.) 



*Meconopsis Delavayl. (G. C. 1913, 



liii. 357; G, M, 1913, 394; Gard. 

 1913, 275, f.) H. A small glabrous 

 plant. Leaves few, long - stalked, 

 ovate to lanceolate, pale green above^ 



{jlaucous beneath. Peduncles 3 in. 

 ong, 1-flowered. Flowers pendulous, 



large, deep violet. Yunnan, China. 



(Edinburgh B. G.) 



Megaclinium ugandae. {K. B. 1913, 



338.) Orchidaceae. S. An epi- 

 phytic plant. Pseudobulbs tetra- 

 gonal, conical-oblong, 2 in, long, 

 2-leaved, Leaves oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, 3 in. long. Scape about 5 in, 



rachis oblong, 2| in. long, 

 heavilv dotted and marbled with 



long; 



purple - brown on a light 



green 



