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inflorescence, borne on slender stalks, springing from the axils of rela- 
ees large bracis. From the note accompanyin i! T 
would appear that the bracts and bracteoles are of à dark purple red, 
the very small flowers yellow ; but- Mr. Paien not — 
Achilus, Hemsl. Lili cán a edil genus novum].— 
Flores n minuti, in axillis bracteolarum solitarii, unisexuales, ut videtur, 
vere monoici. Flores d$ : Calyx cylindrico-tubulosus, obseure triloba- 
tus. Corolla calycem dimidio superans, alte trilobata, ae dcr 
oblongis obtusis. Brae eal nulla, amen 
producto ptores Flores 9 : Calyx tubulosus, cylindricus, 
brevissime 3-lobatus. orolla cylindrica, calycem paullo superans, 
eti am. obscure trilobata. Staminodia nulla. St lodia 2, filiformia. 
filiformis. Frutos ignotus. erba nana, annua, gracilis, iets 
simplicibus. Folia graminoidea. nflorescentia terminalis, nutans, e 
spicis paucis densis distantibus graciliter pedunculatis sistens et bracteis 
amplis coloratis ornata. Flores bracteolis distichis arcte complicatis 
etiam coloratis fere occulti, inferiores 9? , supremus vel superiores 4 . 
Achilus siamensis, Hems/.; puberula caulibus. 2-3 foliatis, foliis 
distiehis longe vaginantibus, vaginis Son, Meis Aie transversim 
breviter ligulatis, lamina lineari-lanceolat. tissima atque vagina 
multinervia, supra vix hispidula, bracteis aie, enn ovali-oblongis 
longitudinaliter venosis, venis prope marginem. connexis, is, 
rotundat q m longis, [ luneuli p l li , floribus portis, 
ovario diri 
Habitat.—Siam : open T on Mount Putsum, near Nam Kawng, 
at about 2,000 feet, F. H. Smiles 
Caules 6-9 ye ue vete absque vagina 11—2 poll. longa. Znflo- 
rescentia, 11-2 actee, 6-9 lin longe. “Brac teo 
exteriores obit pti vineites 3 lin. diametro. Flores, 3-4 lin. longi. 
CCCOXLV.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
News has been received of the death, on January 11th, of Mr. Jor 
GRAY, Cátator of the cip Station at Castries, St. Tidi: i Mr. Gray 
was about 60 years of aze 
wide experience in Engli ish patted g. Heco 
swamp at Castries into a beautiful garden, and started the cultivation of 
numerous plants in the island. Latterly his health had suffered fi 
recurring attacks of fever. The following note is taken from the Voice 
of St. Lucia for Tate 17th, 1895 :— 
“It is our painful duty to report the death of Mr. S Gray, 
Curator of the Botanical Station at Castries. Mr. G e to St. 
Lucia in 1886, on the d of Mt. Morris, ^ ui: Rieibtant 
Director of Kew Gardens, who has always taken a very kéen interest in 
this, and, indeed, in all West Indian colonies. Mr. Gray had been for 
