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Kauitz, of Carlowitz in Hungary, has also published an inedited 

 fragment of Grisebach, styling it ' Reliquiae Grrisebachianse ;' 

 this came out as a Supplement to the Hungarian ' Magazine of 

 Botany,' but is procurable separately : it is of such a character as 

 to make us regret that the author was not able to complete his 

 work on the same plan. 



Herr Hackel has published a monograph on the European spe- 

 cies of Fesfuca ; and "Warnstorf, on the species of Sphagnum from 

 the same continent. Cleve and G-runow have also elaborated a 

 quarto on the Arctic Diatomaceae. 



As regards our own island, I may indicate Prof. Babingtou's 

 ' Manual,' which has reached an eighth edition, tlie first having 

 been brought out in 1843. Only one other ' Britisli Flora ' has 

 passed through so many editions, that of Dr. "Withering ; but 

 the latter died after the publication of the third edition. Dr. 

 Braithwaite is prosecuting his painstaking British Moss-flora, 

 tlie plates of which are admirably done. Dr. Cooke has conti- 

 nued his ' Illustrations of British Fungi,' and has started a new 

 publication on the British Freshwater Algge, a work much 

 wanted, since Hassall's book is both inadequate and when met 

 with unconscionably dear. An unpretentious pamphlet by Mr. 

 W. C. Mathews on the Flora of the Clent Hills is a useful addi- 

 tion to our local lists. Dr. Buchenau, of Bremen, has produced a 

 Flora of the East Friesland islands. Here, as might be expected, 

 many weeds of cultivated land on the mainland are absent. 

 Sand-loving plants largely prevail, woods and undergrowth of 

 coppices are quite wanting, whilst dune-plants are abundant. 

 M. F. Crepin's concise ' Manuel de la Flore de Belgique ' has 

 reached a fourth edition. M. Koltz has brouglit out the second 

 part of his Flora of Luxembourg, devoted to the Cryptogams, the 

 previously published part having dealt with the flowering-plants. 

 Dr. Van Heurck has issued his third fasciculus of his Synopsis 

 of the Belgian Diatomacese. Dr. Eabeuhorst's ' Kryptogauien- 

 flora von Deutschland,' which practically includes the whole of 

 Central Europe, is now in course of reissue, brought down to 

 date ; of the first portion on Fungi, by G-. Winter, several parts 



have been issued. Celakowsky has completed his large Pro- 

 dromus of the Bohemian Flora in 4to ; and a new Flora of 

 Silesia by Fick has made its appearance. Signer E. de Visiani is 

 still publishing his Supplements to his 'Flora dalmaticse;' and 

 Count Solms-Laubach has worked up the Coralline Algoe of the 

 Gulf of Naples. Dr. Kanitz has finished his enumeration of Rou- 

 manian plants by the issue of the last part. 



The Spanish peninsula has still to thank foreigners for tlie most 

 important contributions to Iberian botany. Dr. AVillkomm, of 

 Prague, has commenced his ' Illustrationes flome hispanicce,' in 

 4to, to accompany the ' Prodromus ' of himself and Dr. Lange ; 

 the latter has also published some diagnoses of new Spanish plants 

 in the Danish Scientific Journal. MM. Mares and Vigineix 



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