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36088 to 35115 — Continued. 



36097. EcHiUM wiLDPRETii PeaTsoii. 



"This seed made its debut in Kew in 1899. It was raised from seed sent in 

 by Mr. Wildpret, Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Orotava, Teneriffe. This 

 Echium is very attractive, even before the flower spikes open; their leaves, 

 covered with, silky hairs, after the manner of the silver fir, form a handsome 

 rosette 18 inches high and thi'ough. The flower spike adds another 2 feet to 

 this height, and Avhen the purplish-pink flowers are all open, the plant is 

 singularly handsome. The altitude at which it grows wild at Teneriffe has 

 not yet been recorded, but is probably some distance above sea level, and 

 therefore the plant ought to be a good one for open-air gardening, if protected 

 from the frosts." {Gardeners' Chronicle, October 26, 1912.) 



35098. Entelea palmata Lindl. 



35099. Hypericum hookeriaxum Wight and Am. St. John's-wort. 



"(Wilson No. 1355.) A native of northern India, Nepal, and the Himalayas, 

 at an elevation of 6,000 to 12,000 feet, found on the hills about MuflSong, Assam, 

 by Thomas Lobb, through whom it was introduced. It forms a neat bush, 

 with evergreen leaves and large rich-yellow flowers, unfortunately not perfectly 

 hard}^ in all localities." {Hortus Veitchii, p. 400.) 



35100. Indigofera amblyantha Craib. 

 (Wilson No. 786. China.) 



"From Ichang, western Hupeh, at altitudes of 300 to 1,000 meters, Decem- 

 ber, 1907." {Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 2, p. 99.) 



35101. Jasmixum floridum Bimge. Jasmine. 

 (Wilson No. 789.) "The flowers are yellow, one-half an inch in diameter, in 



lax c\Tnes; calyx teeth long, subulate, leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliate. It 

 is from China and Japan, and is considered a hardy ornamental shrub in Eng- 

 land . " ( Nicho Iso n , Dictionary of Gardening . ) 



35102. Nephelium tomentosum F. Mueller. 



Distribution. — A small tree found along streams in Queensland and New 

 South Wales, in Australia. 



35103. Passiflora alba Link and Otto. Passion fruit. 

 "A charming species from New Grenada, with pure white flowers. The 



leaves are glabrous, glaucescent beneath, somewhat cordate at the base, 5 

 nerved, trilobed; lobes oval, somewhat glandularly serrated at the base; peti- 

 oles biglandular in the middle. This Passiflora is a native of Brazil. The name 

 P. atomaria was given by Planchon to a form of this species, in which the 

 petals were speckled with small purplish spots." {Gardeners' Chronicle, 1883.) 



35104. Passiflora banksii Benth. Passion fruit. 

 "It is an evergi'een climber and has scarlet flowers. This Passiflora comes 



from New South Wales and Queensland." {Guil foyle, Australian Plants, p. 277.) 



35105. Phoenix sp. Palm. 

 This date palm, apparently a hybrid of Phoenix canariensis, perhaps with P. 



dactylifera, was received as Phoenix rivieri Hort. Mort., a name used in Berger's 

 Hortus Mortolensis, but not published. 



35106. Pilocarpus pennatifolius Lemaire. Jaborandi. 

 Distribution. — A shrub with long spikes of red flowers, found in the vicinity 



of Cujaba, in the pro\dnce of Matto Grosso, in Brazil. 



