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ee i anakae, native of Japan, is a slender shrub, Poder 
inal us panicles of small, reus flowers. Seeds 
Med from the Botanical Garden of the Imperial University of 
Tokio in 1893. "The Senta is closely allied io > Neillia m which 
it differs in having a monocarpellary ovary. M mph Iya 
Wanneri, from the Banat, has been in cultivation the 
Royal Gardens for many years, where it flowers outside, in sree 
Symphyandra is distinguished from Campanula by having the 
anthers united ina tube. Kalanchoe flammea was first described 
in the Kew Bulletin, 1897, p. 266. 'Uhe plant figured was raised 
from seeds collected by Mrs. Lort Phillips and Miss Edith Cole in 
Somaliland. Its attractive flowers last two months. Armeria 
m seeds received from the Botanical Gardens of Madrid 
n 1893, tud flowered at Kew in April, 1897. The species is 
allied to. A. maritima, but it is a much smaller plant, sometimes, 
when in flower, not exceeding an inch and a half in height, 
Hooker's Icones Plantarum.—The third part of the sixth volume 
of the fourth series appeared in April, but in consequence of a 
fire at the lithographers it was issued without the full number of 
plates. In this part the genus Loeselia is illustrated by two plates 
M eu a new species, L. cordifolia ; and there is a revision o 
onymy L. involucrata and L. ciliata, LEUTE 
pred a native of British Guiana, is remarkable the 
character which suggested the specifie name, Rhigiophallwin 
pe Meta el is a very singular member of the Campanulacee, 
ative of South Africa, first discovered upwards of fifty years 
ion and jedfisóvared by Mr. Schlechter and Mr. Harry Bolus 
in 1896. Previous to the arrival of Mr. us's Pepe the 
plant was unrepresented in the herbaria of this country. 
Poupartia Fordii d is a small tee, inhabiting Hong 
Kong, imperfectly known until Mr. Ford, Superin tees a of the 
Botanic Garden there, sit: pes e specimens. tosporum 
spathaceum is a Tonga Island species characterised Bs ps ing a 
spathaceous calyx. Microula tibetica (Boraginacez) is interesting 
on account of the variability “exhibited x Sa ws a 
circumstance which has given rise to more tha e genus being 
proposed for the same species. PiyIlanthodendron pinabilis is 
a split off from Phyllanthus, presenting some curious struct 
and vegetative characters. Pachylobus edulis (Burseraceæ), fro 
tropical Africa, has a most singular embryo with very thick, 
pinnate cotyledons. In other respects it is ossis allied to 
Canarium, except that the e ndocarp i s thin. The principal 
feature of this number, howater: is an ifii to illustrate, and 
elucidate the synonymy, of the species of Hevea 
devoted to this purpose, four of which were destroyed by fire 
but they are being reproduce ced and will be issued, together with 
others of the same geom, with the next number. It is ho ped 
that they will be of some practical use; and it is intended to 
illustrate other rubher-yfelding plants. 
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