panied the G 
218 THE SPECIES OF FIOUS. 
Roumeguére ; 150 species of Alow from Scandinavia, from Witrock 
and Nordstedt; 445 Australasian Alge, collected by the late Prof. 
Harvey; 125 species of Diatomacee of Eu urope, from Van Heurck ; 
50 species of Ascomycetous Fungi, from Rehm; 1100 species of 
Tabor Fungi, from Sydow; and 300 European Fungi, from 
a 
a transverse section of the Karri tree, from M. C. Davies, Esq.; a 
very large specimen of Kingia australis, specimens of seven woods, 
and two spikes of a Xanthorrhea, from -t the Hon. Malcolm Fraser, 
C.M.G.; and a very large and fine specimen of Raoulia eximia, 
biog op D. Enys, Esq. 
most important additions to the collection of prints and 
Rigen s the purchase of a collection of 1922 original densi 
eS riginal 
493 original drawings of Indian plants; 5 drawings of Fungi, by 
the late Mrs. Russell, presented by Philip J. Worsley, Esq. ; 
drawing of Spilocea Pomi, and proofs on India paper of the illustra: 
tions to Stevenson’s Hymenomycetous Fungi, from W. G. Smith, 
Esq. ; 355 engravings of plants; and proofs of the plant- PISS 
from the ‘ Gardeners’ oo. presented by Dr. Masters. 
In the course of the , at the request of my Lords Com- 
Admir, y < me investigations were made i 
the nature of the vegetation | on ships’ bottoms, and a report thereon 
was prepared for the Commissioners 
. George ss an assistant in the Department, accom- 
for th clipse Expedition to Grenada as naturalist, 
Tn adit purpose of investigating the life-history of the Siphonee. 
a 10n to the observations made in Grenada, he brought back 
ge collections for conning 1 is a abaia iat, together with 
ens of other cellular plant 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
_~ — <A shes weus of the Indo-Malayan and Chinese Countries. 
G ? he and Urostigma. Illustrated y 
Roval- ‘Rika M. 4 .8., Superintendent of the 
B ia otanie Garden, Calcutta. ‘Annals of the Royal 
otanic nee Caleutta, vol. i. L. Reeve & Co.: 4to, 
ly ing’ is rein We have the first portion of the results of 
