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* Kryptogamenflora von Deutscliland,' the fungi, by Dr. Winter, 

 will be completed by the issue of the thirteenth part ; of Section 2, 

 Marine Alga^, by F. Hanck, two parts have appeared. Parts 8 

 and 9 of Waldner's ' German Ferns ' have seen the light within 

 the last twelvemonth. Dr. Karsten has brought out an addi- 

 tional portion of his Pharmaceutical Flora o£ Grermany. 



The following local floras of Germany deserve passing men- 

 tion : — Krapelen's ' Excursionsflora des Nord- und Mitteldeutsch- 

 land,' ed. 2; Bottler's 'Excursions fl. von Unterfranken ; ' and 

 Erfurth's ' Flora von Weimar,' ed. 4. 



Two publications devoted to the Alpine plants of Central 

 Europe have been continued this year : — Dalla Torre's, published 

 in Vienna, with a very useful Texteheft; and Seboth's; volume iii. 

 of the latter also in an English form. The Flora of Mont Blanc 

 lias also been attempted by V. Payot, of Chamounix. 



The flora of Davos has been published by G. Geissler in a small 

 form. 



Prof Oudemans, of Amsterdam, has brought out the second 

 part of his historical account of Botany in the Netherlands. 



Prof. Kindberg has issued his views on the natural orders and 

 genera of Swedish Mosses. 



Itali/.— The Compendium of the Italian Flora by Siguori 

 Cesati, Gilbelli, and Passerini has been continued, the text 

 haviiig reached Medicago, and the plates to Caprifoliacea?. Sac- 

 cardo has brought out fasc. 29-32 of his ' Fungi italici autogra- 

 phice delineati.' 



Klinge's work on the Equiseta of Kurland is the only work 

 on Russian botany I am able to mention this year, besides Traut- 

 vetter's already referred to. 



Spain. — Prof. Willkomm, of Prague, has prosecuted his ' Illus- 

 trations of Spanish Plants ' with fasc. 4 and 5. MM. Buruat and 

 Barbey have also promulgated the results of their journey to the 

 Balearic Islands. 



I have only two productions relative to African botany to men- 

 tion here: — M. Cosson's 'lUustrationes florae Atlanticae;' and 

 some new species published by Franchet iu E/evoil's ' Somali- 

 land.' 



In Asian botany we have the welcome first fasciculus of vol. v. 

 of Dr. Boissier's ' Flora Orientalis,' devoted to Monocotyledons. 

 The literature of Indian botany has also been enriched by 

 Sir J. D. Hooker's ninth part of his ' Flora of British India,' 

 extending from Vacciniacese to Apocyuacese ; and Dr. Watt's 

 paper on Primula and Androsace iu our Journal. Colonel Bed- 

 dome also informs me that his ' Manual of British Ferns ' is now 

 out ; whilst economic botnny is represented by Mr. Gamble's 

 ' Manual of Indian Timbers.' Mr. Floyer has also noted seme of 

 the plants observed by him in Baluchistan in his record of that 

 journey. Dr. Pegel has published Latin diagnoses of new plants 



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