Artur 98, 1887.] 
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CHRONICLE. 
543 
the specimens gathered on the way, turn into 
fresh paper those already pressed, and dry the 
paper that had become damp. This, as a rule, 
took three hours. 
At this settlement I found a plentiful lot of 
Guinea Pepper in full flower. "The district being 
very moist Ferns in variety were plentiful, 
among which I gathered a small new Tri- 
chomanes, T. pinnatinervinum ; a new variety of 
Tree Fern, Hemitelia multiflora var. superba, 
and a species of Acrostichum, A. osmundaceum, 
that is new to the country, allied to the ubiquit- 
ous species before mentioned, which forms ninety- 
nine per cent. of the Fern v egetation of the region. 
ur path lay wong through dense towering 
forests, dim with the and solemn light 
that ever looms hr its shade, or brightened 
kind, This is the pt time, indeed, when one 
i ecessful. During the 
heat of the day no life whatever is heard or seen 
except, perha aps, that now and again far over- 
head the ringing pi-pi-yo of the greenheart bird 
startle es the silence, or the strident whur-r-r 
of 
comes again animate with life, and resonant with 
varied cries and noises. 
From the third settlement, as my men knew 
the way no farther, I took an nother man as guide, 
occurred plentifully, "s 
was fruiting m Later in the day a 
specimens—two or three only—of a very tall 
and robust кока were found, but they were 
not in fruit. The settlement was reached soon 
after mid-day, but no further r progress was made, 
às my time was occupied till night with the pre- 
paration of plants that had been already collected. 
h 
ا‎ of an old “ben ab, " where 
dde d ere 
не the habit of encamping. G. 5. Jenmans, 
ernment Botanist, British Guiana. 
(To be continued.) 
THE WOOD An Ee: 
Arter patient waiting we аге so glad to see the 
Wood Anemone once more that we are hardly 
inclined to discuss the origin of the name Wind- 
flower sometimes applied to the plent. Our artist 
pape — of the term, for he shows us ied 
a scholar as p as a botanist, жебей the онгун Sia 
of Anemone from anemos—wind, and narrates how 
the flower originated from the tears shed by Venus 
over the dead body of Adonis, but we are so scep- 
tical now- ctas that all the writers, from Bion 
to ges MUN would not induce us to хезер 
cept a fairy tale. Nor 
inclined to "кен that Pliny was nd pn pu 
said the flower was so named because it never opens 
but when the oe is blowing. All we know is that 
the wind has saps is pretty aera in our d pris 
lately, but ap is only to-day (April 20) w the 
wind has abated, ы же have aa “both 
es A double Wood Anemones in flow 
. Britten dd Holland's Dio. 
sins $ y Plant Names, ^ ^ pe of SP NE 
information; and so we find 
elegant little friend has no gode tem але ымы 
synonyms! eel a grim satisfaction at this, for 
pos Philistines, who like popular names, are apt 
poke fun the botanists, not only for the un- 
e 
E 
these things are reco by the profane. 
first, the botanical name—Anemone nem 
tw 0 wor ords | known and accepted all over the world, and 
Th: ati is the опе 1 w fo Ur vlc pP ofane : 
—“ Bow Bells, Сот € Groot К Cuckoo- 
i: fee o-spit, of Snow, 
зт nemy, Granny's fni pe s (тї), Мооп- 
flower, Койшы, Smell Foxes, Smell uem Soldiers, 
V cese, qe e. ben a and -plant.” 
Utrum horum mavis we are inclined to say, 
but don t bewilder us with: an y. 
PLANTS NEW OR NOTEWORTHY, 
AGAVE (EU- PEA MORRISII, Baker, n. sp.* 
See Fig. 105, p 
Tuts new species falls into the same group 
americana, as the groups are planned out and iiia 
terised in my synopsis of the genus Agave, published 
in the E Chronicle in 1877. It has been 
passed o americana by Swartz, Grisebach, 
and all rhe bar botanists who have dealt with the 
botany of Jamaica, and we are apo entirely. ie 
my colleague, Mr. D. Morris, for ing 
that it is a distinct species, and i Pate м 
that he pot taken in getting together the mate- 
w hese notes are founded. 
