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and Louisa Sarah Moxon, was born in London on Sept. 30th, 
1863. 
‘*There can. be no doubt that she inherited her love of nature 
and talent for drawing from her Huguenot ancestors who after 
the Revocation of the Kdict of Nantes fled to Norwich and settled 
a 
district and finding her interest growing Sogkn to make the 
collection now given to Kew. 
**In 1907 1912 and 1913 other trips were made in search of 
fresh subjects for her brush but it was always the higher alpines 
that interested her most. But for the outbreak of the war it was - 
oe intention to settle out there and make a complete collection 
the Swiss flora. She always said the most difficult flower 
(Swiss) to paint was Astrantia major. 
** She died on July 11th in her 57th year and was buried in 
Milton Churchyard.’ 
Polypodiopsis, Carriere. —In his Traité peace al des Conifeéres, 
what he took to be a new genus of Coniferae. ‘This was duly 
recorded in the Index Kewensis, but otherwise appears to have 
been overlooked by systematic botanists, not being mentioned by 
either Bentham and Hooker or b Engler and Prantl. Even 
taken no heed of it. The name is mentioned, however, by 
Coulter and Chamberlain in their Morphology of Gymnosperms, 
p-. 315 (1910). In speaking of the distribution of Tribe Tazineae 
they remark “‘The New Caledonian representation is so small, 
and the affinities of Polypodiopsis are so uncertain, that the tribe 
may be regarded as northern in its distribution, in contrast with 
the southern distribution of hh podocarps.’’ 
reply to an enquiry from Kew, Professor H. Lecomte states 
J. H. 
Flora Capensis.—The issue of Parts II. and III. of 
second section of Vol. V. of this he edited by Sir W. 
Thiselton-Dyer, should be recorded. rt II. (pp. 199-584), 
which was issued in Oct. 1915, taste the analysis of 
