EXPLANATION OF THE ILLUSTRATION 
Prare IL. Photograph of the drawing (by Martius?) 
of Siphonia nitida Martius in the herbarium of the 
Botanische Staatssammlung in Munich, In view of 
the fact that, until recently, the concept Hevea 
nitida has not been understood and that no repro- 
duction of the fruiting portions of the type speci- 
men has ever been published, it has seemed ad- 
visable to reproduce this drawing, with the kind 
permission of the officials of the Munich herbarium, 
