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Spiraea myrtilloides. (PL Wils, 1. 



440; Lemoine Cat. 1913-14, No. 185, 

 7.) H. A graceful species resembling 

 S. alpina. It is a much-branched 

 shrub, 6-10 ft. high, with divaricate 

 branches. Leaves oval, _ oval-oblong, 

 .or obovate - oblong, entire, 3-5 lin. 

 long, li-3 lin. broad. Inllorescence 

 umbellate-racemose, many-nowered, 

 dense. Flowers white, about i in. 

 across. Western China, (Arnold Ar- 

 boretum; V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy.) 



Spiraea Rosthornii. [PL WiU. i. 451; 



Lemoine Cat, 1913-14, No. 185, 7.) 

 H. Shrub, 3--6i ft. high. Leaves 

 triangular, 2 in. long, strongly 

 toothed. Flowers in corymbs. Pos- 

 sibly only a pubescent variety of 

 5. longigemmis. Western China. Ar- 

 nold Arboretum ; V. Lemoine & Son, 

 Nancy.) 



Spiraea Sargentiana. {G. C, 1913, 



liii. 426; G, M. 1913, 473.) H. A 

 shrubby free-flowering species form- 

 ing an irregularly rounded bush 

 about 3 ft. high. Leaves round to 

 lanceolate, usually about \ in. long, 

 2- or 3-toothed at the obtuse apex, 

 thin, pale green, slightly tomentose 

 beneath. Corymbs 1-3 in. across, 

 densely flowered. Flowers creamy 

 white, scarcely more than \ in. across. 

 Western China. (Hon. Vicary Gibbs.) 



Stanhopea g^randiflora, {0. E. 1912, 



172; 5. M, t. 8517.) Orchidaceae. 

 ;S. This is S. grandifiora, Rchb. f., 

 a species allied to S, oculata, but dis- 

 tinguished by the broader, not gradu- 

 ally attenuated, hypochile of the lip. 

 5. grandifloray LindL, is a different 

 plant, now regarded as a form of 



S. eburnea, Ecuador. (Sir Frank 

 Crisp.) 



b 



-^Stapelia longipedicellata. {K. B. 



1913,303.) Asclepiadaceae. G. Stems 

 crowded, erect, 4-6 in. long, 4-angled ; 

 angles toothed. Cymes pedunculate, 

 3^-flowered. Corolla 1 J-lf in. across, 

 deeply 5-lobed; tube small, purplish; 



^ lobes spreading, lanceolate, about | in. 

 long, blackish. Syn. S, Jewebensis 



. var. longipedicellata, Berger, Ger- 

 man South-west Africa. (Haage & 

 Schmidt, Erfurt; Kew.) 



*8tatiGe Suworowii alba. {G. C. 



1913, liii. 426; G. AL 913, 473, 477, 



f.') Plumbaginaceae. H. A form 

 with white flowers. (R. C. Notcutt.) 



^Stelis barbata. 



Orchidaceae. S. 

 ferine from 5. 



[K. B. 1913, 141.) 



A new species dif- 



Endrpsii in having 



long-bBarded sepals and a tridenticu- 

 late lip. Its flowers are only IJ lin. 

 across, ochreous green, with purple 



hairs and red-purple blotches. Costa 

 Rica. (Kew.) 



""Streptocarpus cyaneus. [B. M. t. 



8521.) Gesneraceae. G. Most nearly 

 allied to S. Bexiiy but the scape is 

 always 2-flowered, and the corolla, 

 which has a much shorter tube, is 

 different in colour, varying from pale 

 lavender or blue to rose-pmk or rosy 

 mauve, with a few streaks of red on 

 the 3 lower lobes and a blotch of 

 yellow in the throat. Transvaal. 

 (W. E. Ledger; Kew.) 



^Streptocarpus orientaiis. [G, C, 



1913, liii. 214; B. M. t. 8526.) G. 

 Herb with a solitary erect simple 

 stem 6-16 in. high. Leaves opposite, 

 membranous, usually ovate or elliptic- 

 ovate, toothed, 1-3^ in. long, |-2| in. 

 broad, glandular-pilose. Inflorescence 

 axillary, several - flowered. Corolla 

 purple outside, paler within ; tube 

 rather more than 1 in. long ; limb 

 about f in. across. The only Asiatic 

 species known. Siam. (Kew.) 



^Strongylodon pseadolucidus. {B. 



M. t. 8494.) Leguminosae. G. A 

 climbing shrub with flowers re- 

 sembling those of some Erythrinas. 

 Leaves 3-f oliolate, nearly 5 in. long ; 

 leaflets more or less ovate, 3^ in. long, 

 2-2J in. broad. Racemes axillary, 

 up to 3 in. long. Flowers bright red, 

 about 1 in. long. Madagascar, Cey- 

 lon, North Australia, &c. (Charles- 

 worth & Co.) 



Styrax dasyanthus. (PL TTi/s. i. 2S9; 



M, D, G. 1913, 272.) Styracaceae. 

 H. A bush or small tree, with 

 slender but firm yellowish - green 

 young branches. Leaves sessile, 

 elliptic, acuminate, toothed, shining 

 yellowish-green. Flowers pure white, 

 fragrant. Central China. (Arnold 

 Arboretum ; H. A. Hesse, Weener, 

 Hanover.) 



*Syrinfi:a Komarowii. (PL Wils. i. 



301; Lemoine Cat, 1913-14, No. 185, 

 7.) Oleaceae. H. Grows to 6^ ft. high 



or more. Branches brown, lenticil- 

 late. Leaves broad, crimped, cori- 

 aceous. Flowers bright rose-mauve 

 or reddish-purple. Western China, 

 (Arnold Arboretum ; V, Lemoine & 

 Son, Nancy.) 



*Syringa Wilsonii. (PL Wils. i, 30O; 



B. H. 1913, 118; Lemoine Cat. 

 1913-14, No. 185, 41.) H. A new 

 species belonging to the section Yil- 

 losae. Shrub 6-23 ft. high. Branch- 

 lets glabrous. Leaves membranous, 

 elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-ovate, 

 2^—5 in. long, 1-2^ in. broad, acumi- 

 nate; petiole about 5 lin. long. In- 



