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This remarkable herb can easily be recognised as allied to 
Procris, Achudemia and Elatostema, even in the absence of male 
flowers, by its habit and floral characters, but the crowding of 
minute female flowers on to one side of a slender terminal spike 
was previously unknown in that group and finds counterparts 
among the Urticaceae only, in such genera as the tropical Ameri- 
can Myriocarpas and the Dorstenias of America and Africa. The 
discoverer noted that the leaves averaged 70 square cm, in area 
and that they were always covered with drops of water (which had 
doubtless exuded from the conspicuous water glands 
: 
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he genus is respectfully dedicated to Miss Matilda Smith, 
and the specific name of the first species not inappropriately 
refers to its innumerable flowers as well as to the very large 
number of beautiful drawings and paintings of flowers with which 
Miss Smith has for so many years decorated the Botanical 
Magazine, the Icones Plantarum and the Kew Bulletin. 
XXX.—ADDITIONS TO THE WILD FAUNA AND 
FLORA OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, 
KEW: XV. 
up-to-date classification, he adds, might have been adopted in the 
Aphididae, but the classification of this group is in such a chaotic 
condition that it has been thought better to be conservative rather 
than use many of the genera which future work may show will 
not stand. 
Fauna. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Myrrha octodecimguttata, 2. On Urtica dioica, Queen’s Cot- 
tage grounds, Sept. 1919, F. F. Turrill 
HEMIPTERA. 
phididae. 
Subfamily Apuiprnar. 
Macrosiphum, Pass. 
M. avellanae, Schr. On Corylus avellana. 
M. chelidonii, Kalt. On Rubus idaeus 
Neomyzus) circumflexum, Buckt. On Chrysanthemums 
and Asters in one of the houses late in the year 1915. 
M. convolvuli, Kalt. On Convolvulus sp 
M. dirhodum, Walk. On roses and grasses. 
