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of the Royal Academy of Sciences, which appeared in April 24 th 

 J 908. I now append these proof-corrections, which date from last 

 April and are due to Mr. J. S. Gamble, to whom I tender my thanks : 



p. 683 line 11 from bottom: after Kurz, insert: Munro in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. London. XXVI. 146. 



p. 683 line 4 from bottom : before (Gamble msc.) insert •. and possibly, 

 so establishing a connection between it and the Schizostachyum, the 

 description of which by Hasskarl and Kurz are somewhat imperfect". 



p. 683 line 4 from bottom: after additional insert: material. 



p. 684 line 16 from bottom : before conspecitic insert: very probably. 



§§ 2. On the fruits ofOreiostachys Gamble, w h i c h 

 have been discovered by Mr. K. A. R. Bosscha. 



On p. 684 of the English edition of the Proceedings of the Royal 

 Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, meeting of February 28 th 1908, 

 it was pointed out by me, that it might be possible to trace this 

 species locally by means of the constant native name, i. a. in order 

 to obtain the fruits, as yet unknown. 



I am now privileged to announce the collection of these fruits, as 

 yet unrecorded in the literature, and to communicate certain further 

 details, taken from a letter of Dr. Th. Valeton, dated Buitenzorg 

 May 12 th 1908 and from the enclosures to his letter, for which I 

 here wish to thank him. 



"Enclosed I am sending you three fruits of Oreiostachys Gamble, 

 of which ten were sent me in November 1903 by Mr. K. A. R. 

 Bosscha, after I had received in May flowers from the same station. 

 I propose that you should send these to Mr. Gamble, in order that 

 he may complete his generic description, which has been published 

 by you. I am also sending you some notes about observations, made 

 in the locality by Mr. Bosscha, and further some references to the 

 literature, which already exists about this species." (Dr. Valeton 

 msc. May 12 th 1908). 



I quote below the paragraphs in the letter referring to the obser- 

 vations of Mr. Bosscha. 



"Mr, Bosscha drew my attention to the fact, that the plant bears 

 flowers in two ways, namely at the end of small branches 1 ) with 



!) Mr. Gamble and I have not, as yet, had at our disposal these thick-leaved 

 branches, flowering at their ends, but only the sterile leafy branches of Junghuhn 

 and the almost leafless flowering twigs, without fruits, of Pulle described by 

 Mr Gamble. 



