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The Flora of Lord Howe Island.—A complete list of the vascular 
plants known from this remote island has been compiled by 
Mr. W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., TyIDÓipal Assistant in the Herbarium 
of the Royal Gardens, from m aterials in the Kew Herbarium. 
It is published in the Annals OF Botany (vol. x., pp. 221—284), 
together with a brief description of the island and its vegetation, 
derived from various ar The general distribution of the 
genera and species is given, and synonyms so far as it seemed 
desirable, with klfetoh did o, the first place of es to 
Bentham's Flora  Awstraliensis, Hooker's Han the 
New Zealand Flora, and other spiel dnd: Aitogethe: 209 
i g bulated. i 
genera and 50 endemic spec Pro among the endemic 
plants are the palms: Hedy mel. jene yana, Clinostigma 
mooreanum, Howea belmoreana and H. for steriana, and the 
giant iridaceous plant, Morea robinsoniana—all in cultivation in 
this country, and some of the palms in thousands. 
Pelicans.—Through the kindness of Rear-Admiral Blomfield of 
the Port House, Alexandria, and of Dixon Bey, of Port Said, six 
fine specimens of Pelicanus crispus were obtained from 
Menzaleh and despatched to e country in December last. 
Through the kindness of the Secretary, Philip Sclater, Esq., F.R.S., 
the officers of the Zoological Society took charge of the birds on 
their arrival. 'Two were selected for Kew and the remaining 
four handed over to the Royal Parks. 
Portrait of Robert Brown.—'Ihe Bentham Trustees have presented 
to the collection of portraits of botanists in the Muse iis -= the 
Royal Gardens one of the celebrated botanist Robert B F.R.S. 
(1773-1858), President of the Linnean Society (1849-53). It 
was painted by Pierce for Lady Franklin about the year 1856. 
From 1801-5, Robert Brown was naturalist te Flinders’ expedi- 
tion for the survey of the coasts of New Holland, to which 
Sir John Franklin was attached as midshipman. 
Philippine Islands’ Flora.—Mr. A. Loher, who has spent some 
years in investigating the natural history of this EEE PUE E has 
sent his very extensive botanical collections to 
worked pal Most ote the plants were collected in llis bus 
art of Luzon, and many are from the higher mountains. The 
latter are peony ina Pieroni, and include a number of 
temperate types not previously known to exist in the Philippines 
— Ranunculus, for example. Another, and m unexpected 
element in the "llora, is the presence of Himalayan types, such as 
Clematis hedysarifolia and Berberis nepalensis. be ther. this 
collection promises to be of great value and interest. 
