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on the genus, have made all the specific names uniformly 
feminine. They do not give any explanation. 
According to several writers Sabal is a South American or 
Mexican word. 
the numbers for January, February and March : ee 
: m N. 
America; ERhododendron discolor, Franch. (t. 8696) from 
Western China; Maurandia Purpusii, T. 8. Brandegee (t. 8697) 
rom Mexico; Senecio Monroi, Hook. f. (t. 8698) from New 
Zealand; Pilea Forgeti, N.E. Br. (t. 8699) from Venezuela; 
Anguloa Cliftonit, Rolfe (t. 8700) from Colombia; Berberis 
Stapfiana, C. K. Schneider (t. 8701) from China; Clematis 
Fargesti, Franch. var. Souliei, Finet et Gagnepain (t. 8702) 
from China; and Mesembryanthemum Pillansii (t. 8703) a 
native of South Africa. 
e numbers for April, May, June the plants figured are: 
Rubus illecebrosus, Focke (t. 8704) from Japan; Senecio Hectori, 
Buch. (t. 8705) from New Zealand; Chirita Trailliana, Forrest 
et W. W. Smith (t. 8706) from South-west China; Sazifraga 
manshuriensis, Komarov (t. 8707) from Manchuria and Corea; 
Corylopsis Willmottiae, Rehd. et Wils. (t. 8708) from Western 
China; Vanda luzonica, Loher (t. 8709) from the Philippine . 
Islands; Pyrola uliginosa, Torr. & A. Gray and P. bracteata, 
Hook. (t. 8710 4 & B) from N. America; Plagiospermum sinense, 
Oliv. forma brachypoda (t. 8711) from Manchuria; Myrsine 
Franch. var. rugosa, Rehd. et Wils. (t. 8694) from Central 
(t. 8695) fro 
of conditions :— 
_ “The ‘leaf-curl’ disease of native cotton, which is prevalent 
1a all the principal cotton-growing districts in the Southern 
