x^ 



122 



Mr. C. Garrett, Bedford P^irk, W.— Abnormal fruit of 

 Orange " (Citrus Aurantium), 



Mr. C. b. Persiclietti, Westminster^— Stems of Spartium 



same 



Curator, Botanic Station, Sevclielles.— Photoeraplis of 



M 



ger- 



Mal 



Mr. J. Campbell, Eaheny, Ireland.— Nest of baskets made by 



J. M. H. 



.7.^^^,^""* Honckenya.^When describing the monotypic 



African tihaceous genus Cephalonema for Hooker's Icones Plan- 

 larum (t. m2) the writer had to examine the species of 

 Honckenya m order to discover the characters distinguishing the 

 two genera. These may be summarized as follows : — 

 ih^r r'-^i'^' ■ /Jokers purplish; capsule terete, bristly all over, 

 the locuh divided by incomplete transverse septa between the 

 ^eeds ; tertiary nerves of the leaves not very regular. 



n.Wn Tfr''* Flowers yellow; capsule winged, bristly on the 

 leaves straight and naval o -^ 



leaves straight and parallel. 



V^^TTT^ of //anc^en2/a have been described. 



WlUd,, the tvne ai flio n-nninc ,• • i-r^ . 



fi,cif 



om 



Usranda. It is 



'in 1•TyTT^r■r+„ + ' T- ^ ' "^^ c^tyiius eastwaras to Uganda. It is 

 in dT,...? f^'^^^^^^^ fibi'e plant.* Good figures of it are given 

 antwH' Vr'''/n • T'.*' ^' ^^^ ^^ Bot. Mag. t. 7836. The 

 foi . sW d^^T.'^^ ^ lobes being free at both ends and joined 



\l l^^ distance m the middle by the connective. 

 Bai + w^?r '^r'"' "'" 50inparatively little known.- H. mmor, 

 S;Lr;tl.nA^^^^^^^^ the Gold 



by uiiiueuiicaiea specimen 



f Trmmfetta 

 from H. ficif 



\^* ^--^ ^ ^^' K^ ^-^ J- J- ^ V--' V *. 



According 



hairs on the Ip^vI C avJ- , Presence o± relatively long simple 

 ont W """^^^^ft^^'?;}^'^ --> -d i/the fllipso'id 



"Mature seeds are not known. 



Sb™ LoSv Wf mr ?' "/J^^^l «» V speciuiens collected in 

 it resemM. ' fe.!™!' ?"'"* »°<' S^y^'i?- According to Schumann 



H.fic.f- ''''" 



hoth surfaces nnd tl /*,, 7. ","""' '"t'' ^'mple hairs on 



short stellTtehSi'w.ddrtnlnr'''-'- ,'""' J-"""? '-«» ^-"^ 

 «™ elUptio-oblong ir„ttur(& SfsVlsT' ""' *' '"""" 

 .am:r.t"?L? r.-<l ^{- Va..« tK^rS to di^er in the 



!?7Ball..Add.Ser.ix.p.l07. 

 T Adansoma vol. x. p. 183 (1872). 

 + *>ngl. Jahrb. vol. xv. p. 115 (1892). 



