73 



It- 



ground. Flowers about | in. apart, 

 small. Sepals similar in colour to 

 the rachis. Petals light green. Lip 

 dull purple. Uganda. (Glasnevin 



D. (jr.) 



^AleliosmaOldhami. (A. 5. 913,166.) 



Sabiaceae. H. A deciduous tree, 

 attaining a height of 50 ft. Leaves 

 pinnate, 7-15 in. long; leaflets 5-11, 

 the lateral ovate or oval, the ter- 

 minal obovate and much larger than 

 the lateral, 1-5| in. long, |-2 in. 

 broad, all acuminate and furnished 

 except towards the base with small 

 slender teeth. Inflorescence a ter- 

 minal panicle, with smaller panicles 

 in the axils of the upper leaves, the 

 whole 8-10 in. long and broad. 

 Flowers very numerous, only about 

 i in. across, probably creamy white 

 and fragrant. Corean Archipelago 

 and Central China. (J. Veitch & 

 Sons.) 



Mesembryanthemum evolutum. (K, 



B, 1913, 120.) Ficoideae. G. A very 

 distinct new species which connects 

 those belonging to the group having 

 2 leaves fused into a small obconical 

 body with those in which there are 

 .3 or 4 free leaves. Densely tufted. 

 Plantlets (or branches) 2~4-leaved, 

 ■3-3^ lin, across. Leaves erect, con- 

 nate at the base, the free part l-lj lin, 

 long, semi-globose. Corolla 8 lin. 

 across ; petals about 36, 3 lin. long, 

 rose - purple. Little Namaqualand. 

 (Kew.) 



^Mesembryanthemum 



(A'. B. 1913, 118.) 



fraternum. 



G, Allied to 

 M. minutuin, but the obconical foliar 

 bodies are dotted and the flowers are 

 smaller. Corolla 7J lin. across ; tube 

 yellow; petals 21-28, linear, a beauti- 

 ful rose-colour, yellow at the base. 

 Little Namaqualand. (Kew.) 



Mesembryanthemum globosum. 



{K. B. 1913, 119.) G. A small plant 

 differing from 3/, winimurn in having 

 the globose foliar bodies larger, con- 

 vex at the apex, without dots, and 

 the corolla pale rose, with a shorter 

 tube. Corolla 9-10 lin. across ; tube 

 2i lin. long ; petals 40-55, linear, the 

 outer 4-4i lin. long, the inner 2J lin. 

 long. Little Namaqualand. (Kew.) 





"Mesembryanthemum 



{K. B, 1913, 118.) 



minusculum. 



G. Allied to 

 M, minutum, but the obovoid foliar 

 bodies are convex , purple-spotted , 

 and very minutely white-dotted, with 

 the central area minutely pubescent. 

 Flowers! in. across, a beautiful red- 

 purple, with a yellow eye ; when once 

 expanded they remain open, regard- 

 less of the w^eather, till they fade in 

 4 or 5 days. South Africa. (Kew.) 



^Mesembryanthemum odoratum. 



(A^ S. 1913, 119.) G. Eesembles 

 M. ficiforme, but the obconical- 

 obcordate foliar bodies have fewer 

 dots, and the flowers are much larger, 

 with a fragrance very much like that 

 of cloves. Corolla |-1 in. across, a 

 beautiful flesh-purple colour; petals 

 about 80, up to 5 lin. long, ^ ijn, 

 broad. It has been in cultivation 

 for over 40 years, but has only re- 

 cently been described. South Africa. 

 (Kew.) 



Micromeres Folgerneri pendula. 



{Veitch, N. H. P. 1913, 10.) Rosa- 

 ceae, H, "A gracefully drooping 

 variety." Central China. (J. Veitch 

 & Sons.) 



Miitonia Charlesworthii. (<?. C, 1913, 



liii. 351; O, E. 1913, 313, f. 60.) 

 Orchidaceae. G. Garden hybrid be- 

 tween M. vexillaria Memoria G. D. 

 Owen and M, Hytana. (Charks- 

 worth & Co.) 



Miitonia Sanderae. (G. C. 1913, 



liv. 13; 0. R. 1913, 246, 256, f. 56.) 

 G. Garden hybrid between M. St. 



Andre and M, vexillaria Memoria G, 



D, Owen, (F. Sander & Sons.) 



Miltonioda Cooperi. (Iff. C. 1913, 



liv. 12; O. n. 1913, 232.) Orchid- 

 aceae. G. Garden hybrid between 

 Miitonia Warscewiczii and Cochlioda 

 Noetzliana. (F. Sander & Sons.) 



""Moraea revoluta. (A'. B. 1913, 305.) 



Iridaceae. G. Allied to M. spath- 

 acea, from which it differs in having 

 solitary flowers, revolute sepals, and 

 crested styles, which are crossed like 

 the tips of the closed wings of some 

 birds. Flowers bright yellow. Petals 

 oblanceolate, 2J in. long. Angola. 

 (Ke>^.) 





Mystacidium graciliimum. (K. B. 



1913, 144.) Orchidaceae. S. Leaves 

 linear-oblong, 2^--3J in. long. Scapes 

 suberect, very slender, l|-3 in. long. 

 Flowers semipellucid white, about 

 3 lin. long excluding the spur, which 

 is 1| in. long and very slender. 

 Uganda. (Glasnevin B. G.) 



Narcissus minicycla. (<?. C, 1913, 



liii. 61.) Amaryllidaceae. H. Gar- 

 den hybrid between iV. cydaynineuB 

 and N. minimus. (H. Chapman.) 



Narcissus triandrus aibus x cycla- 



mineus. (G, C. 1913, liii. 173.) H. 



Garden hybrid. (H. Chapman.) 



F 



h 



Neillia longiracemosa. {PI, WUs. 



i. 434; M. D. G. 1913, 268.) Eosa- 

 ceae, H. A strong-growing spread 



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