Palaeontologie. — Agricultur, Horticultur und Forstbotanik. 607 



Fynx Ung., Lauras ocoteaefolia Ett. (schmalbl. Form), Lauras 

 conf. Buchii Ett., Follum triplonervium (f Clnnamomum), 

 Banksia Haeringiana Ett., B. Ungeri Ett., B. conf. Dlllenloldes 

 Ett., Asclepias sp.?, ? Apocynophyllum, Sapotacites, Andromeda 

 protogaea Ung., Sterculia Labrusca Ung. (zvveilappig), Dom- 

 beyopsis sp., conf. Malpighiastrum dalmaticum Ett., Sapindus 

 falcifolius Heer, Zizyphus Ungeri Heer (der häufigste Rest ! 

 am Monte Promina jedoch selten), Rhamnus sp.?, Ptero- 

 carya denticulata 0. Web., conf. Sophora europaea Ung., Cassia 

 hyperborea Ung., Leguminosites sp. Krasser (Wien). 



OLIVER, F. W., On the identity of Sporocarpon ornatum 

 Williamson, and Lagenostoma physoides W i 1 1 i a m s o n. 

 (New Phytologist. Vol. II. 1903. No. 1. p. 18—19.) 



A short note on the identity of these two Upper Carboni- 

 ferous seeds; Sporocarpon ornatum being merely a transverse 

 section of Lagenostoma physoides. Arber (Cambridge). 



Reu"), C. A. S. Kennard and B. B. Woodward, Notes on 

 seeds of plants found in the alluvium of the River 

 Lea at Walthamstow, Essex. (Essex Naturalist. 1903. 

 Vol. XIII. Pt. 3. p. 115 — 116.) 



This deposit is not regarded as earlier than Roman, nor 

 much newer than Romano-British. The plants correspond 

 closely with those found in Roman Silchester and include many 

 of the same cultivated species, and weeds of cultivation. Twenty- 

 seven species are recorded. Arber (Cambridge). 



Stores, M. C, The „Epidermoidal" layer of Calamite 

 Roots. (Annais of Botany. Vol. XVII. 1903. p. 792. With 

 3 textfigs.) 



This note deals with certain Calamite roots from the Lower 

 Goal Measures, which show a highly specialized „epidermoidal 

 layer", in addition to the formation of a periderm. The indi- 

 vidual epidermoidal cells are very large, and the outer mem- 

 brane of each cell is thick, and from it fibrous filaments project 

 into the cell cavity. These cells appear to originate as the 

 enlarged outer layer of the periderm. Figures are given 

 ühistrating the structure of these tissues. Arber (Cambridge). 



Abeey-Yates, R., Carthamus tinctorius, Safflower — a digest 



of the correspondence conducted by the Reporter 



on Economic Products to the Government of 



India. (Agricultural Ledger No. 11 of 1904. p. 149—176.) 



It is shown in the digest that the cultivation of the plant for the 

 dye in India is very rapidly decreasing, while the cultivation of it for 

 oil remains undiminished. The different races cultivated are mentioned. 



J. H. Burkill (Calcutta). 



