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XIX.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Mr. T. F. Curr, B.Sc. (K.B., 1909, 424), has been appointed ” 
by the Secretary of State for the Colonies an Assistant Conservator 
of Forests in West Africa. 
Botanical Magazine for April—The plants figured are : Typhono- 
dorum Lindleyanum, Schott (t. 8307) ; Savifraga Grisebachi, Degen 
et Dorfl. (t. 8308) ; Rhododendron Harrovianum, Hemsl. (t. 8309) ; 
Dipelta floribunda, Maxim. (t. 8310) ; and Cornus Nuttallii, Audubon 
(t. 8311). so 
e Typhonodorum is an evergreen Aroid with a stout stem 
reaching a height of 10 ft., and long-stalked deeply cordate or 
sagittate leaves, of which the blade is sometimes as much as 33 ft. 
ong. Its spathe is 14-2 ft. long, with a green tube and a yellow — 
blade. The species is a native of Madagascar, and on account of 
its edible seeds it has been introduced into the Island of Johanna 
in the Comoros, into Mauritius, and it is believed also into Reunion. 
The Kew plant was presented in 1905 by the Royal Botanic Garden, | 
Dahlem, Berlin. Sazxifraga Grisebachii, from South East Europe, . 
has encrusted basal leaves growing in a dense rosette, and reddish 
densely glandular-hairy stem-leaves with green tips. Its flowers 
have a reddish-purple calyx and purple petals. This species was 
introduced into cultivation in 1902. Rhododendron Harrovianum 
18 a new species from Western China, whence seeds were sent 
to Messrs. James Veitch & Sons by Mr, E. H. Wilson. The 
our gardens during the last few years by Messrs. Veith. The seeds 
of this plant were collected at altitudes of from 6500 to 8000 ft. 
above sea-level in Western China. Cornus Nuttallii is a native of : 
Western North America, and has been in cultivation in the British 
Isles for the last 70 years. Its involucre is whitish and tinged with 
yellow or sometimes with pink, and measures up to 6 inches across. 
The flowering branch depicted in the Magazine was supplied by a 
Kew plant, which was purchased in 1904, and the fruit came from 
Mr. B. E. C. Chambers, of Haslemere, who possesses probably the 
finest plant grown in this country. 
