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Buitenzorg is far from easy. By protecting the plants reared 
from seeds (imported from Holland) against rain he succeeded 
to keep them alive for some time (about six months). During 
that time they flowered several times. After the first flowering 
the plant produced several branches and when these had 
flowered the same thing was repeated. 
Masters and Penzig register the same deviation about Ca- 
lendula officinalis as having been observed by Losex (Icones) 
and many other authors. Ourselves drew the attention to 
Coreopsis Drummondi, showing axillary headlets. 
Whether in these cases the qualification ,,variety” is justified, 
I am not in a position to say, although I used the word in 
our former paper (Ann. du jard. bot. de Buitenzorg 2¢ série. 
Vol. IV, p. 178). 
FILICES. 
Adiantum spec. 
Habitat Java. 
Coll. J. J. Smith. 
Mr. Smita sends me three leaves of the above plant of which 
the midrib splits up into two equal parts, both of which give 
off lateral compound folioles in the usual way. As bifurcations 
of this sort are of frequent occurrence in several genera of 
_ ferns, also under cultivation, I thought it not worth while to 
have the specimens drawn. In the said specimens the midrib 
was distinctly flattened i.e. fasciated. 
Amsterdam, April 1909. 
Aan. Jard. bot. Buitenz. 2c Sér. Vol. VIII. 2 
