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region, of which ours contains three hundred and fifty, and these 
at the moderate price of £4.48. We wish we could pay the same 
compliment to the goodness of the specimens here, that we have 
done to Bourgeau's, from the Pyrenees; but the collector, 
whoever he may be, seems to have cut them down to the lowest 
possible size ; and the foliage and the flowers have too often parted 
company. On the other hand, many of the species are rare, and 
not a few entirely new; and the greater number appear to be 
named by the excellent Miquel. We have reason to believe that 
better specimens of other plants are on their way from Canara. 
But whether the collector desires to benefit botany or himself, we 
would strongly urge him to send such specimens as will give an 
idea of the noble vegetation of that country, and such as will 
serve, by the presence of good flowers, and, if possible, fruits, for 
analysis and for description, For want of more perfect specimens, 
some very glaring errors are excusable in their present denomina- 
tions :—we find a bad sample of Zea, called Kurya ;—and a Sar- 
cococca, called Myrica ;—a Gmelina, named Premna, &c. We are 
sure the subscribers would willingly pay a higher price for better 
specimens. 
Death of Dr. Tuomas Taytor. 
Botany has sustained a great loss in the recent death of our 
valued friend, and coadjutor in the first and second editions of the 
Muscologia Britannica, Dr. Taylor, which took place, we have 
reason to believe, after a very short illness at his residence, Dunkerran, 
Kenmare, south of Ireland. Few naturalists had studied more 
deeply, and few more successfully, as his various writings testify, the 
Cryptogamic Plants of all parts of the globe, especially the Musci, 
Hepatica, and Lichens, and the recent additions to his Herbarium, 
many of which we ourselves had the happiness of contributing, 
would have given him occupation for many years to come, in the 
détenuining and describing them. Dusas dhe ewistenoesal ae 1 
Royal Cork Scientific Institution, Dr: Taylor was appointed Lec- 
