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Sectio 3. Phæosporeæ. 
Fam. 9. Tilopteridee. Fam. 10. Fucacee. 
Crassis II. BRYOPHYTA. 
Ordo I. PHYCOBRYÆ. 
Fam. t. Characee. 
Ordo II. Muscr. 
Fam. 1. dnthoceracee. Fam.2. Ric ciacee. Fam. 3. Marchantiacee. 
Fam. 4. Monocleacee. Fam. 5. Jungermanniacee. Fam. 6. Andrewacee. 
Fam. 7. Sphagnacee. Fam. 8. Phascacee. Fam. 9. Bryacea. 
Cuassis III. PTERIDOPHYT. 
Cohors I. TRICHOSPORANGIE. 
Ordo I. Fittces, 
Fam. 1. Hy saei hyllaceæ. Fam. 2. Gleicheniacee. Fam. 3. Schi- 
zeacee. Fam, 4. Osmundaceæ. Fam. 5. Polypodiacea. Fam. 6. Cya- 
cee. 
Ordo 2. RHIZOCARPES. 
Fam. 1. Salviniacee. Fam. 2. Pilulariacee. 
Cohors II. PHYLLOSPORANGIZ. 
Ordo I. SrTROBILOPTERIDES. 
Fam. 1. Marattiacee. Fam. 2. Equisetacee. Fam. 3. Ophioglos- 
sace. Fam. 4. Lycopodiacee. 
Ordo II. SELAGINES. 
Fam. l. Zsoéfaceg. Fam. 2. Selaginellacee. 
— (From * Hedwigia,’ Feb. 1872.) 
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF EDINBURGH. 
Professor Balfour, the Regius keeper, in issuing the usual list of dona- 
tions during 1871, gives the following particulars of the Garden »— 
Botanie Garden of Edinburgh is one of the oldest inian of the 
kind, _having been founded in 1670. It was u r the purpose 
teac! by the professor of botany in the iiie À of Edinburgh i in the 
year 1676. Since that time it has undergone many changes, both as re- 
gards its situation and extent. It was first situated near Trinity College 
Church. The locality is now occupied by the North British Railway, 
which has displaced both the college church and the garden. The name 
Physic Garden is still applied to the locality, indicating the cultivation of 
medicinal plants. In the year 1763 the garden was transferred to Leith 
alk, and in 1820 it was removed to its present site at Inverleith. It 
now ornama 271 acres of ground. The garden is constantly used for 
instruction in botany. The botanical school is the largest in Britain. 
The number of pupils who attended the lectures last summer (1871) 
amounted to 306, besides ladies who attended a popular course. In ad- 
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