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Paederia Wilsonii. 



Rubiaceae. 





G. 



1913, 

 268.) Rubiaceae. H,H,? A strong- 

 growing climber, with slightly hairy 

 branches. Leaves long petiolate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, up to 6 in. long. In- 

 florescence somewhat resembling that 

 of the lilac, axillary, up to 6 in. 

 long. Corollatube cylindric, 8 lin. 

 long, 2 lin. broad, silver-grey; limb 

 5-€-lobed, 5 lin. across, cream-white, 

 ■with a whitish, hairy, purple-red eye. 

 China. (H. A. Hesse, Weener, 

 Hanover.) 



*Paeonia Delavayi var. angustiloba. 



(G. C. 1913, liii. 405, f. 169 [as P. 

 Delavayi'], and liv. 52.) Ranuncu- 

 laceae- H. Subshrubby, stoloni- 

 ferous, 2 ft. high or more. Leaves 

 very handsome, 1 ft. long, finely 

 divided , light green above, almost 

 glaucous beneath. Flowers 2 in. 

 across, deep velvety crimson, with 

 yellow stamens. Petals remarkable 

 for their great substance. Typical 

 P. Delavayi has broader lobes to the 

 leaves. The species has some re- 

 semblance to P. lutea except in the 

 colour of the flowers. Western 

 China. (J. Veitch & Sons ; Glas- 

 nevin B.G.) 



Pedicularis siphonantha. (Gard. 



1913, 297.) Scrophulariaceae. H. 

 Stems 2-10 in. high, erect or ascend- 

 ing. Leaves radical, 2-6 in. long, J- 

 1^ in. broad, linear-oblong, pinnatifid 

 or pinnatisect. Flowers axillary and 

 in terminal racemes or heads. Calyx- 

 lobes crested. Corolla red or pink; 

 tube very slender, 3-6 times as long 

 at the calyx. See Hook. f. FL Brit. 

 IniL iv. 313. Himalaya, Tibet, 

 Afghanistan. (Bees, Ltd.) 



^Pelargonium luteolum. 



299. ) Geraniaceae. G. 

 with a bulbous rootstock. 



[I^ 



. B. 1913. 



A herb 



Leaves 4 



,or 5, all radical ; blade biternately 

 divided^ 7-15 lin. long and broad, the 

 ultimate segments linear and acute ; 

 petiole li-2j in. long. Peduncles 

 erect, 1J~2 in. long. Umbels 3-5- 

 flowered. Petals spathulate, 5 lin. 

 long, pale yellow, each with two red 



lines at the base. South Africa. 

 (Kew.) 



•Pentstemon DavidsonlL {G: C. 



1913, liii. 357; G. AL 1913, 395.) 

 Scrophulariaceae. H. A very small 

 subshrubby .species, only 2 in. high. 

 Leaves round or nearly ovate. 

 Flowers borne singly or in pairs at 

 the end of the shoots, bright rosy 

 crimson. Corolla-tube \\ in. lono- 

 California. (Clarence Elliott.) 





""Pentstemon Hartwegii albus. 



(Z?. r, 0. 1913, 118, f. 15.) H. 



Flowers at first cream-white, after- 

 wards pure white. (E. Benary, 

 Erfurt, Germany.) 



Phaius schoenbrunnensis. (O. G. 



Z, 1913, 92.) Orchidaceae. S. 

 Garden hybrid between P. grandi^ 

 f alius anS P. assamicus. (Schon- 

 brunn Hofgarten.) 



Phalaenopsis Berti- (/. H, F, 1913, 



23.) Orchidaceae. S. Natural hybrid 

 closely resembling P. amabilis, which 

 is regarded as one of its parents. 

 (E. Bertj Bois-Colombes, Seine.) 



Philadelphus maximus, {M. D. G, 



1913, 255.) Saxifragaceae. H. Gar- 

 den hybrid between P. latifolius and 

 P. tome^ntosus. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



Philadelphus Wilsonii. [PL WiU. 



i. 4; iZ. H. 1913, 118; Lemoine Cat. 

 1913 14, No. 185, 36.) H. Shrub, 

 6-19 ft. high. Leaves ovate-oblong 

 or ovate-elliptic, more or less acumi- 

 nate, rounded at the base, denticu- 

 late, 4r-6i in. long, 2-3| in. broad. 

 Racemes 5-6 in. long, 9-11-flowered. 

 Flowers white, about IJ in, across. 

 Central and Western China. (Arnold 

 Arboretum ; V. Lemoine & Son, 



Nancy.) 



andamanensis. {G. C. 



Palmae. S. Some- 



*Phoenix 



1913, liii. 294.) 

 what similar to P. rupicola^ but it 

 is more elegant than any of the 

 larger-growing species, and differs 

 from all those in cultivation by the 

 regularity of its pinnae and the nar- 

 rowness of its terminal one. The 

 plant has practically no spines. An- 

 daman Islands. (F. Sander & Sons.) 



Phyllocactus Victoria-regia. (5. K. 



t. 147.) Cactaceae. G. Garden 

 hybrid. Parentage not stated". It is 

 remarkable for the delicate colours 

 of the flowers, the outer segments of 

 which are dark orange-red, the inter- 

 mediate various shades of yellow, and 

 the inner pure white, (G. Borne- 

 mann, Blankenberg, Germany.) 



tj* 



Picea asperata. (PL Wils, ii. 



M. D. (?., 1913, 2t«.) Coniferae. H. 

 Old trees spire-like in appearance. 

 Bark greyisn-chestnut, rough, peel- 

 ing off in thin flakes. Young shoots 

 pale yellowish - grey, changing to 

 brown, finally to grey. Leaves 

 4-angled, slightly curved, about § in. 

 long, light green. Cones 3i-5 in. 

 long. Western China. (Arnold Ar- 

 boretum ; H. A. Hesse, Weener, 

 Hanover.) 



