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was presented by Mr. Max Leichtlin of Baden-Baden. Its flowers 

 are large, broadly campanulate, and blue, with lobes |-1^ inches 

 long. Pyrus Tschonoskii is a Japanese species, apparently rare in 

 its native country, whence it was introduced into the Arnold 

 Arboretum by Professor Sargent, wha, in 1897, presented plants to 

 Kew. It is peculiar on account of its erect open and rather 

 formal habit. The Chinese Potent ilia concolor is a new species 

 based on P. Griffithii, var. concolor, Franch. It resembles P. 

 Russelliana, a hybrid between P. argyrophylla, Wall., var. 

 atrosanguinea, Hook, f., and P. nepalensis> Hook., which is 

 figured at t. 3470, but its flowers instead of being blood-red are 

 bright yellow. Its appearance in our gardens is due to Messrs. 

 Bees of Ness, Neston, Cheshire, who received it from Yunnan. 

 Larix Griffithii is a native of Sikkim and Bhutan. Owing to the 

 great difficulty attending its cultivation it is still very rare in the 

 gardens of Great Britain. The drawing was prepared from 

 material obtained from plants at Kew, supplemented by male 

 catkins furnished by some thriving specimens in Sir Edmund 

 Loder's garden at Leonardslee, Horsham, Sussex. 



Yeheh.— The Rev. Dr. Warre, whose interest in this subject has 

 been recorded at p. 37 of this volume, forwards an interesting 

 memorandum by Mr. G. G. Gilligan, an officer resident in British 

 Somaliland, which throws some light on the doubtful points 

 referred to in the concluding paragraph of the previous notice at 

 p. 44. It will be seen that this memorandum, which is reproduced 

 below, gives a third alternative spelling for the native name. 



" Yehab. — Grows in the sandy soil peculiar to i Haud.' Also 

 found in Marehan. Grows in large quantities in good seasons. 



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places may be named : — Gerlogubi, Galadi, Galkayu, Damot. Nut 

 ready to eat in June. Tree found on the plain (so-called, often 

 very undulating ground). Nuts commence to appear on the bush 

 when about 4-5 feet high ; often grows into a large tree still 

 bearing nuts. Extensively used as an article of food. They are 

 stewed or boiled and then eaten — very nourishing and fattening — 

 also cooked in other ways* Water in which the nuts are boiled 

 becomes sweetened, and sometimes Somalis are fond of drinking 

 it. Regular and plentiful rains at certain seasons of the year in 

 the locality where Yehab grows." 



The concluding remark is interesting and important in connec- 

 tion with the prospects of successful cultivation of Yeheb beyond 

 the limits of Somaliland. A further note by Mr. Gilligan as to 

 the nature of the subsoil and the range of temperature in the area 

 in which the plant occurs is hoped for. 



Adelaide Botanic Gardens— Fifty years ago last October the 

 Botanic Gardens at Adelaide were thrown open to the public, and 

 the occurrence of the jubilee of this event has been made the 

 occasion of publishing an official illustrated souvenir of the 



