tribe Malvea, and briefly characterise them. In the arrangement and limitation of the genera I have followed Bentham and Hooker's 'Genera Plantarum,' with very slight alteration. Tribe I. MALVEE.- Columna staminea apice v. usque ad apicem antherifera. Styli rami tot quot ovarii loculi v. carpella. Cotyledones foliaceæ, biplicatæ v. varie contortuplicatæ. Subtribe 1.- Carpella ∞ inordinate capitato-congesta; ovula solitaria adscendentia. I. MALOPE L. Gen. Pl. n. 843.—Bracteolæ 8 distinctæ. Styli filiformes intus longitudinaliter stigmatosi. * Annua. 1. MALOPE TRIFIDA Cav.; DC. Prod. i. 429; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Garden, t. 153; Paxt. Mag. Bot. vol. i. p. 177 c. icon.-Stipulis parvis, foliis glabris inferioribus suborbicularibus apice trilobatis trinerviis, pedicellis solitariis, bracteolis magnis cordatis cuspidatis, sepalis ovatis acuminatis. Hab. Andalusia (Spain)! Algiers! Morocco. Stem 12-18 in. high, branching; branches spreading; leaves 2 in.; bracts in. long; sepals 1 in.; petals 11-13 in. long. ** Perennes. 2. M. MALACOIDES L.; DC. Prod. 1, 429; Rchb. Ic. Flor. Germ. v. t. 165; Bot. Mag. t. 5852. M. althæoides Moris in Rchb. Fl. Exc. p. 873.-Stipulis parvis oblongo-linearibus, foliis inferioribus petiolatis elliptico-oblongis vel subpinnatifidis parce pilosis basi cuneatis vel subcordatis crenulatis, pedunculis solitariis, bracteolis parvis, sepalis valde acuminatis. Hab. Mediterranean Region. Marocco to Asia Minor! Subsp. M. STIPULACEA Cav.; DC. Prod. i. 429. M. asterotricha & M. lærigata Pomel. Fl. Atlantique, p. 346. M. hispida, M. stellipilis, & M. tripartita Boiss. et Reut. in Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Or. iii. p. 100. M. intermedia Battandier, Fl. de l'Algerie, p. 110. M. malacoides var. stipulacea Ball in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 375. M. stellaris B. et R. in Willkomm et Lange, Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 587 = M. ste'lipilis. Stipulis magnis cordatis, foliis elliptico-oblongis vel ovatis vel trilobis interdum cordatis. Hab. Algiers! Marocco! Cadiz (Spain)! Stems 1-2 ft. long, prostrate or ascending; leaves 1-2 in. long, in. broad; sepals nearly in.; petals 1 in. to nearly 2 in. long. M. hispida and stellipilis are robust forms, more densely hairy upwards than in typical M. stipulacea. M. malacoides var. sinuata DC. is an intermediate form between M. stipulacea and M. malacoides, with subtrifid leaves. For the characters of the other forms, reference may be made to Batt indier, Fl. de l'Algerie, p. 110. Non satis nota. M. MULTIFLORA Trigueros in Cav. Diss. ii. p. 85; DC. Prod. i. 430.-"Foliis subrotundis crenatis villosis: floribus 3-4 axillaribus." Hab. In Andalusia; not seen by Willkomm and Lange. Planta exclusæ. M. parviflora L'Heritier Palaua malvafolia Cav. = M. indica Wight ex Walp. is a blunder in transcribing for Melicope indica Wight. II. KITAIBELIA Willd. in Neue Schr. Nat. Fr. Berl. ii. 107. -Bracteolæ 6-9 basi connata. Styli apice stigmatosi. 1. KITAIBELIA VITIFOLIA Willd. l. c.; DC. i. 436; Bot. Mag. t. 821; Rchb. Ie. Fl. Germ. v. t. 165.--Stipulis ovato-acutis, foliis petiolatis 3-5 palmitifidis glabris lobis acutis biserratis basi cordatis, involucro calycem excedente, floribus axillaribus solitariis vel geminis, corollis albis. Hab. Hungary! Croatia! Stems 4-6 ft. high; leaves 3-6 in.; bracts in. long; sepals in. long; petals 1 in. long, obcordate. 2. K. BALANSE Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 817. Stipulis lanceolatis, foliis e basi truncata subæquilateraliter triangularibus acute dentatis, bracteolis lanceolatis acutis basi fere liberis laciniis calycis lanceolatis subbrevioribus, corollis roseis. Hab. Cilicia, Balansa. According to Boissier, this plant differs from K. vitifolia in the shape of the leaves, stipules, and bracts. The carpels are white and hirsute. In his diagnosis of the genus Kitaibelia (Fl. Or. i. 817) Boissier describes the styles as longitudinally stigmatose. III. PALAUA Cav. Diss. 40, t. 11, f. 4, 5 (1785), non Ruiz et Pavon. Palava Juss. Gen. Plant. p. 271 (1789); Benth. et Hook. fil. Gen. Plant. i. 200. Palavia Schreb. Gen. ii. p. 464 (1791).Bracteolæ 0. Styli filiformes apice stigmatosi. *Perennis. 1. PALAUA MOSCHATA Cav.; DC. Prod. i. 458. Palavia prostrata Hort.; Loud. Hort. Brit. i. p. 290. Stipulis lanceolatis nigrescentibus, foliis pannosis ovatis lobatis obtusis crenatis basi cordatis, pedicellis 1-floribus, calycis magnis pannosis sepalis cordatis apice acutis. Hab. Chili! Peru, nr. Lima! A perennial; leaves 2 in. long, 1 in. broad; stipules in.; sepals in.; petals 1 in. long, purple. **Annuæ. 2. P. MALVEFOLIA Cav.; DC. Prod. i. 458. Malope parviflora L'Heritier. Palava declinata Moench. Palavia rhombifolia Grah. in Edin. Phil. Journ. 