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rigidus Eoth. M. Hill, 1907; Y. 1911-13; H. M. 1913. — 5. 

 tcctorum L. Potter's Bar, 1912; H. M. 1913. — 5. secalinus L. 

 F. 1913. — B. arvensis L. E. F., M. Hill, Y. (sometimes ohnn- 

 diint).—B.brizceformisW. H. M. 1912 ; Y. 1913.— B. unioloichs 

 H. B.&K. E.F. 1906-8; F. 1908-10; Y. 1909, 1913; H. M. 1913. 

 — ^gilops cylindrica L. Fortis Green, 1909. — ^. triuncialis L. 

 H. M. 1912.~H:ordeum jubatum L. H. M. 1909-10. 



REVIEWS. 

 British Plants. 

 The Cambridge British Flora. By C. E. Moss, D.Sc, F.L.S., 

 assisted by Specialists in certain Genera : illustrated from 

 Drawings by E. W. Hunnybun. Volume II. Salicacece to 

 Chenopodiacecs. Folio ; paper boards, pp. xx, 206 ; 206 plates. 

 Price £2 5s. net. Cambridge : University Press. 

 British Floivering Plants. Illustrated by Three Hundred full-page 

 coloured plates [by Mrs. Henry Perrin] , with detailed 

 descriptive Notes and an Introduction by Professor Boulger, 

 F.L.S. 4to, buckram gilt, pp. xlv ; Ixvi plates with text. 

 London : Quaritch. 

 It is somewhat remarkable that there should appear within a 

 few days of each other two works devoted to the British Flora 

 which, from their different standpoints, may be regarded among 

 the most important of their class. We must go back to the 

 beginning of Syme's edition of English Botany half a century ago 

 for anything equalling in importance The Cambridge British Flora, 

 while we shall find nothing to compare in sumptuousness of get- 

 up with the new work on British Floioering Plants. 



The appearance of Dr. Moss's work — we note that, originally 

 appearing as editor, his name now stands as author — has been 

 anticipated by British botanists with the greatest interest : not 

 only to them does it appeal, for its completeness and attention to 

 detail entitle it to take rank among works of Continental impor- 

 tance. The Cambridge University Press has been fortunate in 

 securing the services of Dr. Moss, than whom no one more com- 

 petent for the task could be found. By a combination as admirable 

 as it is rare. Dr. Moss is at once an acute field botanist, a diligent 

 investigator of herbaria, and a student of botanical literature : in 

 a comparatively short time he has attained a leading position 

 among British botanists and has acquired a knowledge of the 

 history of his subject equalled by few. Mr. Hunnybun's drawings 

 are all made from living plants, so that the work may be regarded 

 as representing more fully than has been hitherto done our 

 knowledge of British botany at the present day. 



The many features new to British botany which the book 

 contains begin with the arrangement, which is that of Engler's 

 Syllabus — not hitherto adopted in any British flora. It has been 

 found convenient to begin with the second volume, which con- 

 tains orders of unattractive appearance though of great botanical 

 interest : a list of these was given so recently in these pages 



