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sources of coloring- matter iu certain species. "A Second Series of New 

 Species of Ficus from New Guiuea," aud " Some New Species of Ficus 

 from Samatra," by Kiug (Journ. Asiatic Soc, Bengal, lvi), are addi- 

 tions to tbe great work on Ficus mentioned before. Huxley has an 

 interesting paper (Journ. Linn. Soc, Lond., xxiv) on Gentians, their 

 variations, relationships, etc. Ito (o^). cit.) has described a curious spe- 

 cies of Behmophora new to the Japanese tiora. " The Nomenclature of 

 Nymphica " is reviewed by Brittin (Journ. Bot., xxvi). It is shown that 

 the species of Nymphcm^ Smith, 1808-'()9, must be transferred to Cas- 

 talia, Salisbury, 1805, and the species of Nuphar, Smith, 1808-'09= 

 Nymphfva, Salisbury, 1805. Bennett has an account of the British 

 species of Epilohium (Trans. Bot. Soc. Ediub., xvii). Twelve sjjccies 

 and several forms are enumerated. 



