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0"25 cm. lat. ; labium anticum 055 cm. long., 0'61at., lobi obovati, 

 vix 0-2 cm. lat. ; labimii posticmn late ovatmii, 0-4 cm. long. 

 Antberarum loculi paullo ultra 0-1 cm. long., loc. inferioris calcar 

 0-07 cm. long. Ovarium anguste ovoideum, 0-15 cm. long. Stylus 

 deorsum puberulus, 0-5 cm. long. Capsula 



Near J. aridicola Rendle, but with several points of difference 

 as respects leaves and flowers. The corollas of J. Smithii are 

 much like those of J. Lortece Rendle, only smaller ; here, however, 

 resemblance between the two plants ceases. 



Alonechma/ scabrinerve C. B. CI. in Fl. Trop. Afr. v. p. 215. 

 Mr. Clarke did not see a flower of this, and hence was led to query 

 the genus. After careful search a flower was found on a specimen 

 at the Museum, and examination of this proves it to be a true 

 Monechma. 



M. hracteatiim. Hochst. Somaliland, Wagga Mountain ; Mrs. 

 Lort Phillips. Ellamo ; Lord Delamere. 



Adhatoda E^igleriana C. B. CI. East Tropical Africa ; Bev. W. 

 E. Taylor. 



Isoglossa strigulosa C. B. CI. Nyika, Lake Nyassa ; Crawshay. 



I. somalensis Lindau (ex descript.). Ellamo ; Lord Delamere. 



I. Gregorii Lindau. British East Africa, Kikuyu ; F. J. Jacksoyi. 



I. grandlfiora C. B. CI. Nyassaland, 1895 ; Biidianan, Nos. 107, 

 108. Zambesi River ; Rev. Dr. Stewart. 



Echolium Linneanum Kurz. Giryama and Tsimba Mountains ; 

 Hev. W. E. Taylor. 



Hypoestes Forskalei R. Br. Mau Forest and Kikuyu ; F. J. 

 Jackson. Somaliland, Wagga Mountain ; Mrs. Lort Phillips. 



H. Hildebrandtii Lindau. Gof and Le ; Lord Delamere. 



Diapedium Leonotis, 0. Kze. Nyassaland, 1895 ; Buchanan, 

 No. 198. 



REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL WORK COMMITTEE. 



[This Report, more fully entitled ''Report to the Lords Commis- 

 sioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the Departmental Committee 

 on Botanical Work and Collections at the British Museum and at 

 Kew, dated 11th March, 1901," was ordered by the House of 

 Commons to be printed on the 12th of June, and has been issued 

 by the Stationery Office at 28. It is a volume of 218 pages, and 

 contains a vast amount of interesting matter connected with the 

 history of the National Herbarium and of the collections at Kew, 

 some of which we may reproduce later for the benefit of our 

 readers, with such comments as may seem desirable. 



On the present occasion we publish an abridgement of the 

 recommendations of the Committee, from which we believe nothing 

 of importance has been omitted, giving the conclusions arrived at 

 and the facts upon which these are based. 



The Chairman of the Committee was Sir Michael Foster, K.C.B., 



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