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Among the other more important contributions to the library 

 are: Nova Guinea (Resultats de TExpedition Scientifique 

 Neerlandaise a la Nouvelle-Guinee en 1912 et 1913 sous les 

 auspices de A. Franssen-Herderschee), vol. xii. livraison 1, from 

 the Maatschappij ter Bevordering van het Natuurkundig 

 Onderzoek der Nederlandsche Kolonien ; Les aspects de la 

 vegetation en Belgique, by C. Bommer and J. Massart {Les 

 dist7'icts fiandrien et camyinien^ by J. Massart), from the 

 Director of the State Botanic Garden, Brussels; A. Flora de 

 Portugal (Plantas vasculares), by A. X. P. Coutinho, from the 

 Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Wehhia, vol, iv, part 1, 

 from the editor, Prof. TJ. Martelli; several works on Algae, 

 including Liste des Algues du Sihoga^ by Mrs. A. Weber van 

 Bosse ; Agave in the West Indies, by W. Trelease, 

 from Mr. 1^. E. Brown; Icones Plantarum FormosanaTUia^ 

 by B. Hayata, fasc, 2, from the Director of the Bureau of 

 Productive Industries, Formosa; the continuation of the North 

 American Flora, from Dr. N. L. Britton; a complete set of the 

 Bulletin de la Societe Dendrologique de France (8 volumes), 

 from Mr. W. J, Bean; a large collection of reports and pamph- 

 lets, mainly on forestry, from Mr. J. S. Gamble; National Hardy 

 Plant Society's Year-Booh, 1912 and 1913, from the Editor, Mr. 

 A. J. Macself ; Transactions of the Society of Arts, vols, xlviii. 

 and 1. pt. 2, and Journal^ vols. ii. and iii., from the Secretary; 



Herbarium of 



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Fungi as represen 



by J. Lind, from 



Copenhagen; and a manuscript catalogue of the British 



Herbarium of John Tatham of Settle, from his grandson, Prof. 



Silvanus P. Thompson, who has, moreover, presented the 



Herbarium itself to the establishment. 



The numerous publications of the Department of Agriculture 

 in the Dutch East Indies and of the Agricultural Research Insti- 

 tute, Pusa, issued during the year, have been received from the 

 respective directors of those establishments, and a selection of the 

 publications of the United States Department of Agriculture, 



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Other contributions to the library, made in most instances by 

 their authors, will appear in the annual supplement to the 

 catalogue which forms Appendix II. to the Keiv Bulletin. 



Hibiscus Arnottianus. 



H.M 



at Oahu, Sandwich Islands, in May, 1826, a fruiting specimen 

 of a Hibiscus was gathered, which Hooter and Arnott identified 

 doubtfully with H. Boryamis, DC. (Bot. Beechey's Voyage, 

 p. T9). Their remarks on it are as follows: — 



'* From the imperfect state of the specimen before us, we 

 cannot affirm it positively to be the plant of De Candolle. The 

 leaves are ovate, slightly coriaceous, three-nerved, perfectly 

 smooth, and quite entire. The peduncles are short, scarcely an 

 inch long, and very stout. The calyx five-toothed and split up 

 one side by the swelling of the fruit, as in De Candolle's section 



