320 BOTANICAL NKWS. 



In the •'' Proliniinary Report on tlie Forest ami otlior Vegetation 

 of Pegu," by Mr. Kurz, recently published at Cukutta, will bo found 

 a large amount of informalion on the vegetation of that little-known 

 country, though the author has not professed to give a botanical 

 account of it. A short account of the geography, geology, and climate 

 of Pegu is iirst given, and then a botanical description, with a table of 

 the natural Eamilies, and an e timate of the number of species. 

 Naturally the forests receive most attention, and we have a full list 

 of Burmese trees, with the native names, and remarks on the distri- 

 bution and uses of each, and a key for their determination. In the 

 appendix is given a description of a new genus from Martaban, Ifai/o- 

 den(lron{=^Spathodea ignea, Kurz olim), dedicated to the memory of 

 Lord Mayo, illustrated by 2 plates. 



A new account of the geology, physical geogra])hy, and botany of 

 the West Hiding, under the title of " West Yorkshire," is advertised 

 " in preparation." The authors are J. W. Davis and F. A. Lees, the 

 latter being responsible for the Flora proper. The price is fixed at 

 one guinea. 



The fourth edition of Prof. !Morren's " CorrespondanccBotanique," 

 lately issued, is more full and more accurate than previous ones, the 

 list occupying eighty pages. It is a very useful publication. 



A Botanical Exchange Club has been founded at Budapest, under 

 the management of M. llichter-Lajo. He offers especially the plants 

 of Hungary, Tnmsilvania, Croatia, and neighbouring territories, and 

 is anxious to obtain correspondents in other parts of Europe. The 

 subscription is 2 fl. (4 shillings), and all information can be obtained 

 from M. llichter-Lago, Erzhcizogiu Mario Valerie Gasse, No. 1, 

 Budapest, Hungary. 



Cliristian Gottfried Ehrenberg died at Berlin on the 27th of June, 

 at the great age of eighty-two, having been born at Delilzsch on the 

 loth of April, ITOf). His first publication, in 1818, was on Berlin 

 Fungi, and for nearly sixty years from that date he has followed 

 biological investigations of various kinds. In the year 1820-25 he 

 travelled in Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia, and Arabia for the purpose of 

 investigating the natural history of those countries; on this journey 

 he was accompanied by Hemprich, who, however, died in Abyssinia. 

 Some of the results of this journey were published in the '' Symbolas 

 Physica) " (1828), a fine folio book with coloured plates, which is, 

 however, unfinished — 2 parts only of the botany were issued ; and in 

 several papers on special points. Ehrenberg about this time aLo 

 made a tour in Siberia. It is, however, by his valuable labours among 

 the lower organisms that he will always occupy a prominent rank 

 among naturalists. His papers upon this branch of science are very 

 numerous and important, and he extended his microscopical observa- 

 tion to fossil organisms, thus opening up a new and fertile field of 

 research. A large number of new forms were discovered, and our 

 knowledge of the Diatomacecc especially received a groat increase by 

 the discovery of extinct species. Ehrenberg' s great work on this sub- 

 ject, " Mikrogeologie," appeared in 1854. The great industry he 

 displayed is evidenced by the fact that no less than 264 papers stood 

 under his name in the lloyal Society's Catalogue. Martins dedicated 

 a genus of Zygophjlleic to EhrenlxTg, Imt it has been since reduced to 

 Kalhtnxmia. 



