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XXI.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Mr. A. SHarrres.—We learn that Mr. A. Sharples, Assistant 
Mycologist in the Agricultural Department’ of the Federated 
Malay States, has been appointed Mycologist of the Department, 
with effect from 10th J anuary, 1916. 
Cytisus ratisbonensis, Schaeft. (t. 8661), which occurs from 
Central Europe to Siberia, and Kria tomentosa, Hook. f., a native 
of Indo-China. 
Phoenix canariensis.— This palm has been known for many 
years, notably on the Riviera, for its ornamental qualities. It 
Caryotas ferentia. As a cultvated plant it was mentioned as P. 
caryotas, Hort., in Verschaffelt’s Catalogue for 1869, 13, and did 
hot receive the name of P. canariensis, Hort., until 1882. It has 
proved hardy at Montevideo, and in California it is planted by 
the sides of roads, where it has superseded 1’. reclinata, Jacq. The 
following is its synonomy :— 
P. canariensis, Hort. ex Chaubaud in La Provence Agric. 
No. 19, 293, figs. 66-68 (Oct. 1882); Becc. in Malesia, iii. 347, 369, 
t. 43, fig. 2; Rev. Hort. 1885, 541, 1888, 180, and 1893, 126, figs. 
ii i ; 
Ja 
Gard. Chron. 1894, xv. 405, fig. 50, and 1902, xxxii. 81, with fig. ; 
Rev. Hort. Belg. 1911, 332. P. dactylifera, var. Jubae, Webb 
& Berth. Hist. Canar. iii. Phyt. iii. 289. P. tenuis, Hort. ex 
Verschaff. Catal. 1869, 13, with fig. P. Vigieri, Hort. ex Rev. 
Hort. 1888, 180. P. Jubae, Christ in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vi. 469, 
and ix. 170. 
This species can be separated from its allies thus :— 
Female corolla twice as long as the calyx : 
uckers present. Fruit cylindrical ; 
pericarp fleshy and sugary ... i 
Stem solitary. Fruit oblong-elliptic; 
._ pericarp scarcely flesh DE ... P. sylvestris, Roxb. 
Female corolla scarce y longer than the 
calyx. Stem solitary, very thick. 
os globose-ovoid; pericarp scarcely 
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P. dactylifera, Linn. 
wi ae wu som ... P. canariensis, Hort. 
A hybrid has been raised between the last two. In addition to 
the ornamental value of this palm, Dr. G. V. Perez, of Tenerife, 
as in a recent letter made the following comments upon its 
s:— 
se 
(1) Probably the best windbreak for plantations known, and 
