282 NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
200 species of Fungi from Italy, collected by “gen io specie 
f om Austria, collected by Rehm; an pecies ‘of 
American Fungi from Ravenal; 200 species of Lichen’ for 
land, collected by Norrlin; and 185 species of tory: from 
a 0 Alge from 
Mauritius, collected by Robillard; the salsa tees a Diatomaces 
formed by the late Rey. E. O’Meara, es ng — specimens ; 
and 500 European Cryptogamia, collect ed by Sinten 
‘series of fruits, and of complete eis of i crthiuag dia from 
Java, collected by H. O. Forbes, ate been added to the collections 
nd woods. 
To the British Herbarium there have been added 461 species 
from the Rev. W. H. Painter; 392 species from C. Bailey, Esq. ; 
80 species of ‘Sussex plants from F. 0. §. Ro oper, Esq. ; 76 species 
ce, Esq.; 51 species from Messrs. H. & J. Gro oves ; 
and specimens of rare and critical species from W. E. Beckwith, 
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Specimens of Seyptogatis for the British Herbarium have been 
presented by the Rev. H. P. Reader, W. H. Pearson, Esq., 
Alfred ae Mrs. Briscoe , J. Saunders, Esq., R. Canterbury, Esq., 
a ha W. G. Smith, Esq., and a series of 87 Lichens from R. V. 
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Valuable additions have been made to the collection of prints 
_ and drawings of plants by the presentation by the Misses Maund 
of the original wate eeilour drawings of the plates in Maund’s 
‘ Botanic eden! representing 1248 plants, and by the purchase 
of an extensive series of original drawings of Indian Plants con- 
tained in 13 folio volumes, formerly the property of Dr. Fleming. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Topographical Fite being loc at and personal records towards 
showt Distribution of British Plants, traced through 
the 112 *5 ounties and Vice-counties of En ngland, Wales, and 
Scotland. By saat Cortrett Watson. Second Edition 
by J. G. Baxer and W. W. Newsoutp], corrected and 
enlarged. London: eile, 1883. 8vo, pp. xlvii., 612, 
with map. 
Ir would be difficult to find a work which has been cen 
forward to with more anxiety than this new edition of ‘To 
phical Botany’; difficult, too, to find a book which more Bidpoaphty 
fulfils the anticipations formed of it. That these anticipations were 
high it is unnecessary to assert. In the whole range of British 
