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between B. hispida and li. viscosa. 

 It is distinct in having the shoots so 

 densely leafy and the rachis of the 

 leaves densely clothed with stalked 

 glands. Racemes densely flowered, 

 about 3 in. long, including the short 

 peduncle. Flowers about | in. long, 

 purple-rose and whitish. Origin un- 

 known. (W. von Goertzke, Gross- 

 Beuthen, Kr. Teltow, Germany.) 



*Rosa persetosa- {K. B. 1913, 263.) 



Rosaceae. H. A new species of the 

 section Cinnamomeae and allied to 

 B. acicnlaris, from which it differs 

 in having smaller flowers arranged 

 in lax panicles. The flowers are deep 

 rose and are 1 in, across. China. 

 (Paul & Son.) 



*Rosa sertata. (B, M. t. 8473; G, C. 



1913, liv. 166, f. 63.) H. A new 

 species differing from R. Webbia?ia 

 in its laxer habit, in having a few 

 straight slender stipulary thorns and 

 a more slender beaked fruit. From 

 a. Willmottae it differs in being 

 much larger in all its parts. Leaves 

 l|-4 in. long, 7-11-foliolate; leaflets 

 elliptic or elliptic-oblong. Flowers 

 show^y, rose or rose-purple, 2-2^ in. 

 across. Fruits ovoidj narrowed at 

 the top, deep red, about 3 in. long, 



by the persistent sepals. 

 (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



crowned 

 China. 



*Rosa setipoda. 



1913, 5.) H. 



growing to a 



Flowers single, 

 rose, produced 

 Western China. 



(Veitch. N, H, P. 



A robust species, 

 height of 7-10 ft. 

 silvery pink, shaded 

 in clusters of 9-16. 



(J. Veitch & Sons.) 



*Rosa stellata, [G. M. 1913, 74.) H. 



Young stems furnished with stellate 

 trichomes. Leaves mostly trifoliate ; 

 leaflets more or less truncate and 

 sharply toothed at the apex, cunei- 

 form at the base. Flowers large and 

 showy, deep rose - purple. Fruits 

 large, bearing strong slender prickles; 

 walls not fleshy, but corky; orifice 

 ^ in. across. Southern New Mexico. 

 (T. D. A. Cockerell, Boulder, Colo- 

 rado, U.S.A.; A. R. Wallace.) 



Rudbeckia purpurea tubiflora. {Jard. 



1913, 22.) Compositae. H. Flower- 

 heads large, with long tubular bril- 

 liant dark purple florets. (M. Gau- 

 guin, Orleans.) 



*Ruellia Harveyana. (5. M. t. 8485.) 



Acanthaceae. S- A new species 

 allied to 5. lactea. It is a perennial 

 herb, with slender trailing or ascend- 

 ing stems. Leaves petiolate, oblong 

 or elliptic-oblong, 2-3 in. long, 1-1^ in. 

 broad, softly pubescent. Flowers 

 axillary, sessile, produced one at^ a 

 time. Corolla pale lilac, with white 



throat and tube, narrowly cylindric- 

 below, broader above, about IJ in. 

 long ; lobes elliptic-rounded, sub- 

 equal, %-l in. long. Mexico. (Kew.) 



F 

 r 



Saccolabium g:iomeratum, (A\ B. 



1913, 342; G, C. 1913, liv. 317, f. 116.) 



Orchidaceae. S. Stems trailing, often 

 1-3 ft. long. Leaves distichous, 

 lanceolate, nearly 4 in. long, about 

 J in. broad at the base. Kacemes 

 axillary, densely many - flowered, 

 about 1 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 

 small, yellow, spotted with brownish- 

 red on the sepals and petals, and 

 striped with a similar colour on the 

 side lobes of the lip. Borneo. (Hon. 

 N. C. Eothschild.) 



L . 



*Salix Bockii. (A^ B. 1913, 167.) 



Salicaceae. H. An ornamental dwarf 

 species, densely branched and very 

 leafy. Leaves oblong or oval, \-i in. 

 long, mucronate, dai*k green and gla- 

 brescent above, silvery with silky 

 appressed hairs beneath. Catkins 

 1-2 in. long, produced in October 

 and November before tte fall of the 

 leaves. Bracts narrowly lanceolate, 

 obtuse. Male flowers of 2 stamens. 

 Filaments united by the whole or 

 nearly the whole of their length. 

 China. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



*Sallx Medemij var. longifrons. [Gfl, 



1913, 242.) H. Differs from the 

 type in having very long narrow- 

 leaves. Persia. (Jena B. G.) 



Salix zygostemon. [Gfl. 1913, 242.) 



H. Probably a natural hybrid be- 

 tween S. purpuTea and ^S". Medemii. 

 The form m cultivation, distin- 

 guished as f. melanoclada, has a 

 dark-coloured bark, while the typical 

 form {xanthodada) has a yellow 

 bark. The densely villous male cat- 

 kins are IJ in. long, and the female 

 catkins, also densely villous, are 

 1^2J in. long. Persia. (Jena B. 0.) 



*SansevIeria conspicua. [K. B. 1913, 



306.) Liliaceae. S. A stemless herb. 

 Leaves 3-5, lanceolate, 9-24 in. long, 

 green on both sides, with dark lines 

 above and rusty-brown margins. In- 

 florescence racemose, 18-20 in. high. 

 Flowers 2 or 3 together in fascicles, 

 white. Perianth-tube 1^1| in. long; 

 lobes linear, 1-1 J in. long. British 

 East Africa, (Kew.) 



Saponaria ocymoides versicolor. 



[R. H. 1913, 302, 1 109.) Caryo- 

 phyllaceae. H. A form in which 

 the flowers are at first pure white, 

 afterwards passing to rose. Tt origi- 

 nated by crossing a white-flowering 

 variety and S. ocymoides splendens, 

 fPh. 'L. de Vilmorin, Verrieres-le- 

 JBuisson, France.) 



