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that he and ]Mr. Boll had examined the specimens of Bidi/modoii Jenneri in the 

 University herbarium, and that they concurred witli Mr. Wilson in regarding 

 them as not specifically distinct from Ct/nodonlium polycarpon. (See p. 301.) 



We are glad to learn that the seventeenth and last volume of the ' Prodro- 

 mus ' is in active preparation, and is expected to be published in the winter. 



The botaiiical part of the 'Journal of the Linnean Society,' just printed, con- 

 tains, among other papers, Mr. Baker's " Revision of the Q-araophyllous capsular 

 Liliaceae" and Professor Lindberg's " Contributions to British Bryology." 



Botany at the British Association was, as usual, poorly represented in the 

 programme. We print Mr. A. W. Bennett's suggestive paper on " Protandry 

 and Protogyny," and intend next month to give an abstract of the other 

 botanical communications. 



Among the prizes offered by the Scientific Society of Haarlem is one for a mo- 

 nograph of the floi'a of the Dutch sandhills. Much information on the plants 

 of the neighbouring coast of Belgium will be found in M. Dumortier's excellent 

 paper called " Bouquet du Littoral Beige," in vol. vii. of the ' Bulletin' of 

 the Belgian Botanical Society. An inspection of this shows how much of in- 

 vestigation is yet ojDcn to British botanists ou our own coasts among the Cheno- 

 podiacecB, Grasses, and other rather neglected Orders. The Belgian Botanical 

 Society lias done much for the flora of that kingdom ; witness the recently -pub- 

 lished 'Acquisitions de la Flore Beige' by A. Tiiielens (wliose loss to science 

 we recently noticed), where all the new species and rediscoveries in Belgium 

 from 1861 to 1668 are entered, with tlie localities and finders' names. 



We congratulate Mr. M. C. Cooke on the honour of M.A. which the Univer- 

 sity of St. Lawrence has bestowed on him, honoris causd. The first part of his 

 ' Handbook of British Fungi,' advertised on our cover, is announced as ready. 



The Pharmaceutical Society gives annually prizes for the best herbaria col- 

 lected during the year. This autumn the following were the awards : — Silver 

 Medals: E. Rammell, Crediton, Devon; B. A. Webb, Clapham, Surrey. 

 Certificate of Honour : A. Wood, Brentford, Middlesex. Certificate of Merit : 

 C. J. Stansby, Derby. Tiie herbaria were collected in the localities above given. 



Mr. James Britten, of the Royal Herbarium, Kew, and Mr. Robert Holland, 

 of Mobberley, Knutsford, Chesliire, have in preparation a work on the folk- 

 lore connected with plants. Any assistance will be gladly received by either 

 at the addresses given above. 



Communications have been received from Dr. Parry, A. W. Bennett, Pro- 

 fessor Thiselton-Dyer, J. Sadler, Dr. Masters, Barrington Ward, J. Britten, 

 Dr. Yeats, T. Carroll, etc. 



CoEEiGENDTiM.— P. 292, hne U./or fifteen read five. 



