i been introduced i 



doubtless have ol 



uceompanied by an experienced gardener, whose func- 

 tion it will be to collect living plants and seeds. 



We are not at liberty to say at what point the travellers 

 will enter upon their labours, but we may mention the 

 countries it is proposed that they should traverse. It is the 

 region lying between the plateau of Pasto to the north, and 

 the Rio Huallaga to the south, touching at Quito, Cuenca 

 Loja, Huancabamba, Jaen de Bracamoros, Chachapoyas 

 Moyobamba, and the valley of the Huallaga from its source 

 to its junction with the Amazon, etc. 



— Obituary. — Belgium has recently sustained a great 

 loss in the death of Mr. de Ghellinck de Walle, the late 

 president of the Socttte royale d' Horticulture et de Botanique 

 de Gand, and of the Cercle oV Arboriculture de Belgique. 



His sudden demise caused great consternation among the 

 horticulturists of Ghent, a few days after the Exhibition at 

 Antwerp, where this distinguished amateur had gained new 

 laurels with his splendid collections. The beautiful conser- 

 vatories at Wondelgem were known throughout Europe for 

 the fine collections they contained of Palms, Tree-Ferns, 

 Dracaenas, Aroids, Azaleas, Cycacls, etc., which had be- 

 come famous and placed their possessor at the head of 

 Belgian amateurs. His courteous and affable manner towards 

 foreigners of similar tastes won him general respect and 

 admiration, and his exertions in the cause of horticulture 

 gained him the esteem and regard of his fellow-citizens. 



Ed. Andre. 



ARAUOARIA RULEI, p. mueller. 



nat. OBD. CONIFERAE. 



rVM«.I..»«,y ,,;! (,KNf;i;i(' CHARACTER, see III. HorL, p. 15, 1875. 



'i!l !,!!;! ,! ; " ! u l ; '",. 7 7, lit £*z f 50 p ? des ( , et dtra ?) alta ; *■* ^ * ^^^ ■ m a <**«««» ^^ ^ 



»™» — V^JX^L^ 7 V f ^^ ^ Wentiadorao nervo crassiusculo longitudinal 



nun mtonorum lanceolata et subpatentia (videntur polymorpha); amenta mascula crassa 



P«* at, Wolato-acu m inato sursum verso; antkerae 7-9, squamae late 



). iV^,desu mP T.). vTdil rAlSZ -E T CrCSCit " N ° Va - Caledonia «**« 4hW 



-aria liul.-i. F,,,[. Mueller, pL exsice. 



•ta Kuloi. {;. \ (T lot. in J!,,-, hod. 1866, p. 277. 



11,1 POlymorpba, Carr, TraiU des Conif., p. 392, et tf. H, p. 605 et 607. 



young Milling plant. <>tt 



■ nose curiously imbricated foliage 



Enrope, grows on the summits of 

 «ua, at Ivanala. and elsewhere, 

 nd. In stature it does not appear 

 I of the genus (A. excelsa, etc.), 

 assed by none. The hard leaves 

 »W8 on the branches, appressed 

 *>late, slightly acute or a little 

 traversed on the back by a thick, 

 DSe of the upper branches and on 

 * tbe characters described, but 



we have grounds for believing with Prof. Parlatore that those 

 ol the larger adult branches are probably lanceolate, rather 

 spreading and different from the others, that is if herba- 

 rium specimens have not been confused- The male cones are 

 thick and oblong obtuse; staminiferous bracts numerous 

 imbricated, with a broadly lanceolate acuminate upcurved 

 tips. Anthers 7 to 9; scales broadly subrhomboidal, narrowed 

 at the base subulate acuminate at the apex. Fruit unknown. 

 We agree with Mr. Carriere in the opinion that this and 

 other New Caledonian species are polymorphous, and difficult 

 to determine with certainty. 



E. A. 



