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British Sphagnum from Dr. Braithwaite ; 46 Cornmelinaceae and 1 

 Flag ell aria from C. B. Clarke, Esq., F.B.S. ; 13 Orchids from Miss 

 Woolward ; 41 Orchids from F. W. Moore, Esq. ; 40 Orchids from 

 H. Veitch, Esq. ; 2 Nepenthes from H. Veitch, Esq. ; 99 Algae and 

 129 Lichens from John Dillwyn Llewelyn, Esq. ; 177 preparations 

 of cellular plants ; section of stem of Dracoplujllum, from New 

 Zealand, from J. D. Enys, Esq. ; seeds of Sopihora speciosa from E. 

 M. Holmes, Esq. ; and specimens of plants from Kahun, Middle 

 Egypt, from tomb, about 2600 b.c, found by Mr. Flinders Petrie, 

 from H. M. Kennard, Esq. 



The following collections have been acquired by purchase : — 

 100 plants from Stanley Falls, Congo, from F. Heus ; 339 plants 

 from Natal; a small collection of plants from Kina Balu, collected 

 by J. Whitehead; 100 Freshwater Algae, of France, from Mougeot, 

 &c. ; 150 Freshwater Algae from Wittrock and Nordstedt ; 50 

 Italian Algae from De Toni and Levi ; 25 parasitic Fungi from 

 Briosi and Cavara ; 600 Fungi from Sydow ; 390 Portuguese 

 plants from the Bev. K. P. Murray ; 40 species of Danish Buhi ; 

 2928 plants from Greece, from Haussknecht ; 200 specimens of 

 Schultz's Herbarium Normale ; 223 iEgean plants from Heldreich ; 

 100 plants from Greece, from Heldreich ; 208 Mexican plants, 

 collected by Schumann ; 850 American plants, collected by Pringle ; 

 50 American Algae from Farlow ; 25 British Algae from Holmes ; 

 114 slides of British Algae from Buffham ; 100 specimens of wood- 

 sections by Nordlinger ; 63 sections of woods ; and 121 prepara- 

 tions of Fossil plants from Sir Joseph Hooker ; a collection of 

 Tertiary plants specially prepared by Baron Ettingshausen for 

 comparison with recent plants. 



By exchange the following collections have been acquired . — A 

 series of Algae from the Baltic, collected by Professor Beinke, of 

 Kiel, many of which are type specimens ; 72 species of European 

 cellular plants from E. M. Holmes ; and specimens of Prosopanche 

 Burmeisteri, new species of Brugmannsia, RajpZe'sia, and Cyvwpolia, 

 specimens of Phytocrene, Ceratozamia, and Peridemuum Pint, from 

 Count Solms Laubach. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



A Handbook of the Flora <*/' Extra-tropical South Australia. By 

 Balph Tate, F.L.S. Adelaide: published by the Education 

 Department. 1890. 8vo, pp. vi. 303. 



The true test of the value of such a volume as this is, of course, 

 its practical working in the field ; and this, for obvious reasons, we 

 are unable to apply. But so far as we can judge, Prof. Tate has 

 succeeded in producing, in small compass and in pocketable form, 

 a little Manual which will be to the South Australian botanist 

 what 'Babington' has been to many generations of those at home; 

 while the type and arrangement of the volume leave nothing to be 

 desired. 



