24 MUSEUMS. 



Cord. ; Cycadites saportoe, Sew. ; Nilssonia schaumbergensis, Dunk. ; Otozamites 

 klipsteinii var. superbus, Sew. ; 0. goppertianus, Dunk. ; Zamites buchianus ; 

 Z. carruthersi, Sew. ; Eury-cycadolepis ; Carpolithes sp. ; Cycadeomyelon sp. ; 

 Sphenolepidium kurrianum, Dunk. ; S. sternbergianum, Dunk. ; S. subulatum, 

 Heer. ; Pagiophyllum crassifolium, Schenk. ; Br achy phy Hum spinosum, Sew. ; 

 B. obesum, Heer.; A Lycopod ? "Specimen B," Sew. (Catalogue B. M. Wealden 

 Plants 1894-6, A. C. Seward) ; Withamia saportoe, Sew.; Coniferous wood ; 

 Lignite ; Bennettites carruthersi var. latifolia ; Pinites ; Cycad wood ; 

 purchased. 



Specimen of Birch Wood from the Submerged Forest, Leasowe ^25. 3. 97. 7); 

 presented by the Director of Museums. 



Three pieces of the Stem of a Sugar Palm (Arenga saccharifera) grown for 

 about 36 years in the Botanical Gardens, Liverpool (31. 3. 97. 2) ; presented 

 by the Parks and Gardens Committee. 



Specimens of Viola canina and Ranunculus bulbosus, from Hoylake 

 (15. 5. 97. 2 & 3) ; presented by the Director of Museums. 



Plants collected along with others from the sandhills ami waste ground, New 

 Brighton, by Mr. Wm. S. Laverock (30. G. 97. 1-5) : — Ranunculus bulhosus, 

 Brasslca monensis, Erysimum cheiranthoides, Diplotaxis muralis, and a 

 White-flowered Crucifer (sp. indet.). 



Fruit of Loofah (Luffa sp.) (30. 7. 97. 2); presented by Alderman 

 Stolterfoht. 



Plants collected along with others at Scfton Park, by Mr. Wm. S. Laverock 

 (17. 8. 97. 1-3) : — Senebiera Coronopus, Marrubium vulgare, Linum 

 usitatissimum. 



Two Cocoa Pods (Theobroma Cacao) (20. 8. 97. 4) ; two pieces of fresh 

 Rhizome of Ginger Plant [Zingiber officinale ?), from Bapingi,' Ogowie River, 

 S. W. Africa (7. 12. 97. 30) ; Cocoa Pod, from Eloby, W. Africa (7. 12. 97. 29) ; 

 fourteen "Horse-eye" Beans (sp. indet.) from Victoria, Cameroons (7. 1 2. 97. 31); 

 presented by Mr. A. Ridyard. 



Single and double Dahlia Flowers, garden grown (6. 10. 97. 4 & 5) ; 

 presented by Mr. P. Entwistle. 



Branch of Sea-Island Cotton (Gossypium barbadense) in pod (20. 11. 97. 2) ; 

 some green Cotton Pods, just dehiscing (20. 11. 97. 1); several Heads of 

 Rice (Oryza sativa) (20. 11. 97. 3), all from Charlestown, S. Carolina; 

 presented by Mr. R. Entwistle. 



Two Photographs of Sequoias, Calaveras Grove, California (21. 12. 97. 1 & 2) 

 purchased. 



