NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



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order, each name being followed by the modern scientific appella- 

 tion." This must have been a difficult and tedious work, but Mr. 

 Britten's large knowledge of old and modern Botany has stood him 

 in good stead, and -the index is thoroughly satisfactory, though it 

 is probable that some of the identifications may be open to doubt. 

 The second appendix gives the other side, or the modern Latin 

 name, followed by Turner's English name. 



We are sure that the work will be welcomed by many outside 

 the English Dialect Society, and that among their publications it 

 will always hold a place of honour. 



H. N. Ellacombe. 



The last issue (dated June 7, 1881), of Maximowicz's ' Diagnoses 

 plantarum novarum asiaticarum ' contains, besides the usual large 

 number of new species, a revision of the East Asian Hypericaccc, 

 CelastracecB, and Corijlacecr, an enumeration of the Chinese and 

 Japanese species of Ficus, and additional notes to the author's 

 previous revision of Chrysosplenmm and Pedicniaris. The following 

 new genera are defined : — Futaninia (Eosaceae, Potentille^) ; Treto- 

 carya (Borragiuefe, Eritrichese) ; Po^Hrttos«ce (Primulace^, Primuleae); 

 PrzewalsJda (Solanaceae, Hyoscyameae) ; CirccEaster ("genus novum 

 anomalum proximum Chloranthaceis "). The plant identified by 

 Dr. Hance with Anaphalis trijjliner vis in this Journal for 1878 (p. 12) 

 is referred to a new species, A. Hcmcockii; and the Ficus referred 

 to F. stipulata by the same author (Journ. Bot., 1866, p. 54) is 

 made the type of a new species, F. Hancecma. 



The Report for 1880 of the Botanical Record Club is of especial 

 interest, as it contains a full description of a new British plant, 

 Selinum Carvifolia, L., which has been discovered by the Rev. W. 

 Fowler in North Lincolnshire. Of this interesting find, Mr. F. A. 

 Lees has forwarded an excellent specimen to the British Museum 

 Herbarium, from which a plate is being prepared for this Journal ; 

 a full description will also be given. The " new county records " 

 and "general locality list" are full of important additions to our 

 knowledge of plant- distribution in Britain. A new variety 

 [Jacksoni) of Potamogeton perfoliatus is published by Mr. Lees. The 

 Carex published by Mr. Ridley last year in this Journal (p. 97, 

 tab. 218), under the name " C. pilulifera var. Leesii " is raised by 

 Mr. Lees to specific rank as " C. Leesii, Ridley." This is obviously 

 incorrect ; if a species (as to which Mr. Lees is doubtful, while Mr. 

 Ridley j)laces it "undoubtedly" under C. pilulifera), the name 

 Saxumbra, previously published for it by Mr. Lees, must be re- 

 tained. County catalogues are given for Flint (H. L. Jones and 

 H. F. Parsons) and West Ross (G. C. Druce). 



Dr. M. C. Cooke has begun the issue of a work entitled 

 * British Fresh-water Algae, exclusive of Desiuidece and DiatomacecB,'' 

 which seems likely to be very useful to algologists. The first part, 

 comprising the Pidmellacem, contains twenty-eight pages of letter- 

 press and eleven coloured plates. It is pubhshed by Messrs. 

 Williams and Norgate. Dr. Cooke's ' Illustrations of British 



