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about twice as long as the petals. Messrs. Paul received this rose 
from Messrs. Vilmorin, Paris, and from a dried specimen afterwards 
received from the latter firm it appears that they obtained it from 
China some years ago with the seed number 711, and that it 
flowered with them in June,- 1903. It has recently been 
received from Mr. M. Nicholls, Sevenoaks, with the number, 
Wilson, 4418, showing that it has since esr collected by Mr. E. H. 
Wilson during his recent mission to 
732. cone iiolnlagian Craib Meira See picuaceac! : 
species a D. Rehder, inflorescentia compacta multiflora, 
floribus aiatte atlngnenda 
Ramuli primo pilis stellatis scabridi, mox glabri, cortice brunneo 
vel rubro-brunneo obtecti. Folia lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, 
apice acute acuminata, basi rotundata vel cuneato-rotundata, 
1°7—5 cm. longa, 9°8-1°9 cm. lata, pagina utraque pilis stellatis albis 
parce ins tructa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-7 intra marginem 
bracteis bracteolisque minutis. Receptaculum viride, late cam 
panulatum, 1:5 mm. altum, fere 2 mm. diametro, ut ‘sepala pilis 
parvis stellatis tectum. Sepala vix 1°5 mm. longa, obtusa vel 
breviter obtuse acuminata, ciliolata. Petala imbricata, subrotundata, 
4 mm. diametro, alba vel dorso superne leviter puniceo-suffusa. 
Stamina petalis valde breviora; exteriorum filamenta denticulata, 
dentibus antheras haud at tingentibus, pibeloruti filamenta is 
exteriorum valde breviora, dentibus antheras superantibus. Styli . 
glabr, stamina interiora subaequant es. 
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Cultivated at cone — at Glasnevin ; phan originally received 
from Messrs. Vilmor 
733, Lonicera bilectseall Gamble [Caprifoliaceae-Lonicereae] 5 
species L. obscurae, Coll. et "Hem sl., et L. Bournei, Hemsl. affinis, 
foliis ovato-cordatis infra Sahoaneniban floribus  brevioribus 
corollae tubo pubescente differt. 
Frutex scandens (?), pubescens ; ramuli graciles, fulvo-velutini, 
Folia ovata, apice obtusa vel obtuse acuta, basi cordata, in ramulis 
ultimis 3-6 cm, onga, 2-4 cm. lata (omen in vetustioribus 
latis ; 5 chai edness 2 mm. longae, ea ai : bracteolae 
ovatae, vix 1 mm. longae. Receptaculum ovoideum, 2 mm. | 
giabrum. Sepala triangularia, acuta, 1-2 mm. longa, ate 
Corollae tubus gracilis, cylindricus, 3-4 cm. longus, extra pubescens ; 
obi 5, quorum 4° ovati, fere acuti, quintus oblongus, longior. 
‘Antherae oblongae, obtusae, haud exsertae. Stylus filiformis, 
