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“T believe these are the first plants of the genus to produce 
flowers in the western world.” 
We understand that Mr. Stockdale intends to prepare a paper 
giving the complete history of this Palm in British Guiana and of 
the efforts made by his predecessor, the late Mr. G. S. Jenman, for 
its introduction, together with Mr. Jenman’s notes and later cultural 
notes by Mr. Wab 
The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand.*—A general account 
of the expedition to the Southern Islands of New Zealand has 
already appeared in the pages of the Bulletin (K.B. 1908, pp. 237- 
249, with plates). The two reprints quoted above embody the 
scientific results of the expedition from the botanical side. Dr. 
Cockayne’s article contains excellent reproductions of photographs 
of the characteristic features of the vegetation and deals with the 
types of vegetation found in the islands. e special ecology of 
the plants, their life forms and general biological features are first 
described and the plant formations of the Snares, Aue and Islands, 
Antipodes, and Macquairie Islands are then considered in detail. 
‘The ecology of Campbell Island is dealt with in a separate memoir 
by Mr. Laing, a copy of which has not yet reached Kew. The 
effect of animals on the vegetation, etc., is also discussed. 
the vegetation is of a moorland character and shows marked xerophily 
owing to the physiological dryness of the substratum. 
induced and not necessarily stable was shewn by a cushion of 
Phyllachne clavigera (Stylidiaceae), which when grown in a moist 
chamber produced elongated shoots and entirely changed its 
appearance. Details as to leaf anatomy, etc., are given, and it is 
: * “The Ecological Botany of the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand,” by 
. Cockayne, Ph.D., Article X. " 
“On the Systematic Botany of the Islands to the South of New Zealand, 
by T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., Article XIX., in “Subantarctic Islands of New 
Zealand,” Wellington, N.Z., 1909, 
