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ARGYREIA 



CELSIA 



ARGRYREIA. Page 391. 



splendens, Sweet (Convolvulus splendens, Hornem. 

 Lettsomia splendens, Roxbg. Ipom&a splendens, Sims). 

 Described by Clarke as "a large climber:" Ivs. elliptic 

 and acuminate, never cordate but the base rhomboid 

 or rounded, blade about 7 in. long and petiole 3 in., 

 glabrous above and silky beneath: fls. rose-colored or 

 pale red, in few- or many-fld. pedunculate corymbs; 

 corolla tubular-campanulate, 1^ in. long, the plaits 

 hairy outside; sepals tomentose, ovate and obtuse, 

 J^in. long: caps, scarlet, papery. India. B.M. 2628. 

 Doubtful whether known in this country. The plant 

 in cult, as Convolvulus splendens may be a form of the 

 common morning-glory, Ipomcea purpurea. 



BERBERIS. Page 487. 



Regeliana, No. 2, Fig. 539, represents B. amurensis 

 rather than B. Regeliana, which is probably better con- 

 sidered a variety of B. amurensis, and to be called B. 

 amurensis var. japonica, Rehd. 



levis, No. 24. The species described under this name 

 is B. atrocarpa, Schneid. (B. levis, Hort., not Franchet). 

 The true B. levis is not in cult.; it has more closely ser- 

 rated Ivs. and purplish black slightly bloomy fr., while 

 the fr. of B. atrocarpa is jet-black. 



Sargentiana, No. 25. The plant described is the 

 true species, but the shrub cult, under this name is 

 often B. Julianae, Schneid., which seems slightly 

 hardier; it has the young branches yellowish and 

 slightly grooved (terete and red while young in B. 

 Sargentiana}, shorter Ivs. hardly exceeding 2J^ in., 

 firmer and less reticulate beneath, elliptic bloomy frs. 

 crowned by a short style, on pedicels J^-J^in. long. 



B. aggregata, Suppl. List, (page 492). Add as a syn- 

 onym B. brevipaniculata, Hort., not Schneid.; the true 

 B. brevipaniculata is not in cult. 



B. Wallichiana, Suppl. List. The species cult, under 

 this name and described here is B. xanthoxylon, Hassk., 

 to which B. Wallichiana var. latifolia, Hort., and also 

 B. Knightii, Hort., B. macrophylla, Hort., and B. Wal- 

 lichiana, Hort., not DC., must be referred as syn- 

 onyms. The true B. Wallichiana, DC., has elliptic Ivs. 

 of firmer texture and is not in cult., while the true B. 

 Wallichiana var. latifolia, Hook f . & Thorns., belongs 

 as a synonym of B. Hookeri, Lem. 



BETULA. Page 497. 



Var. Prattii, Burkill. (End of No. 3, B. utilis.} Lvs. 

 nearly truncate at the base, more gradually acuminate, 

 the secondary veins scarcely pilose, but the veinlets 

 short-pubescent: scales of the catkins with very short 

 lateral lobes. W. China. 



albo-sinensis, Burkill (B. utilis var. sinensis, Wink- 

 ler). (After No. 3.) Tree, occasionally to 100 ft., with 

 orange-red bark: branchlets glabrous, lustrous: Ivs. 

 ovate, acuminate, rounded at the base, sharply and 

 doubly serrate, glabrescent beneath, with 9-10 pairs 

 of veins, 1H~3 in. long: cones cylindric, 1^-1% in. 

 long; bracts glabrous, scarcely ciliate, slightly glandu- 

 lar; lateral lobes rounded, much shorter than the linear- 

 lanceolate middle one. Cent, and W. China. Var. 

 septentrionalis, Schneid. Branchlets distinctly glandu- 

 lar: Ivs. beneath on the veins often silky and bearded. 

 N. W. China. 



Potaninii, Batal. (B. Wilsonii, Bean). (After No, 

 7.) Shrub, to 10 ft., usually with spreading and pros- 

 trate branches, in its native habitat often hanging 

 down over cliffs: branchlets densely brownish pubes- 

 cent: Ivs. short-petioled, ovate, acute, rounded or 

 cuneate at base, irregularly, often doubly serrate, with 

 13-20 pairs of veins, dark green above, densely brown- 

 ish pubescent beneath, %-!% in. long: cones %in. 

 long: scales with the middle lobe at least twice as long 

 as the rounded lateral lobes. W. China. 



