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stamens are peiiclulous. As the antliers approach maturity, the style be- 

 comes erect, and tlie stamens commence elevating themselves. By the 

 time that the anthers are fully matured, the lobes of the stigma have di- 

 vided and curled outwards and downwards in a circinate manner, so that 



they may be reached by the anthers, the filaments then become erect, 

 ami the pollen is discharged upon the lobes of the stigma. After dis- 

 charging the contents of their anthers, the stamens droop and become 

 ])endulous again, whilst the style remains erect." 



W. T. T. D. 



On the Popida-r Names of British Flants, being an Explanation of the 



Origin and Meaning of the Names of our Indigenous and most commonly 



Cultinaled Species. By R. C. A. Prior, M.D., Fellow of the Royal 



College of Physicians of London, and of the Linnean and other 



Societies. Second Edition. Williams and Norgate : 1870. 



At page 378 of the first volume of this Journal, the first edition of 



this work was noticed, at some length ; and it only remains for us to 



refer briefly to the second edition, which is now before us. It contains 



further evidences of the care and zeal with which Dr. Prior has followed 



out the study of an important sul)ject ; and also much interesting matter 



which was not in the earlier volume. Certain trifling errors are corrected, 



and the accounts of some of the names arc condensed from the previous 



edition ; but tiie l)0(ly of the work remains the same. Although only 



published in 1863, it has been for some time impossible to obtain copies 



of the first edition ; and we have little doubt that the interest which has 



been awakened, mainly by Dr. Prior's researches, in plant-names, will 



induce many to purchase what must be regarded as the standard work 



upon the subject of which it treats. 



We notice that the list of " works referred to " is much extended, and 

 that some names, such as " Tentwort," which were left unexplained in 



