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iiianca, liiiearia, saltern 2'3 dm. longa, 5 mm, lata, marg^ine 

 leviter serrata, vaginis laevibus purjnireis. Injlorescentia ter- 

 juiiialis, composita, umbellata, iimbellis radiis usque ad 8 cm, 

 longis instructis vol sessilibus, umbellis secondariis j^aiici- vel 

 miilti-spiciilatis ; spiculae circiter 10-12-florne, G mm. longae, 

 3 mm. latae; bracteae foliis similes, usque ad 8 mm. latae. 

 Ghnnae late ovatae, 2'25 mm. lougae, 2 mm. latae, acuminatae, 

 margine leviter ciliatae, distincte nervatae, costa su^^eriie leviter 

 gerrata. SUimina 3, filumentis 2 mm. longis. Ovariuni obovato- 



Ileum 



mm 



loiigus, Nv.T arabitu obovato-elliptica, acute triquetra, 1*5 mm. 



longa, 1 mm. diametro, intense castaneo-brunnea vel fere nigra. 



TuopicAL Africa. Angola; Benguella, country of tbe Gan- 



iTuellas and Ambuellas, Gossweiler 2989. 



Tlie spikeleis bear a general resemblance to tbose of Cyperus 

 (iristatus, Bottb., tbougli tbe glumes are not so acnniinate.^ Tbe 

 cbief difference between Torulinium and Cyi^erus is tbat in the 

 former genus tbe rliacbis ultimately breaks up into as many por- 

 tions as tbere are glumes and nuts, while in tbe latter tbe rbacbis 

 is persistent, tbe glumes and nuts falling off separately. 



ni.— MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Additions and alterations to Gardens, 1914.— Additions to 



tbe collections of plants cultivated at tbe Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Kew, have been made during tbe year by exchanges with other 

 gardens, private as well as public, and by purchase from nursery- 

 men and others. Naturally, tbe international character of tbe 



mon 



of tbe year. Contributions of plants and seeds received from 

 Botinic Gardens and other institutions include the following: — 



Beleim, Municipio de. — Palms from the International Rubber 



Exhibition. 

 Brisbane. — Wardian case of filmy ferns. 

 British East Africa. — ISTative seeds, 



Brussels Colonial Garden.— Rubber and Fibre plants from 

 International Rubber Exhibition ; plants of Agave tequilana. 

 Calcutta. — Orchids; Himalayan seeds. 

 Christcburch, N.Z.— Collection of native seeds. 

 Dunedin. — Filmy ferns; tubers of Convolvulus chTyaorhizus; 



collection of native seeds. 

 Hong Kong. — ^ Wardian case of plants. 

 Jamaica. — Large consignment of filmy ferns; succulent 



plants; seeds. 

 Konigsberg. — Bromeliads. 

 Kosbun. — Various seeds. 

 Missouri. — Succulent plants. 



New South Wales. — Plants of Telopea speciosissima. 

 New Zenland Government. — Collection of Phorminm tenax 



vars. 

 St. Lucia. — lonopsis utricularioides . 

 South Africa, National Botanic Garden. — Various seeds. 



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