OBSERVATIONS ON THE COLORS OF FLOWERS 58 
(in the National Herbarium) by Mr. J. J. Bennett. H. tomentosus is 
omitted by Macfadyen from his Flora of Jamaica, and by Grisebach 
from the Flora of the British West Indies. H. tomentosus Stahl 
(Estudios para la Flora de Puerto-Rico, p. 92 (1884)), although 
agreeing i € points, can hardly be Miller’s plant, to which 
it is doubtfully referred in the Index Kewensis, as it is described a 
belonging to the section Furcaria.* H. ¢ ypeatus Li. occurs in 
Porto Rico, as it was recently gathered there by P. Sintenis, 
No. 3700. H. Berlandierianus Moricand does not a 
differ from H. clypeatus. The three plants are retained as distinct 
in the Index Kewensis.—E.. G. Bake 
spicata O. Kuntze” and ‘“Gracca virginiana L.” for the headings 
‘‘ Cracea virginiana L.” and « Cracea holosericea’’ on pp. 15, 16, 
will leave the synonymy accurate.—JameEs Britten; E. G. Baker. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Observations on the Colors of Flowers. By BE. Witu1ams Hervey. 
New Bedford: Anthony & Sons. 1899. Pp. 105. 
hues found in various blossoms are, he tells us 
chemical action blending the gimple tints originally put by Nature 
on her palette. Insects have been main agents in working out this 
* ‘* Esta especie de Hibiscus perteneciente 4 la seceién Furcaria no @ 
descrita en ningtn autor, asi no dudo sea una nueva es ie, y aunque la doy 
el nombre especifico de tomentosus espero que esta clasificacién provisional 
sea confirmada por botanicos mas competentes.”—Stahl, J. c. 
