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bracts, sometimes sor on the outer gprs The specimen 
from which the drawing was made was received from E. 
Gumbleton, Esq., of Rapeeve, co. Cork, Strobilanthes gossypinus, 
from the Nil ghiri Hills, was raised from seed sent by the late 
r. Saintes: of Ootacamund, in 1887, and flowered in the 
Mexican division of the Temperate House in 19 he fine 
Gladiolus sulphureus is a native of the ‘Transvaal, and was 
obtained by Kew from Mr. Max Leichtlin, of Baden 
Flora capensis.—The first part of the fifth volume of this work, 
edited by the Director, has been published. It contains the 
elaboration of the Acanthacew by Mr. C. B. Clarke, F.R.S., that of 
the Myoporinee and Selaginew by Mr. R. A. Rolfe, A. LS., and 
of the Verbenacee by Mr. H. H. W. Pearson, F.L.S. 
Flora of Tropical Africa.—Parts I. & Il. of the eighth ecwor of 
— work have been published. They contain the monocotyle- 
nous orders from Pontederiacee to the first iastalinehd of 
aed cee 
Flora of the Presidency of Bombay.—The ~ part of this work, 
extending to the end of Rutacew, has been published. It has 
been prepared at Kew, under the ere of the Secretary of 
State for India in Council, by Dr. Theodore Cooke, C.I.E., ster 
formerly Principal of the College of akeice at Poona and Directo 
of the Botanical Survey of Western India 
Cad-éhé or azucd-cad.—Early in the present a Mr. nse 
Gosling, H.B.M. Consul at Asuncion, Paraguay, sent to Kew 
i meee —— of a composite plant with the following 
informatio 
I beg to enclose herewith some leaves of a plant which has 
lately been discovered in Paraguay by Dr. Bertoni, an Italian 
e here 
an 
found further south than this. It isa modest shrub growing side 
by side with the weeds and luxuriant grasses of that district and 
only attains a height of a few inches. The leaves are small and 
re d 
meaning sweet herb, because of its sweetness, a few leaves 
sufficient to sweeten a strong cup of tea or coffee, giving also:a 
leasant aromatic flavour. Its discoverer does not, however, believe 
that the Cad-éhé bears any relation to the saccharine properties of 
