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maintained, in preference to the move generally employed but later 

 ones of llobert Brown. We regret that the too common practice of 

 leaving the heads of the pages blank instead of employing them — to 

 the great convenience ,of the consultor — for conveying useful infor- 

 mation as to what is below them, is followed in this important work, 

 n The Kew Bulletin (No. 7) contains a "Revision of the Genus 

 Tr y p ft os lemma,'" by J. Hutchinson and K. Pearce — twenty-live 

 species are enumerated, of which six are new ; an account of "N.W. 

 Himalayan Astragali of the Subgenus JEgacantha " by K. W. Parker ; 

 " A Kevision of the Genus Belotia, by T. A. Sprague — eleven species, 

 six being new ; " New or Noteworthy South African Plants," by J. 

 Burtt-Davy ; this contains notes on Cynodon transvaalensis, distin- 

 guished from C. Dactylon, and on Erigeron canadensis L. (N. 

 America) and E. linifolius Willd. (Asia), two species often confused 

 in herbaria. 



Mr. N. E. Brown is publishing in The Gardeners' Chronicle an 

 interesting series of papers on Mesembryanthemum and some new 

 genera separated from it. The series began in the issue of Sept. 3, 

 and will form a valuable contribution to the history of a genus 

 on which Mr. Brown is a recognised authority. The Chronicle is 

 also publishing a continuation of the late Reginald Farrer's notes on 

 his second exploration in Asia. 



We are glad to note that the Watson Exchange Club has been 

 able to reduce to 10s. (jd. the subscription which was raised last year 

 to 14s. The Distributor for the present year is Mr. W. R. Sherrin, of 

 the South London Botanical Institute, 323 Norwood Koad, S.E. 24, 

 to whom parcels should be sent before Jan. 6. 



M. E. G. Camus has recently published (Lechevalier, Paris) an 

 Iconographie des Orchidees d Europe du Bassin Mediterranean, 

 with the collaboration, for the anatomical portion, of M. A. Camus; 

 it contains 122 folio uncoloured plates, in which a large number of 

 hybrids are included. 



Dr. E. de Wildeman, who last year published an account of the 

 Mission Forestiere et Agricole to Mayumbe (Belgian Congo) under- 

 taken by Count Jacques de Briey in 1912, issued in July a Contri- 

 bution a V etude de la Flore du Katanga, in which the economic 

 properties of the plants are dealt with and some new species are 

 described. Both works are published at. Brussels by D. Reynaert. 



Mr. J. S. Gamble's Flora of the Presidency of Madras 

 (Adlard & Son, 10s. net) continues to make steady progress ; the 

 fourth number just issued contains the orders Bubiacece to Ebenacece. 

 The genera are very fully described, with clavis to each ; the descrip- 

 tions of the species, also quite full, are embodied in the clavis to 

 these — there is also a short popular description ; the geographical 

 distribution and local names of each are also given. The Flora is 

 very well printed, and the size is convenient for the pocket. 



We regret to announce that Dr. Wernham has been compelled by 

 ill-health to resign his post in the Department of Botan}\ 



We are glad to announce that Miss Matilda Smith, who has been 

 so long associated with Kew as botanical artist, has been elected an 

 Associate of the Linnean Society. 



