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which it is quite distinct in the always perfect flowers, and more numerous 

 petals and stamens. 



D. SINENSIS, Oliver, discovered by Henry on the cliffs of the Yangtze- 

 Kiang gorge, near Ichang, China, has smaller obovate leaves and waxy white 

 fragrant flowers. Recently brought into cultivation, but may not be hardy. 



DENDROMECON RIGIDUM, Bentham. PAPAVERACE^:. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 5134.) 



A 'shrub from 2 to 10 ft. high in a wild state; the branchlets half- 

 woody, slender, smooth, glaucous. Leaves thickish, ovate or narrow 

 lanceolate, pointed, i to 3 ins. long, glaucous, nearly or quite stalkless. 

 Flowers poppy-like, bright yellow, 2 to 3 ins. diameter, borne singly on 

 stalks ij to 3 ins. long, fragrant. Petals four; calyx of two sepals ; stamens 

 numerous. 



Native of California, where it was discovered by David Douglas on 

 dry rocky hills. First introduced by W. Lobb about 1854, this beautiful 

 plant has from time to time disappeared and been reintroduced. It is 

 undoubtedly tender, but thrives at Kew at the foot of a sunny wall until 

 a winter like that of 1908-9 kills it. It is allied to Romneya, but differs 

 in the entire leaves and yellow flowers. It needs the sunniest position 

 available, and the soil should be of a loamy character, lightened by the 

 addition of sand, and especially morfear rubble, well drained. Propagated 

 by cuttings made of well-ripened, firm summer shoots ; the cuttings should 

 consist of three joints, and be placed singly in small " thumb " pots in 

 moderate heat in very sandy soil. A plant in the garden of Capt. Riall 

 at Old Conna Hill, near Bray, in Ireland, covers a wall to the height of 

 12 ft. Its main stem is 6 ins. thick, and the plant is always more or less 

 in bloom. 



DESFONTAINEA SPINOSA, Ruiz and Pavon. LOGANIACE.E. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 4781.) 



An evergreen shrub, 10 ft. or more high in favourable localities, 

 branches covered with pale, smooth, shining bark. Leaves very like those 

 of a holly, but opposite; i to 2j ins. long, f to ij ins. wide; oval or 

 ovate in the main, but armed at the edges with sharp triangular spines 

 \ to in. long ; shining dark green, smooth ; stalk \ in. long. Flowers 

 solitary on stalks \ to \ in. long, produced from July until late autumn. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, ij ins. long, J in. wide at the mouth, crimson 

 scarlet, with five rounded, yellow, shallow lobes ; calyx green, with five 

 oblong lobes \ in. long, edged with hairs ; anthers five, with scarcely any 

 stalk, attached at the base of the corolla lobes. 



Native of Chili, Peru, etc. ; introduced by W. Lobb about 1843. It 

 is not hardy near London, but appears to find its most congenial 

 conditions in the west of Scotland, thriving also in other places on our 

 western seaboard, and in Ireland. It bears fruit about the size of a 

 cherry, containing numerous small black seeds, which afford the best 



