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N02 706 OCTOBER, 1921 Vol. LIX 



T H E 



JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



BRITISH AND FOREIGN 



EDITED BY 



JAMES BRITTEN, K. C. S. G., F. L. S. 



LATE SENIOR ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM. 



CONTENTS 



PAGE ' PAGK 



A Revision of the Old World Species ! The Early History of Plants 297 



of Vellozia. By Susie Greves, 



M.Sc 273 



Notes on Bristol Plants. By James 

 The Fertilisation of Ophrys apifera. -yy_ White 299 



By Colonel M. J. Godfery, 



F.L.S 285 



Hieracium aurantiacum L. : a Case 

 of Protective Colouration. By 

 Miller Christy, F.L.S 288 



Short Notes : — Collecting Aquatic 

 Plants — Fertilization of Mistletoe 

 — Lathrsea Squamaria L. para- 

 sitic on Yew — Cares: pulicaris 



Plant Nomenclature : More Sugges- forma montana 300 



tions. By Alfred Rehder, 

 James Groves, F.L.S., and N. L. 

 Britton 289 Book-Notes, News, etc 301 



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