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interesting to botanists and pharmacologists we may name: On 
the Study and Value of ended Botanicat thus ks, 1870; Early 
European Researches into the Flora of Chi 1881; Bo tanicon 
Sinicum, 1882; and Histor "y of ‘Dare, ean Boencit Discoveries 
in China, 1898. The last isa elo ttandlitads large octavo, work of 
1,167 pages, with a map of China in four sheets—the best extant. 
This “ History” is of the greatest value to botanists and _horti- 
peers oe alike, as it contains very full partioulare of beeper 
nd sesmiiay a: collections, living and ll as of 
dese seipuione and illustrations, with pisces of Gabliontion: An 
interesting letter from Dr. Bretschneider relating to this publica- 
tion appeared in the Bulletin for 1898, pp. 313-317. 
Botanical Magazine for Aimee —Epidendrum Sig Hat) is 
‘a handsome species, with fragrant flowers which last about two 
months, The Kew plant was purchased from Messrs. Rondee & Co., 
who introduced the species from Brazil. The exceedingly pretty 
Iris Tauri, bulbs of which were seselved from e Siehe, of 
Mersina, is a native of alpine age in the Eastern Taurus, 
growing at elevations of 4,500 to 6,500 feet. It “ie allied to 
I. stenophylla, figured on plate 1738. Oxalis dispar is a new 
species from British ere. closely resembling O. Laureole and 
0. ae es Ths wers are golden yellow, — about an inch 
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a very attractive plant, from the abundance of its rose-coloured 
dei amongst the deep green foliage, Ptateb d by the red, 
roots emitted from the base of the trunk are spino A 
Lugardii was recently discovered in the Boitletle Valley, Ngami- 
land, by Major F. D. and Lieut. E. J. L 
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pecils are divided to the base into two and the lip into three long 
slender segments. The very slender spur is five to six inches 
long. Cineraria pentactina is a climbing plant, aehag small 
semi-orbicular leaves and- small yellow capitula. It has been 
