irOTES AND ABSTRACTS. 



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leaves nearly sessile, linear, puberulous ; flowers in lax 10 to 13- 

 fiowered racemes; corolla, sub-rotate, faintly two-lipped, lilac, f inch 

 across. — G. H. 



Prunus microcarpa {Bot. Mag tab. 8360). — Orient. Family 

 Rosaseae; tribe, Pruneae. Shrub, often dwarf, at most 7 feet high; 

 leaves elliptical, ^-1^ inch long; flowers, very few on lateral twigs; 

 pink, ^ inch across. — G. H. 



Pseudepanthemum malaccense {Bot. Mag. tab. 8368). —Malay 



Peninsula. Family Acanthaceae ; tribe, Justicieae. Shrub, 3-5 feet 

 high; leaves, lanceolate, 3-5 inches long; inflorescence, ^-2 inches 

 long; corolla hypocrateriform, tube, 1-1| inch long, pale violet, said 

 to be speckled with red; anthers purple. — G. H. 



Pteronia incana {Bot. Mag. tab. 8380). — South Africa. Family 

 Compositae ; tribe, Asteroideae. Shrub, 3-4 feet high, much branched; 

 leaves, liaear; heads, numerous, about 8-flowered, yellow. — G. H. 



Raspberry, A New {Jour. Soc. Nat. Hort. Fr. series iv. vol. xii. 

 Jan. 1911, p. 73). — A new raspberry * Souvenir de Desir^e Bruneau ' 

 which has been put on the market by M. Nomblot Bruneau is 

 described, and recommended as an earlier and later bearer than any 

 other at present in cultivation. — M. L. H. 



Rehmannia hy bride k grande fleur rose. By S. Mottet 



{Rev. Hort., September 1, 1911, pp. 398-400; one coloured plate and 

 one woodcut).— The coloured plate represents a very handsome inflores- 

 cence of large flowers, pink, spotted, and rayed delicately with rich 

 red. It appears to be a cross between R. Henryi and R. angulata by 

 M. Vilmorin. It is barren as regards the pollen, but amenable to 

 crossing with pollen of other forms, the seed, &c., produced germinating 

 freely.— C. T. D. 



Rhododendron, Large White. By F. Ledien {Gartenflora, 



vol. Ix. pt. 1, pp. 2-3; coloured plate). — This rhododendron is fre- 

 quently known as R. argenteum. It is to be preferred to R. Falconeri, 

 as there is no difficulty in keeping the foliage in a healthy condition. 



S. E. W. 



Rhododendron laeteum {Bot. Mag. tab. 8372). — Western China. 

 Family, Ericaceae; tribe, Rhodoreae. Tree; leaves clustered, 6-8 

 inches long; corymbs, dense; flowers, white with a blood-red patch 

 within the tube, 2-2^ inches wide. — G. H. 



Rhododendron Smirnowi and R. Ung-erni. By F. Eeuter- 

 ;sheim {Gartenflora, vol. Ix. pt. 3, pp. 61-62). — Where very hardy 

 [rhododendrons are required, R. Smirnowi and R. Vngerni should be 

 blanted.— ^. E. W. 



