94 ARTICLES IN JOURNALS. 



Fungi, to which we have before referred, has reached its sixth part 

 and hundredth plate. 



We have received from Messrs. Cassell the third series of 

 ' Famihar Wild Flowers.' Both illustrations and text are by Mr. 



F. E. Hulme, and, speaking generally, the former are as satisfactory 

 as the latter is disappointing and insufficient. For example, we 

 have four pages ostensibly devoted to the Wallflower, in which we 

 cannot find a single fact connected with the botanical history of 

 the plant. It seems to us unfortunate that an admirable oppor- 

 tunity for conveying useful information about our common plants 

 should have been neglected, and that the space which might have 

 been thus profitably occupied should be filled with padding of a 

 poor kind. The " Summary" with which the volume is prefaced, 

 which is " principally a condensation from the writings of Hooker, 

 Lindley, Bentham, and other writers on the subject," errs_ in 

 another direction, being so extremely technical as to be ' caviare 

 to the general.' The initial letters and tailpieces, in which the 

 flowers described are artistically treated, deserve special commenda- 

 tion ; the cover of the volume, on the other hand, is very 

 inartistic. 



The concluding number of Mr. Britten's ' European Ferns ' was 

 issued by the same firm in January last ; the completed volume 

 having appeared in December. As Messrs. Cassell systematically 

 omit to place any date upon the title-pages of the works published 

 by them, it is well to put this upon record. 



We are glad to receive part v. of Dr. Braithwaite's ' British 

 Moss-Flora,' containing the Leucohryacew (1 plate) and Dicranacem 

 (3 plates). The figures illustrating the work are, if possible, even 

 more satisfactory than those in previous parts. The date on the 

 first page, *' October 1st, 1881," should be corrected to " February, 

 1882." . 



Articles in Journals. 



Botanical Gazette (Feb.). — G. Engelmann, 'Notes on Yucca' 

 {Y. elata, Engelm.=r. angustifolia var. elata, Engelm. ; Y. con- 

 stricta, Baker non Buckley). — L. M. Underwood, ' List of N. 

 American Hejmticce.' 



Botanische Zeitung (Jan.). — L. Just, ' Phyllosiplwn Arisari: — 



G. Krabbe, ' On the Development, growth, and division of the 

 apothecia of Lichens ' (2 plates). 



Botanische Centralblatt (Jan. and Feb.). — V. v. Borbas, On 

 Aquilegia nevadensis and A. Othonis. — C. Warnstorf, ' On the Sphag- 

 nacese of the Royal Herbarium at Berlin.' — H. Miiller-Thurgau, 

 ' On Metastasis in starch-producing plants.' — 0. Heer, * On the 

 Geological Age of the Comferm.' 



Botaniska Xotiser (Feb.). — K. Hedbom, ' Gymnadeiiia conopsea, 

 By.,xG. albida, Bicli., and Draha alpina, h.xD. Wahlenhergii, 

 jjn.' — C. J. Johanson, ' Linaria vulgaris, Mill.,xL. striata, DC — 

 G. Lagerheim, ' Contributions to the Flora of Gothland.' 



