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identical with James Cole, a London merchant several times referred 

 to with commendation by Gerard. Dr. Jackson pointed out that 

 Lohel had another son-in-law, referred to as Ludovicus Myreus, appa- 

 rently a London apothecary of repute, and named also hy Clusius 



in las 'Exotica.' Tims Lohel must either have had two married 

 daughters or a daughter who was twice married. 



The Kew Bulletin (1920, 1: March) is mainly occupied by a 

 revision of the Australian species of Stipa, by Miss I). K. Hughes, 

 undertaken under Dr. Stapf's supervision. The number of species is 

 raised from the 15 of the Flora Australiemis to 40, of which 17 are 

 new : the paper is abundantly illustrated, and must prove a valuable 

 contribution to the knowledge of the genus. 



The " Report by the Director-in- Chief upon a Visit to Botanical 

 Institutions in England," published by Dr. Britton in the Journal of 

 the New York Botanic Garden for "November last, is a sketch of 

 "ourselves as others see us," which will be of greater value a hundred 

 years hence than it is at the present time, although even at present 

 it is by no means lacking in interest. 



The Proceedings of the Liverpool Botanical Society f< »r 1916-1 8, 

 issued in February, indicate great local activity on the part of 

 the members, both in held work and in meetings, and reflect great 

 credit on those who are responsible for the organization of the Society. 

 The reports of both outdoor and indoor gatherings are interesting, 

 and a model of what such things should be ; we would congratulate 

 the Secretary of the Society, did we know who at present occupies 

 the post, but his name is modestly concealed. A portrait of Mr. \Y. 

 G. Travis, President of the Society during 1916-lN, faces the title- 

 page. 



Dr. A. F. R. Wollaston has been appointed Medical Officer and 

 Collector to the Mt. Everest Expedition which is to leave England 

 shortly. Dr. Wollaston has done excellent botanical work in East 

 Africa and New Guinea, and we look for further results from the 

 Himalayan journey. 



The New Phytologist for November and December (issued 

 Jan. 31) contains the conclusion of Dr. Gates's paper on " Mutations 

 of Evolution " ; " Notes on Freshwater Algae" from the Birmingham 

 district {Pyramimonas inconstans, sp. n.) by W. J. Hodo-etts ■ 

 " Plant Families : a Plea for an International Sequence " by A. Grun- 

 dersen; ''The Evolution of Primitive Plants " by C. Schuchert. The 

 subscription price of the journal is raised to 2os. net for the annual 

 volume of 210 pages : single numbers will cost 7s. tid. each. 



The following is issued with the Botanical Magazine for Oct- 

 Dec. :— -" In consequence of the increased and still increasing cost of 

 producing Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the publishers propose to 

 terminate the fourth series with the present issue, Vol. 16 (1920), or 

 Vol. 116 of the complete work. Before committing themselves 

 further they desire to ascertain in some way whether the work 

 fulfils a sufficiently useful botanical and horticultural purpose to 

 justify its continuance, and if so under what conditions it may be 

 possible to do so." 