o 
The inflorescence is not so tall, its 
are more numerous and вр 
m are shorter, the ovary —— slender, ges the 
capsule has a distinct neck at the b ung 
plants have nra been coma alis, and дд 
in the Kew collect 
iption. SERTA ent. Leaves twenty or more 
i te, oblanceolate spatulate, 6 or 7 feet 
long when fully developed, nearly 1 foot a 
the broad ich is two-thirds of the way 
part, wh 
up, narrowed ey to the apex, which has a 
) Morrisii, Baker, n. sp. —Foliis ad rosulam 
'eolato-spatu tale Mis maximis cen. rose 
mar; nalibus. "detoideo cuspidatis atrocastaneis subremotis 
ediocribus; pedunculo cum punica a in thyreoidea 
15—20 pedali, ramis ıt n 30—50 dense corym rio 
cylindrato-trigono pollicari; perianthi 
pai: "m sesqui vel 
ta 
om жш licari distincte stipitato, 
segmentis Bêl basi dilatatis ovario wat 
prani brown channelled spine 1 inch long, ve 
441—5 inches above the dilated base; r 
paque green, not at all glaucous, on Son sur- 
ginal prickles deltoid-euspidate, horny, dark brown 
1 inch long and broad, 4 nch apart in the middle 
of the leaf, the concolorous edge but little repand be- 
E them 
spreading horizontally, 1 foot or 14 foot T T 
corymbose at the apex; pedicels ‘about 4 4 inch long ; 
bracts minute, ovate, membranous. Leafy bulbilsoften 
yellow w, 2—2} inches long, exclusive of the stamens ; 
ovary cylindrical-trigonous, an inch long; tube short, 
infundibuliform ; segments lanceolate, from a deltoid 
base, an inch long. Stamens inserted in the 
i -— twice as long as the segments ; 
0 Style not developed 
till after the AE fade, 2} inches long. Capsule 
oblong-trigonous, 1 inch long, 3 inch diameter, with 
a distinct neck, pi y^ d ^: base. Seeds discoid, 
3 inch diameter. J. С [For “our illustration 
we are indebted to the per and courtesy of Mrs. 
Dyer. E».] 
EPIDENDRUM STAMFORDIANUM BATEMAN, А. var. 
"€ ACEI. ' 
Ih very rich set of wild grown specimens 
and dde an ofthis well known plant. 
The first came from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, 
dmn pas ы nada. 'Тһозе with the broadest 
Е cde dd. Lindl. 
is at em I had oe flowers, now I h h in- 
nces and plants from Dr. Wallace г as feu as 
flore 
icd fis inde "eri ‘correspondent, Mr. W Bul. . 
No doubt, the last also came from t e Ocaña eed * 
t would also 2 that the column 
is là сате shorter. H. Œ. Reh 
RHODODENDRON Locux, sp. n.t 
s beautiful bee singularly local re sos 
е а height of 
nicum, from which it 
енын 
some respects this Australian species approaches 
i he disposition and colour 
of the flowers are very different. From В, cele- 
bicum it is easily distinguished by broader not acute 
leaves with s concealed veins, by non scaly pedicels, 
brac 
by mostly not narrow ts, by the larger lobes of the 
corolla ad not scaly ovary. From 
it is separated already by its glabrous pedicels, by the 
lobes of the corolla € shorter than the tube, and 
by the shorter stamens 
When i wert the “writer of this note saw (on 
his 
the Kimberley co з 
bold outlines of Mount Bellenden-Ker, the highest 
prove to 
Vaccinium, nk us, Begonia, and Impatiens, forms 
* This is a pr apes AE the plants were collected in 
the monntains south of Bogota zm e Alexander Wallace. 
Rhododendron Loche, F. r. —Arborescent, some- 
scandent; leaves tenê; mostly w whorled, mets seat 
а conspicu ‘ously: , flat, nearly ovate, rather toe 
erecta well veined, minutely scaly dotted beneath ; 
in 
‚ in termi belliform f: spi 
Ww Ы; bracts cuneate ог spatular-ovate, угш ; 
x im aed -— som various] 
labrous, but sealy dotted out 
lique- 
lla bright red, gla 
е slightly fairy inside, the lower Се broadly eylin isi 
vein 
— portion e peto —M 
x mens ten, mro Др merging fro! ч oma -tube, 
short, hai the base, ont ers very small, ellipsoid- 
cylindrical style rg as long as the — hai 
about 5000 feet. W. Sayer and A, Davidse 
* 
