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About 250 of these endemic species belong to endemic genera. Of the 

 dicotyledons more than 85 per cent, of these species are endemic. The 

 "Flora Miqiielonenis," by M. M. Delamare, Eenauld, and Cardot is 

 another insular flora. The Island of Miquelon, which is just oft' the 

 south shore of Newfoundland, has been very carefully explored and the 

 results here ijresented. About 46 per cent, of the species observed are 

 American. Mueller still continues his indefatigable labors on the Aus- 

 tralian flora. His " Iconography of Australian species of Acacia and 

 cognate genera" has reached decade 11 and is similar iu appearance to 

 his well-known ''Eucclyptographia." Forbes and Hemesle}' have inaugu- 

 rated a most valuable work, ''An Enumeration of all the plants known 

 from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, 

 and the Island of Hong Kong, together with their distribution andsyn- 

 onomy." It is published in the Jour. Linn. Soc, Lond., and has now 

 reached part V, taking it through the Compositse. The " Botany of the 

 Eoraima Expedition of 1884," by F. im Thurn, assisted by Oliver, Rid- 

 ley, Baker, and others (Trans. Linn. Soc, Lond., 2d ser., ii), is another 

 valuable paper. It enumerates three genera and fifty-three species 

 new to science. Of similar scope is the " Enumeration of the plants 

 collected by Mr. H. H. Johnston on the Kilima-Najaro expedition of 

 1884," by Oliver and other of the officers of the Kew Herbauium, and 

 the " Botany of the Afghan Delimitation Commission," by Aitchison, 

 both of which appear in Trans. Linn. Soc, Lond., 2d ser., ii. King's 

 " The species of Ficus of the Indo-Malayan and Chinese countries" is 

 a magniflcent contribution, in two large volumes, to our knowledge of 

 the perplexing genus Ficus. Over two hundred species are described 

 and two hundred and twenty-five plates devoted to their illustration. 

 The synonomy, distribution, etc, are very completely presented. The 

 continuation of De Candolle's Prodromus, under the title of ''Mono- 

 grapheiTB Phanerogamarum," still progresses. The present volume by 

 Planchon is devoted to the Ampelidese. In the volume of the "Pro- 

 dromus," issued iu 1824, that contained the Ampelideaj, only one hun- 

 dred and eight species were known, while the present monograph in- 

 cludes three hundred and ninety species. Some of the radical changes 

 in nomenclature proposed by Planchon are not likely to meet with uni- 

 versal acceptance. The paper " Serjania Sapindacearum Genus mono- 

 graphica descriptum," by Radelkofer (Trans. Roy. Bav. Acad., 1875) is 

 now supplemented by two hundred pages and nine plates. 



" Biologia Centrali-Americana," by Hemsley, has reached part xxii ; 

 the "Flora of British India," by Hooker, has reached part xiv, com- 

 pleting the Euphorbiacai; and the "Flora Italiana" of Parlatore, con- 

 tinued by Caruel, has reached vol. vii. Of Hooker's " Icones Plantarum," 

 l)arts i-iii, vol. VIII, have appeared during the year. Each contains 

 twenty-five plates of new or little known species. 



The shorter American notes and papers have been exceedingly 

 numerous. We may mention the following: 



