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100 specimens of African plants, collected by Sclilecliter ; 315 from 

 Anatolia, collected by Bornmiiller; 100 species of European Fungi 

 from Rabeulioi'st ; IGl plants from Bulgaria, collected by Wagner; 

 96 species from Galicia, collected by Dr. Block] ; 200 species from 

 Mexico, collected by Pringle ; 60 sections of American woods pre- 

 pared by Hougb ; a collection of Britisb Ilubi, collected by tbe Kev. 

 E. F. Linton ; 46 preparations of Britisb Marine Algfe, by Buff bam ; 

 150 Mosses and Licbens, from Canada, collected by Macoun ; 200 

 species of Fresb-water AlgsB, from Wittrock and Nordstedt; 350 

 European Fungi, from Sydow ; 25 Characea, from Migula, Sydow, 

 and Wablstedt ; 100 Fungi of Saxony, from Krieger; 150 species 

 of economic Fungi, from Seymour and Earle ; 116 species of 

 Cryptogams, from Brazil, from Mr. Spencer Moore ; 100 species 

 of Algffi, from Hauck and Eicbter ; 193 species of Mosses, from 

 N. America, from Wagborne ; 400 species of parasitic Fungi, from 

 Scandinavia, from Erikson ; 124 species of Licbens, from tbe 

 collectious of tbe late Eev. M. J. Berkeley ; 25 Britisb Algte, from 

 Holmes ; 50 Nortb American Mosses, from Renau.ld and Carnot ; 

 95 Britisb Algae, from Buffbam ; 25 parasitic Fungi, from Briosi 

 and Cavara; 200 species of European plants, from Scbultz's Her- 

 barium Normale ; 157 plants from Syria, from Post ; 116 specimens 

 of Natal plants, from Wood. 



Tbere bave been added to tbe collection of prints and drawings 

 of plants 6 original drawings of Malayan plants, presented by Mr. 

 Ridley, and 55 original drawings by Bolton. 



SHORT NOTES. 



ImPATIENS NoLI-ME- tan GERE IN MONTGOMERYSHIRE. At p. 117 



I sliowed tbat, of tbe two Botanist'' s Guide records for this species 

 under Montgomeryshire, one properly belonged to Shropsbire, 

 while the other seemed doubtful, as no place bearing the name 

 Gwern Dhee could be traced near Montgomery town. At tbe same 

 time I expressed the hope that my correspondent Miss E. Jones, of 

 Montgomery, would succeed in rediscovering both the locality and 

 the plant itself. The hope has been fully realized. Continuing her 

 enquiries. Miss Jones ascertained that tbere was a farmhouse known 

 as VVeru-du near Churchstoke, actually within tbe county of Mont- 

 gomery, but four miles from the town instead of one. She visited 

 the spot in August, and at once found the Impatiens in fair quantity. 

 It occurs at intervals on the banks of a small brook which runs 

 through a field close to tbe house. This is half a mile south of 

 Cburcbstoke village, and the same distance from the nearest point 

 of the strangely irregular boundary-line of Montgomerysbire and 

 Salop. Tbe streamlet nms into tbe river Camlad a little above 

 Cburcbstoke. Marrington Dingle is lower down the Camlad. The 

 distance between this, the Shropshire station, and Wern-du is two 

 miles. — William Whitwell. 



Argemone hispida (p. 209). — I think that Dr. Prain is mistaken 

 in making Argemone hispida a variety of A. pl'ttyceras. The two 