In B. pendula, No. 9, strike out var. Tauschii and 

 its description and insert after the end of the para- 

 graph: 



japonica, Sieb. (B. alba var. japonica, Miq. B. pen- 

 dula var. Tauschii, Rehd.). Tree: branchlets glabrous 

 or more or less glandular: Ivs. broadly or deltoid-ovate, 

 acuminate, truncate or broadly cuneate, sometimes 

 subcordate at the base, simply or doubly serrate, gla- 

 brous or puberulous beneath and sometimes bearded 

 in the axils, 2-3 in. long: cone cylindric, its stalk ^-^ 

 in. long; scales with the lateral lobes spreading or 

 recurved, as long or longer than the middle one. Japan. 

 S.I.F. 1:21. Var. szechuanica, Schneid. (var. mand- 

 schurica, Schneid., not Winkler). Tree with wide- 

 spreading branches: Ivs. rounded or broadly cuneate at 

 the base, glabrous or nearly so, dull or bluish green 

 above : lateral lobes of scales spreading, half as long as 

 the lanceolate middle one. W. China. 



BUDDLEIA. Page 585. 



Farquharii, L. Barren (B. asidtica x B. officinalis). 

 (After No. 5.) Intermediate between the parents. Lvs. 

 lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, white or yellowish white 

 beneath: fls. pale mauve, fragrant, in slender spikes 

 forming large terminal panicles to 1 ft. long; the spikes 

 composed of stalked, 3-7-fld. clusters. Raised by R. & 

 J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, in 1913. Gn.M. 21:155. 



CALLISTEMON. Page 630. 



Other names, than those described in Vol. II are 

 listed in California, but their botanical standing is in 

 doubt. The best that can be done at present is to make 

 the following statements: 



coccineus, Muell. Similar to C. lanceolatus but Ivs. 

 smaller, 1-1% in. long, pungently acute; midrib and 

 nerve-like margins prominent but lateral veins incon- 

 spicuous: stamens %-l in. long, red, with yellow 

 anthers: fr. strongly contracted at summit. Austral. 



Cunninghamii, Koch. Listed in Calif.: "Lvs. ex- 

 tremely narrow. Growth low and compact." Botan- 

 ically described as follows: Lvs. elliptical, wide-spread- 

 ing, pale green, pellucid or sometimes roughish, margi- 

 nal nerves and veins rather prominent, young Ivs. 

 reddish, somewhat silky: stamens scarcely 3 times 

 longer than the petals. Austral. 



floribundus pendulus. A trade name used in Calif, 

 for an unknown form recently intro. from European 

 gardens. Described as of compact growth with short 

 slender drooping branches well covered with short 

 broad and rather blunt Ivs. Probably a form of C 

 lanceolatus. 



hybridus, DC. Described only from Ivs. which are 

 rigid, linear, almost pungent, and with marginal nerve. 

 Not recognized by recent authors. The plant offered 

 in Calif, under this name is probably a garden hybrid 

 from Eu. 



C. robustus, and C. splendens are trade names used 

 in Calif, for forms recently intro. from Eu. Their 

 botanical status is unknown. 



HARVET MONROE HALL. 



CASSIA. Page 680. 



polyantha, Moc. & Sesse". Branches angled: Ivs. 

 about 12-paired, glabrous, spreading; Ifts. petiolulate, 

 4 lines long, oval, mucronate: fls. paniculately sub- 

 corymbose, 9 lines diam.; calyx-segms. broadly ovate, 

 mucronate; petals unguiculate, obovate: pod com- 

 pressed, acute at both ends, 2 in. long, 6 lines broad. 

 Mex. In Calif, said to be a spreading shrub blooming 

 freely and continuously; yellow. 



CELSIA. Page 709. 



Arctftrus, Jacq. Probably perennial, but sometimes 

 perhaps annual or biennial, differing from C. cretica, 

 among other things, in its long-pedicelled rather than 



