zoo BOTANICAL, NEWS. 



— F. Hauck, ' Ah/(r of the Adriatic ' (continued). — M. Wetscliky, 

 ' On the flora of Hungary.' — H. Zukal, ' On the Lichen-question.' 



— E.Eatha}^ ' Preliminary Notice of Cladosporium Fioesleri, Cattan, 

 and the " hlack brand" of the Vine.' — F. Antoine, 'Botany of the 

 Vienna Exhibition ' (continued). 



Hedn-igia. — E. WoUny, 'On Vaucheria-gdMs.' 



Annales des Sc. Xat. (6, v., nos. 4 & 5). — E. Warmuig, ' On 

 the ovule ' (continued), tt. 7-13. — P. Kauwenhofi", ' On the causes 

 of abnormal forms of i^lants which grow m darkness ' (tt. 14, 15). 



Xiior. Giorn. Bot. Ital. (30th July). — F. Delpino, ' Defence of 

 the doctrine of dichogam3^' — A. Todaro, ' Do the Oaks know^n in 

 commerce under the names " Farnia " and " Kovere " grow in 

 Sicily ? ' — L. Nicotra, ' Some observations on the flora of Messina.' 



— L. Haynald, * De distributione geograph. CastanetF in Hun- 

 garia ' ; with note by A. DeCandolle. — A. Borzi, ' Notes on bio- 

 logy and morphology of the phycochromaceous Alga:' (tt. 7-10). — 

 A. Piccone, ' Algological flora of Sardinia.' 



Joimi. Linn. Soc. Lond. (No. 98, 31st July). — M. M. Hartog, 

 ' Morphological notes on certain species of Thunhergia.' — 0. King, 

 ' On the source of the winged Cardamom of Nepal.' — G. Dickie, 

 'AJga found during the Ai'ctic Expedition.' — M. J. Berkeley, 

 ' Enumeration of the Fungi collected during the Ai'ctic Expedition.' 



— F. Darwin, 'Experiments on the nutrition of Drosera rotundi- 

 folia.' — I. B. Balfour, ' Observations on the genus Pandanus, 

 wdth an enumeration of all described or named species.' — J. Miers, 

 ' On the Schcepfiem and Cervantesiea:, distinct tribes of the StyraceaB ' 

 (tt. 1-4). 



Botantcal Kttos. 



Dr. Odoardo Beccari has been appointed Director of the 

 Botanic Garden and of the Botanical Collections of the Natural 

 History Museum of Florence ; and M. Pedicino, of Portici, succeeds 

 De Notaris at Rome. 



The post of Professor of Systematic Botany and Director of the 

 Botanic Garden at Vienna has been filled by the appointment of 

 Prof. A. Kerner. 



The French Academy has elected, as " Mcmbres Correspond- 

 ants" of the section of Botany, Dr. Asa Gray in the room of 

 Prof. A. Braun, and Mr. C. Darwin in the place of M. Weddell. 



The Gold Medal of Botany given by the Apothecaries' Company 

 has been awarded to Mr. T. B. Franklin Eminson, of St. Mary's 

 Hospital ; the Silver Medal and Books to W. Egerton Starling, 

 of Guy's. 



The death of Gustav Wallis, of Petmond, the well-known 

 horticultural traveller, on June 20th, is recorded. 



