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1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, &C. 
Hoya—continuwed. 
H. linearis sikkimensis (Sikkim). jl. waxy-white, pen- 
tagonally five-lobed, nearly 4in. in diameter, in terminal, ten- to 
thirteen-flowered umbels. JZ. soft, fleshy, terete, hairy. Stems 
weak and flaccid, pendulous, slender, softly 1 Sikkim, 
1883. A good basket plant. "(B. MNiG682)s( Gir met 83, x.; 
pp. 8-9.) 
H. longifolia Shepherdi (long-leaved, Shepherd’s).* The 
correct name of H. Shepherdi. (G. C. n. s., XXiv., p. 616.) 
H. Shepherdi is a form of H. longifolia. 
H. trinervis is a form of H. Pottsii. 
H. viridifiora (green-flowered). jl. green; corolla jin. in 
diameter, cup-shaped, the lobes triangular; umbels drooping, 
y-flawered; peduncles lin. to din. long. fr. covered 
sty dust. /. ovate, sub-orbicular, or cordate, acuminate, 
3in. to 6in. long; petioles lin, to Sin. long. India, The correct 
name of this plant is Dregea volubilis. 
HUDSONIA. H. Nullullii is synonymous with 
I, ericoides. 
HUEGELIA (of Reichenbach). A synonym of 
Trachymene (which sce). 
HUERNIA. Several species have recently been 
discovered in tropical Africa. To those described on 
p. 156, Vol. II., the following should be added : 
H. aspera (rough). jl. few in a sessile cyme; sepals greenish 
or purple, linear-subulate, spreading; corolla purple, nearly 
lin. in diameter and as long, campanulate, the lobes very short, 
broadly triangular, acute; column very short; outer corona of 
five broad, short, truncate, very dark lobes, the inner of five 
yellowish, oblong-lanceolate, erect, incurved, obtuse ones. Sep- 
tember. / minute, tooth-like, distant, horizontal or recurved. 
Stems procumbent, purplish-brown ; branches ascending, divari- 
eate. Zanzibar, 1887. Stove. (B. M. 7000.) 
H. Hystrix (quill-like). 7. having the limb and throat of the 
corolla covered with fleshy, subulate processes; parts of the 
inner corona having their apices expanded into flattened, oval, 
horizontal processes, somewhat resembling an inverted foot, 
Syn. Stapelia Hystrix (B. M. 5751). 
H. macrocarpa (large-fruited). 
with red ; corolla shortly campanulate. 
(R. G. 1895, p. 353, t. 1416.) 
H. macrocarpa (of Dammann). A synonym of I. Penzigii. 
H. Penzigii (Penzig’s). jl. blackish-purple, disposed in sessile 
cymes; corolla campanulate, lin. across. Stems 3in, high, tive- 
angled, with teeth nearly sin. long. Abyssinia, 1892. Stove. 
Syn. Hf. macrocarpa, of Dammann (R. G. 1892, p. 526, f. 108). 
H. somalica (Somaliland). l. deep brownish-purple with yellow 
spots on the corona, l4in, long, campanulate ; pedicels 4in. long. 
Stems 3in. long, five-angled, with acute teeth. Somaliland, 1898. 
Allied to H. oculata. 
H. Sprengeri (Sprenger’s). jl. golden-bronze, with a 
centre ; corolla star-shaped. Abyssinia, 1893. Stove. 
H. tubata (tubular). 7. solitary, pale greenish, with reddish 
dots, the throat red-pilos corolla ten-toothed, campanulate. 
Branches tetragonal, SYN. Stapelia tubata (L. B. C. 225). 
HUERNIOPSIS (from Huernia, and opsis, resem- 
blance). Orp. Asclepiadew. A monotypic genus. The 
species, H. decipiens, is a tiny, greenhouse succulent, with 
erimson-brown and yellow flowers, allied to Hwernia. 1t 
was introduced from the South African Diamond Fields in 
1877, but is of more botanical than horticultural interest. 
HULTHEIMIA. included under Rosa (which see), 
the correct name of H. berberifolia being R. simplicifolia. 
HUMBOLDTIA (of Necker). A synonym of Voyria 
(which see). 
HUMBOLDTIA (of Ruiz and Pavon). 
Pleurothallis (which see). 
