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purple. Crassula pyramidalis is an exceedingly curious species 
from the Cape. The Kew plant has a quadrangular stem about 
3 inches ees and quite d by v PET mei small, white 
flowers. osa xanthina a nat of Central Asia and 
Afghanistan. In Afghanistan it was oaea ve the late Dr. 
Aitchison, growing in abundance in the Kuram Valley; but, 
curiously, it has been recorded from no other locality. 
Hooker's Icones Plantarum.—The seventh volume of the fourth 
series (part I., June, 1899), begins with a number of interesting 
grasses from "South Africa and the highlands of British New 
Guinea. Guilianettia (plate ee is a new genus of Orchides 
from the latter country, related to Ceratostylis. Another 
interesting orchid is u: abim, both sexes of which 
are represented in the e plant. Moquilea Platı iden Hemsl., 
n pia, andre, Hermit (plates 2618 to 9691), produce 
edible fruits, and are mative, or cultivated, in the West Indies and 
Central America. They both belong to the Chrysobalanee. Th 
part of the Jcones xd contains a number of novelties from 
Western China, including Passiflora Henry, Shortia sinensis, 
and Lespedeza diversifolia, three noteworthy plants. 
Lonicera hildebrandiana.—The first flowering in Europe of this 
fine species at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, was recorded 
in the Kew Bulletin for last year roe 317). It bed e flowered 
early in June last in the South Wing of the Tem e House at 
Kew, and more dani in the Royal Botanic Tie pac Tultapntgh. 
A gigantic annual.—The growth of many herbaceous plants 
from seed in a single season is often, as in the Owurbitacee, 
enormous. Butin development of stem and branches there is 
probably no parallel to the case described in the following letter. 
Acnida australis belongs to a small genus of Amarantaces con- 
ned to North America and Trinidad. 
Mr. C. H. BAKER TO ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
Grasmere, P.O., Orange Co. 
DEAR SIR, Flo rida, U. SA, November 2, 1897. 
THE writer begs leave to ee an respecting a matter that 
he trusts will not prove uninteres 
He resides in the peninsular E of the State of Florida, 
some 20 miles south of the 29th parallel of north latitude, and in 
the immediate neighbourhood of Lake Opopka, which is thir 
area of Flos 8 lakes, and which variously affects a eouniderable 
extent of co 
Amongst the. plants of the district above specified is Acnida 
australis, Gray, which is, of course, known botanically, appearing 
ie "x characterized in the * Flora of the Southern States,” by 
