192 THE joie:xal of p,0TA^'r 



o-ineen " in which he deals with the cytology of Tilletia Tritici 

 Wint., Cintractia Monfar/nei Magn., Urocysfis Violce Fisch. v. 

 Walclh., and Doassansia Sagiitaria^ Fisch. 



The ^ew Phytologist (Ap. 2o) contains a continuation of 

 ^Ir. Walter Stiles's paper on Permeability ; '' Physiological Studies in 

 Plant Anatomy," by J. H. Priestley and Dorothy Armstead ; "A 

 Critical Study of certain Unicellular Cyanophyceie," by W. B. Crow ; 

 a i-eview^ of ' Miss Lorrain Smith's Lichens, by W. Watson ; and 

 " A method for inducing protoplasmic streaming/' by W. Seifriz. 



The J}ii(oi'o Gioriicde Botauico Italiano (Apr. Oct.: issued Dec. 

 1921) contains a continuation of C. C. Lacaita's notes on rare or 

 critical Italian plants — Acanthus siyinosKs, Bctonica hirsuta, Iris 

 coJlina, and Inula Candida are among the species discussed, and a 

 new variety (ausfralis) oi Ilex Aqui folium is described — and A. Ponzo 

 writes on the genera of Cistacece. 



The Transactions of the Bofunictil Societi/ of Edinhurgh 

 (vol. xxviii. pt. 2; 1921) contains "Additions to the Flora of 

 Orkney," by Col. H. H. Johnston ; " Moss Kecords from St. Kilda," 

 by William Evans ; " Craiyia, a new Genus of Sterculiaceae," by 

 W. W. Smith and W. E. Evans (with plate) ; Pyrola rotundifoUa L. 

 in Caithness, Avith notes on the genus," by Arthur Pennett. 



The Annati di Botanica (xv. fasc. 4: Feb. 28) contains 

 "Variazione brusca in Sicotiana sylrestris,'' by K. Savelli, and 

 " Osservazioni statistiche sul fiore di Anemone apennina'' by C. Sibilia, 

 with numerous short communications. The page-headings in this 

 periodical are absolutely devoid of information. 



The researches of Mr. H. T. Guntherinto thi3 ^ISS. in the Librai-y 

 of Magdalen College. Oxford, of which some account was given in 

 this Journal for 1921 (p. 119), have borne abundant fruit in the 

 handsome volume entitled Early British Botanists and their 

 Gardens ; this has been published by the Oxford Univei'sity Press, 

 and will be noticed in these pages at an early date. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle for Apr. 29 contains an interesting 

 account of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden and a portrait of the new 

 Keeper, Prof. W\ Wright Smith. 



At a Congregation held at Cambridge University on May 6, the 

 degree of Doctor of Science was conferred on Prof. John Percival, 

 of University College, Beading. 



Maktims Xijhoff (The Hague) publishes a monograph of 

 77 pages l)v Dr. G. L. Funke on " Onderzoekingen over de A^orming 

 van Diastase door AsperyilUis niger^ The price is two guilders. 



Yet another name must be added to the notices of deaths whicli 

 have already been of sadly frequent occurrence during the present 



year Mr. Vieorge Simonds Boulger, whose contributions to this 



Journal have extended over many years, died at his residence at 

 Bichmond on May •!■. Some account of his work will follow in due 

 course. 



