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uTH AMERICA. ge ees r, Dr. R. W.; Extra-tropical er 
eta plants (188, exclusive of lower Cryptogams). Cranwell, 
W. B.; Monte Video, &e., plants (50). Glaziou, A.; Brazil plants 
(948). Gregory, H. K.; Brazil plants (18). ou or pills Se % 
Cinchona (3). Reynell, —; Brazil plants (1288). Veitch, ’Messrs.; 3 
Cross’s Chimborazo plants (47). Nap ming, Dr. ; Brasil plants (4). 
White, R. B.; New = are plan ) 
USTRALIA.— Cop i mei ow. Torres Straits, &e., — 
(90). Lawson, Pr a : ee nian plants. Mueller, Sir F.; 
tralian plants (78). Bohornhinepie Dr. R.; Aus tralian plants ain, 
N EALAND. — Cheeseman, T. F. (15). Green 
Mount Cooke plants (6). Hector, Dr. 02). irk, T. (25). 
Potynusia. — Arundel, §. T.; plants from various islets (81). 
Comins, Rev. R. B.; Solomon bed plants (28). Coppinger, Dr. 
R. W.; various plants (26). Davenport, G. E.; Sandwich Islands 
plants we Gill, Rev. W. Wyatt ; Samoan, &c., plants (10). 
[A very useful ‘List of Palms cultivated in the Royal Gardens’ 
is SeBohiel to the Report. ]} 
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Acotyledonee a ae et Characee Europe. Auct. C. F. Nyman. 
us Flore Europese supplemento 1 seorsim impr. 
icone em 
rrangement of the Characee is for the most part i in 
bakdiiss with that adopted in Braun’s ‘ Fragmente.’ Ther 
of material, some meoaks must almost acne be ov nth Bi 
Nitella syncarpa is recorded from England, but we do not know 
upon what authority. The nomenclature shows some improve- 
ment on Braun’s work, notably in the cases of Chara vulgaris and 
C. Braunii: it is very aris sci to see the former name 
found within a four-mile radius os ma the scho: me aig is smn the 
