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for poisoning their arrows. The exact composition of this has not 

 yet been ascertained, though it is supposed to be a composition 

 similar to that described by the Eev. Thos. Powell in the ' Journ. 

 Linn. Soc.,' vol. xvi. p. 58 (see J. Bot. 1877, p. 127.) — ''On the 

 Alga fomid during the Arctic Expedition," by Prof. Dickie. This 

 report deals with material collected between 78° and 83° N. lat. 

 by Capt. Feilden, Dr. Moss and Mr. Hart, who accompanied Capt. 

 Sir George Nares. It is noted that of freshwater species there are 

 representatives of fourteen genera, many common to Europe. Of 

 DiatumacecB thu'ty-one genera and seventy species have been 

 identified, most being marine. Seven species of olive- coloured 

 AlgcB are given, but it seems no marine species belonging to the 

 red series were obtained, or at least placed in Prof. Dickie's hands. 

 A comparison of the Algcv of the Spitzbergen seas follows, and full 

 references are made to the pa^Ders of Prof. J. G. Agardh and 

 P. T. Cleve in the 'Transactions' of the Swedish Academy. 



Uotanual Ntios. 



A NEW scientific periodical has been commenced in Paris under 

 the title ' Revue international des Sciences,' Dr. de Lanessan 

 being the editor. It appears weekly, and consists of signed articles 

 on all departments of science, and analyses of books and memoirs 

 of importance, reports of scientific societies, and scientific biblio- 

 graphy of all countries; the list of " collaborateurs " is extensive. 

 The price of each number is 50 c, and the imbhsher Octave Doin, 

 8, Place de I'Odeon, Paris. . 



We are glad to learn that the second edition of Sh' J. D. 

 Hooker's ' Student's Flora' is well advanced. We also hear that 

 Mr. Bentham has in the j)ress a new edition of his " Handbook of 

 the British Flora.' The publication of the seventh and concluding 

 volume of the ' Flora Australiensis ' is immediately expected. 



Peof. Eichler, of Kiel, has been appointed to the Professorship 

 of Systematic Botany at Berlin, in the place of Alex. Braun. 



The Eoyal Horticultural Society has appointed as Assistant- 

 Secretary, Mr. Samuel Jennings, F.E.S., formerly of the Agri- 

 horticultural Society of Bengal. 



The death is recorded, at Worthing, of the Rev. Thomas 

 Salw^y, Rector of Oswestry. He was well known for his work in 

 the Lichens of this country, and published several pajDers on those 

 of Shropshh'e and the Channel Islands in the ' Annals and Mag. 

 of Nat. Hist.' and the Edinburgh Botanical Society's Trans- 

 actions. He also issued a valuable series of exsiccata, ' Lichenes 

 Britannici.' He visited Madeh-a, and in 1847 discovered in 

 Guernsey Allium, triquetrum. 



Andrew Murray died on 10th January, at the age of QQ. He 

 was born in Edinburgh, and was a Writer to the Signet there, 



