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very simple one, and can be easily tried by anyone who wishes to 

 test its worth. I believe it will be found useful. It is also 

 economical in the saving of preservative fluids due to the lessened 

 tendency to discolouration of these fluids by solution of substances 



I i*> w\ I /"\ "** *"\ i \ lr\ ^w- I I V— ^-* A _L - _ _ I m 



) 



specimens 



follows -.—Saturate the volume (say one gallon) ot commercial 

 strong acetic acid with acetate of copper, shaking the bottle 

 occasional y until no more will dissolve, some acetate being left 

 at the bottom of the bottle. Pour off the clear solution, and add 

 an equal volume of distilled or very soft water. Of this fluid 

 T -; 1 , 1S P° n . red mto an open enamelled or earthenware dish to 

 t Zu h A S PfT enS f ° r treatment 4o be submerged in it while it 

 benTaton ' d '°7 e H a f u !t able ^-^ner. Th? specimens may 

 it for £22? int0 , the 1 b01 1 lin ? fluid, and should be kept sunk in 

 vo Iff S St ? 6d * bove > var ^ in 8 ™ tb - tfieir texture from 

 acid are aut to t ^ n >\ m ™ te *. Tha fumes of boiling acetic 

 ?n ^certain mLT T to tbe .^ es ' no ^, and throat, and also 



spedmens h , £™ i ? Ce * - 18 Wel1 ' if P ossible ' t0 boi * «"> 

 rL^ih escaue Tht ^ ° T I* a place where the ™V<mr can 

 forceps Td if li s P ecimen « ^ould be lifted out with wooden 



tnirruid be th zsz to , ?r " een , boiied iong en °^ h 



necessary brushed or ZiL i ! mir ™tes m water, and if 



surfaces^ They mL ?hen n ^ * ****?* dep ° 8its ° n their 

 permanent preserTaUon .Lf* ™ eS }" pre P ared at once for 

 fluids, or dried ' m ™ J ° f the usual Preservative 



IX.-DIAGNOSES APRICANAE : XXI. 



gjMga £S5S-SS35= 



7, b ° em. lata; petioli 9 »> r- °" UUJ ™ata, «-i cm> longa, 



alabastro late ovata demL 1^ lu 1 ?^' P * /a/ " interior in 

 tnm Ceterum J^ZSjSS^S^ 0< "™» 1-3-ovula- 

 £<**», Oli v . in Fl. Trop If? ^1 f^^ 

 Manmanum. Q. Baillon if Scott Fli ? X - P ' ^ qU0;ld specimen 

 vol. xxx p . 70 (1894). PopouITr^} ^-'S Journ - Linn - Soc., 



S^er' ^ ^ vi 'T48 (ifoi) nU EngLet Diels in W 



Me£^S' BagrU River ' M «™> m. s. Nigeria. Oloke 



^1^*^^^ ovules, those from 



b. U,en the s l >ecimens apart frmn?h llp e n 2 ° ther difference 

 . Perhaps too much stre's h, , desvee of P u »escence. 



carplrrr; Evid -^ ttL 1 ?* °? the UUmb - * ovules 



