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Aphannrhpfima, not Aphanorpfimn, is what RulHvant wrote. It is 

 curious, too, to find that, though all subsequent botanists have 

 written CiiicUdotva, Palisot-Beauvois {/Ethcofi. 1805, pp. 28, 52) 

 originally made the etymological error of writing CiccliiJotns; but 

 he gives the Greek original alongside, and that is what botanists 

 have followed. CJn/Jo])Jn/Ilnni, a genus suggested by Jaef?er and 

 Sauerbeck {Genera, ii. p. 733), has been overlooked by General 

 Paris; so also have some contributions by Mr. Mitten — e. ;/., in 

 Godman's Nahiral Bistory of the Azores (London, 1870) are seven 

 new species of mosses, and in Melliss's St. Helena (1875) are 

 thirteen new species. I have a few more instances, which T shall 

 send to General Paris with various errata which I have noticed. 



I have said above that the synonymy is not always complete. 

 I find that Jaeger and Sauerbeck's Genera is not quoted so often as 

 it should be. For instance, I had occasion to search in that book 

 for Hypwnii Wilkesianiim Sulliv., which General Paris puts into 

 Cylindrothecium without giving any reference to Jaeger. The latter 

 put it into Brachythecium, and that fact ought to have been included 

 in General Paris's synonymy. Again, what has become of Barhnla 

 nivalis Jaeg. i. p. 279 ? It ought to be quoted as a cross-reference 

 to Geheehin cataraetamm, as also, in a future Part, should Tortula 

 vinealis var. viralis Spruce (Muse. Pyren. K.vsicc. 185, and Aun. JMay. 

 Nat. Hist. iii. p. 172), which Schimper and his followers have 

 falsely quoted as var. ylaciale. 



But space forbids that I should continue. The work is one of 

 the utmost importance to bryologists, and will be heartily welcomed 

 by them. But the high price charged for it. and the protracted 

 period of its publication, is likely to elicit a good deal of grumbling. 



A. Gepp. 



Royal Gardens, Kew. Hand-list of Trees and Shrubs ijrown in 

 Arboretum. Part I. Polypetalje. London : H.M. Stationery 

 Office. 1894. 8vo, pp." 297. Price Eightpence. 



" The present is the first of a series of Hand-lists of the 

 collections of living plants cultivated in the Royal Gardens which 

 it is intended to issue from time to time. It is hoped that they 

 will be found useful in indicating, to visitors interested in particular 

 groups of plants, the species which Kew already possesses. In the 

 hands of correspondents they will serve to show in what directions 

 the collections may be added to. It is further hoped that they may 

 be found of some value in establishing an approximate standard of 

 nomenclature, which is often much confused in gardens, and too 

 frequently erroneous. This is particularly the case with woody 

 plants (shrubs and trees) grown in the open air. The preparation 

 of the present list has accordingly been first taken in hand ; it 

 represents the work of many years, and has only been accomplished 

 with considerable labour." 



These remarks, prefixed to the Hand-list, give an idea of its 

 scope. Its usefulness to a limited class will not be denied, and if, 

 as is understood, Mr. Nicholson, the Curator of Kew Gardens, is 



