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is minutely scaberulous upwards, and the valvule is much 
reduced as in § Micropaleatae cf Stipa and in some groups of 
Aristida. 
Since then about nine species haye been referred to that 
genus, but none of them can be considered as congeneric with 
the type of Streptachne. In 1815 Kunth, in H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. 
et Spec. i. p. 124, added three new species from Mexico, S. scabra, 
S. pilosa and 8. tennis, which are now recognised as belonging to 
the section of Aristida in which the lateral awns are suppressed. 
To the same group belong also S. cubensis A. Rich., Fl. Cub. Fan. 
ii. 311 (1853) and S. floridana Champ., FI. 8. U. St. 554 (1860). 
S. verticillata and 8. ramosissima, Trin. & Rupr. in Mem. Acad. 
Petersb. Ser. vi. Sc. Nat. v. p. 7 (1842), have no close relationship 
with Streptachne but are allied rather to Muehlenbergia (not 
‘Dichelachne as stated in Kew Bull. 1921 p. 28). S. domingensis 
Spreng. ex Schult. Mant. ii. 188 (1817), is a synonym of Andro- 
pogon hirtiflorus Kunth; and S. Calamagrostis' Dum. Obs. Gram. 
Belg. 135, is Stipa Calamagrostis Whibg. 
XXXI.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Captain R. F. Martin, B.Sc. (Agric.) and Mr. A. G. G. Hill 
have been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies 
n the recommendation of Kew, Superintendents, Agricultural 
Department, Nigeria. 
Indian Species of Eriocaulon.*—The very complete account of 
the Indian species of Hriocaulon by Prof. P. F. Fyson, which 
originally appeared in volumes m1. and m1. of the Journal of 
Indian Botany, has now been issued in the convenient form of a 
book containing 88 pages and 51 plates and numerous text 
figures. Fourteen pages are devoted to a general description of 
the plants and a discussion on the relative values of the various 
organs for specific diagnosis. This is followed by detailed 
descriptions of 51 species, 10 of which are described for the first 
time, in addition to which 12 others previously recorded from 
India remain doubtful. The numerous figures depict not only 
the habit of the plants, but floral dissections which are so essential 
in separating the species in a genus where they differ chiefly in 
their floral characters. The book forms a valuable addition 
to the literature of Indian Botany. C. H. W. 
Northern Trees in Southern Lands. 
reprint, originally appeared in vol. iv. of the Journal of the 
Arnold Arboretum. It is from the pen of Mr. E. H. Wilson, 
Assistant Director of the Arnold Arboretum, and is descriptive 
of various prominent features noted during his recent tour through 
* The Indian Species of Eriocaulon. By P. F. Fyson, M.A., F.LS. 
Madras. Methodist Publishing House, 1923. 