1830, p. 369; Bot. Reg. t. 1375; Bot. Mag. t. 3100. Caulibus elongatis sursum pilosis, foliis membranaceis rhomboideis inferioribus orbicularibus sinuatis floribus solitariis sepalis late ovatis cuspidatis. Hab. Chili! Peru! JOURNAL OF BOTANY.-VOL. 28. [JAN. 1890.] C An annual. Leaves 1-2 in. long, 1 in. broad; stipules in.; sepalsin.; petals in. long, rose-coloured. 3. P. DISSECTA Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 101 (Palava). Palava flexuosa Mast. in Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 435; Bot. Mag. t. 5768; Regel, Gartenflora, taf. 647. Caule prostrato superne flexuoso, foliis radicalibus oblongo ovatis, caulinis profunde bipinnatifidis dissectisve lobis cuneato-oblongis obtusis, sepalis late ovatis acutis, carpellis oblique obovatis rugoso-reticulatis. Hab. Peru, Maclean! Chili! Stems 8-10 in. long; leaves 1-2 in. long, 1 in. broad; calyx in.; petals in. long. This plant was introduced into cultivation by Messrs. Veitch in 1866. CYPERUS JEMINICUS ROTTB. By C. B. CLARKE. F.R.S. My attention has only lately been drawn to a paper by Dr. Trimen in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 358, criticizing my account of C. Jeminicus Rottb. He makes three principal animadversions upon me, viz.: · (1.) There is no sufficient proof that the plant in question is C. Jeminicus Rottb., and therefore the name C. bulbosus Vahl, has priority. (2.) Each individual is as strictly an annual as other proliferous bulbous plants, and its mode of growth is entirely different from that of C. usitatus Burchell, C. stoloniferus Retz., and others. (3.) The figures of C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21, t. 2, figs. 17, 18, said to represent the rhizome of C. Jeminicus, are wrong (Dr. Trimen is at a loss to guess what is intended by them). To these I would reply seriatim, as follows:-First, our plant grows in Arabia; Roxburgh referred the Indian bulbosus to it; and if the plant of Rottboell is not the Indian plant, nobody pretends to say what it is. Dr. Trimen says generally, that neither Rottboell's description nor his figure agrees well with our plant. I think that C. Jeminicus is as certainly identified as most names of the older authors where we have not got the specimen they figured or described. Secondly, there are slender stolons, sometimes as much as four inches long; on these are produced the "bulbils," very commonly in clusters of two or three; these produce culms just as in the allied species, but usually in succession, so that in the dried specimens we have frequently a culm nude at base, because its own scales have fallen away, but with a bulbil close to it often touching it. Sometimes, however, two closely touching bulbils produce simultaneous culms. The manner of growth is exactly as that of C. usitatus Burchell; indeed, as I implied in my paper, I have difficulty in separating the two species. In C. usitatus the stolon is stouter, the bulbil larger, and the bulbil producing the culm is usually a little remote from the next (still in the bulbil condition). Thirdly, I have got Mr. C. Fitch to make a drawing, herewith appended, of the stolons, bulbils and culm base from the ample Kew material. My old pictures in the 'Linnean Journal,' v. 21, t. 2, figs. 17, 18, are entirely diagrammatic; t. 18, seen by comparing with Mr. Fitch's figure, shews the common state of C. Jeminicus; t. 17 represents perhaps rather C. usitatus Burchell; but I observe that a specimen in this herbarium from Uganda (said to be C. vestitus Hochst. in Flora,' 1845, p. 755), which I formerly referred to C. Jeminicus, is perhaps C. usitatus Burchell. Except in the delicacy of the stolons, I still do not quite understand how C. Jeminicus differs in its manner of growth from some of its neighbours. BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. BY JAMES BRITTEN, F.L.S., AND G. S. BOULGER, F.L.S. (Continued from p. 375.) Mitchell, Anna Helena (1794-1882): b. Gothenburg, Sweden, 22nd May, 1794; d. Montrose, Forfarsh., 14th Jan. 1882; bur. St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Montrose. Marine zoologist, lichenologist, and algologist. Worked with Gilchrist and Croall. Herbarium in possession of her nephew, James Keogh, Exeter. Duplicates in Montrose Museum. Mitchell, James (fl. 1833). R.N. Described Mentha crispa for Eng. Bot. t. 2785. Mitchell, John (d. 1772). M.D. F.R.S. Of London. In Vir ginia, c. 1700-1748. Correspondent of Linnæus. 'De Principiis Botanicorum,' 1769. Nova Pl. Genera,' 1741. Pult. ii. 278; Letters in Linn. Corresp. ii. 442; Pritz. 219; Jacks. 206; Darlington, Memorials of Bartram, 868; Allibone. Mitchella L. Mitchell, John (fl. 1827). Of Stanstead, Sussex, and Keighley, Mitford,. (fl. 1806). Sent Surinam plants to Rudge. Molloy, Mrs. (fl. 1855). Of Swan River Colony. Sent plants to Kew. Journ. Bot. 1855, 382. Molloya Meisn. Grevillea. 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