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salicina ; on the Araovican Grape-vine Mildew [Pvronospora viticola), 

 with a synopsis of the Peronosporcre of the United States ; a list of 

 Fungi found neiir Eoston ; and a full account of that destructive 

 disease, the Black Knot of Plum and Cherry trees. 



The 81st part of Baron von Mueller's " Fragmenta Phytographine 

 Australiae" commences a 10th volume, and contains descriptions of 

 many new species of various Orders. 



Mr. Kurz, of Calcutta, continues his Contributions to the Burmese 

 Florainthe.Tourn. As. Soc. Bengal for 1875 (pp. 128-190), and includes 

 Jtutacem to Saj)indace(e. These Orders having been already done in 

 the new " Flora of India," ther^; are numerous criticisms on that 

 work. 



The same Journal contains some notes on new Indian Oaks by Mr. 

 Kurz, with a plate ; a description of Tapistra Sfoliczkaua, n.sp., from 

 Moulmein ; and descri])tions of other new Indian plants from various 

 pai'ts, including DaphniphyUopsis and Katsiatopsis, new genera of 

 Olacinece, both of which are figured. 



M. Lagerstedt enumerates in the Bihang of the Swedish " Vet. 

 Akad. Handlingar " for 1876 the salt-water Biatomacea of Bohuslan, 

 with copious references and synonymy. 



We are indebted to Mr. Axel Blytt, of Christiania, for a copy of 

 his interesting essay on the immigration of the Norwegian Flora just 

 published. The paper is written in English, and well worth study by 

 British botanists in connection with the distribution of our own Flora. 

 A map showing the range of the groups of vegetation is appended. 



The Rev. M. J. Berkeley has presented to the Department of 

 Botany in the British Museum James Sowerhy's original drawings for 

 the "English Fungi," published in 1797-1809, consisting in all of 

 530. The Museum already possessed the clay models made by 

 Sowerby during the i>rogrcss of the work, as well as the original 

 drawings for the plates of " English Botany," in which it will be 

 remembered the Fungi were not included. Mr. Berkeley's gift, there- 

 fore, very usefully completes the series of original illustrations of 

 British plants in the Museum. 



Mr. J. F. Duthie, late of Cirencester, has been appointed Director 

 of the Botanic Gardens at Saharunpore, ioi inerly held by Falconer, 

 and lately by Mr. Mclvor. 



The post of Lecturer on Botany at S. Mary's Hospital, London, 

 lately resigned by Dr. Trimen, has been filled by the appointment of 

 Mr. W. B. Hemsley, Lindley Librarian to the Horticultural Society. 



Giles Munby, formerly of York, died at the Holt, Farnham, 

 Surrey, on April 12th, aged sixty-three. He lived for many years 

 from 1839 in Algeria, and has published a verj' useful catalogue of 

 Algerian plants, first issued in French in 1847, arranged on the 

 Linnean system, and afterwards rearranged in the Natural Orders and 

 printed in Latin in 1859, and a second edition in 1860 ; in this 

 last the number of species enumerated reaches 2964. Munhya, a 

 genus of Borraginetc, was dedicated to him by INI. Boissier. 



Mr. R. A. Pryor would be obliged to any botanist who could give 

 him information relating to specimens of the Eubi of Hertfordshire, 

 several sets of which were distributed by the late Rev. W. H. Coleman 

 and cannot now be traced. Address, Hatfield, Herts. 



