250 
curvati, deinde apicem versus producti; nervuli transversi nume- 
rosi, prominentes, paralleli; petiolus 3-5 mm. longus, tortus; 
stipulae triangulares, cinereo-villosae, circiter 4 mm. longae. 
Cymae axillares, dichotomae, cinereo-villosae, pauciflorae, 1 cm. 
longae; pedunculus 5 mm. longus, aliquando brevior; bracteolae 
lineares, longissimae. Calycis tubus brevis; lobi 4, lanceolati, 
4 mm. longi, appresse villosi, apice setosi. Corollae tubus brevis; 
lobi oblongi, utrinque villosi. Fructus glaber, apice depressus, 
mm. diametro, siccitate niger. 
Sourn Inpra. Kalivayalpil, Tinnevelly, May 31, 1901, C. A. 
Barber 3014; Kannikatti, Tinnevelly, June 9, 1899, ib. 454; near 
* ae Travancore boundary, March 4, 1917, K. Rangachart 
XXXIX.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Joun CuisnaLL Moore.—We record with regret the death of 
Mr. J. C. Moore, late Superintendent of Agriculture, Grenada, 
on May doth, at Old Woodstock, Oxon. 
p- a ar 
retirement in England 
. 
t has been 
observed that the former name, which was used by Hiern in the 
l. i. p. 682, 
} Flora of Ceylon, in Cooke’s Flora of 
he Presidency of Bombay, and in othes works, by S. laurifolia, 
Vahl, and an attempt nas been made to ascertain whether there 
1s any good reason for the change. 
; Vahl himself treated S. trifoliata as a synonym of his S. 
ees adding in a note: “Cur trifoliatam auctores hanc 
erint, facile non liquet, cum folia pinnata uti ex figura 
descriptione Rheedii apparet l.c.; nomen triviale igitur utpote 
quam maxime Incongruum mutavi.’’ Trimen (Handb. Fl. Ceyl. 
1. 306), adopting Vahl’s name, says: “‘ Hiern in FI. Brit. Ind. 
gives the name S. trifoliata, L., to this [S. laurifolia] and the 
ext bined. i 
Linnaeus is the *Conghas , 
Rhe inten pee: Linnaeus afterwards added a quotation of 
. present species; but i ould aint ae 
Sohlos S 5 not be maintained. Under 
‘ehleichera trijuga (l.c. p. 304) Trimen again states that it is the 
