THE GARDENERS’ 
NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS. 
G оленим анар AND G. MANICATA. 
'ebrua ‚ I found on the low 1 
of the ү юе ier of the Tronador Mountain in 
Chile (about lat. 419 20' S.) at about 2,000 fe 
above sea-level, growing on a thin stratum of 
stony debris which had fallen from the rocks 
above, a ише in fruit, from which I raised 
and gave t ral ieu plants which have 
gIOWI ery rigoreusly an some have 
ripened seed, as at Colesborne and else- 
where Some of the largest are at Pol- 
talloon, Argyllshire, others at Heythrop 
Park Xon, at Aldenham and at Sout 
Lodge, Sussex. one occasion Mr. Vicary 
Gibbs sent specimens in flower to the R.H.S., 
the Gunnera 
in English 
ser 
which he considered dis stinct from 
usually called chilensis or scabra 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 25, 1919, 
standing which will be explained in 
next numbers of Mid Kew Bulletin. In “this Кым 
it is suflici there is no justification 
is ly ov 
for this change of name. Both are hard; r 
great part of Britain and in Irelan 
chilensis perhaps on the whole more thar 
G. manicata, which, however, flourishes well in 
the south and the west. С. chilensis was intr 
duced ю this country about 1849, although 
had been discovered almost 70 years bef 
1a anica 
quisition. in leaf only the two TEE are 
Pe eene to distinguish and such differ- 
ences as there are still more difficult to 
express in wor Gi 7 equally favourable 
conditions G. manicat probably have the 
larger leaves with shorter and ondes lobes 
Stiles, their tips being acute, but 
ашшы as is frequently the сазе in С. chilen- 
Both may have the upper surface of the 
of both increase in diameter, but so that the 
branches of G. manicata remain от апа 
sh A 
ectly distinct, -they might b as сай 
h 
pe whils of G. chilensis ys eshy 
and more or less contiguous so E = ps mature 
infructescence assumes the sha а cone 
studded all over with orange- кеч d small 
fruits. At Kew the ‘fruits of G. manicata remain 
green; but as experiments to germinate them 
have failed, they evidently do not matı ere. 
ere they do so they are, elieve, yellow. 
The parts of the flower are so ша апа Ше 
petals so fugacious that they do not afford 
ready means for discrimination n the oth 
1 
пеу а; "e e quite 
u .) whilst 
i ‘conspic uous omen 
measuring up to over 4 lin. 
Stapf. 
in diameter 
gardens. As, however, I could not make out 
any characters which it could be distinguished 
from G. chilensis, I brought up a very fine 
men from Wakehurst Place, w my frie 
M 4 rows it very well, to Ke Dr 
Иг. С. er g e w. К 
EE assured me that it was just an exception- 
y fine specimen of G. chilensis. H. J. Elwes. 
re two giant speci 
THE a es of Gunnera in 
ыш їп Britain which are 3 
t 
fused in the barren state, but should easily be 
distinguished when in flowe uit. A brief 
ex ion of t rential characters may 
therefore, be welcom e species in questi 
аге G. manicata, Li and G. chilensis, Lam, 
(1789), or G. scabra, Ruiz et Pavon (1798). The 
former is a native of South Brazil, the latter has 
its home in Chile, from Valparaiso southwards. 
s C T alpar 
E manicata (see Fig 95), has recently been re- 
у 'G. brasiliensis, owing to some misunder- 
Fic. 95. 
GUNNERA MANICATA. 
pun either very rough from end pointed 
rucosities or more or less smooth with the 
Мейл confined to а submarginal zone ог 
variously dispos ll areas. h culiar 
igular appendages which cover the ие 
terminal buds are usually more ely 
and more intensely coloured in S ' manicata tha an 
in chilensis, bu am not in 
this character can be depended on. The иб я 
distinctiveness of the two species becomes mani- 
est at the ew flowering and remains so 
until i СРЕО 
mu 
re rigid, ra eo or only 1 si inch long and 
are d. or ea d by their bracts. In the 
process of fruiting the axes of the inflorescences 
BOTANY AND THE EMPIRE.* 
(Concluded from page 205.) 
Іх е Mata States the = dere ot uem 
re — diseases of rubber 
P гесе c ose attentio n. m 
fungus, is ved in character, 
efonts quickly ap is t 
remedial wy sd before t 
are effect Us 
on the id hand, 
— all edi 
p 
Due "cms сауал of the roots with 
stumps, or roots of other diseas i 
ciente. 
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Pap LA не Bag ape нок 22! ae Danie! 1 Mo "dent 
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