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Racemi terminales, pauciflori. Flores flavi, petalis oblongis, longi- 
tudine 1 cm. Antheri perfecti 6, duobus superioribus majoribus, 
filamentis quam alteris longioribus. Staminodia 3. Legumen 
glabrum, coriaceum, conspicuiter rostratum, cylindricum vel leviter 
compressum. Semina transversa, oblonga. Cotyledones plani. 
Collected by J. F. Waby at Hastings, Barbadoes, April—June, 
1895. (No. 24.) Type in the United States National Herbarium. 
The basal petiolar gland and cylindrical pod containing seeds 
parallel to the dissepiments fix the position of this Cassia in Vogel’s 
section Oncolobium, under which Bentham. enumerates in his re- 
vision ten species.* 
The plant is unique, however, in the possession of a pod taper- 
ing abruptly into a narrow proboscis-like beak, which occupies 
about one third of its total length. The pods of Cassia Manzan- 
wloana Rose, from Mexico, exhibit a slight tendency to become 
rostrate; but the beak is never obviously developed. Mature 
seeds from the type specimen have been planted in the greenhouse, 
in the hope that the plant may be successfully cultivated and dis- 
tributed. CHARLES Louis. POLLARD. 
WASHINGTON, D. C, 
Euphorbia Nicaensis. A few days ago I visited the locality for 
this rare spurge, which was discovered near Vestal, N. Y., by Mr. 
C. F. Millspaugh in 1885. The plant is apparently increasing and 
grows luxuriantly, some stems being four feet in height. 
On the day I saw it the plant was in full blossom, and looked 
at first glance like a field of Golden Rod nearly ready to bloom. It 
is found in greatest profusion about a lock of the abandoned New 
York and Pennsylvania Canal, and from thence has spread to the _ 
roadside and adjacent fields. 
In the majority of the plants the floral leaves are greenish oF 
yellowish green, but in some individuals this varies to deep yellow. 
In these the floral leaves are usually larger than in the others. 
Plants that are completely sterile, with floral leaves and n° 
flowers, are also common. : : 
The sixth edition of Gray’s Manual gives Binghamton, N. ¥o:3 
as the only station for the plant, but I understand it has since _ 
* Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 27: 530-535. 1871. 
