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well be those of a Cassia, and a little ordinary tea had been added 
to one sample, but Mr. Peterson says that such is not always the 
case. Jyree tea is the name under which this mixture has been 
offered for sale in Britain. It is of Indian origin, probably from 
Madras, and cannot as yet be -= to have any extensive use. 
* Jyree," we are informed, is a name =. ae that of the 
native servant of an Anglo-Indian. who claims to have discovered 
its virtu ues. “ay ree" oil is said to bea cure for ars and sprains : 
* J'yree " soap is said to soften the skin, and *Jyree " may = used, 
too, for softening leather. 
Moseleya.—In a recent number of Hooker’s Icones nn 
a very rare plant, which was originally described as Hornemannia 
— Did. "and subsequently rn d by the same botanist 
he genus Sibthoi ‘pia, is figured (t. 2 992) under the name of 
Mosele ya pinnala, Hemsl. Excellent specimens received from 
China: seemed to warrant restoring this interesting plant. to generic 
rank, and as the name gli ea was already in use, the 
genus en dedicated to the memory of the late Professor H.N. 
Moseley. Shortly after this publicis, Mr. N. E. Brown 
recognised in it the Hilisiophyllum reptans, Maxim., founded on 
Japanese specimens jh 1871, and descri bed by the author as 
“inter Polemoniaceas et Hydrophyllaceas.” So few specimens 
existed in herbaria that nobody appears to have identified 
agg d pe Japanese plant with that deseribed by Bentham 
rom India, though the late Dr. Baillon (Bull. Soc. Linn. Par., 
1890, p. 817) lend it to the Scrophulariacez, and the vicinity 
of Littorella. As there is no doubt of the identity, BERN yllum 
is the name to retain, and it is to be hoped that name of 
Moseley may yet be connected with a pla a reels 
undescribed. 
Catalogue of the Kew Library.--This has been printed for the con- 
venience of the staff and of botanists working in the establishment. 
The preface, by the Director, re-produc ced below, gives an historical 
account of the origin, formation, n, and development of the library. 
The catalogue is printed on one side of the paper throughout. I 
will be useful, therefore, as a basis for the library catalogues of 
an establishments. A limited au of impressions e 
n struck off, and these may be obtained, price 7s. 6d. (exclus 
of postage) on ‘application to the rumen Royal Botanic Garde: 
Kew 
= a. of books of reference is a necessary adjunct to a 
Botanie Garden in order to illustrate its contents and verify their 
nomenelatur ure. For a large herbarium it must be ev en more 
op en 
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