390 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
H. H. Wood records a beautiful variety of Centaurea nigra with a 
white ray and red centre. In the Report of the Sherborne School 
Field Society, Juncus maritimus oo J. subnodulosus Schrank, 
and Crepis taraxacifolia Thuill. a @ added to district « B,” but the 
first would not be found in an infiead locality. 
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM, 1907. 
By A. B. Renpte, D.Sc., F.L.S. 
Tue following eer have been made to the collections by 
postmen sugeene from Uganda, from Dr. A. G. 
om C. M. § rton, Esq. ; specimens of 
Umbellifere and Composite, and 43 Monocotyledons from ig a, 
from M. A, Joly Elbahy ; 48 specimens from South Africa, from 
Rey. F. A. Rogers (in fe for naming) ; 23 specimens Se Lake 
Kivu, Central Africa, from Dr. Wollaston ; 10 specimens from 
W. s ss of garden oa for exhibeaon 
Pay the eval Gales w; 3 specimens of cultivated plants 
from Hon. Walter Rothschild M.P.; specimens of fossil seeds of 
Najas marina and r from Clement Reid, Esq. ; 2 fruits of 
orchids from J. O’Brien, Esq. ; 2 specimens of Silene, from W. B 
Paulson, Esq.; specimens of Alsophila from Fiji , from Miss M. 
nson; specimens of a tropical moss, Unhouneten recently dis- 
ane in Bom urope, near the fum panera of Pantellaria, from Dr 
villea pee the Paumotu eeehidee a 4 from M. P. Hariot; some 
large specimens of Laminariacee from the raat , Telegraph 
Company’s cable near Gibraltar, from V. K. h, Esq.; @ 
Japanese species of Ecklonia, from Prof. F. O. esis 11 species 
representing 4 genera of Lithothamnia from the Indian Ocean, col- 
