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volume. We may also remark that the types chosen to indicate 

 specific names and varieties hardly appear distinct enougli along- 

 side the beautiful large print used for the localities and critical 

 notes. One must also regret the absence of analytical keys to the 

 larger genera, like the admirable ones which M. Franchet compiled 

 for his ' Japanese Flora.' But, after all, these are minor details, 

 and for the rest the distinguished author may well be congratulated 

 on having produced a book which is the most important contribution 

 to Chinese botany since the appearance of Bentham's ' Flora 

 Hougkongensis.' Francis Blackwell Forbes. 



The Fourth Annual Keport of the Hampstead Naturalists' Club 

 contains "a list of botanical species observed in the district," by 

 Mr. Eoland Ellis, the times of flowering being given. The list, 

 however, is manifestly very incomplete. 



The first number of a new botanical sei'ial, ' The Journal of 

 Mycology,' edited by Messrs. Kellerman, Ellis, and Everhart, to 

 be published monthly at the low cost of one dollar per annum, 

 comes to us from Manhattan, Kansas. It contains papers on 

 ' New Kansas Fungi,' by Messrs. J. B. Ellis and W. A. Kellerman; 

 ' New Fungi from Iowa,' by Messrs. J. B. Ellis and E. W. Holwixy ; 

 and ' North American Geasters,' by A. P. Morgan ; besides notices 

 of other kindred publications. 



Mr. a. E. Gibbs publishes a useful list of Hertfordshire Mosses 

 in the Transactions of the Herts Nat. Hist. Society (vol. iii. pt. 2), 

 in which Mr. E. A. Pryor's division of the county into river- 

 districts has been followed. We regret to learn that there seems 

 little prospect of the publication of the new Flora of Hertfordshire, 

 on which Mr. Pryor spent so much time and labour, and it seems 

 right to state that the Editor of this Journal, to whom the work 

 was originally entrusted, has for some time since been relieved of 

 any responsibility for its production. 



New Books. — J. Olmedilla, ' Curiosidades acerca de las 

 Plantas ' (Madrid: 8vo. pp. vii. 159). — V. B. Brotheeus, ' iiitudes 

 sur la distribution des Mousses au Caucase ' (Helsingfors, Frenckell : 

 8vo, pp. iv. 104). — P. A. Saccardo, ' Sylloge Fungorum' : vol. iii., 

 Sphceropsidea; and MeUmconiecc (Padua: 8vo, pp. 860: 54 yV.). — 

 C. V. Nageli & A. Peter, ' Die Hieracieu Mittel-Europas : Mono- 

 graphische Bearbeitung der Piloselloiden der mitteleuropaischen 

 Sippen ' (Munich, Oldenbourg : 8vo, pp. xi. 932). — A. Meyer, 

 ' Beitrage zur vergleichenden Anatomic der Eanunculacecu ' 

 (Marburg, Friedrich : 8vo, pp. vi. 50, 1 tab.). — E. Dennert, 

 ' Beitrage zur vergleichenden Anatomic des Laubstengels der 

 Cruciferen ' (Marburg, Friedrich : 8vo, pp. vi. 40, 1 tab.). 



Articles in Journals. 



American Xaturalist. — A. F. Foerste, 'Ferojlisation of P/iysostri/ia 

 virc/inica.' 



