18 Then the sepal's. The sepals are not firmly united as in the northern S. lanceolata, but Walter's type has not been recently examined and the identity is not settled. Castanopsis famula: There is also C. maxima Ell. to be looked out for (qf Kearney, Bull. Tor. Cl., xxiv.) and the Florida C. alnifolia, but Underwood's specimens appear to be C. famula. Continue description and note on E. tubulosa, and desc. of E. modulos. Jan 9 (Thursday) Continue synonymy (etc.) of E. modulos. Photographs of Brunelia lycioides, Amianthium densum, arrived from Paris. As expected A. densum is A. augustifolium. Stocked over some 4 carton case of grasses. Pyrenatherum [illegible] Underwood. Jan 10 (Friday) Description + synonymy of E. geniculata. Continued Underwood's specimens: Neuchera willissa is one of common species in the South; collected by me at Benton + Ind. ferate, Tenn. and St. Berea, Ky. N. pubescens is distinguished by red flowers. N. Richardsonii is the western representative of N. hispidula, a rare species from Va.-W.Va. border. Jan 17 (Friday) Received specimen of Scirpoides nigrescens from Cambridge. It has setae which are striolate but not reticulati. Finished synonymy of E. geniculata and part of key to species of Neucheria. Jan 20 (Monday) E. nigrescens rewritten on basis of type specimen, which is practically the same as Leon + Pocock's Cuban specimen. E. ambiguus, Fernald is perhaps the same as E. fallox and is much like E. palustrii of southern Europe. The illustration of Brunelia