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from the Transvaal, South Africa. Its flowers are bright red, 

 South an d borne in August, when the plant is without foliage. 

 pw'ni 1 ' 1 Seneeio Galpinii is a new species belonging to the group 

 Kleinia. Its stems are in compact tufts and bear fleshy, glau- 

 cous leaves, the flowers being orange colored. A native of 

 the Transvaal. Streptocarpus Galpinii is a third plant from 

 the same country and named after the same gentleman. Mr. 

 Galpin is living in South Africa, and has been for the last tew 

 years one of the most successful collectors of plants in com- 

 munication with Kew. This new streptocarpus is similar in 

 style of growth to previously introduced species, having a 



width. ^The flower-scape is erect and carries fifty to eighty or 

 more flowers. These flowers are of a rich, purplish blue 

 (a color not previously met with in the genus), the throat 

 being white. The flower is also distinct from that of any 

 other in having the corolla tube very short and wide. Mr. 

 Watson, of Kew, who first brought this genus into promi- 



article I wrote tor T/i) Am, rican Ganim October, 1890, I 

 mentioned a new set of rhododendrons whose seed had been 

 sent from Yunnan by a missionary ; at that time only one 

 species had flowered, but during the past year another reached 

 New that stage. R. racemosum is a very charming little plant, 

 end^ns" flowerin<; when only six inches high. Its blooms are an inch 

 en rons. across> pale pink and rose> and prot i uce d very freely in the 

 leaf-axils near the upper part of the stem, thus giving them a 

 racemose appearance. It is apparently well-suited for rockery 

 cultivation, should it prove hardy. It has been grown in the 

 open by Messrs. Veitch at Coombe Wood nurserv through one 

 winter, but that is a sheltered locality. During a visit I made 

 there last autumn I saw several other of these Yunnan rhodo- 



flower bucls, so it is very probable that in the course of this 

 year we shall be able to judge whether they fulfill the great 



to the old Fatsia papyri/era. It is a native of Guatemala, and 

 likely to make a useful addition to the several species already 

 in cultivation. Its value, of course, resides in its ornamental 

 foliage, its leaves being of a bright, glossy green and divided 



