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and of the others from plants in cultivation at Kew. The Aristolochia, 
native of New Gre — is allied t o A. DER but the flowers are 
& Co., of St. Alban's, in 1892. The gd aei. the largest flowered 
of the Himalayan species, was raised from seeds sent to Kew by Mr. 
J. F. Duthie, in 1894. Berkheya Adlami is a new species from the 
Transvaal. R. W. Adlam, Esq., of Johannesberg, forwarded seeds to 
Kew in 1895, and these produced plants which flowered in June 1396. 
The Croton is of considerable commercial interest as the source of 
* Cascarilla Bark." The species, native of the Bahamas, was reintro- 
duced into Rilos in 1887, when three plants were sent to Kew by 
F. B. Taylor, Sek of the Bahamas. Bignonia buceinatoria, from 
Central Mexi has large, e flowers. It is figured in the 
Botanical Register as D. Che: 
p————— 
ical Magazine for February—Myrmecodia Antoinii, Mazil- 
laria sanderiana, Ligustrum coriaceum, Paracaryum heliocarpum, 
and Henipilia amethystina are figured. The Myrmecodia, native of 
the islands of Torres Straits, is a singular rubiaceous plant, which has 
its stem very nitiok enlarged at the base (see Kew Bulletin, 1897, 
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January 1896. Mavillaria sanderiana is probably the finest species 
‘of the genus. Itis a vs of teni where it grows at an altitude 
of 4,000 feet. The Japanese Ligustrum was drawn from a plant sent 
to Kew by Mr. Rashleigh, of Menabilly, in 1889. "The Paracaryum is 
a West Himalayan species, which flowered in the Herbaceous Ground 
in May of last year, seeds havin ded sent to Kew by J. F. Duthie, 
Esq., F.L.S., Director of the Botanical "eani of Northern India. 
The "Hemipilia i is a new species from Burma, and was sent to Kew 
Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., of Southgate. 
Supplement to the Index Kewensis.—It is sess suis to we able to 
announce that M. Th. Durand and Mr. B. Daydon ackson e made 
arrangements for printing their 10 years’ REDE to e Index 
Kewensis, which will bring the work down to the end of the year 1895. 
It is hoped it may be issued during the present year. 
Bambusee of British India.— The publication of Mr. Gamble's 
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India. He has enti a this’ with the ‘towing interesting note 
“The following account of the Indian Bambusee is drawn up, "adidas 
verbatim, Qe T Ga mble’s ‘Bamboos of British India, | which forms 
part of vol. vi 
Calcutta, and of which Dr: r. King favoured ue with a ae in Hrane 
ited 
en obliged to curtail the Dudes And in order to preserve the 
oblige of matter adopted in this work, L have had to substitute 
