83 



obovate, toothed or entire, 1^4^ in. 



^<^^^g> . i-H i^' broad. Corymbs 

 4—12 in, or sometimes as mucn as 



3 ft. across. Flower-heads 1^2 in. 

 across, each with about 10 spreading 

 ray-riorets. New Zealand. (T. A. 

 Dorrien-Smith.) 



^Senecio stenocephalus. (5. M. t. 



8472.) H. Closely related to 6'. 

 Ligutaria, of which it has been re- 

 garded as a variety, but it may be 

 distinguished by the narrower bracts 

 and the fewer flower-heads, which 

 are IJ in. across and have 1-5 bright 

 yellow ray-florets. The variety como- 

 sus was introduced in 1881. Japan 

 and Northern China. (J. Veitch & 

 Sons.) 



Sibiraea laevigata var. angustafa. 



(PL Wils. i. 455.) Rosaceae. H, 

 Differs from the type (Spiraea laevi- 

 gata, L.) in the narrower leaves and 

 shortly pubescent inflorescence. Wes- 

 tern China. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



S. Il6- 



Sigmatostalix bicornuta. 



1913, 342.) Orchidaceae, 

 sembles S. graminea in habit, but it 

 differs in having a much broader lip, 

 and the petals are furnished at the 

 base with _ a short conical tooth. 

 Flowers small, yellow, with a deep 

 purple-red stripe on the dorsal sepal 

 and petals. Peru. (F. Sander & 

 Sons.) 



*Silene rosiflora. [N, B. G, Edinb. 



viii. 111.) Caryopnyllaceae. H. A 

 perennial herb, 6-12 in. high. Leaves 

 scarcely petiolate, lanceolate, up to 

 1 in. long and 5 lin. broad. Inflores- 

 cence terminal, lax, about 3 in. long, 

 densely glandular-pubescent. Corolla 

 rose, about | in. long. Yunnan, 

 China. (Bees, Ltd. ; Edinburgh 



B. G.) 



Sobralfa schoenbrunnensis. (0. G. 



Z. 1913, 92.) Orchidaceae. S. Gar- 

 den hybrid between 5. xantJioleuca 

 var. ^iiperba and jS. macrantka. 

 (Schonbrunn Hofgarten.) 



Solanum Capsicastrum Melvinii. [G, 



C. 1913, liii. 101, f. 50.} Solanaceae. 

 ■ G. A free-growing variety with nar- 

 rower leaves than in the type, and 

 slightly smaller conical acute berries, 

 borne in clusters of 3 or 4. (T. E. 



Grey & Co., Boston, U.S.A.) 



(B. M. 

 A new 



*Solenostemon Codefroyae. 



t. 8511.) Labiatae. S, 

 species which has been in cultivation 

 since 1903 under the name of Colens 

 Godefroyae. It is a herb, up to 2 ft. 

 high. Leaves very broadly ovate or 

 deltoid ovate, J-IJ in. long, |-1| in. 



broad ; petiole 

 Racemes terminal, 

 long. Corolla J in. 



and Angola. (F. 

 Kew.) 



J-lj in. long, 

 spiciform, 6-7 in. 

 long, blue. Congo- 

 Sander & Sons, 



Sophro-cattleya schoenbrunnensis^ 



(0. G, Z. 1913, 92.) Orchidaceae. 

 G. Garden hybrid between Cattleya 



Bowringiana and Sophronitis cernua.. 

 (Schonbrunn Hofgaiten.) 



var. glabrata.. 



i. 48; 5. H. 1913, 118.) 



*Sorbaria arborea 



[PL Wih, 



Rosaceae. H. ** Differs from the 



type chiefly in its glabrous foliage." 



Central and Western China. (Arnold 



Arboretum ; V. Lemoine & Son, 



Nancy.) 



ochroleucum. 



Spartium junceum 



[M. D. G. 1913, 214.) 



H. A form with whitish flowers. 



Italy. (C. Sprenger, Naples.) 



Leguminosae. 



*Spathogfottis edinensis. ((?. M. 



1913, 970.) Orchidaceae. S. Garden 

 hybrid between S. Fortunei and S,. 

 pulchra. (Edinburgh B, G.) 



""Spiraea arborea var. grandis. {G. 



C, 1913, liv. 94; G. M. 1913, GOl, G03, 

 f.) Eosaceae. H. Leaflets in about 

 9 pairs, lanceolate, about 4 in. long 

 and 1 in. broad. Inflorescences very 

 large (18 in. lon^ and 15-18 in. broad 

 at the base), conical. Flowers densely- 

 crowded, small, creamy white. Cen- 

 tral China. (Hon. Vicary Gibbs.) 

 [Sorbaria arborea^ C. K. Schneider,. 

 var. grandis.'] 



Spiraea calcicola. (.V. B, G, Edinh. 



viii. 131.) H. A new species re- 

 sembling S. arcuata in habit, and 

 remarkable for its long slender curved 

 branches with very small obovate 

 usually entire leaves. Inflorescence 

 very narrow, about 5 in. long, con- 

 • sisting of 12-15 fasciclegr, each of 

 which includes 6-8 flowers. Flowers 

 white, deep rose outside. Yunnan, 

 China. (Bees, Ltd.) 



Spiraea digitata nana. (Bees, Cat, 



No. 41, 1913, 20, f.) H. Plant only 

 about 9 in. high. Flowers soft rose- 

 pink. (Bees, Ltd.) 



Spiraea Miyabei glabrata. (PL M'il^, 



i. 454; Lemmne Cat. 1913 14, No. 18o, 

 7.) H. A bush 3-6 ft, high. Leaves 

 ovate to ovate-oblong, cuneate at the 

 base, up to 2^ in. long, clear green. 

 Flowers white, in compact glabrous 

 corymbs. Central China. - (Arnold 

 Arboretum; V. Lemoine & Son,. 

 Nancy.) 



