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« Iobtained many: elf ays dire a set of which has been put aside 
s 5 for your herba Isaw some fine specimens of Impatiens mirabilis, 
* Hk. f, with Penes 5 feet hig, 22 inches in diameter at the base, and 
20 or more branches, each having 2-3 expanded flowers and 
rows in plaged difficult of access, on sharp-pointed 
imestone roc cks that eut like knives. It appears to lose its leaves 
entirely during the dry peri and was on aly just commencing its 
dh th when I was there last month.’ 
. In addition to the Vascular Cryptogams collected Mcd the auspices 
West India Exploration Committee by SR V. Sheree, 
BLS. and described in the Annals of Bolany. Vol. VI. No. 9t, 
. Baker, F ie S., his collections have yielded 
of which are of 
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not ith. her ra been "found in ‘the: sm mallee Melanda iho 
pomena being chiefly from ee and Trinidad. Oncidium 
idum, on e of the most striking o st Indian orchids, with spikes 
or 6 ds long, is established also as a resin’ a plant. Dichea hy ystri- 
ina has ot been found before except in Cuba by Wright and Eggers. 
rom ° failli pallidi iflora) was recorded before only from 
incent, a nd Elleanthus lepidus is new to the West Indian flora. — 
ng species are found in many islands, such as Jamaica | 
nica, a, but their occurrence still further south is a point of some — 
Of Mr. Sir. Sherri’ eae collection a number of E os Rs 
PW Be worked ou 2 

Mi: A F. Duthie, F .L.S., Director of the Botanical Department, 
orthern rend writes as follows. from Saharunpur, dated 27th 
ebruary, L 
It may interest you to hear, should you not already have been 
has be WERING freely this season in - 

"o comes from the Poona district of the ‘Bom smi Presidency. 
^ made jor tego for securing as much seed as poss for — 
a note. of mine in she > Pioneer” newspaper. will no 
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hat | seven yours ago. a ‘lew flowering ghisa 
b "ved. in this district ; but it is 22 years since sue 
: rest. of flowers has been known as thet of this year. 
tivators are much exercised in their. minds. over this. 
usual development, and _ upon w i sign í 
d In this district, none of- pé 
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