32 BOTANICAL NEWS. 



a prothallus, and the cell producing tins a macrospore. The two 

 most successful macrospores behave similarly to those of some 

 vascular cryptogams, and finally germinate, producing a pro- 

 thallus of four naked nuclei. The egg-ceU is an oosphere, all thai 

 is left of the lower part of the rudimentary archegonium, its upper 

 Part probably being represented by the two " synergidfe," which are 

 to be looked upon as having acquired a secondary function from 

 being merely protective and guiding neck-cells of an archegonium. 



Botanical Nctos, 



tW HE • Gardeners Chronicle' is authorised to state that during 



ftnv*? T g i SUm T a Stl ) dGntH ' garden wil1 be **<>™ o V en in the 

 certat Zt?'r 7' Whei ' e 1 Uaents wil1 be Permitted, under 



&3£^ Pr ° CUre b ° taniCal S ™ 13 ** *™^° 

 The herbarium of the late Prof. A. Gbisebach, of Gottineen 



UnTv" "fv o tt O t U nl 40 ' 00 n SP r% haS been bathed to °the 

 umveisity of that place. Dr. Grisebach was the author anion* 



British West Indies. He was born at Hanover, in 1814 and was 



[St 18°Il° f B ° ta 7 &&** ° f tl- BotantGarden 3 

 May last & P ° St WhlCh he retained until &« death in 



„ «Z*. n™ reCd 7 e<i th „ e seventh edi «»" of Prof. Morren's very 



aft .SKs 1 ;-;. L'Mt ^? 



fNovemW. ift7o\ * w" * ' P , . the date of its publication 



=£ sm^ms v o e r tinue to is - e the ™ k 



comtleT/the Sm^T ^ H °° ker ' S ' Geuera ^tam,' 

 moX g DlC0t y 1 edeiis, is announced for publication this 



theKew Heitnum ftSC *1 ^f Ve that M ' N - E ' Bbown, ot 



Society HeibaUUm ' has bee » elected an Associate of the Linnean 



Gar^n ^fi tbe ^etorship of the Botanic 



F^^tt^t°T«h°S his r k oi ? p * 



eighth year. He was rem* h 1 f December, m his twenty- 

 he 5 carried o*f owS^S Kf- ^ ° r thc < re with wbich 

 obstacles, but alsoti t e clVnes w'h, 2??, "W"" with 

 relative values of the S£l t ^ 1 ' e appreciated the 



He gave great promise of a i ! ,1 c Zer ^ 8Bml t*™****' 



