343 
Potchefstroom Trout Hatchery, Burtt-Davy ! Orange Free State : 
Boshof Distr., Vaal River at Smitskraal, Burtt-Davy 10903! 
Valued for harbouring fish food in trout streams ! . 
$e Knowltonia transvaalensis, Szyszi., Polypet. Relim? p: 99. 
{188 
Bote TH ArricaA. Transvaal : i Distr.; Houtbosch, 
Rehmann 6402! (type), Jenkins in Trans. Mus Herb. «. n. 1; 
Barberton Distr., Saddleback Range, Rarhation, grassy mountain - 
sides, 1200-1500 m., abundant, flowering Sept.-Nov. 1889, 
Galpin 460! 
59. Knowltonia multiflora, Burtt-Davy, sp. nov.; K. trans- 
vaalensi affinis sed foliorum pinnis integris vel irregulariter et 
leviter lobatis 7-9 cm. longis, 4-6 cm. latis, scapo multi-(12-15) 
ora; petalis minoribus 12 mm. longis differt. 
SoutH Arrica. Transvaal: Lydenburg Distr., Mac-a-Mac, 
1525 m. C. Mudd s.n. in herb. Kew (type). A very scrappy 
specimen in herb. Kew, collected by Atherstone near Lydenburg, 
Dec. 1873-June 1874, s.n., labelled “K. gracilis, DC.?,” and a 
specimen from Sabie Falls, south aia of gorge, in sandy ‘Toei 
Burtt-Davy 1547 probably belong her 
60. Knowltonia canescens, Szyszl. var ss Paling Burtt-Davy,var. 
nov. a typo foliorum segmentis sub-glabrescentibus et marginibus 
integris, petiolis longioribus (7-11 em. longis) et scapis pubes- 
centibus nec canescentibus, differt 
SoutH Arrica. Transvaal : Lydenburg Distr.; Dullstroom, 
F. Noomé in Trans. Mus. Herb. 20803! (type). 
XLV.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Mr. M. Park, A.R.C.S., has been appointed by the Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, Assistant 
Mycologist in the Department of Agriculture, Ceylon. 
Mr. P. R. Dupont, Curator of the Botanic Station, Seychelles, 
has been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
on the recommendation of Kew, Assistant Director of Agriculture, 
Mauritius. 
Me. A. W. C. Bupexr, M.M., B.Se., Mr. J. E. Gray, B.A, 
aes Zz O’N. Hewirr, A.R. C. S. (Ireland), and Caprain J. R, 
Macxtig, B.Sc., have been appointed by the Secretary of State 
for the. ‘Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, ee 
dents in the __ Department, Nigeria. 
Mr. N. E. Brown, A.L.S. (K.B. 1914, p. 227), has this year 
been awarded, on the recommendation of De. I. B. Pole Evans, 
and by the unanimous decision of the Council of the South 
