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NEWS AND NOTES. 
The fifteenth annual meeting of the Ohio State Academy of 
Science will be held at The University of Cincinnati, on Dec. 1st 
and 2nd. A number of important papers will be presented and 
a very interesting meeting is anticipated. 
Ohio Plants With Extra-Floral Glands. The following- 
plants should be added to the list of Ohio plants having extra- 
floral nectaries and glands, as given in The Ohio Naturalist 
4:10.3-106. 
With glands on the petiole or at the base of the blade; 
Impatiens balsamina L. 
Ascyrum hypericoides L. 
With tooth-like glands on top of the midrib or at its base: 
Aronia arbutifolia (L-) Medic. 
" atropurpurea Britt. 
“ nigra CWilld.) Britt. 
Pyrus communis L. 
Malus angustifolia (Ait.) Mx. 
Some weeks ago the Zoological Mttseum received from a for- 
mer student, Mr. John C. Britton, a fine donation consisting of a 
pair of large Iguanas nicely mounted. Mr. Britton gives the 
following account of their capture: "While travelling in the 
Bahama Islands in the summer of 1903 we visited Watlings or 
San Salvador and were told by the natives there that great 
numbers of large lizards lived on an island or kav in the lake 
which occupies nearly one-half of the island or AVatlings. We 
were directed to the s])Ot by guides and found that the storv 
was true. On this small island there must have lived hundreds 
of large iguanas and all of one species belonging to the genus 
Cyclura. It may be mentioned incidentally that this island, 
called Iguana Kay Ijy the natives, is very near the spot where 
Columbus is supposed to have landed. These reptiles are verv 
swift on foot and extremely shy. After much difficulty we suc- 
ceeded in shooting a number of specimens. When we returned 
to the United States the iguanas were given to Dr. Leonard 
Stejneger of the United States National Museum for description. 
They were described as a new species and given the name 
Cyclura rileyi in honor of Mr. J. H. Riley with whom I was 
associated as a member of the expedition.” — J. S. H. 
