348 
with rust-coloured scales beneath, meapole baste hexandra. (W. G. 
and 3-flowered umbels of aah 1890, 399 ; Bull Cat. 1890,7, f.) Palme. 
yellow fl, 2 in. in diam. Sikkim S. Palm with unarmed slende er stem, 
Himalaya. and regularly pinnate 1., having small 
linear acute leaflets. [Cyrtostachys 
Rhajptonirii Ungerni. CGA. t.1226, ceramica, H. Wendl. ; syn. Bentinckia 
La PE Obu apicu- ceramica, H. Wendl.] 
- “ Cet in. gao by 2-24 in. broad, 
and clusters of white fl. often tinted — ott pannia an H. 1885, 
with red outside. Stamens hairy in 54.) acee. H. shr. with 
the middle. Calyx-lobes } in. long, oar ee Garden sahe 
narrow lanceolate. Caucasus. 
Rhus Michauxii. (4. and F. 1895 
3 
Rhododendron bw ae a nd F, | 404, f. 55.) H. A shrub with erect 
1888, 376, f. 60; G. C. 1888, iv. 569 ; stems 2-3 ft. high, spreading exten- 
896, a growing sively by underground stolons ; 1. pin- 
to 15-18 ft. in height, but flowering nate ruit in pyramidal panicles, 
freely when onl . high. L. ob- bright scarlet, clothed with close silky 
lanceolate, acute, cuneate at the base, pubescence. Southern United States. 
panded when 
flowerin i a i 
clear pink, dotted with darker pink Rhynchanthus Freshy dengan oe ni 
he f 
at the base of the upper lobes of the 
corolla, which is about 1} in. in botanical interest Roots 
Carolina. Stem 18 in, high, with 10-12 distichous 
lanceolate acuminate gree j- = 
: long, l4 in. broad, ike few-flowered, 
a victorianum. (6G. C. very lax; bracts 1 in. long, reddish 
1887, i. 387.) Garden hybrid. F1. yellow, with green-tipped lobes, the 
lip reduced to a mere point at the 
EEE eee Bs wrt Be = the stout boat-shaped filament, 
liams’ Cat. 1885,9. arden 
brid oa a Bintan and 
zalea sinensis a opri glomerata. ( = C. 
eee 819.) Cucurbitacesx. G. or 
i $ padosnaa. Af t.1233, H.H. A climbin ng tuberous per. Bes 
-b.) H.s produced glass, annual in a warm border. L. 
E e gale tap pasha palmately cut into about 5 linear- 
with adpressed hairs; the autumnal lanceolate segments. F1. inconspicuous, 
maller, linear - spathulate, male in racemes, female in clusters 
8 
brodis petiolate, deep green. Umbels ne about as large : as a hazel nut, ovate, 
origa calyx-lobes linear-oblong, inted. Brazil. 
lla f 
serrate, setose; coro unnel- 
prema rose-pink. Japan. Ribes mene aureum. ous e 1881, 
xvi. 333, f. 61.) Sarif 
Rhodostachys amiina. (R. H. 1885 5, shr, A dwarf form with ón ea leaves. 
540, f. 95, t.) Brom Bette 
own es. “Bromelia longifolia and B. EN ep aging (GA. t 
carnea. “Chi with oblong- atonia 
0. 
Rhodostachys REREN racemes ‘of small greenish yellow 
kirchhoffiana. CGA. t. 1325.) G, |  bracteate fl. Chile 
Brom with ee narrow 
channelled gr een l., the inner ones red- eget Pi dear (2. IT. 1877, 436.) 
dish at their base inside, surrounding hrub, with divarica brai ; 
a dense sessile head of spi It pascal ecient trilobed denticulate-crenate 
from the type in being smaller strongly nerved 1., an pee glomeru- 
slender, and with o. Diao viienda late greenish fl. Fr. nearly globose, 
within. Chile. the size of a small chairs, y: red. 
Japan. 
Peels Poortmanni. (G4. C. 1883, i 
Bene! Proteaceæ. S. shr. with | Ribes Lobbii. (@. C. 1883, xix. 11, 
variahie foliage, ee with a red- fi) B satire ae shr, gland- 
tum, ‘pilot of ular-pubescent. trifid spines at 
red fl. [Roupala.] the base of the Aira of the three-lobed 
