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— new species are described. He also defines a ney species of 
Lect LL. didymospora—collected on Ben Lawers in 
Sine e, of Glasnevin, 2 published in the « Procoedings of 
the Bissl: Trish Academy ” (vol. i., series 2, Sciénce), a complete 
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previously published. We shall take an early Seid nity of giving 
a fuller account of this synopsis, which occupies he pages and iad 
full list of synonyms and localities for each spec 
The East-Bourne (Sussex) Natural Bisiry. Society has issued a 
new eige of its list of the natural history of the district, corrected 
to Jufe, 1873. The catalogue includes all Spe: of Nate, 
ee ; h 
_ of the district, from the variety of soil and elev vation, is peculiarly 
interesting, and the present list of 631 flowering plants and Ferns, 
though by no means heeng ete, embraces three-fifths of “the entire 
restinied flora of Susse With respect to the Cryptogamia, 
the list is more pasren Pat ‘but the list of Lichens and Fungi has 
been more than doubled since 1871, whilst several interesting 
additions have been made to the catalogue of marine Alge, and by the 
kind ee of Dr. Capron the list of Mosses has been much 
incre 
Monsieur Pierre de Tchihatchef, the author of the well-known 
work on Asia, has undertaken a French translation of Grisebach’s ees 
ocepaie of Geographical Botany. The first volume will appear in 
in the spring of 1875, or perhaps earlier, under the title of “ La | 
végétation du globe, @apres sa disposition suivant les Climats; 
ébauche d’une Géographie Comparée des Plantes: par A. Grisebach, 
traduit de l’Allemand et annoté par P. de Tchihatchef.” The 
annotations are expected to i. copious, and the manuscript will pass 
under the revision of Dr. Grisebach himself. 
The oath is announced at Vienna, onJ ade Ist, of Dr. Franz 
Pokorny at ixty-four years of age. He pied a high legal 
position in the capital, but was an sittinatintts student of Austrian 
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cari, the Italian traveller and wanee tn when last heard 
ton was a the Island of Wokam, off the south-west coast of New 
Guinea ; he was to go on to Amboina, and had made large collections 
of plants and animals. 
e prizemen in Botany for this year at the annual competition at 
- Apothecaries’ Hall are first Mr. J. Todd, University College, a a gold 
medal; second, Mr. C. H. Cuming, University College, a silver m medal 
and bo cg 
British Herbarium of the British Museum has lately been 
increased by the addition of Dr. Trimen’s seman chiefly consist- 
ing of the plants of the neighbourhood of London 
