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of the fruits and seeds. The diagnoses of the two genera must 
therefore be revised, with the result that Pheoneuron and Dicellandra 
change their character as monotypic genera. The author described 
two new species of Pheoneuron—P. Schweinfurthii (Schweinfurth, 
no. 3166), from Monbuttuland, and P. Moloneyi, from Lagos—an 
reduced Dicellandra liberica Gilg. and D. (?) setosa Hook. f. to Pha@o- 
neuron setosum Stapf. 
oubtedly furnish a useful basis for further investigations. A new 
Camellia (C. lutchuensis) and a new Euonymus (E. lutchuensis) are 
cause some trouble; it is quoted as ‘Jacq. ex Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. i. 257 [256].’”’ A reference to the Index Kewensis shows 
that the abbreviation ‘‘ Jacq.”’ here stands not for Jacquin, as 1s 
customary, but for Jacquemont. The synonym is quoted from 
Jacquemont’s herbarium, and ought not to have been published. 
An International Botanical Congress will be held in Paris on 
Oct. 1-10. Programmes and all information may be obtained from 
the Secretary, M. EK. Perrot, 272 Boulevard Raspail, Paris. 
Mr. BE. D. Marquanp sends us an interesting paper on ‘‘ The 
Flora of Alderney,” reprinted from the Transactions of the 
Guernsey Society of Natural Science for 1899. He enumerates 
414 flowering plants as occurring in the island. 
its fungus host r. Blodgett proposes, however, to induce the 
gr f Dariuca artificially in carnation-houses, and so combat 
the rust disease. e has no results to record as yet wo other 
or keeping them in check. 
