64 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



Nos. 5 and 6 of Annales Mycologici, concluding vol. xix., con- 

 tain a continuation of F. Petrak's *' Beitrage zur Pilzflora von 

 Mahren und Osterr-Sclilesien " with descriptions of many new s])ecies ; 

 H. Diedicke writes " Ueber einige Septoria-k.\-ie\\ " with two new 

 genera — BhabJosfromino, based on Sepforia Ewpefri Kostr., and 

 Leptocldamys {S. thecicola B. & Br. var. scapicola Karst.) : P. Pietel 

 has a paper '* Zur Unigrenzung der Gattung Pileolaria ; and H. Sydow 

 continues his descriptions of " Novai fungorum species." 



The Botanical Maf/azlne of Tokio (Oct. 1921) includes an 

 enumeration of Coreaii Lahiatce by Takenoshin Nakai, in the coui-se 

 of which a new species of Mosla {M. leucantha) is described 

 of economic importance, containing as it does a larger qiiantity of 

 thymol than J/. Orthodon. Observations on the life- history of 

 Isoetes japonica and I. asiatica, with numerous text-figures, are 

 communicated by Noboru Takamine. 



The Naturalist for January contains a continuation of Mr. J. A. 

 Wheldon's " Key to the Harpidioid Ilypiia'' and the Hrst portion of 

 an interesting paper by Mr. T. Petch on '' Stat ice Limoniinn on the 

 north bank of the Humber." 



The Neic Bhytologist (xx. no. 5; Dec. 31) contains continua- 

 tions of Mr. Walter Stiles's paper on "Permeability" and Mr. W. 

 A. Hodgetts's " Periodicity of Freshwater Alga? in Nature " ; Messrs. 

 R. H. Dastur and W. T. Saxton discuss "Vegetative Multiplication 

 in Crotalaria Biirliia " (1 plate) ; Miss Florence Rich describes and 

 figures a new species of Goelastrum (C. scliizodermaticiim) from 

 Leicestershire ; Miss Ethel M. Poulton describes " An Unusual Plant 

 of CheirantJms CJieirir This is not, we think, as " unusual " as 

 the title of her paper suggests. It forms the subject of a paper by 

 Duchartre (with plate) in Ann. Sci. Nat. 5 s. xiii. 315-339 (1871) and 

 of a note by Robert Holland in this Journal for 1882 (p. 282), 

 and is not infrequently met with. 



Mr. a. S. Macmillan is publishing in weekly instalments in the 

 Somerset County Herald an interesting list of the popular plant- 

 names of Somerset and the neighbouring parts of Devon, Dorset, and 

 Wilts. 



Mr. J. E. Arnett is collecting material for a Flora of Pembroke- 

 shire, and will be glad to receive help: his address is 7 Norton, 

 Tenby. 



To Our Readers. We are glad to say that the deficit on the 

 working of the Journal for 192i, although still considerable, has 

 been less than in recent years, and has been met by the balance 

 remaining from the fund raised for its support. The cost of correc- 

 tions is a heavy item : contributors are asked carefully to revise their 

 MSS. before sending, and to make in proofs only such as are abso- 

 lutclv necessarv. 



