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Polytechnic School (per Dr. Goeze) ; a large collection from the 

 Brazils. Paris, Mus. d'Hist. T^at. ; a large collection formed by Bour- 

 geau and others in Mexico. Salvin, Osbert ; an important collection 

 formed by himself in Guatemala. Saunders, W. W. ; large selections 

 from his Herbarium, including Mexican and other plants. Traill, J. 

 W. H. ; a large and important collection (especially rich in Palms) 

 formed by himself while travelling in the Amazons district on behalf 

 of the Amazon Steam Navigation Company, Limited. Washington, 

 Agricultural Department ; Wheeler's Glumales. Other contributions 

 have been received from Barnston, G. (Montreal) ; Correa de Mello, J. 

 (Brazil) ; Endres, M. ; Lefroy, Genl. (Bermuda) ; McCatty, Dr. 

 (Jamaica) ; Masters, Dr. (Utah) ; Murray, A ; Eeichenbach, Prof. ; 

 Veitch, H. ; Warming, E. (Brazils) ; White, E. B. (N. Grenada). 



Australia, Kew Zealand, and Pacific Islands. — '' Challenger," 

 Expedition of H.M.S, ; plants of Kerguelen's Land. Moore, C. ; 

 Monocotyledons of South Australia. Mueller, Baron F. von ; Austra- 

 lian plants ; plants of Lord Howe's Island (to purchase) ; Educational 

 Collection, Part I. Schomburgk, Dr. R. ; plants of Gosse's expedition 

 to Central S. Australia (including a new genus of Apocynacecs) ; plants 

 of Hann's expedition to Cape York. Other contributions have been 

 received from Cheeseman, T. E. (New Zealand) ; Corrie, A. (H.M.S. 

 '' Pearl ") : Hanwell, T. (New Zealand) ; Henderson, Messrs. (K. 

 George's Sound) ; Hill, AV. (Queensland) ; Kirk, T. (New Zealand) ; 

 MacArthur, Sir W. (Illawarra) ; Masters, Dr.; Paris, Mus. d'Hist. 

 Nat. (New Caledonia) ; Powell, Rev. T. (Samoa) ; Prentice, C. (Bris- 

 bane) ; Weld, H. E. Gov. (W. Australia). 



REPORT OF THE CURATORS OF THE BOTANICAL 

 EXCHANGE CLUB FOR THE YEARS 1874-5. 



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(Enanthe LachenaUi, Gmel. " I send specimens of this as being 

 from an inland station and new to the county of Surrey. It was found 

 by Mr. Arthur Bennett and myself on Mitcham Common last August 

 in considerable abundance. August, 1873." — W. H. Beeby. 



Cardiius. " In a hollow on Deal sandhills, Kent, growing among 

 dense hushes of Ht'ppophae rhamnoides, and with Carduus palustris and 

 rank grass. No other thistle seen near. So dense was the Hippo 

 phae that I found it impossible to get at the root of the single speci- 

 men found ; this had six stems from one root." — A. Bennett, August, 

 1873. *' This thistle is probably a hybrid between C. palustris and 

 C. acaulis. It resembles the caulescent var. of the latter, but has the 

 leaves more finely divided, and the cauline ones slightly decurrent, 

 the stem more prickly, not dividing irregularly into several peduncles 

 at the apex." — John T. Boswell, June, 1875. 



