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are too much crushed to make out the shape of the tubular portion 

 of the perianth of the present species. 



Podocarpus insignisHemsL, n. sp. — Fohis oppositis subsessiH- 

 bus coriaceis, nee crassis, hneari-lanceolatis H-3 polL longis obtusis 

 vel acutis, supra laete viridibus et nervo longitudinaH prominente, 

 subtus juxta cariuam crassam utrinque fascia glauca vel albida 

 notatis ; amentis masculis subterminalibus vel lateralibus solitariis 

 vel binis breviter pedunculatis gracilibus, ut videtur pendulis, 

 2-2^ poll, longis ; antheris peltatis vel semipeltatis 3-5 locularibus 

 in fascicules (vel columnas) dissitos secus rhachim gracilem dis- 

 positis ; amentis femineis ignotis. 



Taimo Mountain, opposite Hongkong, A. B. Westland. 



This is a very distinct and remarkable species, if correctly 

 referred to Podocatyus ; but it may be a different genus. It has 

 opposite leaves, similar in size and shape to those of P. neriifolin, 

 and loose male catkins with lateral clusters of 3-5-celled anthers. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



We are glad to see that the l'2th part, concluding the 4th 

 volume, of the ' Flora of British India ' has been issued. The work 

 is now brought down to Amarantacea. 



The Third Annual Eeport of the Felsted (Essex) School Natural 

 Science Society contains a list of additions to the flora of the 

 neighbourhood, bringing the number of flowering plants up to 

 about 560. 



A LOCAL flora for a penny is before us in a pamphlet of eight 

 pages, entitled ' "Wild Flowers of Barmouth found in bloom July 81st 

 to Aug. 16th, 1884, by F. W. Himing & Eev. G. S. Brewer (Bar- 

 mouth, Kynoch). There are no grasses, sedges, or cryptogams ; 

 259 "flowers and species" are given. 



New Books. — F. Ardissone, ' La Vegetazione terrestre cou- 

 siderata nei suoi rapporti col clima' (8vo, pp. xxiv. 190: Milan, 

 Dumolard : 6 lire). — A. Weissmann, 'Die Continuitat des Keim- 

 plasma's als Grundlage einer Theorie der Vererbung' (8vo, pp. vi. 

 122 : Jena, Fischer). — J. H. Oyster, ' Catalogue of Phaenogamous 

 and Vascular Cryptogamous Plants of N. America ' (8vo, pp. i. 112: 

 Paola, Kansas). — A. B. Hervey, 'A Guide for the Microscopical 

 Investigation of Vegetable Substances : from the German of J. W. 

 Behrens' (8vo, pp. xv. 466, tt. 2, 152 cuts : Boston, Cassino). — 

 C. S. DoLLEY, 'The Technology of Bacteria Investigation' (8vo, 

 pp. xii. 263 : Boston, Cassino). — C. Artigalas & G. Maurange, 

 ' Les Microbes Pathogenes,' fasc. i. (8vo, pp. ii. 260, tt. vi : Paris, 

 Masson). — F. C. Schubeler, ' Norges V^extrige et bidrag til Nord- 

 europas Natur-og culturhistorie,' pt. i. (4to, pp. 400, 4 maps : 

 Christiania, Fabricius). — A. Millardet, ' Histoire des principales 

 varietes et especes de Vigues d'origine americaine qui resistent au 

 Phylloxera ' 4to, pp. xxxvi. 240, tt. 24 : Paris, Masson). 



