ri ''<''> 'I- iwiv.-.; ai Ki'\\ from Linos in |si»*i, and presented by 
Mrs. \V. T. Martin. (h-nUto ,h,tm«th;n t Bartl., native of the North- 
Western Balkan Peninsula, is a small rigid spinous shrub with 
terminal racemes of yellow flowers. Enphnrhhi lophogona, Lam., 
is a curious p3 -. Its stem is succulent except 
the woody base, five-angular, and crested o !L the aiiid.- xwili the 
deeply-cut persistent stipules. The evmes are large, on erect 
peduncles, and the upper pair of bracts of each cvathium are 
l', n, J c ° l " uhit < ■■ The Kew plant was received from the late Mr. 
Godot ruy-Lebceuf. 
Catalogue of Portraits of Botanists- An addition to the series 
Tand-ltstB k j the YarionscoHe i Botanic Garder 
t mueli interest and value, has been issued under the tit 
>ver trilmm ill I '' " • "i" ''' ' ' *''" Williani Thi ^ lr< > 
lie catalogue. -i\es an account «»f \h!'' lorm'n ion oi\ his'himai 
ays unique collection, and explains the object and scope of tl 
••tivi'ty who afetmer' I ' '' ' ' ~ ' " " '"' l ' 1 "' bot:mk ' 
in^mei-'il/whi! 
xe catalogue has been prepared. Tl, ,„■■ t * , < " f v ' ._ 
• Colonies, 
■ historical 
Hooker, whe 
: Glasgow. I 
Royal Botani 
>ns, &c, amounting to aboi t 1 m** 126 an ^ ot ' ier me( ials, 
umber of Chalt r>„/ • 
to the Museums o£ Z^'^f^™^: 
™»fci c . ^L iQ "*• ^ 
