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lamina circ. 15 cm. longa 3-4-pinnata, saepe fere obsoleta ; 

 folia gradatim in bracteas obovatas vel suborbiculares 

 transeunt Bracteae ± 12, cum foliis imbricatae, 3-5 cm. 

 longae, inflorescentiam fere velantes, saepe lamina minima 

 2-3-pinnata in media apice late rotundata posita praeditae, 

 pulcherrime purpureo-suffusae et saturating purpureo- 

 striatae, margine erosae. Radii primarii 20-50, ad 4 cm. 

 longi. Bracteolae ±12, variae, obovatae, nunc oblanceo- 

 latae, apice rotundatae, erosae, nunc lanceolatae, apice longe 

 acuminatae vel apiculatae, 6-7 mm. longae, albido-mem- 

 branaceae, purpureo-suffusae, costa saturate purpurea 

 pererratae. Radii secundarii 15-30, circ. 3 mm. longi. 

 Petala obovata, circ. 1 mm. longa, albida, purpureo-suffusa ; 

 antherae purpurae ; discus magnus ; fructus immaturus. 



East Himalaya. — At Chulong, in the Chumbi Valley, 

 Tibet, at an elevation of 15,000 feet, August 1912. Coll. 

 Rohmoo Lepcha, No. 207 in Herb. Edin. 



William Gardiner, Author of " The Flora of 

 Forfarshire " (1848). By Alexander P. Stevenson. 



In the "Dundee Courier" for 16th June 1852, a para- 

 graph appeared which gave an account of an exciting event 

 in Dundee on the previous day. An equestrian company 

 had placarded the walls of the town with bills intimating 

 a " grand entry," in which a car drawn by ostriches was to 

 take part. The visitors were expected from Perth, and 

 waiting crowds filled the Nethergate and the Perth Road, 

 while straggling groups had even found their way to 

 Invergowrie. Most of the spectators were doomed to 

 disappointment. The company had arrived the previous 

 evening, and only made a hurried run from their quarters 

 at Hobb's Stables in Castle Street, along the High Street 

 and Nethergate, turning up South Tay Street to the West 

 Port, and then passing via the Overgate to their stables 

 again. 



In their passage eastwards through the Overgate, a bit 

 of tragedy was mingled with the comedy. A weakly man, 

 keen to see these unfamiliar ostriches, was helped from his 



