p 



Picea pungens Moerheimii. (3/. D. 



G. 1913, 321.) H. Distinguished by 

 its more compact growth and the 

 deeper blue of its foliage. (B. Ruijs, 

 Moerheliu, Dedemsvaart, Holland.) 



*Plnus Malleti. (5. H, 1913, 263, 



n, Q3~9b.) Coiiiferae. H. Closely 

 allied to P. yondcro$a, or possibly a 

 variety of that species, dilRering in 

 having irregular whorls of 2 to 5 

 branches^ each branch inclined at an 

 angle of 45^ to the trunk, and very 

 dark green leaves with 7-9 (instead 

 of 5 or 6) rows of storaata. Its cones 

 are at present unknown. (Chateau 

 des C6tes, Jouy-en-Josas, France.) 



Plectranthus ciliatus. [G. C. 1913, 



liv. 455.) Labiatae. G. A showy 

 autumn- and winter-flowering plant 

 with a compact habit. Stem covered 

 w^ith purple hairs. Leaves broad, 

 bright green above, purple-red be- 

 neath. Flowers white, with 1 ilac 

 spots. South Africa. (W. ]Muller, 

 Fratte di Salerno, Italy.) 



Podandria macrandra. (G. G, 1913, 



liv. 182, f. 67.) Orchidaceae. s! 

 Plant |-13 ft. high, apparently ever- 



:reen. Leaves radical, 4^7, petioled ; 



tlade elliptic-oblong, 2-5 in. long, 

 J-2J in. broad. Racemes 2-9-flowered. 

 Flowers large, white, with a green 

 tint on the sepals. Dorsal sepal 

 linear-lanceolate, 14 lin, long ; lateral 

 sepals linear, 1^ in long. Petals 

 filiform, 1^ in. long. Lip tripartite^ 

 with linear-filiform lobes 7-8 lin. 

 long. See Fl. Trap. Afr. vii. 206. 



West Tropical Africa. (Sir Frank 

 Crisp.) 



*Polygonum lichiangrense. (Bees, 



Cat. No. 41, 1913, 9, f.) Polygon- 

 aceae. H. A loose bush about 2 ft. 

 high, with oblong acute leaves and 

 cream-white flowers in inflorescences 

 resembling those of P. baldnchuani- 

 cum, pi'oduced at nearly every node. 

 Western China. (Bees, Ltd.) 



Polypodium May! var. cristatum. 



(G. C. 1913, liv. 17; G. M. 1913,518.) 

 Filices. S. A form in which the 

 lobes of the fronds are more fringed 

 than in the type and are slightly 

 crested at the tips. (R. B. May & 

 Sons.) 



Polystachya coriacea. {K. B. 1913, 



340.) Orchidaceae. S. An epiphyte, 

 6-7^ in. high. Pseudobulbs oblong, 

 l-lj in. long, 2 -leaved. Leaves 

 linear-oblong, 4-5| in. long.^ Scape 

 3-3| in. long. Eacemes 1 J-1 J in. long, 

 densely-flowered, sometimes sparingly 

 branched at the base ; rachis pubes- 

 cent. Flowers minute, deep yellow, 

 British Central Africa. (J. Bush.) 



Populus Andrewsii. (Sargent, T. J? 



S. ii. 212.) Salicaceae. H. A natural 

 hybrid between P. acuminata and 

 P, Sargentii. (E. H. Andrews, 

 Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.) 



Primula Bowlesii. (/. R. h. S. 



xxxix. 227; G. C, 1913, liv. 231.) 

 Primulaceae. H, Natural hybrid 

 between P. pedemontana and P. vis- 

 cosa. Little Mont Cenis. (E. Farrer; 

 E. A. Bowles.) 



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Primula conspersa. (6^. C. 1913, liii. 



390, 427.) H. Allied to P. sibirica, 

 differing in having finely but variably 

 serrate leaves and rather more rosy 

 flowers. Eeaves about IJ in 

 J in. broad, erect, firm in texture, 

 not farinose. Pedungle 9 in. high, 

 farinose. Umbel about 12-flowered. 

 Flowers about | in. across. West 

 Kansu, China. 



long„ 



^ in. across. 



(J. Veitch & Sons.) 



*Primula farinosa Beesii. (Bees, Cat, 



No. 41, 1913, 10.) H. Much larger 

 in all its parts than the type. Flowers 

 bright rose - pink. Western China. 

 (Bees, Ltd.) 



""Primula malacoides plena. (G, C. 



1913, liv. 408, f. 148.) G. Flowers 

 double, usually bright lilac, but vary- 

 ing considerably in shade of colour. 

 (Bees, Ltd.) 



Primula malacoides x obconica. 



(5. /i. 1913.391.) G. Garden hybrid. 

 (Richard Diener & Co., Mountain 

 View, California.) 



^Primula pseudodenticulata. (G. C. 



1913, liii. 264, f. 113.) H. Very 

 similar to P. denticulota, and appa- 

 rently the Chinese form of that 

 species, differing in having larger 

 leaves and flower-heads. It has been 

 distributed as P. farinosa var Beesii. 

 Plant 6-12 in. high, with stiff leaves 

 about 4 in. long. Upper half of 

 scape farinose. Flowers in a compact 

 head, fragrant, rosy lilac, with an 

 orange-coloured eye. Yunnan, China. 

 (Bees, Ltd.) 



*Primula pulchella. (G. M. 1913, 



962, f.) H. Plant 6-12 in. high. 

 Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 2-4| in. 

 long, coated on the under side with 

 a golden farina which is also present 

 on the long calyx segments. Umbel 

 many-flowered. Corolla violet, pale 

 purple OT lilac, up to f in. long: limb 

 about £ in. across. Yunnan, China. 

 (Bees, Ltd.) 



*Primula Purdomli/ {G. C. 1913, liii. 



192, f. 91.) H. Leaves lanceolate, 

 3-5 in. long, ^— | in. broad, tapering 

 to the petiole, coA^ered, as well as 



