468 MR. C. B. CLARKE OS 



l ?T'\ A i 7 tLiS i8 n0t the Case ' * venture to send specimens 

 otJBex Aqmfohum, L, for exhibition and the examination of the 

 Fellows of the Linnean Society, which show the presence of 

 small, though very well-marked stipules. 



The stipules in question seem to be non-deciduous, though 

 they may in some instances, be easily removed by external influ- 

 ences. My attention was first called to their presence by one 

 of my pupils, Miss J. S. Mitchell ; and I have since verified 

 the tact by repeated observation on the living plant 



In passing , I may further call attention to the scarcity of the 



Whld f ^ y r^ 8 ***<*******> especially the neigh- 

 bourhood of Edinburgh, where, in the examination of some 

 hundreds of plants during this winter season, I scarcely have met 

 with more than twenty-five holly-berries * 



On Eight-hand and Left-hand Contortion. 

 By C. B. CearM:, M.A., F.L.S. 



[Read February 17, 1881.1 



hand Ito* n ;il^TM yment ° f ** ^ ri «" 

 DeCandolle in the -vZ , °, M ?™™°* which M. Alph. 



•he co r „,li e, ::i;itT s ; 'hti n T as L r g the iobes ° f 



Bentham in the ' p„„ ™ "ght-hand, are described by Mr. 



corolla^ed £"£ St7 " Th^ 8 ^ *«» 

 authorities atfll »o„t;„,„ f hls dl8s ens.on between 



published 1 as yta Sanltf^ * ' Ph ^8« 

 to this point , and ftof A otl t 8m ° rethan 8CTen W* 



"eugtb in •Siliin.anWoutaf 7 """"' A ' DeCandolle at 



^%^?^^*^»»^^ 



what Bentham and A DeO j „ ^ ° dy ia obIi 8 ed to leam 

 «on; but if a £. £ is y « d'T * ^"^ COnto - 

 very troublesome to turn ab'T dei ror8,lm ^ntortis," it is 

 corer by inference whetterte 1 f ' "* endeaVOUr *° *"- 



dolleano >' or "^^T W " ter U8es the te ™ " «ensu Can- 



A. DeC.nd„lle(nhl pt :i a \°''. T ° "~* *"» **»»*• 



whenerer they n^ the term" S^ P - 208) ***« au «-°-' 

 erm denrorsum coutortis," to add either 



