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a well-written and interesting introduction dealing with the flowering 

 plants. This limitation should be borne in mind in connectifm with 

 the statement, " it is remarkable that endemic species are not found 

 in Great Britain " ; even as limited, this seems a little too absolute. 

 The botany of each district (according to the Flora of Hampshire) is 

 epitomized, and Mr. Moyle Rogers contributes a special account of 

 the roses and brambles. 



The Cryptogams are dealt with by various authors. Mr. H. N. 

 Dixon has undertaken the Mosses and Liverworts ; Mr. W. H. 

 Wilkinson the Lichens; Mr. E. M. Holmes the Algse ; and the 

 Rev. W. L. W. Eyre the Fungi. It is much to be regretted that 

 the contributions of these authors were not made to conform to 

 one plan. As it is, Mr. Dixon gives a suitable introduction to the 

 Mosses, followed by a short list of '' some of the less common 

 species " ; the Liverworts occupy only half a page. Mr. Wilkinson 

 writes a brief general introduction to the classification of Lichens, 

 with notes on tiieir uses — both entirely out of place in a work like 

 the present — followed by what seems to be a complete county list. 

 Mr. Holmes writes half a page about the Freshwater Alg£e and a 

 page and a half concerning the Marine, but gives nothing in the 

 shape of a list ; he mentions several seaweeds as " new to Britain," 

 a statement which, he informs us in a footnote, means that they 

 have been detected in this county since the publication of Harvey's 

 Phijcologia Britannka half a century since. Mr. Eyre's contribution 

 consists mainly of a list of Fungi, with a short introduction. From 

 this description it will be seen tiiat for purposes of comparison or 

 tabulation the material is practically useless : it is to be hoped that 

 other counties will receive more adequate, or at any rate more con- 

 sistent, treatment. We note, by the way, that Mr. Townsend says 

 the Spartinas "are used for thatching, and are locally called Sage ! " 

 There seems Httle ground for wonder at this if " Sage" be regarded 

 as a local pronunciation of "sedge" — a name often extended to 

 plants other than Car ex. 



To the Flora Exsiccata Bavarica published by the Botanical 

 Society of Regensburg are now added two fascicles of Mosses and 

 Hepatics, each containing twenty-five specimens. These may be 

 obtained by purchase or by exchange. Enquiries should be addressed 

 to Herr Dr. T. Familler, Karthaus-Trull, bei Regensburg. 



" The Nomenclature of the New England Agrimonies " is being 

 discussed so warmly by Dr. B. L. Robinson in Rhodora and Mr. 

 E. P. Bicknell in the Torrey Bulletin as to suggest that " New England 

 Acrimonies " would form a more suitable title for the papers. 



The Report of the Botanical Exchange Club for 1899, for which 

 the Rev. W. R. Linton is responsible, has just been published. We 

 hope to give some extracts from it in our next issue. 



We have received the third part of Mr. F. M. Bailey's Flora. 

 of Qaeendand, in which the enumeration is brought down to 



Gentimiacea. 