HUMMING-BIRD HAWK MOTH. 
glossa stellatarum. 
HUMULUS. Syn. Lupulus. Flowers dicecious, the 
males paniculate, the females spicate. Leaves opposite, 
petiolate, broad, five- to seven-nerved. To the species 
Hg on p. 157, Vol. II., the following should be 
added : 
H. japonicus (Japanese)., fl., males in long, lax panicles; 
females in short, ovoid spikes, on long peduncles, with cordate, 
cuspidate-acuminate bracts, which do not enlarge in the fruit. 
Jl. greenish-yellow, spotted 
Abyssinia, 1895. Stove. 
white 
A synonym of 
See Macro- 
penal five- to seven-lobed, the margins toothed. Japan. 
tT ie Somewhat like the common Hop. (R. G. 1886, p, 359, 
f. 43.) 
H, j. lutescens (yellowish). This differs from the type in having 
leaves of a bronzy or golden tint. 1898. 
HUNTSMAN’S CUP. ‘ce Sarracenia purpurea. 
HUONIA. A synonym of Acronychia (which see). 
HURA (of Kenig). A synonym of Globba (which see). 
HURTLE - BERRY. ‘See Vaccinium Vitis- 
Idea. 
HUTCHINIA. A synonym of Boucerosia (which 
see). 
_HUTCHINSIA. To the species described on p. 158, 
Vol. I1., the following should be added: 
H. alpina (alpine).* j. white, in clusters about lin. 
style very shortly exserted. May. (/7., siliquas acute at 
ends. 1. pinnatipartite, glabrous. Pyrenees, &c., 
A beautiful rockery or border perennial for a dry, 
position. ; 
H. calycina (having a prominent 
Smnclowskia calycina. 
hich ; 
both 
1775. 
sunny 
calyx) A synonym of 
Fic. 449. Hyacintuus L’INNOCENCE. 
HYACINTHUS. MIneluding Bellevalia. To the 
species and varieties described on pp. 159-60, Vol. II., 
the following should be added. Several species formerly 
included hereunder are now referred to Mtscari. 
H. Aucheri (Aucher’s). #1. purplish-tinted ; perianth sin. long; 
raceme dense, twenty- to twenty-five flowered, lsin. long; 
scape firm, 3in. to 4in. long., J. three, fleshy-coriaceous, 
linear, 6in. to Sin. long. Persia, 1894. Syn. Bellevalia Aucheri. 
H. azureus (sky-blue). A synonym of H. ciliatus. 
H. ciliatus (ciliated).* #., lower ones deep blue, deflexed, with 
an oblong perianth {in. long, the segments about one-third as 
long as the tube; upper ones nearly sessile, the sky-blue, cam- 
panulate perianth having segments nearly or quite as lor 
the tube; raceme dense, conical, with a thickened blue ¢ - 
scape rather shorter than the leaves. February. /. six or 
eight, lorate, erect, glaucous, 4in. to 6in. long, deeply 
channelled down the face. Bulb white, about lin. in diameter. 
Asia Minor. Syn. H. azureus (B. M. 6822). There is a larger 
form—giganteus—from Mount Muris. 1898. (G. C, 1898, xxiv., 
p. 190, f. 52.) - 
H. fastigiatus (pyramidal).* /., perianth bright lilac, 4in. to 
din. long, the segments oblong-lanceolate ; raceme few-flowered, 
in the wild state often congested into a corymb; scape erect, 
terete, shorter than the leaves. March and April. /. thr 
six or more, subulate, weak, glabrous, 6in. long, contemporary 
with the flowers, Corsica and Sardinia, 1882, (8. M. 6663.) 
H. lineatus (lined). jl, perianth blue, campanulate, din. to 
tin. long, ascending; raceme lin, long o twelve-flowered ; 
scape 2in. to 4in. high. Spring. 7. two, rarely three, oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, faleate, line-nerved, Sin. to 4in, long. Asia 
Minor, 1887. (R. G. 1887, p. 446, f. 114.) 
H. nonscriptus (unwritten). A synonym of Sci//a nutans, 
H. syriacus (Syrian). A synonym of //. trifoliatus. 
H. trifoliatus (three-leaved). he correct name of Bellevalia 
syriaca, SYN. H. syriucus. 
