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E. Brandegei,* a description of which recently appeared in 
Gartenflora and is here reprinted for the benefit of those who may 
not have access to that publication, grows abundantly in the 
mountains of the Cape Region of Lower California, in the cafions 
or often covering mountain slopes on northern exposures. Gen- 
erally, the dead leaves fall away, leaving a hard, smooth trunk 
less than two feet in diameter, even though it may reach an altitude 
of 125 feet. When it reaches a great height, the trunks lose the 
stiffness of the other species of the genus and wave with the wind. 
It is known tothe people of the Cape Region as ‘‘I,a Palmia,’’ and 
a form of it not well distinguished they name “Palma negra.’”’ A 
few trees in cultivation about San José del Cabo are called Palma 
de Tlaco. The young buds, two feet long, are cut from the top 
of the tree and eaten by the people of the vicinity—they are soft 
and taste very much like a raw turnip. The young shoots of 
E. edulis also are eaten by the Mexicans. 
NOTES ON CACTEA. 
KATHARINE BRANDEGEE. 
The first ‘‘Nachtrage’’ of Dr. Karl Schumann’s ‘“‘Monographia 
Cactacearum’’ has appearod. It is a pamphlet of viii-171 pages, 
and covers the period 1898-1902. 
Perhaps the most noticeable thing in the work is the absence 
of the ‘‘Cat.’’ citations so numerous in the previous publication, 
but the many named ‘‘Reiches,’’ bringing together all sorts of 
heterogeneous elements, are still in evidence, 
*Erythea Brandegeei, C. A. Purpus. n. sp. Trunco procero interdum 30 m.alto vel 
ultra, 3 dm. diametro fere usque ad coronam laeve. Foliis 10-12, flabelliformibus, sub- 
tomentosis, sparse filiferis, subtus pallide glaucis, atro viridioribus, vix 1 m. longis, ultra 
medium in segmenta angusta (1-3 cm, lata) divisis, segmentis ad apicem bifidis, laciniis 2- 
10 cm. longis; petiolo glabro, 1-1% m. longo, margine dentibus numerosis, ad 5 mm. lon- 
gis, vestito. Panicula tomentosa, ut videtur paullo ramosa. Floribus sessilibus, subsoli- 
tariis, 244 mm. longis; calyce 3-partito, . lobis deltoideis, subciliatis, corolla valvata, 3 loba 
lobis quam lobis calycinis duplo longioribus; filamentis deltoideeis-acuminatis, ovario 
oblongo, carpellis mox separatis, stylis brevibus, connatis; fructu subsolitario, 10-15 mm. 
diametro, latere ventrali subapplanato, embryone ad medium versus lateris dorsalis 
seminis, 
Valde differte a duabus speciebus adhuc descriptis (E. edulis et E. armata) foliis textura, 
tenuire, a medio declinatis. Fructus magnitudine E, edulis, sed pedunculo longiore 
macula embryonale seminis deficiente. 
