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branching, 3 feet high ; branches, 5-7-angled ; spines in pairs ; cymes 

 bearing 3 involucres, several in each axil, yellow. — G. H. 



European Currant Rust on the White Pine in America. By Perley 

 Spaulding (U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Circular No. 38; August 1909).— The 

 fungus Peridermium Strobi (Kleb.), now shown to be a stage of the 

 blister rust of currants, known as Gronartium ribicola, has made its 

 appearance on imported trees of Pinus Strobus in the United States, 

 and efforts are being made to control the importation and eradicate the 

 diseased plants. — M. C. C. 



Euryops virgineus. By J. Hutchinson (Bot. Mag. tab. 8291). — 

 Nat. ord. Compositae ; tribe Senecionidae ; S. Africa. Shrub 1-2 feet 

 high ; fastigiately branched ; leaves 3-5 lines long ; heads solitary, 

 axillary, f inch across, yellow. — G. H. 



Exostemma SUbcordatum. By J. Hutchinson (Bot. Mag. tab. 

 8274). — Nat. ord. Bubiaceae ; tribe Cinclioneae. W. Indies. Shrub, 

 3 feet high ; leaves ovate, 2-3 inches long ; inflorescence terminal, sub- 

 corymbose ; corolla white, fragrant, tube |-| inch long, lobes linear, 

 1 inch long, recurved. — G. H. 



Fiji, A Contribution to the Montane Flora of. By Lilian 

 S.Gibbs F.L.S. (Jour. Linn. Soc. Vol. xxxix. Nos. 270 and 271, pp. 130- 

 212 ; 1909. Plates 11-16 and text figs.) — This collection was made 

 during August, September and October in the island of Viti Levu at 

 altitudes above 2700 ft. Forty new species and seven new records, 

 comprising seven genera not previously recorded for the islands, were 

 included among the plants found. The present collection confirms the 

 Indo-Malayan character of the Fijian Flora, and at the same time 

 emphasizes its relationship to the islands to the east, viz. Samoa and 

 Tonga, and to a less extent, Tahiti. The paper concludes with an 

 interesting sketch of the plant associations in the vicinity of Nadarivatu 

 (the centre from which the collections were made.) — B. B. 



Fokien, A Botanical Expedition to Central. By S. T. Dunn, 

 B.A., F.L.S. (Jour. Linn. Soc. Vol. xxxviii. No. 267, pp. 350-373 ; 1908).— 

 The Province of Fokien, in which the collection was made, lies on the coast 

 of China just to the north of the tropics, half way between Hong Kong 

 and Shanghai. It covers an area about equal to that of England and 

 Wales combined. The collection contains upwards of 1443 distinguishable 

 species ; among these are included at least forty new species, and 

 numerous other interesting plants, some of which are additional to the 

 flora of the province, and even, in some cases, to that of China. An 

 enumeration and description of all the novelties so far identified (with 

 the exception of the Hamamelidaceae) then follows. — B. B. 



Forced Bulbs and Eel Worms. By J. D. Pearson (Garden, 

 March 20, 1909, p. 139).— The failure of Hyacinths, Tulips, and Narcissi 

 in pots was traced to eelworms which were found in the turf used for 

 potting. The worms tunnel into the root, leaving the skin to decay. 



