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rum at Kew. Finally, Kuhn gives a synopsis of the species of 
Adiantum, 113 species. A. G. 
Ene.er’s Botanische Jahrbiicher fiir Systematik, Pflanzens- 
¥ 
geschichte und Pflanzengeographie is well kept u ember 
whether works or articles—in the year 1881, and also 
containing four original articles. She Ge 
0oKER’s Icones Plantarum, part II of the fourth volume 
And h 
Texanus, of Steudel, who, however, had no idea that he had to 
0 
be gathered from the work before us; for the letter-press for this 
te 1360 has inadvertently been omitted.  Mwuroa squarrosa, 
A. G. 
6. Occurrence of an additional specimen of Architeuthis at 
Newfoundland ; A. E. VERRILL.— e 
was tak 
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apt. Davies. In an article in the New York Herald, of 
November 25th, the following measurements of the fresh speci- 
hi to New York, packed in ice, on the steamer “ Catima,” 
_ +48 specimen was purchased by Mr. E. M. Worth and preserved 
in alcohol at his museum, 101 Bowery street, New York, where, 
hotwithstanding these defects, this specimen is more nearly per- 
fect than any that has been previously brought to this country, 
and has, therefore, afforded me important information in respect 
