34 Gelehrte Gesellschaften. — Personalnachrichten. 



rock garden 346 species and varieties, as compared with 158 at this date 

 last year. 



V. Miscellaneous Communications: — 1. Mr. Isaac Anderson-Henry, of 

 Hay Lodge , Trinity , placed on the table two plants in bloom, which he 

 conceived to be wholly new to this country. The one, an Androsace, had 

 been grown from seeds labelled Olearia ilicifolia, sent by Dr. Curl, of 

 Wellington, New Zealand, as collected on Mount Ruahine Heads, in the 

 Northern Island. The plant on the table was the only seed which came up 

 out of the Contents of the packet. In New Zealand , Samolus is the only 

 known representative of the Primrose order, yet, if got on these high summits, 

 not at all botanically explored, it may have been mingled with seeds of 

 Olearia. Sir Joseph Hooker maintains that these mountain ranges will 

 yet yield a rieh harvest to the explorer. The other plant, an Arnebia, was 

 raised from seeds sent by Mrs. Augustus Johnstone, and picked up in 

 elevated Valleys between Muree and Rawul Pindi ; they were labelled „Prophet 

 Flower". It may be Dr. Aitchison's A. speciosa. — 2. The following plants 

 in bloom from the Royal Botanic Garden, amongst others, were placed on 

 the table, presented by Mr. W. E. Dixon: — Acacia pulchella, Meconopsis 

 simplicifolia, Anthyllis erinacea, Andromeda fastigiata, Gentiana verna, Pri- 

 mula sikkimensis , P. mollis , P. auriculata , P. capitata , Androsace rotundi- 

 folia var. macrocalyx, Pentstemon Menziesii, Arisaema triphyllum, Saxifraga 

 calyciflora , S. MacNabiana , S. Caryana , Lithospermum oleifolium , Ranun- 

 culus parnassifolius, Fuchsia cordata. Arenaria grandiflora.*) 



Expedition nach Spitzbergen. 



Die Geologische Gesellschaft zu Stockholm entsendet im laufenden Sommer 

 eine Expedition, welche mit der Erforschung von Spitzbergen beauftragt ist. 

 Es nehmen an derselben u. A. unser Mitarbeiter Dr. Nathorst, sowie Baron 

 de Geer Theil. Die Expeditionsmitglieder verliessen Drontheim am 1. Juni 

 und schifften sich auf dem Walfischfänger „Bjona" nach ihrem Bestimmungs- 

 orte ein. Es ist vorauszusehen , dass durch diese Expedition die Pflanzen- 

 paläontologie Spitzbergens manche Bereicherung erfahren wird. 



Personalnachrichten. 



Der bisherige Privatdocent an der Universität Krakau, Herr Dr, 

 Aut. ßehmaiin, ist zum ausserordentlichen Professor der Botanik an 

 der Universität Lemberg ernannt worden. 



Der auch auf dem Gebiete der Botanik bekannte Dr. med. SchlOSSPr 

 Ritter TOn KlekOTSky in Agram starb daselbst am 27. April, 

 74 Jahre alt. 



Life of Charles Darwin. With British Opinion on Evolution. Compiled by 

 G, W. Bacon. 8. 52 pp. London (Bacon) 1882. 1 s. 



Charles Darwin. IL (Nature. Vol. XXVI. 1882. No. 656. p. 73—75.) 

 Charles Darwin ; a farewell offering. By an old disciple of Lorenz k e n. 

 (Journ. of Science. London. Vol. IV. No. CIL 1882. p. 322—331.) 



") From The Gard. Chron. New Ser. Vol. XVII. 1882. No. 439. p. 716. 



