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Kew retain some of their leaves, whilst 7’. distichum is quite 
deciduous. In Mexico, 7’. mucronatum is evergreen. There are 
two good photographs of the tree at Tule in Museum No. IIL, 
taken in 1898 and presented to Kew two years later by the late 
Hon. Charles Ellis. W. deB. 
Hooker’s Icones Plantarum.—Since the last note on “‘ Hooker’s 
Icones Plantarum ” appeared in the Kew Bulletin, 1913, p. 280, 
a complete volume (vol. xxxi= vol. i of the fifth series), 
containing plates 3001 to 3100, has been published, as well as 
a general index to volumes i-xxx, which was issued in 1919. 
In the first part, published in January 1915, there are plates 
with descriptive text of plants belonging to 19 families. 
Pareugenia (t. 3004) is a new genus of Myrtaceae from the Fiji 
Islands. It is nearest allied to the section Syzygium of Eugenia. 
Antherothamnus (t. 3007) is a new monotypic genus of Scro- 
phulariaceae, allied to Freylinia. A. Pearsonii, discovered by 
the late Prof. H. H. W. Pearson in South-West Africa, is 
described by him as “ a charming shrub with flowers delightfully - 
scented at night.” Five plates are given to the Euphoriaceae. 
Plectaneia elastica (t. 3024) a climbing shrub belonging to the 
Apocynaceae, and native of Madagascar, is said to yield a rubber 
of good quality. 
Part 2, published in August 1915, contains figures and 
descriptions of representatives of 16 families. Five South African 
species of Thesium are included. The Leguminosae are repre- 
sented by one species each of Leptoderris, Millettia and Loncho- 
carpus. Leptoderris brachyptera (t. 3028), from Senegambia and 
Angola, has “fragrant pink flowers produced so copiously in 
. the dense forests of Cungulungulo (Angola) as to hide completely 
the tree on which the creeper grows.” Homozeugos (t. 3033) is 
a new genus of Gramineae belonging to the tribe Andropogoneae 
of which two species, both Angolan, are known. Three species 
of Meconopsis are figured. M. venusta (t. 3036), collected by 
Mr. George Forrest in Yunnan, has deep red-purple flowers, and 
appears to be a particularly attractive plant. 
Part 3, which appeared in June 1916, contains representatives 
of 14 families. Three species of Compositae are ! d 
Pappobolus macranthus (t. 3057) is the only known species of a 
new genus of Compositae (tribe Helianthoideae) from Bolivia. 
Neowollastonia (t. 3060) is a new genus of Apocynaceae allied to 
Ervatamia. The only species (N. tabernaemontanoides) is a native 
of New Guinea. The Asclepiadaceae are represented by the 
new genus Dalzielia of which the single species (D. oblanceolata) 
is from Sierra Leone. A figure of a new genus of Zingiberaceae 
(Eriolopha), from New Guinea, occurs on t. 3067.. Plates est 
to 3075 are given to grasses, among them being three new genera : 
Chloachne, Uranthoecium and Danthoniopsis. Ae 
Part 4, completing the volume, was issued at the end o ‘ 
June. It consists entirely of plates of grasses, with text by 
