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a large collection of seeds and museum specimens, together with a 
herbarium of about 1000 species.* In the following year he brought 
out his “Journal of a tour in Morocco and the Great Atlas.” In this 
journey, made in 1871, he had ascended Mount Atlas—the summit of 
which had not before been trodden by a European,—and had brought 
away a large collection of plants. 
Honours have been showered upon Hooker during the past 
fifteen years. Appointed a Companion of the Bath (Civil Division) in 
1869, he was made a Knight Commander of the Star of India in 
1877. The Founders’ Medal of the Geographical Society and the 
Albert Medal of the Society of Arts have been awarded him. He is 
a member of the various learned Societies, a Corresponding Member 
of the Institute of France, and has received the honorary degrees of 
D.C.L. of Oxford, and LL.D. of Cambridge, Glasgow, and Dublin. 
Probably no botanist has ever before had the advantages which 
have fallen to Sir J. D. Hooker’s lot. Born and bred in the very 
atmosphere of the science, he has lived all his life in the midst of it. 
The largest botanical garden and museum of the world have been his 
field of work for half a century, varied by travels in nearly all parts of 
the world to study plants under all sorts of conditions. At the same 
time no botanist has, probably, made better use of his opportunities. 
It is to be hoped that this most useful career may be extended for 
many years to come. 
J. G. 
Dr. S. BERGGREN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
BOTANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 
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In Volume I. (pages 414-416) of this Journal a brief account 
was given of the new species of Carex which Dr. 8. Berggren 
discovered and described. Our readers may find the present 
abstract of the remainder of his paper of service. 
OREOSTYLIDIUM. (Berggren). 
Genus novum. 
Calyx tubular, bilabiate, the lower lip 2-fid or 2-dentate, the 
upper slightly 3-dentate. Corolla subregular, campanulate, throat 
naked; lobes of the limb 5-fid, similar, patent or somewhat un- 
equally divaricate. Gland of the disc anterior hemispherical. 
Column erect included; anthers vertical didymous, quadrilocular, 
the lobes at length divaricating: stigma between the anthers hori- 
zontal; the lobes obtuse, deflected, slightly papillose. Ovary 
bilocular, unilocular above through the dissepiment being imperfect. 
*A brief account of this trip ,by Sir J. D. Hooker himself is to be found in 
4 cca bs Vol. XVI., p, 539, immediately following Professor Gray’s biographical 
notice of him. 
