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could not be admitted, and being an error at first must not be re- 
produced. . 
There are some forms of fectinatus that the author has not en- 
tered, 7.¢.: P. tenuifolius, H. B. K., “« New Mexico;” P. angustissi- 
mus, H. B. K., « Mexico,’ and P. vaginatus, Turcz., “ Saskatche- 
wan, Bourgeau, 1858.” * 
Doubtless the genera Ruppia and Zannichellia will bear further 
study the world over. Under Zostera there is another innovation 
in nomenclature that we cannot pass by. If Dr. Morong in 1886 
was uncertain of the rank his Z. /a#folia should bear, and he does 
not feel certain until 1893 of its specific rank (or anyhow has not 
published so), then I maintain that Watson’s Z. Pacifica (1891) 
must take precedence. 
Lastly, but not leastly, are the plates to be named; how they 
were done, and the Monograph produced at the price is a puzzle 
only our good friends themselves can solve. 
That they will be of immense use in America especially, goes 
without saying; the large majority of them are characteristic of 
the forms they represent; to me, the least so, is that of P. confer- 
voides, Reich. (P. Tuckermanni, Robbins). Doubtless Dr. Mo- 
rong meant them to be popular (I mean in the scientific sense, 
not paste and scissors one), and they fully bear out these require- 
ments. I warmly congratulate my good friend on this publica- 
tion, and trust that at no distant date a second edition may be 
called for, and if so, we in Europe will do our best ‘to help its 
author. The domain of science is the seeking of truth ; and petty 
jealousies are the most miserable outcome possible of it—this all 
who love nature for herself should ignore. 
ARTHUR BENNETT. 
Newfoundland and Labrador Plants. A.C. Waghorne (pp 3. 1893). 
This is a prospectus of sets of plants collected by Rev. Mr. 
Waghorne in N ewfoundland and on the Labrador, and now offered 
for sale. A list of the species of Sphagnum is appended. His 
address is New Harbor, Newfoundland. 
Notes on Canadian Bryology. N.C. Kindberg (Ottawa Nat. vii. 
17-23). Andrea sparsifolia, Zett. var. sublevis, Dicranoweisia 
obliqua, Dicranella polaris, D. cerviculatula, Leptotrichum tomen- 
* Kihlman in Bot. Notiser, p. 85 (1887). 
