Nov., 1905.] Xews and Xotes. 399 



NEWS AND NOTES. 



The fifteenth annual meeting of the Ohio State Academy of 

 Science will be held at The University of Cincinnati, on Dec. 1st 

 and 2nd. A number of important papers will be presented and 

 a very interesting meeting is anticipated. 



Ohio Plants With Extr.\-Floral Glaxds. The following 

 plants should be added to the list of Ohio plants having extra- 

 floral nectaries and glands, as given in The Ohio Naturalist 

 4:108-106. 



With glands on the petiole or at the base of the blade: 



Impatiens balsaniina L. 

 Ascyruni hypericoides L. 



With tooth-like glands on top of the midrib or at its base: 



Aronia arbutifolia (L-) Medic. 

 " atropurpurea Britt. 



nigra (Willd.) Britt. 

 Pyrus communis L. 

 ]\Ialus angustifolia (Ait.) Mx. 



Some weeks ago the Zoological Museum received from a for- 

 mer student, Mr. John C. Britton, a fine donation consisting of a 

 pair of large Iguanas nicely mounted. Mr. Britton gives the 

 following account of their capture: "While travelling in the 

 Bahama Islands in the summer of 1903 we visited Watlings or 

 San Salvador and were told by the natives there that great 

 numbers of large lizards lived on an island or kay in the lake 

 which occupies nearly one-half of the island or Watlings. We 

 were directed to the spot by guides and found that the stor}' 

 was true. On this small island there must have lived hundreds 

 of large iguanas and all of one species belonging to the genus 

 Cyclura. It mav be mentioned incidentally that this island,, 

 called Iguana Kav by the natives, is very near the spot where 

 Columbus is supposed to have landed. These reptiles are very 

 swift on foot ancl extremely shy. After much difficulty we suc- 

 ceeded in shooting a number of specim.ens. When we returned 

 to the United States the iguanas were given to Dr. Leonard 

 Stejneger of the United States National Museum for description. 

 They were described as a new species and given the name 

 Cyclura rileyi in honor of Mr. J. H. Riley with whom I was^ 

 associated as a member of the expedition." — J. S. H. 



