SUPPLEMENT. 597 
Pteris—continued. 
P. longifolia nobilis (noble). fronds evergreen, 4ft. to 5ft. 
high ; pinne linear, 8in. to 10in. long ; rachis pale brown. — sori 
continuous, linear, marginal. South Sea Islands, 1884. 
P. serrulata cristata lacerata (torn). fronds Sin. to 12in. 
long, slender, the margins serrulate; each pinna divided into a 
tassel-like or corymbose, drooping bunch of lacerated segments. 
1882. nana is a dwarf form. 
P. tremula foliosa (leafy). fronds wavy, larger and broader 
than in the type. 1886. Garden variety. 
P. t. grandiceps (large-crested). fronds semi-dependent, the 
apices divided into flattish, timbriately-tasselled crests, made up 
of four or five principal divisions and numerous multifurcations ; 
pinn and pinnules also terminating in narrow apices. 1887. 
Garden origin. 
PTYCHOCOCCUS (from ptyche, a fold, and coccos, 
a berry; in allusion to the wrinkled albumen). Orp. 
Palme. <A genus of three species of Javan Palms, 
founded by Beccari, formerly included under Ptycho- 
sperma. It differs from that genus in the form of the 
fruit, which in Ptychococcus is obliquely attenuated into a 
beak at the apex, instead of being rounded. For culture, 
see Ptychosperma, on p. 247, Vol. III. 
P, arecinus (Areca-like). A very beautiful, pinnate-leaved Palm, 
which, in its native forests, attains a height of 60ft. or more. 
PULTENZA. To the species described on pp. 
251-2, Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
P. Gunni (Gunn's). /. golden-yellow, with brownish-purple 
stripes on the standard and a brownish-purple keel, small ; heads 
three to five-flowered, terminating the branchlets. @. very small, 
linear-lanceolate. Branches twiggy. 1885. (R. G. 1173 [1174 
in text].) 
PUYA. ‘To the two species described on p. 255, 
Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
P. lanuginosa (woolly). jl. greenish-blue, borne in a dense, 
simple spike lft. long by din. in diameter, surmounting a stout 
peduncle 3ft. long ; flower bracts lanceolate, acuminate, very 
woolly, whitish-brown on the back ; sepals obtuse, much imbri- 
cated ; petals oblong-obovate, the blade jin. broad. J. sixty to 
100 ina dense rosette, ensiform, 2ft. to 2}ft. long, lin. broad low 
down, tapering to along point, green above, white below, beset 
with distant, ascending spines. ‘Trunk 2ft. to éft. high, forked at 
the top, hidden by old, dead, reflexed leaves. This plant flowered 
for the first time at Kew in October, 1888. 
P. Roézli (Roézl’s), of E. Morren. jl. sub-sessile ; calyx pale 
rose, downy; corolla peacock-blue, tubular, ljin. long; panicle 
24ft. high, downy. (4. numerous, thick, coriaceous, arching, 
2ft. to 24ft. long, 2in. to 2hin. broad, shining green above, 
covered with white felt beneath, the margins spiny. Andes 
of Peru, 1885. The correct name of this plant is Piteairnia 
megastachya (Baker). 
PYRETHRUM. To the species and 
described on p. 257, Vol. III., the 
now be added: 
P. Decaisneanum (Decaisne’s). 
Decaisneanum. 
P. marginatum (margined). 
marginatum. 
P. parthenifolium aureum selaginoides (Selaginella-like). 
l. flat, shallowly lobed, so cut as to resemble a sprig of Se- 
laginella, of a bright yellowish-green. 1882. 
PxYRUS. To the species and varieties described on 
pp. 258-62, Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
P. Aucuparia foliis-aureis (golden-leaved). J., leaflets rather 
thick, tomentose, marked with yellow, which deepens with age. 
1886. An ornamental, garden variety. 
varieties 
following should 
A synonym of Chrysanthemum 
A synonym of Chrysanthemum 
QUERCUS. To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 263-6, Vol. III., the following should now be 
added: 
Q. sessilifiora pendula (hanging). A variety with pendulous 
branches. 
RANUNCULUS. To the species described on 
pp. 273-5, Vol. IIT., the following should now be added: 
R. Seguieri (Seguier’s). #. white, jin. in diameter; petals tive, 
entire, orbicular, longer than the calyx. Juneand July. /. three- 
parted, with acute or bluntish, entire, trifid partitions; floral 
ones small, sessile, entire or trifid. Stem one to three-flowered. 
h, Sin. Alps, 1819. (R. G. 1192, f. i (1194, f. 1, in text). 
RAPHANUS. To the species described on p. 276, 
Vol. I[I., the following should now be added: 
R. isatoides (Isatis-like). 1. yellow, in racemes terminating the 
side branches. /., radical ones lyrate-pinnatisect ; cauline ones 
ovate-lanceolate, amplexicaul, thick, glaucous. 1886. A garden 
variety of Radish, with the general aspect of Jsatis tinctoria. 
