94 BOTANICAL NEWS, 
BOTANIOAL Socrery OF eeiam pene 14. Professor Balfour in the 
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Moringa. By N. A. Dalzell, M.A. eir: “The author called attention to the 
affinity between Moringa and the Bignoniacee. In both there is a long pendu- 
— Sn. es endet seeds seated in hib of a spongy or corky placenta ; 
with the radicle next the hilum 
Aou the seeds of Bignoniacee are gen EDA transverse, yet Moringa agrees 
with the tribe Incarvillee in having the seeds pendulous, while in the amygda- 
loidal penne of the cotyledons, Moringa resembles Oxrycladus and Crescen- 
tia. In habit, foliage, and inflorescence there is a striking resemblance be- 
tween Moringa and Bignoniacee, as may be well seen in Bignonia moringe- 
folia, B. xylocarpa, and Millingtonia hortensis. The author considers Moringa 
as essentially gamopetalous, and thinks that there is no true disk ; what has 
Petrarche, De Cand., as an Irish Plant. By F. Naylor, T A specimen of 
edition of his ‘ British Ferns,’ III. On the Cyclone of 5th October, 1864, at 
the Botanic Garden, Calcutta. E 'Thomas Anderson. (Already published 
in ‘Journal of Botany, Vol. III. p. 370.) IV. Notice of Plants collected in. 
cdand, ete. By M. Ed. Jardin, Cherbourg. M. Jardin's paper was accom- 
panied by a set of specimens of plants collected by him in Iceland, Faroe Is- 
lands, and Norway. Some of them were found in very hot springs and in the 
vicinity of the Geysers. Among them werean Equisetum, a Juncus, a Conferva, 
a Potamogeton, a Chara, a Hippuris, and a Hypnum. V. Letter from Mr. 
William Milne, dated Cameroons, Africa, 27th June, 1865. Mr. Milne alludes 
to the improvement which has taken place in Fernando Po and its vicinity by 
the clearing of the ground and the planting of chocolate-trees and cotton. By 
Dr. Greville noticed the occurrence of a rare fungus (Sparassis crispa) at 
idlington Park, Norfolk, the seat of A. T. Amhurst, Esq., and showed a draw- 
ing of the plant of the natural size made by Admiral Mitford of Hunmanby, 
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