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The arrangement is that of Engler and Prantl ; the species under each 

 order are [)laced alphabetically, not according to relationship. Nume- 

 rous new species, varieties, and forms are figured and described : the 

 species are Carex chikungana, C. kulingana, Sa I ix Baihf/i Schneider, 

 S. chikungcnsis Schneider, Ficus Bailey i Hutchinson, F ilea Henry - 

 ana Wright, Ruhiis kulinganus, Lespedeza distincta, L. Stotfscd, 

 Maackia honanensis, Vicia kioshanica, L. kulinrjana, Li/simachia 

 argentata, L. cliikungensis, Sahria Iwnania, StacJu/s arrecta, Atrac- 

 tglis separata. In place of the abbreviation " n'. comb." two new 

 terius are proposed : — " n. tr. (trans, nov.) : new transfer, for the 

 cases in wdiich n. comb, is customarily used : n. st. (st. nov.) : new 

 status {status novus) to denote the transfer of a plant to another 

 status or standing, as from a variety to a species and the like." 



The Journal of Ecology for June contains the conclusion of Miss 

 L. S. Gribbs's '• Notes on the Plants, (xeography, and Fauna of the 

 mountain summit plateaux of Tasmania " and a paper bv Mr. Tansley 

 on " Tlie Classification of Vegetation and the Concept of Develoj)- 

 ment." 



In view of the interest in British Marsh Orchids, it may be noted 

 that at the meeting of the Linnean Society on May 6 Mr. Edward 

 J. Bedford exhibited a beautiful series of water-colour drawings, 

 which he further illustrated by lantern-slides from jDhotographs of the 

 plants in situ and of enlarged views of the lip. Mr. T. A. Dvmes 

 sliowed a series of fruit capsules and remarked on the characters 

 afforded b}- the fruit and seeds of these variable plants. 



The contents of the Annals of the Bogal Botanic Gardens, 

 Beradeniya, are entirely from the pen of the editor, Mr. T. Fetch', 

 who writes on Saccolabium longifolium and ;S^. Wiglitianum, and on 

 the JLypocreacecE of Ceylon (with descriptions of many new^ species) 

 and summarises " Recent Revisions of Ceylon Botany." 



The Journal of tie Boyal Horticultural Society (xlv. pts. 2, 3 ; 

 July) contains an interesting account, with illustrations, of " Oak's at 

 Aldenham," by the Hon. Yicary Gibbs, which is introduced by a 

 violent attack ujDon botanical terminology and nomenclature. The 

 author seems to assume that by his use"^ of the former '* a botanist 

 desires to prevent a zealous, if imperfectly educated, gardener or 

 amatem- from understanding his descriptions?' As to nomenclature, 

 " it is not merely the changing of names which gives cause for com- 

 plaint, but also the frightful grammatical blunders and false concords " 

 by which it is disfigured : " I suppose it would be unreasonable to 

 expect from the names an elementary knowledge of Greek and Latin 

 before making use of those languages, but one would think they 

 niight submit their name coinage to some school teacher or schoolboy 

 for correction before putting it into circulation." Mr. G. C. Gough 

 has a paper on "Wart Disease of Potatos " {sic) {Synchytrium 

 e?idobioticum), but the part as a whole is somewhat lacking in botanical 

 interest. With the Journal is issued a circular inviting subscriptions 

 for the Society's " Nev,r Pritzel," Avhich, we are gladT to learn, *' is 

 now w^ell on its way," but for which, in view of the terribly increased 

 cost of living, money is urgently required. 



The Keiu Bulletin (Xo. 5) contains an interesting " Revision 

 of Isopyru/n and its nearer Allies" by Messrs. J. R. Drummond and 



