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rivers.” Widely distributed in the West Indies, from Bermuda, Cuba, Haiti, 
St. Domingo, Jamaica, Guadeloupe and Trinidad. Also in Central America 
from Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Also in 
South America from Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia to the 
Argentine Republic and Paraguay. Also credited to Africa and Asia and 
Java by Paris. New York Botanical Garden. 
Explanation of Plate V. 
The figures were drawn with a magnification three times greater than 
that indicated and the resulting figures were reduced one- third. 
Rhacopilum tomentosum, from St. Domingo. Co-type Swartz. 
Fig. i. Branch showing arrangement of large and small leaves, X 6%. 
Figs. 2, 3. Outlines of large leaves, X 12 X- 
Figs. 4, 5. Outlines of small leaves, X 12 X- 
Fig. 6. Apex of large leaf showing excurrent costa, X 80. 
Fig. 7. Median cells from large leaf, X 195- 
Fig. 8. Surface view of cells showing papillae, X 333X- 
Fig. 9. Cross section of large leaf, X I38X- 
Fig. 10. Cross section of stem, X 80. 
Rhacopilum tomentosum from Louisiana, Dr. Mohr. 
Fig. 11. Branch showing arrangement of large and small leaves, X 6%. 
Figs. 12, 13. Outlines of large leaves, X 12X. 
Figs- 14, 15. Outlines of small leaves, X12 X* 
Fig. 16. Apex of large leaf showing excurrent costa, X 80. 
Fig. 17. Median cells from large leaf, X 195 - 
Fig. 18. Outline of curved leaf showing wavy surface caused by rounded cells 
and papillae, X 58 X* 
Fig. 19. Surface view of cells from large leaf showing papillae, X 333X- 
Fig. 20. Cross section of large leaf, X I 38 X- 
Fig. 21. Cross section of stem, X 80. 
MISS CLARA E. CUMMINGS. 
Hunnewell Professor of Cryptogamic Botany at Wellesley College. 
On the day of our recent Chapter meeting at Columbia, Dec. 28th, one 
of our most valued members died. There is a brief notice in “ Science,” Jan. 
11, 1907, page 77. The following obituary appeared in the “Boston Evening 
Transcript,” Monday, Dec. 31, 1906: 
MISS CLARA E. CUMMINGS. 
Hunnewell Professor of Cryptogamic Botany at Wellesley College. 
Miss Clara Eaton Cummings, Hunnewell professor of cryptogamic botany, 
Wellesley College, died in Concord, N. H., Friday, after an illness of sev- 
eral months. The funeral services were held Dec. 30th, at the house of her 
niece, Mrs. Worthen, 24 Fayette street, Concord, N. H. 
Professor Cummings has ;been to a peculiar degree identified with the 
history of the college, which she so loyally served. Entering as a stndent in 
