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i ypentod published with fructification by De Srularts; 8 as te 
Hook. ; and on a third species sent by W. Schimper ton i seri 
of Abyssinia (Braunia Schimpert). I have figured the European 
species as accurately as possible in the ‘‘ Bryologia Europea.” A 
founded by Montagnein his “‘ Sylloge” with Braunia secunda, and atter- 
wards named by F. Miiller Neckera macroptera. A fifth species, Br. 
gtstats mihi, was brought from Mexico by Liebmann. A sixth, 
Br. canescens mihi, by Mandon from the Peruvian Cordilleras. A 
sev oath se nd by Bolander in California, is Prgms by Lesquereux 
in the = sact. Americ. Philosoph. Soc. xiii. as Br. californica, and 
i Mit atin Proceed. Linn. Soc., 1864, as siti pilifera, a it 
os ieaitiape rather a long-stalked Hedwigia than a Braunia. he 
other hand, Anectangium (Harrisonia, Hampe) Drummondii, Tayl., 
seems to belong to Braunia. From the Cape of Good Hope Breutel 
Abyssinian one, and whie have named Braunia Breutelii. The 
genus Braunia consists, therefore, ie — + siege rire including Br. 
californica which seems not to g tol . like the name of 
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Alex. Braun, is foreign to no “pikes a the w 
The herbarium of Alexander Braun, poral is cme comprehensive 
and well-arranged, contains the types of his species, and man 
unique specimens, forty-three bundles of a morpho eset ical collection, 
and twenty-six bundles of Characea, the most OF existing collec- 
tion of this family. This herbarium, together with other collections 
of fruits, si fossil plants, the above-mentioned valuable collection 
ite is manuscripts, and his excellent library, are offered for sale to the 
siempre ent. The Berlin Academy of Science supports its 
pachase by the State, and it is to be hoped that the Minister of Educa- 
tion will gain this valuable collection for the Royal Herbarium in 
Berlin, and so ensure its public utility. 
The portrait accompanying this briéf obituary is from a Saleen 
by Loescher and Petsch, of Berlia. 
COROLLA PIERREANA; 
sive Srreprom CampopianaRum a cL. L. PIeeReE, HORTI Bor. Saico- 
NENSIS PREPOSITO, LecTARUM EcLoc# ; 
aucrorr H. F. Hance, Pa.D. 
PUGILLUS ALTER, DECADES QUINQUE COMPLECTENS.* 
Cerrtior factus a clar. Pierre se in n patri am brevi remeaturum esse, 
periculum a me olim haud absque hesitatione susceptum, hodie nec 
invitus remitto. In centris enim seientiarum ac mox petere expectat 
optimus, ad accuratius investigan a se stimmo labore 
miraque industria conlatas, quarumque So a quidem particulam 
ad 
eT ab wee Oe Le Sa 
ba For “‘ Pugillus primus,” see Journ. Bot., 1876, pp. 240-44, 257-262. 
