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Geonoma Pynaertiana ar by the way, is incorrectly cited, as 
in the original description there is a ‘¢?” after the generic —— 
is ‘an Jguanura, probably I. diffusa’; or that Coveeeadas is 
cattleya. ‘This anonymous and irresponsible method of ubiieakia 
. must lead to serious confusion in the future, and demands a 
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Cis (1898-99) contains many records of casuals and n 
anonymous Rubi: the latter can only ietarost ve who aes the 
specimens referred to. Some of the other notes seem superfluous 
—e.g. that on ing Martagon—* sitely ae considered a native 
here”’ ete. s. Salmon point out that Bromus maximus Desv. 
= B. rigidus Ke bers Roth): “the name B. rigidus for this 
plant in Lond. . ed. 9 is thus apparently an error.” Mr. 
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without any mark of intro n. ‘‘As it is not mentioned by 
the older British botanist, it is probably of Seberaaaae oe 
appearance here even a garden plant.” 
sequitur ; moreover, it was r oulteeaied by the siandic Teadecaniie’ in 
1656 (see Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. 115), There may be something to be 
(Synopsis, ii. 141) records it in 1795 from — places near 
Exeter, and Richard Weston (who died in 1806) sent specimens to 
Banks from ‘‘ Dawlish Brooks, on a short sheepbite washed annually 
by a torrent from Haldon.” Smith had it from Devonshire from 
four other collectors (see Eng. Bot. t. 1726). . 
Mr - E. D. Marquanp sends us his paper on ‘‘ Additional here 
Fungi,” reprinted from the Transactions of the Guernsey Society of 
Natural Science for 1898. 
Tue following, from the Academ y, seems worthy of preservation : 
—‘* One of the most amusing misconceptions which we remember 
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the scene. The picture might hang at Kew.” A similar con- 
fusion lately riioaa a student to Sat the National Herbarium 
