186 THE LONDON CATALOGUE OF BRITISH PLANTS. 



Fkitillaria Meleagris in WoRCESTERSHiiiK. — FritUUtria Mele- 

 of/ris, new to Worcestershire, has been sent me by Prof. Poynting, 

 F.R.S. (of Mason College), from Alvechurch, near Redditch. — Wm. 

 Mathews. 



Galeopsis Ladanum L. — Following up the note on this in the 

 May number of this Journal, I found (x. intermedia Vill., in 1893, 

 in E. Derbyshire, near Bolsover, on arable land. I have (t. aiujiisti- 

 folia Ehrh. from Oxford (Wychwood), and Hunts (Offord). — Wm. 

 R. Linton, 



Sphenophyllum. — In your notice (p. 12G) of the paper by Prof. 

 Williamson and myself on the Organisation of the Fossil Plants of 

 the Coal-measures, you say : — " It deals with the steins, foliage, 

 and fruit of Calamite.s, if we may include in the foliage of CalcniuUs 

 the genus Sjthenophi/lliiin." I wish it to be clearly understood that 

 this is not the view of the authors of the paper. On the contrary, 

 we consider that the facts brought forward by us make it quite 

 evident that Sphenoplujlliim is a perfectly independent genus, with- 

 out even any near affinity with Calaniites. This is also the opinion 

 of M. Renault. — D. H. Scott. 



[We did not intend to convey the impression which Dr. Scott 

 deduces from our notice of the paper in question, but as he con- 

 siders the passage is open to misunderstanding, we willingly insert 

 his note. — Ed. Journ. Bot.] 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The London Catalo[ine of British Blants. Ninth Edition. London : 

 Bell & Sons. 8vo, pp. 50. Price 6d. ; cloth (interleaved). Is. 



The eighth edition of the London Catalogue appeared in 1886. 

 It was reissued, with a few corrections, in 1890, but no attempt 

 was made to bring it up to date ; and the present issue therefore 

 summarizes the cbanges which have taken place in the views of 

 British botanists during the last nine years. Readers of this 

 Journal have been kept au courant with these, and have marked 

 with varying feelings the numerous additions to critical genera as 

 one after another comes into favour, or, more properly speaking, 

 attracts attention. But it is only when we glance down the Catalogue 

 that we realize the rapidity of development which has attended the 

 study of certain genera — Hieraciuin, for instance, which we may 

 take as an example. 



In 1886 we had 40 species of Hieracium and 18 varieties, 

 occupying a column of the Catalogue. After niue years we find the 

 list extended to 104 species (five represented by varieties, not by 

 the type), 114 varieties, 2 hybrids, and 1 form — making a grand 

 total of 221 names, and occupying nearly five columns. Mr. 

 Hanbury — who may be styled the hieraciarch of the new cult — is 

 responsible for no fewer than 27 species and 85 varieties ; the 

 Messrs. Linton, either singly or together, claim 6 species and 



