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tenclent of the Calcutta Gardens ; shortly after this he returned to 

 Edinburgh. Mr. Wright Smith has been for several years secretary of 

 the Botanical Societj^ of Edinburgh. 



In the rejmnt of her paper on " Homothallism and the Production 

 of Fruit-bodies by Monos^^orous Mycelia in the Genus Oopi'inus,'''' 

 which appeared in the last number of the Transactions of the British 

 Mycolo(]ical Society, Miss I. Mounce inserts a slip stating that since 

 the paper was sent to press she has isolated and experimented with 

 heterothallic strains of Coprinus lagohus and C niveus. 



We regret to learn from the Jan.-Feb. issue of the Lancasliire Sf 

 Cheshire Naturalist that unless further support be forthcoming, the 

 journal will probably cease to exist. The number contains a notice 

 of the Rev. H. H. Higgins (1814-1893) and a list of the Lichens of 

 the Wirral, by W. G. Travis. 



The Orchid Review for Api-il contains an interesting paper by 

 the Messrs. Stephenson on "Hybrids of Gijmnadenia conopsea ^\\(S. 

 Coeloglossum viride.'' Of the three characterised, two have been 

 figured and described in the Eeports of the Winchester College 

 Natural History Societ}^ ; the third, of Avhich a figure is given, was 

 found in Shropshire by the late K. F. Burton. 



The recentl}^ published volume of the Transactions of the Boyal 

 Historical Society (-Ith series, vol. iv.) contains an interesting paper 

 on " The Extent of the English Forest in the Thirteenth Century," 

 by Margaret Ley Bazeley, M.A. 



The Annales des Sciences Naturelles {Botaniqiie) — vol. iii. 

 nos. 5-6 : Dec. 1921 — contains " Kecherches sur les Lichens de la 

 famille des Stictacees " (4 pi.), by F. Moreau ; " Les Chenes d'lndo- 

 Chine," by Hickel & A. Camus (many new species) ; " Mutantes et 

 H3^brides," by L. Blaringhem ; " Sexualite experimentale des Basi- 

 diomycetes," "^ by Plantefol ; "La Flagellose ou Leptomoniate des 

 Euphorbes et des Asclepiadacees," by F. Mesnil. 



The Annales du Miisee Colonial de Marseille (ser. 3, vol. 9) is 

 devoted to a study of " La Vegetation Malgache," by M. H. Perrier 

 de la Bathe, illustrated by maps and figures from photographs of 

 aspects of the vegetation. 



A fourth part containing Pholiota, 3Iarasmius, and Bhodo- 

 phyllus of Jakob E. Lange's " Studies in the Agarics of Denmark " 

 occupies 'no. 11, bind 2, of Dansk Botanisk Arkiv. (1921). In 

 bind 4, no. 1, Erik J. Petersen figures and describes a new saprojjelic 

 micro-organism {Conioihrix sulphurea). 



The Essex Naturalist (March : vol. xx. pt. 1) contains an account 

 of the Fungus Foray in Epping Forest, 15 Oct., 1921, with a list of 

 the Myxomycetes found, seventeen in number. 



We announce with great regret the death of Mrs. Antony Gepp, 

 which occurred, after a long illness, at Torquay on the 6th of last 

 month. Under her maiden name — Ethel Sarel Barton — Mrs. Gejip 

 Avas for many years a valued contributor to this Journal, in which 

 she published important algological papers. We hope to give some 

 account of her work in an early issue. 



