262 



Sylloge Algarum. Vol. III. Fueoideae. 638 pp. Patavii, 



1895. 

 This instalment of Prof. De-Toni's monumental work contains 

 a description, in Latin, of over 1,000 species of brown and olive 

 sea-weeds, the Fucaceae and Phasophyceae. To every systematic 

 student of the marine algae it must prove invaluable. 



An Introduction to the Study of Seaweeds. By G-. Murray, 

 F.R.S.E., etc. 8vo, pp. 271, with eight coloured plates and 

 88 other illustrations. London: Macmillan. Price 7s. 6d. 

 It has often been a subject of remark that the Marine Algae 

 have received so little attention, comparatively speaking, from 

 microscopists in general. So far as we are aware the late Mr. 

 Biiffham was the only member of this Club who devoted himself 

 to their study, or, at all events, the only one who contributed 

 the results of his investigations to our Proceedings. The neces- 

 sary material is both abundant and accessible, and the most 

 probable reason for the apparent neglect of this interesting 

 branch has been the want of some reliable guide, treating the 

 subject scientifically and systematically, and at the same time 

 within the means of ordinary students. This want has now 

 been completely satisfied by Mr. Murray's Introduction, which 

 is concise, accurate, well illustrated and inexpensive, and it 

 will, indeed, be strange if, with this book at hand, some of the 

 many problems of reproduction waiting solution among these 

 plants are not attacked with some measure of success by micro- 

 scopists desirous of new fields for their energy. It contains a 

 complete index and bibliography, systematic and morpho- 

 logical. 



