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Zamia furfuracea. Cycadaceae—A Mexican species with 
a cylindrical trunk reaching 2 feet in height. The leaves 
consist of about 10-12 pairs of downy leaflets. The cone is 
oval, downy, and pale yellowish brown. The petioles of the 
leaves are prickly at the base. 
Zamia integrifolia. Cycadaceae.— A simple-stemmed, 
Cycas-like plant of the West Indies. The trunk is 12-18 
inches tall, erect, globular or oblong. The leaves are 
labrous with 7-16 pairs of alternate, oblong leaflets. The 
ruit is a berry-like drupe borne upon a cone. The pith 
of the stems contains sago. 
Zamia media. Cycadaceae.—A native of Florida and the 
West Indies. The leaflets average 18-20 on both sides, are 
obovate-oblong, and 2 inches long. The petioles of the 
leaves are unarmed, scurfy-pubescent. 
Zamia Van Houttei. Cycadaceae. — A plant reaching 3 
feet in height, with leaves 1-2 feet long. The leaflets are 6 
inches long, strap-shaped, finely serrate towards the tip. 
Zamia costaricensis, Costa Rica. Z. Loddigesii, Caracas. 
NOTES 
The Rufus J. Lackland fellowships for the year 1917- 
1918 have been awarded as follows: 
Mr. W. W. Bonns, B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology, 1899; B.S.A. Cornell University, 1909; reappointed 
third year. 
Mr. C. W. Dodge, A.B. Middlebury College, 1915, reap- 
pointed third year. 
Mr. D. C. Neal, B.S. Mississippi A. & M. College, 1909; 
A.M. Washington University, 1916; reappointed second 
year. 
Mr. Henry Schmitz, B.S. University of Washington, 1915; 
M.S. University of Washington, 1916; reappointed second 
year. 
Mr. W. H. Chambers, B.S. University of Illinois, 1915. 
Appointments as teaching fellows in the Henry Shaw 
School of Botany for the coming year are: Mr. J. W. Severy, 
A.B. Oberlin College, 1915, reappointed third year, and Mr. 
EK. B. Payson, B.A. University of Wyoming, 1917. 
Dr. S. M. Zeller has been appointed special investigator 
by the Yellow Pine Association to continue his studies on 
the durability of woods, the Garden coéperating 1n this 
