472 Botanical. 



Clausilia biplicata, ^ 



■ laminata, 



■ 



var. white, \- in woods and coppices. 



ritgosa, 



parvida ? 



Pupa marginata, ) 



, -,• , > under stones. 

 umbilicata, J 



Achatina Acicula, chalky banks, (rare.) I have never found this 

 species in the neighbourhood of London with the 

 animal alive. 



Vertigo Juniperi, among moss at the foot of juniper bushes, (not 



common.) 



Buliinus obscurus, \ 



17 • _ r in woods, &c. among decayed leaves. 



Ancylus jluviatilis, very plentiful, adhering to stones in the river 

 Mole, (fine.) 



Daniel Cooper. 



botanical, 



Berkeley s British Fungi. — The third Fasciculus of this important 

 botanical collection is now ready for distribution to subscribers. It is 

 a double number, and contains preserved specimens of one hundred 

 and twenty species. 



Fungi under the Tropics. — After some stay at Weltevrede and 

 Samarang, I am now at Djocjokarta (Java,) where I shall probably 

 reside for eight months. This town is situated on a gently sloping 

 plain, about twelve miles in extent, which reaches from the foot of 

 the volcano, named Merapi, to the southern coast of the island; it is 

 at an equal distance from the volcano and the shore. There are here 

 many sandy places, particularly rich in leguminous plants, and the dry 

 beds of the torrents contain an immense quantity of ferns. Calcareous 

 rocks, scattered here and there, rise like towers to the height of almost 

 a hundred feet. Up their steep declivities climbs the Cissus sca- 

 riosus, Bl. whose roots serve as a matrix to the Rafflesia Patma, 

 Bl. I have gathered the latter in all its states, and find it still every 

 day. I owe the employment which gives me leisure for my botanical 

 pursuits, to M. Fritze de Nassau, chief physician, who seconds with 

 kindness my zeal for science, and favours to his utmost my study of 

 natural history. 1 have already made several excursions in the 

 Sudgebirge, a low chain of mountains which extends from this place 

 to the south-east point of the island, inhabited by tigers and pea- 



