. Science-gossip . ::araed. This, in the true Spima, :srr :: ? :arae!s five or more, free or connaterel: se:^:er :r :rie open receptacle. In the ars: 3r:::sa s^eries named they are straight, in5 :.???. iria much twisted ; in each case two ovnlesare a resent; fruit follicles, five or more, ^\^lile in:ae ::aer rase there are two carpels only, unitedrel:- ira: a two-celled ovary, separate above ::r?_- =::gma5, ovules many, fruit a : ary is sub-superior, the lower partaaaeres :: :ae calyx tube, while the upper is = r :r_ara::ealstics bring the plant i
. Science-gossip . ::araed. This, in the true Spima, :srr :: ? :arae!s five or more, free or connaterel: se:^:er :r :rie open receptacle. In the ars: 3r:::sa s^eries named they are straight, in5 :.???. iria much twisted ; in each case two ovnlesare a resent; fruit follicles, five or more, ^\^lile in:ae ::aer rase there are two carpels only, unitedrel:- ira: a two-celled ovary, separate above ::r?_- =::gma5, ovules many, fruit a : ary is sub-superior, the lower partaaaeres :: :ae calyx tube, while the upper is = r :r_ara::ealstics bring the plant into naturalrrier ra::::rara:es. which, though closely allied torae :s s:/! =aracientiy distinct. Itsccrre:: aane is --;: ::.inoa.—James Buiion, g, AziimmnfT, Road, nes: nampstead. Nightingales.—These birds were in early song?s se=s:a in several localities in southern Kentaar Easse::. the soft, damp weather having beenia Iavcar r: the pradaction of their insectivorousfood. SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 341. MoLLUscA OF Kent.—As I am engaged in com-piling a list of the Land and Freshwater Molluscaof Kent, I would ask any of the numerous readersof Science-Gossip to furnish me with the recordsof any of the rarer shells they may have found inthe Garden of England. Records are par-ticularly wanted of Vertigo (all species), Amaliagagates. Avion subfuscus, Hyalinia draparnaldi, Helixfusca, BuUmimis montanus, Pupa secale, Acicula lineata,Dreisscnsid polymorpha, Spharium ovalis, Viviparus con-tectus, and Planorbis glaber.—A. S. Kemiard, Benenden,Mackenzie Road, Beckenham, Kent. Abnormal Oranges.—The oranges to whichyour correspondents refer (ante page 307) are well-known and greatly esteemed in the United States,though until recently they have been but littleused in Britain. They are a perfectly distinct fruit,properly known as the Washington are almost invariably seedless. These orangesare on sale in Britain, and are sometimes describedas Washington Naval or simply as N
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