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Orckideae — 



Maxillaria rnfescens, Lindl. 



Fungi : 



Pe ronosporaceae — 



Albugo Convolvulacearum, (Speg.) P. Henri, (1. c.) 



Ust/laginacae — 



Grapfrola Phoenicis, (Mong.) Poit. 

 Uredineae — 



Puccinia S^ermacoces, Berk, et (Jurfc. 



Urerio Cannae, Wint, 



Aeeidium Cestri, Mont. 



A. Cissi, Wint 

 A u riculariace ae — 



Auricularia Auricula- Judai (Linn.) Schrot. 

 Thelephoraceae — 



Stereum lobat'im, Fries. 

 Polyporaceae — 



Polystictus sanguineus (LinnJ Mey. 



P. fimbriatus, Fries (P. Warmingii, Berk.) 



P. membranaceus, (Sw.) Fries. 



P. bydnoides (Sw.) Fries. 



Lenzites repanda, (Mont.) Fries. 

 Agaricaceae — 



Lentinus tener, Klotzsch. 



L. crinitus, (Linn.) Fries. 

 Sclerodermataceae — 



Scleroderma verrucosum, (Bull.) Pers. 

 Coryneliaceae — 



Corynelia clavata, (Linn.) Sacc. 

 Sphaeropsidaceae — 



Darluca Fiium, (Biv.) Cast. 



The following have been added to the collections in addition to 

 laative plants : — 



Phycotheca Boreali- Americana. Collins. Fascicles IX. X. XI. 

 Practical Instruction. 



Apprentices from Gold Coast. 



Two lads, Martinson and Brew, have been sent by the Government 

 ot the Gold Coast for a two years course of training in the Public Gar- 

 dens of Jamaica. These boys were selected by examination, and had to 

 work for a year in the Botanic Garden of their own colony to fit them 

 for more easily and quickly assimilating the teaching here, and also to 

 test their probable capacity for filling the positions for which they are 

 intended as Curators of Botanic Stations on the Gold Coast, and instruc- 

 tors of their own people in agricultural methods. Their Government 

 bear the expense of their board and lodging, and they are bound over 

 under substantial security to repay the expenditure, if, through miscon- 

 duct, they should be dismissed, or if they should leave the Colonial 

 service, and engage in private pursuits. 



