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visit tbe flowers in great numbers. The former visits about 20 flowers 
per m 
Con one ae sion.—In order to introduce ae age paid — of any o 
the above crops in a particular locality, it is necessary to grow Set 
strain completely isolated from other varieties of the same. 
A short note on the short-cut to the nectar in the 
flowers of Bdeceayene rs 2 australe C. and F.—By 
P. M. Des : 
During the flo ° 
Castanospermum eusiene in the ‘Ro al Botanic Garden at siipar are 
i ; ica). i wi ir 
I ca S, just a : 
ring the process the birds probably become dusted with pollen, and 
thus become pollinators. There is no convincing evidence that they eat 
any of the fleshy petals they clip off. 
Some observations on the seekuins pads of Gymnopet- 
alum cochinchinense Kurz. and some other cucurbita- 
ceous plants.—By P. M. DesBaRMAN. 
sigan: res ene Michx. and A. Veitchit Hort. are frequently 
eg as anoles with i gachorin Eisen on the tendrils. 
Such omar ge also er heres among the Bicnonierenl d Cucurbitaceae. 
The plants tatboned in _ y cere, being chiefly copean seem no 
tudi sly. 
Under normal c onditions a tendril of Gymnopetalum ¢ cochinchinense 
Kurz. coils about a poitaass in the usual way. But if the ssigedy comes 
into contact with a roe fiat surface, the epide ern a cells in the region 
multi tale ae 
to the 
It Ba oa 
retard the devel- 
creti chmen aes an cian gud 
Tov i earin 
provide an alternative means of pgs? ing, we vt A hse portion of 
uch anchoring pads are found in Trie oaks palmata Roxb, 
and are suspected to occur pee a few other Cucurbitaceae. 
— S. 
The a system of Cyperaceae. By M. 
Sat 
Os made a passing porary in k on the 
Rhy sologteal Plant Anesovia! to the oceurrence © 
pes the — — in cer 
stg pie or is made exam menses 
sheaths arra: 
vascular bundle. The outermost sheath co hand 
ae cells. The intervascular type is rare and this type 8° 
