ey 
SHORT NOTE. 
uecica, issued as an appendix to the 2nd edition of his ‘ Fauna 
Suecica,’ p. 558, which is dated 1761, one year previous to Hudson 
mass of synonymy, seemingly as to hide Hudson's merits. Many 
of the slipshod references to Linneus have arisen from the 
‘Species Plantarum.’ Hence we find that Burman’s Gerani@, 
Jacquin’s plants of 1760, Hudson’s first edition, and Gouan’s Hort. 
Monsp. are quoted as of Linneus, through no fault of the last, 
{In this hope we heartily concur.—Ep. Journ. Bor.]. 
ADDITIONS TO THE BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM DURING 1885. 
By W. Carrutuers, F.R.S. 
_ Durine the ‘past year 42,293 named and labelled specimens 
have been incorporated with the Herbarium. The phanerogamous 
: Ojacono, in Syria by Post, in Turkes 
by Regel, in India by Wallich and Beddome, in Ja a, and 
Mandchuria_ b i i 
~ ZFollin: rer a d 
A. Cunningham, and H. 0. 
in Eastern Tropical Africa by Johnston, in Madagascar by Hilsen-_ 
erg and Deans Cowan, in California by Greene and Jones, 
_ Mexico by W: right, in the Expedition to Roraima by Im Thurn, 2 
_ Brazil by Glaziou, and in Paraguay by Balansa, together with aD — 
_ extensive and valuable series, representing the species and varieties — 
