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oo few: things. A considerable number of the the specimens are a of 
novelties published by Dr. Baillon, and therefore possess a special — 
value. Among these novelties are Aprevalia and d Boudontnia, two "n z 
remarkable new genera of Leguminese. i 

The Rev. R. B. Com mins has sent a did small collection of drie ied 
plants from the Sorovxow Israwps, including several highly interesting 
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things. pec ially iian among these are flowering specimens. 
though not perfect, of the tree that bears the so-called turtle-seeds ol 
the islan ders. This Sree to the Sapotacee, ard will shortly b 
published as a new genus of that order b : 
seeds are on th gular produc 
st a uctions in | e 
kingdom, and the name given to them by the natives of the Solomon 
Islands is quite appropriate, as the resemblance is most striki 
Mr. Comins collected seeds of what appears to bs a nd 
Director of the Botanic Garden of Mauritius. There are also seeds of 
one or two other species in the dentem where they have been fi for some 
years, but their origin is unknow: 
- Another very curious plant collected by Mr. Comins is. Linien 
papuana, in which the originally three-celled ovary urere into 
fruit vii one fertile, dry, Des cell, the two veu cell: s forming 
sates body: on one side tedio: 
so much in size as well as in number, as to Seins suia ics or 
ihe whole ofthe plants to provide more ample accommodation fo 
specimen Palms. These now occupy, with other large mon iocoty "- 
donous plants, the whole of the central pari ei i house and the north 
wing, excluding the side shelves. The lar e Cycads, with the larg: 
dicotyledonous plants are arranged chiefly in the south wing E the des 
The small Cycads are on one of the side shelves 
Plants of the ‘sirens ore -Cocoa-Nu T or m. 
(Lodoicea seychellarum) have been raised at Kew from nuts. 
3 ^ Manicaria ifera, Hyph 
ce flabeliiformis, Bismarckia nobilis, Pham Thar 
and Socratea e. exorr 


| ODOCARPUS. PECTINATA.- AE x ie is a Hees : Podo 
in cultivation, lately received from Mr. . Moore, of the ar 
- Garden, wi the OMM, that it vas a native of Am ale 



