HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



SPRAGUEA UMBELLATA, Torr, 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5143. 



A curious half-hardy perennial from California, first discovered by 

 Colonel Fremont, from whose specimens a new genus constituted by 

 Dr. Torrey was dedicated to Isaac Sprague Esq., of Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts, the well-known botanical draughtsman. 



Introduced to this country through William Lobb, the plant first 

 flowered at Exeter in July 1859. 



SWEETIA BIMACULATA, Clarke. 



A herb of the Gentian family 2 to 2| ft. high with greenish-yellow 

 flowers covered with small black dots. 



A native of grassy mountain-sides at elevations of 4,000-6,000 ft. in 

 Central and Western China, and also found on the Himalayas ; plants 

 from seed collected by Wilson flowered at Coombe Wood in the summer 

 of 1905. 



TEUCEIUM ALBO-EUBEUM, Hemsl. 



Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soo. vol. xxvi. p. 311. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial, made known from specimens collected 

 in the neighbourhood of Ichang by Dr. Henry, the two-lipped flowers 

 white and red, in axillary racemes. 



Plants raised from seed collected in Central China flowered at Coombe 

 Wood during the summer of 1905. 



TEUCEIUM OENATUM, Hemsl. 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 313. 



This species, also discovered by Dr. Henry, was introduced to cultivation 

 through Wilson, from seed in 1900. 



It is a hardy herbaceous perennial with lanceolate dark green leaves 

 serrate along the margin, purplish beneath. 



The small rose-coloured flowers, in erect racemes in the axils of the 

 uppermost leaves, opened for the first time at Coombe Wood in 1904. 



THALICTEUM DIPTEEOCAEPUM, Franch. 



An attractive addition to a genus of hardy herbaceous plants, charac- 

 terized by neat glaucous-green foliage and purple flowers, in light graceful 

 panicles. 



Sent to cultivation from Western China through Wilson, who detected 

 it at elevations of 4,000-5,000 ft. 



The specific name is in allusion to the flattened wing-like appearance 

 of the ripe carpel. 



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