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he came here to consult books and herbaria. The Flora 

 gathered by Middendorf, is, in many respects, that of 

 Melville Island, but more numerous in species. Professor 

 Schychowsky and M. Ave-Lallemant are, unfortunately for 

 me, absent ; the former on a tour from Stockholm, by Borneo, 

 round the Gulf of Finland, (he passed through Upsala a week 

 before I was there), M. Lallemant in Germany. You will 

 be sorry to hear that Turczaninow has been, for a consider- 

 able time, laid up with a severe accident. He had just moved 

 to Taganrog, where he meant to settle, in order to be near 

 two medical and botanical friends, but who both of them 

 died about the time of Turczaninow's arrival ; and he him- 

 self, a man of large size and heavy frame, whilst lifting a large 

 package of plants, fell down stairs and sustained some severe 

 internal injuries, which kept him for months prostrate on his 

 bed, unable to do anything. He is now said to be getting 

 better, and to meditate returning to his relatives at Perm — a 

 long, cold, and painful journey for an invalid. 



{To be continued.) 



Notice of three new Fungi collected by Mb. Gardner in 

 Ceylon ; by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A. F.L.S. 



{With two Plates, Tabs. XVII & XVIII). 



In a valuable collection of drawings of Fungi, prepared by 

 native artists, under the direction of Mr. Gardner, at Ceylon, 

 amongst other objects of considerable interest, there are six 

 Fungi belonging to the Phalloidal group. Some of these 

 are so important, that, though the corresponding specimens 

 are daily expected, it has been judged advisable at once to 

 publish figures accompanied by specific characters, reserving 

 ail details for some future opportunity. The three which 

 have been selected belong to genera, two of which, Simbluffi 



