6 THALAMIFUJU^.. 



The uppor specimen is labelled "Altii volubil ; fructus 



m.-idiiras do cor verde nuiiU) deAtnaiada, miiiores que 



en do C. f^laberrima, mas, fructifera, 17 Jan., 1869." 



Hanbury appears to have been in doubt about this 



specimen, since a letter from Professor Oliver is attached 



to it in which it is stated : — 



" Probably M. Mierw would regard it aa diittinct, but according to our 



Kew authorities and Dr. Eichler, who monographed the Menis/ieniuteeee 



for ' Flora Brasilieims,' it is C. Pareira. 



d. Flowering twigs, male and female. 



DesteiTO, S. Brazil ; Fritz Miiller. Received 10 Aug., 1867 

 with specimens of stem from the same plant, 

 Jamaica ; N. Wilson, 1867. 



24. Jateorrhiza palmata, Miers. (Oliver, 'Flora of Tropical Africa,' 



vol. i., p. 42.) 

 n. Leaf and flowering spray of male plant, and detached 

 flowers. 

 Botanical Gardens, Mauritius ; J. Home, 1868. 

 h. Detached leaf of female plant ; .J. Home, Botaniail 

 Gardens, Mauritius, 1868. 

 Bojer in his 'Hortus Mauri tianus'( Maurice, 1837) says of 

 this plant on p. 7 : — 

 "... a et6 introduite dans I'ile par le capitaine W. !•'. AV. Owen 

 et maintenant cultivee \x Bois Cheri et en d'autre endroits." D.H. 



c. Leaf bases, one with free and the other vnth over-lapping 

 ba.sal lobes. 

 Botanical Gardens, Trinidad, 1873. 



A letter from Mr. H. Prestoe, of the Trinidad Botanical 



Gardens, states as follows : 



" I am now able to inform you tliat stem and leaves having de\eloped 



on our big plant of Cocciilus palmattis, I find bvth the leaf forms you 



ha^e .sent me, in .sketch 7tli June, occur on the same plant and on the 



same stem. I enclose central bits of leaves showing the two forms." 



BEKBERIDE.t;. 



25. Berberis aristata, D. C. 



a. Twig with detached fruits and leaves. 



Khajjiar, 500 feet, near Churba ; Raden H. Powell, Lahore, 

 from Dr. J. L. Stewart, Aug., 1870. 



26. Berberis Lycium, Royle. 



a. Flowering branch with leaves. 



From good sized bushes in the garden of Mr. B. H. Powell, 

 Lahore, April, 1871 ; from Dr. J. L. Stewart. 

 h. Flowering branches. 



