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^nnua, Linn. Re states tliat it diii'ers from T. annua in Lavm- 

 . hanj jpmes on tlie capsule, llie leaves liaiiy ou both surfaces, and 

 tlie stipules and peduncles liaiiy; and from T. trichoclada in not 

 Jiavmg- ^-nerved leaves and 4-sepaIous calyx. 



T trichoclad^i, DC. {T. trichda, Link) is, lioweVer, insepar- 

 able from T. annua, Linn.* Tlie iiowers of Tnuwfeffa are usually 

 pentamerous as reg-ards the calax and corolla, but occasional 

 tetramerous and hexamerous flowers have been observed along 

 with pentaniorous ones on the same specimen. t With re^^ard to 

 the characters in which T. japonica is stated to differ from T. 

 amnia, it should be noted that the latter also has hairy stipules 

 and i^eduncles, and leaves l)earing- hairs on both surfaces. The 

 remaining' diagnostic character, the presence of hairs on the 

 prickles of the capsule, is by itself hardly of specific value. 



Judging- from the description, T. 'japonica appears to be 

 iden^cal with T. annua, foima piligera, Sprague & Hutchinson, 

 which diifers from typical 7'. antiua in having hairy prickles and 

 fruit -body. This was recorded by the authors from ]S"atal and 

 Madagascar, :;: and has since been noted from Corea {Faurie 889 iu 

 Herb. Zurich) and the Philippine Islands {Merrill 4285). It was 

 assigned the rank of a form rather than that of a variety chieflr 

 oti account of its sporadic distribution. Its synonymy and dis- 

 tribution are as follows ; — 



Triumfetta annua, forma piligera, Sprague ^- Hvtchinson 

 m Jouru. Linn. Soc, Bot. vol. xxxix. p. 2m (1909).— J. japonica, 

 Makiuo in Bot. Mag. Tokyo, 1913, vol. xxvii. p. 245. 



DiSTBJB. Natal, 3Iadagascar, Philippine Islaiiils. Corea, 



Japan. 



T. A. S. 



^ Fomes juniperinus. — In the note on Fovies jifnipcrinvs pub- 

 lished in /i.Z?., 1015, by an nnfortunnto oversight it is stated 

 on p. 104 that Lloyd had recorded this species from Enssia. 

 The plant recorded bj Llojd is Daedalea juniperina (Murr.) 

 P. Svd. Therefore the type of F. Dcmidoffiiy which is pro- 

 bably the same as F. juniperinus^ remains at present the only 

 record from this reirion. e. m, w. 



Flora Capensis. — The first part of vol. v. section 2 of this 

 ^"ork has now appeared. 



The families dealt with are the Thymelacaceae^ 181 species 

 arran<,^ed in 12 <>enera, by Mr. C. H. Wright, the Penaeaceaiy 

 -4 species in 5 genera, and the Geis-^olomaceae, 1 monotypic 

 p'enus, by Miss E. L. Stephens of Cnpe Town, the Loranthacene, 



pecies 



Hill, this last family being represented by C genera. 



^r 



The Botanic Gardens, Dominica.— We welcome the Offirial 



Guide to the Boiunic Gardens, Dominica, which has just been 



* Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot., vol. xxxix. p. 268{1P0S)) 

 t I.e. 235. 

 I he. 269. 



