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Banks of the Cumberland River, near Nashville, Tennessee. 
Summer. 
A remarkable and handsome little species of Clematis, a mem- 
ber of the section Viorna, and, although more closely related to 
Clematis Viorna than to any other of its relatives, it is not very 
suggestive of that species. Dr. A. Gattinger, for whom it is named, 
discovered some plants on the banks of the Cumberland river, 
above Nashville, Tennessee, several years ago. He at once saw 
that it was different from any other species with which he was 
acquainted; he collected specimens and grew the species in his 
garden, where the plants have since thrived, the species holding 
all the characters it exhibited in its native habitat. 
The slender habit, the densely glandular pubescence of its 
foliage, the small flowers with caudate sepals and the short plu- 
mose styles all serve to separate Clematis Gattingeri from Clematis 
Viorna. 
J. K. SMAtt.. 
Reviews. 
Flora of the Southern United States. By A.W.Chapman. Third 
Edition. Pp. 655. Cambridge, 1897. 
It is now over thirty years since the first edition of Chapman’s- 
Southern Flora was given to the public; and during this time the 
author has had the satisfaction of seeing his work become and re- 
main the standard text-book of systematic botany for the region 
involved. At an advanced age, Dr. Chapman has just brought to 
completion a third edition of his flora, successfully capping a 
botanical career covering nearly three-quarters of a century, and 
_ he is entitled to the hearty congratulations of botanists through- 
out the country, by whom he is universally held in affection and 
esteem. 
The book has been entirely reprinted from fresh plates, and the — 
typography and superior grade of paper employed are altogether 
satisfactory. A hasty proof-reading has however resulted in a 
number of unfortunate typographical errors, as Pimpernella, Ane- — 
morella, etc. It is gratifying to observe that the substance of the © 
long appendix to the second edition has been properly incorpo- _ 
