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tunity. The Spaniards have erected a monument to the memory 
of their indefatigable countryman in the island of an near 
Manilla, on the ground belongi ng to the soya botanic garden, 
which, during his oabas there, Dr. Norofia had pete evenytied 
Pn his 4 power to bring into order, and to stock with many valuable 
plan 
The catalogue of plants, Sere ‘* Relatio meg = Javanen- 
sium 5 arc usque in ong recognitaru o. F. No- 
ronha, a list of names, raiphaboticalls pric Te with their 
(aitieda. equiva alents, a large number of which sepbantink species 
which their author considered new. There are unfortunately no 
descriptions; I had hoped that it might have been possible to 
correlate these with those on the drawings, but they do not 
correspon 
e Gen nera Nova Madagascariensia of Dupetit-Thouars (1808) 
contaians several genera established by Noronha, as we ell as the 
genus Noronhia, named in his honour by Stadman. Appended to 
n 
rematurum authori obviam ivisset.” This practically fixes the 
date of Noronha’s death. 
James Britten. 
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VIA PRATENSIS IN Monmou 1rE.—Dr. ies hell, of Cardiff, 
year, Spiranthes autumnalis. "The Salvia occurs on the boar te line 
of 100 ft., distant from the coast-line opposite A vyonmouth one and 
one-sixth miles. There is no right of way through the field, and 
it borders a large wood. The Great Western Railway runs between 
the Rectory and the Severn, with a station near. Mr. Bruce says: 
‘The en here is quite new; mainly my own creation. It is 
quite certain that the Salvia is beyond suspicion in this respect.” 
The only thing that may be held against it is the occurrence of 
; i eld ne small wood separ 
certainly seems to be a native plant in Kent and Oxfordshire, and 
some claims to be considered native in 
