162 
SPATHOLIRION, Ridley, 
Clavis specierum. 
Caulis telias fe ie a we «ol. SY. ornatum, 
Caulis longus ahdone 
Folia subtus hirsuta : ; ovarium acutum y a OY pes 
Folia glabra ; ovarium abrupte acuminatum 3. S. scandens 
1, 8. ie Pee Ridley, in pourn: Bot. 1896, 329, t. 360. 
Matay Penrnsuta. Legeh: Tomoh (fide Ridley). 
12 8. fonpitelian, Dunn. — eee. longifolium, Gagn. in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. Fr. xlvii. (1909), p. 334, t 
INA. Yunnan: ah eters ”"Duclou: 503 (fide Gagn.), 
* trouvé dans de vieux papiers du p. Delavay,” "Yunnan-fa, Ducloux, 
680. 
V 3. 8. grec Dunn. Herba alte scandens, inflorescentia excepta, 
omnino gilabr. Folia alterna, oblongo- vel ovato-lanceolata, 
oradatim senna, basi obtusa, membranacea, 10-20 em. longa ; 
petioli 1-3 em. longi basi ocreati. Llores polygami sessiles in 
cymis scorpioideis paniculam 8-15 cm. longam formantes ; paniculae 
axillares, pedunculis sibi paullo aequilongis, ramis puberulis alternis, 
infimo distante hermaphrodito, bractéa foliacea sessili cordata, 
6 7 cm. longa, 4-6 ecm. lata, suffulto, ceteris masculis. Florum 
hermaphroditorum : Sepala 3, obovata, obtusa, 8 mm. longa, rosea, 
rubida vel viridula aspectu cerea. Petala 3, similia sed linearia. 
ina 6, petalis paullo longiora, antheris didymis lateraliter 
dchiscentibus, filamentis medio pilosis. Ovarium ovatum in stylum 
curvatum abrupte acuminatum, loculis 3, 5-7-ovulatis. Flores 
masculi similes sed ovario carentes, post anthesin decidui paniculae 
partem masculam persistentem nudam reliquentes. Capsula locu- 
licidalis ; valvae 3, quadratae, 8-9 mm. longae, chartaceae. Semina 
5-7, in seriebus duabus primo in axi loculi cujusque disposita, disse- 
pimentis detractis ob valvis resilientibus diu in medio fructu. in 
columna cohaerentia, oblato-spaeroidea margine acuta, 3-4 mm. 
diametro, 2 mm. alta ; testa dura, siccitate nigra ; albumen copiosum 
corneum ; embryo minutus 
H Kweichau : Wiiecke Pin-fa, Cavalerie, 3322 ex Herb. 
Acad. Géogr. Bot. ; Szechuen : Chang-yang Wilson, 2526 ; 
Yunnan: mountain moors at 1800-2100 m.; Mengtze, Hancock, 
374; north mountains, Mengtze, at 2100 m., Henry, 9447 ; Mi-lé 
district, Henry, 94474 ; forests in west mountains at 1500 m., Henry, 
12,504, 12,504a, 12, 5048 ; Yunnan, Ducloux, 742, 
XVII.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Mr. Josep Davenport Snowpen, a member of the garden- 
ing staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, has been appointed by 
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of 
_ Kew, Assistant in the Agricultural Department of Uganda. 
Joun HiycuLtey Hart.—We have received the sad news of 
the death, on February 20th, of Mr. J. H. Hart, F.L.S., formerly. 
Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad, after a. 
