CXX PROCEEDINGS OE THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Agapanthus umbellatus branched. — Mr. Worthington Smith, F.L.S., 

 sent one of two samples of a branched scape in Agapanthus. " Originally 

 there were two branches, but the upper branch was accidentally knocked 

 off ; the remains of this were, however, quite distinct. In the umbel will 

 be seen two buds on one pedicel. The growth is caused by the fasciation 

 of scapes, one major and two minor. Whether the character will 

 remain permanent or not is uncertain, as this is the first season of 

 branching." 



Sweet Pea with foliar tendrils. — Mr. Bowles drew attention to an 

 exhibit of sweet peas in which all the tendrils were replaced by leaflets, a 

 condition which was said to be fixed. 



Ceropegia. — Mr. Ledger showed specimens of Ceropegias from his 

 garden. (1) Ceropegia Bendallii, N. E. Brown (Kew Bull., 1894, p. 100, 

 and revised in Flora Capensis, vol. iv., 1908, p. 814). Belongs to the 

 section having an umbrella-like canopy surmounting the corolla, as in 

 C. Sandersonii, C. Monteiroae, and the not-yet-introduced C. fimbriata. 

 The tuber of the plant exhibited was sent without specific name by Mr. 

 Thornecroft, of Barberton, to Mr. W. E. Gumbleton, who presented it to 

 Mr. Ledger. It is a small twining species with a remarkable flower, 

 originally sent to Kew by Dr. P. Kendall, of Barberton, after whom it 

 was named, in 1894, and since lost. (2) G. barbertonensis, N. E. Brown, 

 n.sp. (Flora Capensis, vol. iv., 1909, Addenda and Corrigenda, p. 1,132). 

 The flowers resemble in shape those of C. Woodii and of C. debilis. 

 Plants were raised by Mr. W. E. Gumbleton, from seed received from 

 Mr. Thorncroft. A certain number of the seedling plants produced leaves 

 variegated with pale green along the veins. Both forms were exhibited. 

 (3) C. hybrida, N. E. Brown (Gard. Ghron., December 8, 1906, p. 383, 

 with figs.). A distinct and large-flowered hybrid (C. Sandersonii $ x 

 G. similis $ ) raised in the Botanic Garden at Leiden from accidental 

 insect fertilization, and the first and only recorded hybrid. The pollen 

 parent was sent to Leiden by Mr. Ledger, who received it from Kew, 

 where it had long been grown as C. Thwaitesii, a Ceylon species, not 

 at present in cultivation. The habit of this hybrid is that of a very 

 attenuated C. stapeliaeformis. 



Malformation in Honeysuckle. — Mr. Fraser, F.L.S., showed specimens 

 of Lonicera Periclymenum, Linn., as follows : — Specimen A showed : 

 (1) chloranthy of the corolla ; (2) chloranthy of the stamens ; (3) anthers 

 shortened, fleshy, basifixed instead of versatile, and do not open, filaments 

 hirsute instead of being glabrous ; (4) chloranthy of the pistil. Specimen 

 B showed : (1) chloranthy of the corolla ; (2) petalody of three stamens, 

 phyllody of the other two stamens, two and three-lobed and glandular on 

 both surfaces, like the back of the normal corolla ; (3) phyllody of the 

 pistil, the style and three carpels being separated nearly to the base. 

 Specimen C, a double honeysuckle, showed: (1) chloranthy and shortening 

 of the corolla ; (2) petalody of the five stamens ; (3) petalody of the pistil 

 and duplication of the three carpels, the style of the three carpels being 

 1 ted nearly to the base and then duplicated, hose-in-hose fashion ; thus 

 there were eleven supernumerary petals. In each case the malformation 

 occurred on plants attacked by aphides. 



