13 able that the tv;o plants figured by S^im %ck rep;lly represent the 

 tv'o ST^ecies '''•. canaliculaturc and ^•, salmoneum, but that the names 

 in some v.'sy vere transposed v,'hen they v'ere figured. There is no 

 fi??ure of the t^^^pe of ^'-. selmoneum, but •Salci %ck*s figure of I.I. 

 canaliculatum agrees fairly ?:ith Hav^orth's description of I'-, salmon- 

 eun, anri differs from -■-. csnaliculatum by its Fear-shaped, not sub- 

 prlobose ovary. 



IT. E. Brow'n. 

 (To be continued.) 



I!ESEI.'BRYAlCTIimXI.:. 

 Gerd. Chron. III. 84 : 34. 19 S8) 

 (Continued from page 13.) 



SPHALrjlNTHUS . 



34 2. S. salmoneus, ^'. E. Bp, _ Ll, salnoneuiu, ^^av;. , ^ev., p. 

 176; N.S.Br, in ^ourn. Linn. Sqc . , Vol. ^^'>^,^ p. 134; not of 3alm 

 DycV, Sender or Berger. V, canaliculEtuin, ^alni -^yck, ''"es.l 56, 

 f. 1; Sonr'. in ^1. Cap,, VqI. II. p. 450; Serger, ^-es. und Tort., 

 p. 72, f. 11, IT, not of H^vrorth. See note under S. canalicula- 

 tus, N. E. Br. 



Ttie f]o"'ers of t' is srecies are stated to be "at first fulvous 

 or srlm-coloured, yellov at the base, afterv/ards paler to rosy, and 

 finally'- ros3'- outside end more or less vhitish Y:ithin." 



3. S. tenuiflorus, I^\ E. By. — Leaves l4-2^- inches lon~, sp- 

 readincr or recurved; calvy-lobe'^ lon-'^er than the petals; corolla 

 rurr>le, closinc ev*=rv evpnin-^'-, ji ^''^. tenuiflorum, <^aca. *r-gm.,. n. 

 '44,' t. 52, f. 3 (lP04 or later); ^'-&^n., Suppl. , r. 94, and -"'ev.,^ 

 p. 1^77. 



Sonder, and Eerper fol?or-ing him, have considered this and 

 S, viridiflorus to be one species, apparently without ppj^ing any 

 attention to the distinctive characters represented or given to them 

 hy t^acquin, T^hich I here add. 



4. 3. viridiflorus, ^'^, E, Bp, — Lg^^res 'l-li- inch long, as- 

 cending- or ascending-spreading, calj^'x-lobes shorter then the cetals, 

 corollR green, remaining oren ds.y and night, i-. viridiflorura,Ait. 

 ITort. Eevr. , ed. 1, Vol. H, p. 196; Hav/. ""bs., p. 199 and 443, 

 T'isc. Nat. T^. 55, Synon., p. 253, and Rev. p. 177; Jaco. ^ragm. , 



P. 43 t. 52. f. 2; I>C:. ri. Grrss, t. 159; Bot. I'-p-., t'. 326; Salm 

 Dyck, !'e-.,i54, f . 5. 



5. 3. carneus, ^'^. S. Br. ^ I'... ca^rneum, ^^v;.,^Qbs., p. 206. 

 -'. grossum, ^^aw. , '^bs., n. 255, Hisc. ^at., p._^56; Synopj^, p. 252; 

 and Rev., r- , 176; Soim Dypv, ^eF.,§r4, f. 3; Sonder in ^1. Cap,, 

 Vol. II, r. 449; Berger, ^'^es. und ^rt., p. 66, not of -rf-iton. 



5. 3. oculatus, ^. E, ^r,- --. oculatum, N.E.Bp. ^^ 3:Ce\v 

 Bull., 1911, p. 313, and '^ourn."T^inn. Sqc., V a. ^'^V, p. 12O . 



7. 3. fragilis, K, E. Br. - Rootstock more or less tuberous 

 or thick and f],eshy, divided. Stems prostrate, 4-8 inches long, 

 l|- line thick at the youn'^er green parts, vith internodes 5-9 lines 

 long, and v/hen young and on all other green parts papulose, becondng 

 greyish end v.'ithtered in appearance v/hen old, glabrous, very brittle. 