(R. H. 1876, p. 572, f. 101.) 
REICHARDIA (of Roth). 
(which see). 
RENANTHERA ARACHNITES. A synonym 
of Arachnanthe moschifera (which see). 
RENANTHERA FLOS-AERIS. A synonym of 
Arachnanthe moschifera (which see). 
RESTREPIA. ‘To the species described on p. 284, 
Vol. IIL, the following should now be added: 
R. pandurata (fiddle-shaped). /., lip pandurate, the anterior 
blade very broad, transversely oblong, covered with warts, hairy, 
whitish, with numerous port-wine-coloured spots ; column having 
two orange spots at the base. September. 7. as much as 4in. 
A synonym of Picridium 
long. 1881. 
RETTBERGIA. A synonym of Chusquea (which 
see). 
RHAPIS. To the species described on pp. 287-8, 
Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
R. Kwamwonzick (a native name). J. palmately divided into 
from four to seven lanceolate segments; petioles unarmed. 
Stems slender, leafy. Japan (?). Stove. (I, H. xxxiy. 13.) 
RHIPSALIS SARMENTACEA. This species 
(described on p. 290, Vol. III.) should be grown in a 
basket of peat-fibre, or, better still, on a piece of soft 
Fern-stem. See Fig. 60, p. 598. 
RHODODENDRON. Including Vireya. To the 
species and varieties described on pp. 292-8, Vol. IIL., 
the following should now be added: 
R. albescens (whitish). /. white, scented, large, the upper 
segments marked at the base with sulphur-yellow. J. glabrous, 
the under surface silvery-white. 
R. Andersoni(Anderson’s). /. bright carmine. Himalayas. A 
garden name for what is probably a form of R. arborewm. 
R. Apoanum (Apo). ji red, small, tubular, about sin. long, 
with spreading lobes ; trusses few-flowered. /. narrowly elliptic, 
acute at both ends, green above, rusty beneath. Philippine 
Islands, 1885. A small shrub. (R. G. 1196 [1195 in text. ]) 
R. assamicum (Assam). A garden name of R. formosum. 
R. Collettianum (Major Collett’s). jl. white, in dense, ter- 
minal corymbs, shortly pedicellate, surrounded with broad, 
ciliated scales; sepals five, obtuse; corolla nearly lin. long, 
funnel-shaped; stamens ten. May. J. 2in. to 3in. long, very 
coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate, acute at both ends, 
opaque aboye, lepidote-scaly beneath ; petioles Lin. to 3in. long. 
Branchlets furfuraceous-pubescent. h. 8ft. to 10ft. Afghanistan. 
Hardy. (B. M. 7019; G. C. ser. iii., vol. iv., p. 297.) 
R. Curtisii (Curtis). A synonym of 2. multicolor. 
R. grande roseum (rosy). /l. of a lively rose-colour, with 
darker veins on the lobes, and obscure spots on the tube within, 
1887. (B. M. 6948.) 
R. graveolens (strongly-scented). l. pure white, fragrant. A 
dwarf and free-flowering hybrid between &. formosuwm and 
R. Sesterianum. 
R. jasminiflorum carminatum (carmine). jl. rich carmine, 
slightly toned with orange-scarlet around the base of the limb, the 
tube paler externally. 1886, A hybrid between R. jasminiflorum 
and &. javanicum. 
R. javanicum tubiflorum (tube-flowered). _/. orange-red; 
corolla tube elongated. June. J. smaller than in the type, the 
midrib impressed above. Sumatra and Java, 1885. (B. M. 6850.) 
R. Kochii (Koch’s). /l. white, 1jin. long, tubular, with a cam- 
panulate limb, something like those of R. jasminijlorum, dis- 
posed in loose trusses. 1. petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 
Sin. to 6in. long, narrowed to the petioles, which are }in. to lin. 
long. Philippine Islands, 1885. Stove shrub. (R. G. 1195 [1196 
in text].) 
R. Loche (Lady Loch’s). fl. rather large, in terminal, umbelliform 
fascicles, on very conspicuous stalklets ; corolla bright red, scaly- 
dotted outside, the tube cylindrical, the limb bluntly five-lobed 
and conspicuously veined. J. persistent, mostly whorled, some 
scattered, conspicuously stalked, flat, nearly ovate, rather blunt, 
glabrous, minutely scaly-dotted beneath. h. 20ft. Mount 
Bellenden-Ker, 1887, This tree is the only known Australian 
Rhododendron. 
R. Manglesii (Mangles’). A fine, half-hardy, garden hybrid, 
having handsome, white flowers, disposed in very large heads. 
