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Bolivia, although none of them found in the Audes. Another large 

 species, Lepicolea ochroleuca N. (Sendtnera, Syn. Hep.), which has a 

 range from Mexico to the Falkland Islands, is amongst the Bolivian 

 specimens, but was never found by Dr. Spruce in his extensive 

 travels. 



The arrangement of the genera is the same as in ' Hepaticaa 

 Amazonicas et AndinsB,' except that some alterations are made in 

 their order : these, we presume, reflect the more mature judgment 

 of the author on a subject which has exercised the minds of most 

 of the leading systematists. 



About one hundred species are enumerated, of which twenty- 

 seven are new, which are fully and accurately described. In addition 

 to the description of the species, valuable notes are added and some 

 errors in synonymy corrected; the " Radula scalapensis" Mont., 

 described by Gottsche in Mex. Leverm., is different from the true 

 species of Montagne, the founder of the species, and is the Radula 

 ramulina of Taylor, which comes near to our native Radula valuta 

 Tayl., a species erroneously confounded by some authorities with 

 Radula xalapensis Mont. 



Scapania splendida Spruce, Hep. Am. et And., Scapania grandis 

 Boswell, Journ. Bot. 1887, are synonyms for Scapania Portoricensis 

 Gottsch. ('Linmea,' 1853), the only known tropical American 

 species of the genus. Dr. Spruce was not aware of the existence of 

 Hampe & Gottsche's memoir when he published his work in 1885. 



Three species, Lejeunea Rusbyi, Buzzania Rusbyi, Plagiochila 

 Rusbyi, are dedicated by Dr. Spruce to the botanical traveller who 

 has clone so much to investigate the Flora of Bolivia : the other 

 species are named after some peculiarity of structure, habit, or 

 country. W. H. P. 



Flora of Sussex: or, a List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns found 

 in the County of Sussex, with lucidities of the less com man species. 

 By the Bev. F. H. Arnold, M.A., LL.B. London : Hamilton, 

 Adams & Co. 1887. 8vo, pp. xxiii, 118. Price 5s. 



This little Flora, although bearing the date of 1887, lias only 

 lately come into our hands, and as it does not appear to be 

 generally known, it seems worth while to call attention to it, even 

 thus late. 



At the outset it may be stated that it neither is, nor claims to 

 be, up to the standard of certain recent works of the kind. Mr. 

 Arnold has not troubled himself about " first records," to which, 

 indeed, an exaggerated importance seems sometimes to be attached; 

 there are no critical notes, either about the plants themselves or 

 their nomenclature ; and the space devoted to Poses, Rubi, and the 

 like, although perhaps as much as they deserve, is by no means 

 proportionate to that which they occupy in most local Floras. On 

 the other hand, owing to the use of small but clear type, and close 

 printing, a great deal more matter is included in the book than 

 might be expected from its small bulk ; and those who use it will 



