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Museums 



Presentations to Museums.— A section of the stem of Ipomoea 

 peltata^GhoiBj(Co7ivolvulace(ie) J h3 t Bbeen forwarded to the Museum 

 by Mr. H. N. Ridley, Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. 

 The section is 6 inches in diameter, and will be found in Case 81 ; 

 Museum No. I. 



With this came also a portion of the stem of Entada spiralis, 

 Ridley (Leguminosae), which well illustrates the characteristic 

 spiral growth. See Case 43 ; Museum No. I. 



Mr. Ridley has also presented an interesting illustration of a 

 branching palm stem. It is of an Areca Nut Palm {Areca Cate- 

 chu), from Pulau Kukub, Singapore. The stem has five branches, 

 and -we understand from the donor that a description of the palm 

 has been sent for publication in the Annals of Botany. This 

 latest addition to the Museum has been placed near the door in 

 the west end of the Timber Museum. 



Fatty Oils.— The Museum is indebted to Messrs. James Bibby 



and Sons, of Liverpool, for a valuable collection of oils and their 



products, including cocoa-nut, cotton, linseed, &c, which have 



been placed in their respective natural orders in 

 and No. II. \ 



Swedish Beer Flagons.— Mr. R. H. Beamish, Glounthaune, 



Cork, has presented two beer flagons, used by the Dalecarlian 

 peasants. They are formed of several woods, but chiefly of 

 JS orway spruce (Picea excelsa, Link ; Coni/erae) and beech (Fagus 

 sylvaticu L. ; Cupuli ferae). These have been placed in the 

 Annexe, Museum No. III. rb uu. 



Dr. Engler, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Museum, 

 tferlm, has forwarded for the Museum some illustrations from the 

 uotanische Jahrbikher of several species of Cecropia ( Urticaceae) 

 as they grow m their native habitat, and showing their peculiar 

 structure. These will be found in Case 115, Museum No. i! where 

 are also some articles made of the wood of the Trumpet tree 

 L!l Av° f Tr0pical Ameri <*. The hollowed trunk and 



ISL ♦?. 8P „ eCleS are UBed b ? the nati ™s for musical instru- 



ments ; the wood, which is exceedingly light and soft, is 



tnlZ'fJ °l l fi0atB f ° r fisMng - The bark yiefdsaTugh fibre, 

 and the rough leaves are used as a substitute for sand-paper. 



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Meconopis punicea 



Olearia speciosa, Hutchinson ; 



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examples in theS, " ? aU ° f which are represented by 

 to N V luciTa Hebfl^T? 1 , Kew ' The Ne ™ne is allied 



and larger flowed w nrS 1Ch " differS in its lon S er P edicelB ' 

 Cape Colonv by Mr! c * & l 8 ^ ments - I* ^as introduced from 



several bX wLe n^^f \ B u W den ' of Newton Abbot > and 



were presented by her to Kew. The Olearia is a 



