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Rhizoma breviter repens, paleis lineari-subulatis castaneis 
erectis dense vestitum. Lamina sterilis simplex, linearis, sub- 
coriacea, 6-8 poll. ionga, medio 5-6 lin. lata, ad basin et apicem 
sensim attenuata, utrinque viridis glabra, paleis minutis peltatis 
pallide brunneis profunde stellatim fissis decorata, margine paleis 
minutis ovatis membranaceis pallide brunneis ciliata; vene 
i rse, obscure, erecto-patentes, simplices vel furcate ; petiolus 
12-18 lin. longus. Lamina fertilis 5-6 poll. longa, medio 3 lin. 
lata, per totam faciem inferiorem sorifera ; petiolus 4-5 poll. 
longus. 
CHINA. Yunnan; Mengtze, on mountains, alt. 2000 ft., 
Henry, 10310. 
DCXXIV.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Her Majesty’s Government, having determined to adopt the 
passed by the House of Commons on August 2. It had been 
decided to constitute for the purpose a new Department, to be 
administered by an Imperial officer, to be styled Commissioner of 
Agriculture. The post has been offered d 
DR. MORRIS, the Assistant Director of the Royal Gardens, who 
had accompanied the Commission as expert adviser. The head- 
quarters of the Department will be at Barbados. In the course of 
the debate the following remarks were made by the Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, and by Sir Edward Grey, who had been one 
of the Royal Commissioners :— 
EXTRACT from the “ Times,” August 3rd., 1898. 
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it must not be supposed that that would relieve us from difficulty. 
indeed, it will be the only hope if under any circumstances th 
cultivation of sugar were absolutely to fail. But, as I have said, 
