1. Prangos pabularia.—

An application for seeds of this plant has been addressed to Kew from Queensland, where attention has been directed to it as a cure for fluke in sheep. Without estimating its merits in that respect, I felt obliged to point out that the plant was a native of Tibet, was no longer in cultivation in this country, and would, therefore, be difficult to procure. In Tibet it was useful in dry districts in defect of all other forage plants. It failed, however, in Kashmir, and is utterly unfitted for Queensland. Its cultivation was attempted in England some 30 years ago, and entirely disappointed all expectations.