NEW PUBLICATIONS. 397 



to the readers of the 'Compendium ' to have had this information, in- 

 stead of a condemnation of the authors of the ' Flora of Edinburgh.' 

 Again, on the next page, under Hieracimn prcecox, Schultz, one woukl 

 have expected that the natural course for Mr. Watson to take wouhl 

 have been to pay a visit to the British Museum, and examine the spe- 

 cimen from Denbigh which Schultz himself so named, instead of tell- 

 ing us what his own specimens are like, and smothering the whole 

 qiiestion by the word " ambiguity." There is no ambiguity whatever 

 to any one who cares to investigate the matter, either in this case or in 

 a good many others so easily disposed of by our author, e. ^. Malva 

 borealis, Wallm., on p. 493. It is to be regretted that Mr. Watson 

 has thus neglected to avail himself of assistance which it would have 

 been so easy to obtain, if only it had been known to be required. 

 However, we are very thankful for what we have, and the best 

 thing that British botanists can do, is to go carefully over pp. 473- 

 605, and correct and add to it from their own personal knowledge, for 

 one use of such a list is to show what is unknown or uncertain. That 

 all may add somewhat is seen from the notes and corrections forming 

 the conclusion of the volume, which embody the observations of Messrs. 

 Gait, Briggs, and More, called forth by a perusal of the ' Compen- 

 dium ' on plants of their respective districts, and additions from other 

 sources. An excellent index to the whole completes the book. 



The author has stated that tlie ' Compendium ' supersedes the three 

 first volumes of the * Cybele Britannica' and its 'Supplement' of 

 1860 ; but, until a list showing distribution through all the counties 

 of Great Britain is in existence, the ' Supplement ' remains the most 

 detailed " Cybele " we have, tracing out in detail, as it does, each 

 species through the thirty-eight " subprovinces." While we thank 

 Mr. Watson for the ' Compendium ' and congratulate him on its com- 

 pletion, we are still sanguine enough to hope that a second ' supple- 

 ment' enters into his plan — and, indeed, it is needed to complete it — 

 which shall exhibit the species-distribution throughout the 118 counties 

 and vice-counties into which he has divided Great Britain, 



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