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may be the very specimen on which Linnaeus based his description 

 of the genus Pergularia, mentioned under P.tomentQsaas cultivated 

 at Upsala, and that it has been wrongly named by Linnaeus. With 

 regard to Linnaeus's description of P. tomentosa, in the diagnosis 

 of the plant, he states that the leaves are tomentose, whilst in the 

 description under the diagnosis they are stated to be glabrous. 

 This would seem to imply that he saw a specimen collected by 

 Forskohl which hastomentose leaves and was referable to Doemia 

 cordata, R. Br., whilst the cultivated plant with glabrous leaves, 

 from which the body of this description was doubtless made, 

 perhaps raised from seed sent by Forskohl, was evidently 

 D. externa, R. Br. Both of these species grow in Arabia ; they 

 differ chiefly by their leaves and indumentum, their tiowers being 

 very much alike. 



The above being the facts as regards Pergularia, I propose to 

 re-establish the genus in the sense that Linnaeus intended. But 

 as it seems clear that Linnaeus combined two species under the 

 name P. tomentosa, I propose to retain that name for the 

 tomentose-leaved plant only. 



For the plants which have hitherto been known by the generic 

 name Pergularia, the name Prageluria may be substituted ; this 

 being an anagram of the former name will make the smallest 

 change possible. 



LIIL-MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



M. T. Masters.— The late Dr. Maxwell Tylden Masters, whose 

 death, on May 30th, was quite unexpected, although he had been 

 ill for about a month, was from early life a correspondent of Kew, 

 a worker at Kew, and a contributor from time to time of seeds, 

 dried specimens and museum objects. He was the son of William 

 Masters, a nurseryman, of Canterbury and was born on April loth, 

 1833. His father was a remarkable man in many ways, and one ot 

 the few, in those days, of his calling who possessed scientific attain- 

 ments associated with practical knowledge. Apart from his business, 

 he was very active, politically, socially and industrially. He was an 

 alderman of the City of Canterbury, and served as Mayor and was 

 the Founder and Honorary Curator for many years of the Museum. 

 He was also much interested in Kew Gardens, ^d corresponded 

 with the late Sir William Hooker from 1816 to 186* chieflj , in 

 relation to offers of donations from his exceedingly rich collection 

 of living plants, which he cultivated as much .tor P«a^ 



profit. Under the title of H 



We 

 knc 



sale, 

 little 



Hortus Britannicu*. It appear 



on the model of Loudon's Hortus fsrucmn*™*. « -„«~ ~- 

 1831, and a copy of it was presented to Kew by the late Dr. Maatani 



in 1898. We 



Dr. Masters tos educated at King's College, and Jf^ fi ^ 

 the medical profession, which he practised for some years. His nrst 



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