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it seems to me, for considering this form as that of the ancestral 



type. 



The seeds, unnamed, were brought from 

 Peru by Mr. de Lautreppe in 1900 and planted 



Fig. 2. 



Shoot from base of plant of Bacchaiis genistel- 

 loides, showing leaves. 



in the New York Botanical (jarden. Because 

 of the ignorance as to their identity, little 

 attention was given to the plants until they 

 had attained a considerable size ; so that unfor- 

 tunately none of the early stages has been ab- 



FiG. 3. Single \e2ii oi Bdcc/iaris geiiistel/oiJes, natural size. 



served. At the present time, in the beginning 

 of their third year, the plants are about i meter 

 high. The stems near the base are secondarily 

 thickened, and the wings there are either much 

 thickened or have been entirely lost. Several 

 of the plants flowered in February, 1902, and 

 again in December, 1 903 ; but although the 

 flowers were pollinated, the seeds produced 

 were exceedingly minute and failed to germinate. 



Noteworthy adaptations to an environment both of strong light 



Fig. 1. Shoot of j5«( 

 charts genistelloides. 



