suffused with purple beneath ; nei 
and midrib purplish. Scapes num 
purplish. Soutien ay ovoid, wits 
compressed beak, Born 
Homalomena peltata. (@. C. 1877, 
vii. ed 
A 5, er. of tuf 
Petioles 24 long, sheathing 
at base, clothed with soft rusty-brow 
with numerous conical prickles 
vening space with neuter ‘A. Colombin, 
Homalomena rage ae Bos 
Comp. Cont. @ Hort, 1885, 6 
slightly sagittate, on long co ie 
green ioles, [Syn. py Be ramon 
siesma yerianum. | 
rr Mea jamaicense. (0. 2. 
1896, 204 ; Icones Plantarum, t. 2461.) 
idaceæ, S. A genus alli 
Tetramicra, ‘remarkabl 
in. long, 
1 with linear segments 
} in. long. J amaica. 
Seer A "E S = Ree 
98.) 8. with ge 
habie k senate sherbet lobed 
l. and purple fi. 4 in i 
A . across, borne in 
short terminal racemes, West Tropical 
frica. 
oodia Bainii. (B. M. 48.) 
Asclepiad . G. succulent uite 
glabrous, dwarf and bush Stems 
l} in. t , many-angle angle 
composed of peere spine- “tipped 
tubercles, grey Eidere 
pe of the heer ing 
haped, pale = ice i iee 
Uin. South Afri 
Hoplophytam lineatum. e C. 1893, 
meliaceæ. in cy. 
ig ‘greet with st ripes of 
gin nal spines black. 
a = 
white; the ma 
| Hehmea.| Brazi 
205 
pe Pe seo sae purpureis. 
66.) Saxifragacez 
ral tos plish eee ome foliage. 
rE a ag A. Gray, var.] 
Houlletia Landsbergi. (B. M. 
7362 chid . First Fdserbed 
spots ; $ ; 
lip narrow, with four horn-like lobes, 
white tinged with purple. Costa Rica. 
Houlletia sp abe gr be at 
(G. C.1884, x Ah 
Satine with | crange yellow fl., Jot lip 
being sulphur and white 
Howea belmoreana. A M. t. 7018 ; 
G. C. 1888, iv. 415.) Palme. S. This 
is the plant known as Kentia helmore- 
ana, Lord Howe’s Island. 
ser a, 
me C. 1882, xvii. 
f. 115; F. M. t. 406 a5. Asclepia- 
da i So Pror mat ae climber, 
with fleshy oblong acute 1l., and large 
se heads of pale straw-coloured 
i white coronal pr s and 
with al 
Boro pink interspaces, India. 
ar cna (Gp. EGE 
us-hispi 
a = yet cy vate a 
minate l., hairy on both git hispi 
peduncles and an umbel of rotate 
une 
brownish A. with ovate obtuse lobes, 
hairy on both sides. India (?). 
eo row T C. 1885, xxiv. 
S. A 
waxy ; the segm 
elliptio in Satine as seen from above, 
alaya. 
maS E Aes C. 1882, xviii. 
5081.) S. climber. 
This | pie mint w adopted for the 
olen now as Piosik ma lasiantha. 
=p bay ero (M. K. 1896, 9, 
i) e-flo wered speci with 
dark b 
arn reg wow Gui 
