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exhibits, the Lodoicea seychellarum or double cocoa-nut was sent from Kew ; Splachni- 

 dium rtigosum, Grev., the type of Misses Mitchell and Whitting's new order of algae, 

 was exhibited by Mr. Murray ; while Professor Marshall Ward showed preparations 

 of various botanical objects, chiefly fungi, which cause diseases and injuries in 

 plants. Mr. Savile Kent sent some photographs of coral reefs, and the marine fauna 

 of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. 



The Annual Report of the Lausanne Natural History Museum for 1891 has just 

 been published. The chief accessions recorded are a fine collection of Triassic 

 fossils, formed by Professor Renevier at Hallstadt, the collection of European land and 

 freshwater shells belonging to the late Gustave Maillard, a collection of algae from 

 Finisterre, from M. Cheneviere, and some freshwater algas from Department 

 Manche from Mile. Richard. The Report shows that this museum maintains its 

 steady progress, mainly owing to its energetic keeper. Professor Renevier. 



The programme of the International Botanical Congress, to be held at Genoa 

 next September, is as follows : — 



Sunday, Sept. 4. — 8 p.m. Reception of Foreign Botanists in the Municipal Hall. 

 Monday, Sept. 5. — 9.30 a.m. Inauguration of the Congress in the Great Hall of the 



University. 2 p.m. First Scientific Session (Great Hall). 

 Tuesday, Sept. 6. — 10 a.m. Inauguration of the Hanbury Institute (Botanical 



Garden). 2 p.m. Second Scientific Session (Great Hall). 

 Wednesday, Sept. 7. — 9 a.m. Third Scientific Session (Great Hall). 2 p.m. Visit to 



the Exhibition and Town. 

 Thursday, Sept. 8. — 8 a.m. Sea trip to Portofino, thence by carriage to S. Margherite, 



Rapallo, Ruta and Recco, returning by steamer. 

 Friday, Sept. 9. — 9 a.m. Fourth Scientific Session (Great Hall). 2 p.m. Fifth ditto. 

 Saturday, Sept. 10. — 7 a.m. Excursion to Ventimiglia and Mortola, and visit to Mr. 



Thomas Hanbury's garden. 

 Sunday, Sept. 11. — Excursion from Ventimiglia to the Col di Tenda. 

 The duration of the Congress may be prolonged if deemed advisable. Anybody 

 " occupied in botanical study or cultivating any special branch of botany " will be 

 entitled to take part. To be inscribed as a member, a printed form distributed for 

 the purpose must be signed and forwarded to the Organising Secretary, Professor 

 O. Penzig, R. Universite, Genoa, or a book provided for the purpose may be 

 signed during the Congress. Every member, except those who are members of the 

 Italian Botanical Society, will pay a fee of ten francs on receiving his admission 

 card. This card admits to all the sittings of the Congress, and to the museums, 

 libraries, and collections, which will then be open to the members, and also gives the 

 right to take part in the excursions and entertainments proposed. All the sittings 

 will be held in public, but the right to speak and take part in the discussions is 

 reserved for members. The official language will be Italian, but everyone will be 

 free, when speaking or in discussions, to use the language with which he may be 

 most familiar. No particular subdivisions of the various branches of botany will be 

 instituted, with separate meetings for each, unless the number of members present 

 and the abundance of subjects to be discussed should render this necessary. No 

 special subjects have been fixed for discussion, but " the Reform of Botanical 

 Nomenclature will be treated in accordance with O. Kuntze's recent book"; lectures 

 are also announced on F. Delpino's theories on Phyllotaxis and Pseudanthis. 

 Notices of subjects for discussion must be sent to the Secretary not later than 

 August 15. After the Congress the Committee will print a brief account of the 

 meetings, together with the original memoirs presented ; each member of the Con- 

 gress will be entitled gratis to a copy of these " Proceedings," while authors of the 

 memoirs will receive gratis fifty separate copies. The Congress will take place in 

 the Palace of the Royal University (Via Balbi). Arrangements have been made with 

 the Italian and foreign railway companies and the chief Steam Navigation Com- 

 panies, so as to obtain the usual reduction of fares for members of the Congress. 

 An office where information concerning lodgings can be obtained will be opened at 

 the Municipality of Genoa. 



