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told it was performed by the author himself; and as doubtless a great majority 

 of the forms descrilied may be found in England, students will do well to secure a 

 copy. The price in the United vStates is $10.00, or perhaps a trifle over two 

 guineas, including postage. 



Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen 

 und wichtigeren Arten inshe sondere den Nutzhflanzen bearebelit unter 

 Mitwirkung zahlreicher hei'vorragender Fachgelehrten, Von A. Engler und K. 

 Pranth. Royal 8vo. (Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann ; London : Williams 

 and Norgate. 1S87.) 



We have received the first twelve parts of this very important work. Each 

 part consists' of 48 pages, and is sold to subscribers at Ml. 50 (about is. 6d.), 

 It is admirably illustrated with a great number of very fine wood engravings, 

 showing anatomy, structural detail, etc. The orders which already have been 

 treated of, either wholly or in part, are : — Palmace^, by O. Drude ; Junca- 

 cere, F. Buchenan ; Stemynacete and Liliacea;, A. Engler ; Cicadacece and 

 Coniferas, A. W. Eichler, A. Englar, and K. Pranth ; Cyclanthacea;, O. 

 Drude ; Htemodoracere, F. Pax ; Gramin.\?, E. Ilackel : GnetaceK, A. W. 

 Eichler ; Aracere, A. Engler ; AmaryllidaccDe, Volloziaceie, Taccaceee, Drosco- 

 raceae, and IridacK, F. Pax ; Flagellariaceae, A. Engler ; Restionaceas and 

 Centralepidacese, G. Hieronymus ; Mayacacese and Xyridacese, A. Engler ; 

 EriocaulaceK, G. Hieronymus ; Rapateacese, A. Engler ; Bromeliacese, L. 

 Wittmack. It will be seen from the above that the list of collaborators is very 

 large, and embraces the most eminent German botanists. Each order is 

 treated in a thoroughly comprehensive manner under the following subjects : — 

 Literature, Botanical Characteristics, Organs of Vegetation, Anatomy, 

 Arrangement of Flowers and their Growth, Pollination, Fruit and ijeeds. 

 Geographical Distribution, Affinities, and Classification. In the 12 parts 

 before us, no fewer than 1,950 illustrations have been given and described 

 under 421 figures. We notice that the price to non-subscribers is M.3 for each 

 part and to subscribers I\l.i.50 (is. 6d). 



The Flora of Howth. By H. C. Hart, F.L.S. Post 8vo, 



pp. 137. (Dublin : Hodges, Figgis, and Co. 1887.) 



This book will prove interesting to the naturalist generally and to the 

 botanist in particular. The introduction, which occupies 10 pages, gives an 

 account of the geological and other features of the promontory. The village 

 of Howth is situated about nine miles from Dublin. The author enumerates 

 545 species of plants found in the parish. A map of Howth (scale, 6 inches 

 to the mile) will be found at the end of the book. 



Journal of Morphology. Edited by C. O. Whitman, with 

 the co-operation of Edward Phelps Allis, Junior. Vol. I., No. i, Sept., 1887. 

 Crown 4to. (London : W. P. Collins, 157 Great Portland St. ; Boston, 

 U.S.A. : Ginn and Co.) 



The first part of this nev/ and important work has come to hand and con- 

 tains several valuable papers: — I.- — Spliyraimra osleri, a contribution to Ameri- 

 can Helminthology, by Profs. R. Ramsay Wright and A. B. Macullum ; 2. — ■ 

 Development of the Compound Eyes of Crangon, by Dr. J. S. Kingsley ; 3. — 

 Eyes of Molluscs and Arthropods, by William Patten ; 4. — On the Phyloge- 

 netic Arrangement of the Sauropsidje, by Dr. G. Baur ; 5. — A ccjntribution to 

 the History of the Cierm-Layers in Clepsine, by C. O. Whitman ; 6. — The 

 Germ-Bands in Lumbricus, by Prof. E. B. Wilson ;, 7. — Studies on the Eyes of 

 Arthropods and Development of the Eyes of Vespa, with Observations on the 

 ocelli of some insects, by Dr. Wm. Patten. There are seven folding and one 

 single plate. The whole work is handsomely got up on stout paper. 



