94 BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ETC. 



— E. G. Britten, ' Revisioa of Scouleria' (1 pi.). — J. K. Small, 

 ' Botany of South-eastern U. S.' — • L. F. Henderson, ' Botany of 

 Idaho.' 



Rriithea (Feb.). — E. L. Greene, 'Novitates occidentales.' — 

 M. A. Howe, ' Early History of Hepaticology.' — E. Stizenberger, 

 ' Western Lichens.' — T. Howell, ' New Pacific Coast Plants.' 



Gardeners' Chronicle (Jan. 26). — Pohjpodium nifjrescentium 

 Jenman, sp. n. — (Feb. 2). As/u'dium himnttenuatiun Jenman, 

 sp. n. — (Feb. 9). Cypripediiim Wolterianum Kranzl., sp. n. 



Journal de Botanique (dated Dec. 1-16 ; issued Feb.). — C. 

 Flahault, 'Pierre Duchartre' (Oct. 27, 1811-Nov. 5, 1894). — A. 

 Franchet, Centaurea fraijlensis. — G. Bertrand & A. Mallevre, 

 ' Eecherches sur la pectase.' — J. Daveau, ' Sur I'aire d'extension du 

 Pin sylvestre.' 



Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) : (xxx, No. 210 : Feb. 5). — K, Spruce, 

 ' HepaticsB Elliottianae'* (11 plates). — A. B. Kendle, 'Contributions 

 to Flora of E. Tropical Africa ' (4 plates). 



Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschri/t (Feb.). — F. Pax, New Carpathian 

 Hieracia (1 pi.). — J. v. Sterueck, Alectorolophus (cont.). ■ — -J. 

 Lutkemiiller, Spirotania (cont. : 1 pi.). — J. Freyn, ' Plantas Karoante 

 Dahuricfe.' — F. Arnold, ' Lichenologische Fragmente.' — A. v. 

 Degen, PeuccdaniDn niacedonicum & Malabaila ohtusifolia. 



book-notb:s, nkws, Sc. 



Dr. Staff's paper "On the Flora of Mount Kinabalu, in North 

 Borneo" occupies the last issue (2nd S. vol. iv. pt. 2) of the 

 Transactions of the Linnean Society, and appears to be an excellent 

 piece of work. The enumeration is prefaced by an account of the 

 various explorations of the mountain previous to and including Dr. 

 Haviland's expedition in 1892, — on the results of which the paper is 

 based, — of the geology, biological features, endemism (109 out of 342 

 phanerogams are endemic), affinities, means of dispersion, &c. 

 Among the more interesting novelties, which are very numerous, 

 are a new genus of Bora/jineie near Myosotis, aptly named Havilandia 

 in commemoration of the leader of the 1892 expedition, and Scypho- 

 stegia, a new genus of Moniviiacece. Dr. Stapf has been helped by 

 Mr. Ridley (orchids), Mr. C. B Clarke {Cyperacem), Mr. J. G. Baker 

 (ferns), and Mr. C. H. Wright (mosses). The paper, which was 

 read on June 15, 1893, and issued in December, 1894, is illustrated 

 by ten plates drawn by Mr. C. H. Fitch. 



Apropos of changes of name, we note that the Gardeners' 

 Chronide (Jan. 19) comes out strongly in favour of that principle (?) 

 of "practical expediency" as a guide to nomenclature, the illogical 

 nature of which has been more tlian once demonstrated in these 



* See p. 95. 



