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for 1906, p. 186, two more parts (iii. and iv.) of vol. iv., sect. 1, 

 have been issued. In the earlier of the two, Mr. N. E. Brown 

 has completed the account of the Ericaceae, in the later he 

 has commenced an account of the Asclepiadaceae. The other 

 orders dealt with in part iii. are the Plumbagi neae, Primulaceae, 

 Myrs'uteae, Sapotaceae, Ebenaceae, and the Oleaceae partly. In 

 part iv. the Oleaceae are completed, the Salvadoraceae and the 

 Apocynaceac are dealt with and, as stated above, the Asclepiadaceae 

 are begun. The Ebenaceae have been described by Mr. W. P. 

 Hiern, the Plumbagineae and Salvadoraceae by Mr. C. H. Wright, 

 and the Apocynaceae by Dr. 0. Stapf. For the Primulaceae, 

 Myrsineae, Sapotaceae and Oleaceae the editor has been able to 

 make use of the manuscript accounts prepared by the late 

 Professor W. H. Harvey ; the additions rendered necessary owing 

 to the communication of further material from South Africa since 

 Professor Harvey's death have been supplied by Mr. C. H, Wright. 



Hooker's Icones Plantarum.— Founded by. the late Sir William 

 Hooker in 1837, this publication has now reached the second 

 part of the twenty-ninth volume and the 2850th plate. This part 

 contains the figure of Cymhogon citratus, Stapf, which was first 

 published in the Keiv Bulletin for 1906, but the letterpress is here 

 limited to a Latin description and the synonymy of the plant. 

 Sir Joseph Hook* r contributes the description of Irnpatiens dor- 

 stenioides, Warb., syn. TrimorphopeiahM dorstenioidcs, Baker, a 

 very singular p?ant, native of Madagascar ; and two plates are 

 devoted to the illustration of Cordcauxia edidis, the ■ Yeheb ' nut 

 of Somaliland. The majority of the figures, however, are of 

 Chinese plants, chiefly belonging to the Lard i mbalaceae and the 

 Heimamelidaceac. Sinofranehetia is a new genus of the former 

 group. Par vat ia and HolboeUia are reduced to Stavntonia, of 

 which seven species are figured and eight described. Of the 

 Hamamelidaceae, Sycopsis, Distylium and Altingia are revised, 

 and a number of new species described. Peglera capentis, Bolus, 

 is a neogeneric type, doubtingly placed in Legnotideacae, though 

 it has also evident affinities with Sinmriibaceae. 



Botanical Magazine for November— The following plants are 



figured and described. Arctotis decurrens, Jacq., Rhododendron 

 intricatum, Franch., Coelogyne Lawrenceana, Rolfe, Oldenlandia 

 dolichantha, Stapf, and Shortia uniflora, Maxim. The Arctotis 

 is a handsome South African species recently reintroduced into 



roilfMrufinn f™m "Moinan. vi'il^nd . whpnfft Mr. W. E. Gumbl^ton Of 



minated 



Q 



which ger- 



sixth time 



d. The plant obtained from this seed has bloomed for the 

 ime this year, and furnished the material figured. It is a 



perennial herb 2-3 feet high, with solitary flower-heads about 

 3 inches across, the ray-florets white above, with a dark purple 

 spot towards the base, and reddish purple beneath. The species 

 was originally introduced into Europe in 1794. Rhododendron 



species .with, smal 



