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study of plants. When finished, the work will contain twenty-six 

 folio plates devoted to Phanerogams and a similar number of 

 Cryptogams, with accompanying letterpress. Judging from those 

 before us, we can confidently state that it will form a valuable 

 addition to our small stock of similar works. 



We are glad to welcome another (the sixth) part of Dr. Braith- 

 waite's valuable ' British Moss-Flora.' In this instalment the 

 Dicrmiacecc are continued, the species of SeUgeria, Bracliydontiwn, 

 BlincUa, Didymudon, Campijlopus, Dicranoiveissia, and seven of the 

 twenty-one Dicrani being described and figm^ed with, it is needless 

 to say, the greatest care. 



M. E. Bescherelle has published (Algiers, Jourdan, 1882) a 

 * Catalogue des Mousses observees en Algerie ' by various collectors. 

 It contains descriptions of the following new species : — Weisia 

 pallens, Sch. MSS. ; Grimmia aiwasia, Besch. ; G. Cossoiii, Besch. ; 

 Orthotyichiim Letoiirneu.vii, Besch. ; Funaria Duriaei, Sch. MSS. ; 

 Bnjum Duriaei, Sch. MSS. ; Pseudoleskia Perraldieri, Besch. ; Ho- 

 malotheciinn Algeriamnn. Besch.; Rhijnchosteyium Leto iirneiix ii, Besch. 



We have received ' A List of the Flowering Plants of Dumfries- 

 shire and Kirkcudbrightshire, compiled for the Dumfriesshire and 

 Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society by James 

 M'Andrew. 1882: "Herald" Office, Dumfries.' This is partly a 

 compilation from already published records, and partty the result 

 of individual labour by the compiler and other observers ; and forms 

 a very useful foundation for a future more complete Flora of the 

 district. Many of the species are treated in a very broad sense — 

 e.g., we have Bosa canina, Fumaria capreolata, Viola canina, smd. 

 the like ; and there are some plants inserted with a sign of doubt 

 which would have been better omitted — such as XitpJiar pumihim, 

 Holosteum umhellatum, Callitriche autuvmalis, J uncus halticus, and 

 J. castaneus. Cuscuta europma "on flax about Dumfries" was 

 probably C. Epilinum ; and " Primula elatior, Jacq.," is certainly not 

 likely to be the true plant of our eastern counties. A short list of 

 the rarer plants of Wigtownshire concludes this useful pamphlet of 

 fifty-two pages. 



New Books. — A. Minks, ' Symbolae Licheno-Mycologicae,' 

 part ii. (Kassel, Fischer, 1882). — P. Sydow, ' Die bisher bekannten 

 Europaischen Characeen ' (Berlin, 1882). — V. A. Poulsen (transl. 

 by J. P. Lachmann), ' Microchimie Vegetale ' (Paris, Doin, 1882). 

 — A. B. Frank, ' Grundzlige der Pflanzenphysiologie ' (Hanover, 

 Hahn, 1882). — K. Heinrich, ' Grundlagen zur Beurteilung der 

 Ackerkrume ' ( Wismar, Hmstortf, 1882). — Julian Deby & F. Kitton, 

 'Bibliography of Diatomaceae ' (London, Bogue, 1882). — P. A. 

 Saccardo, 'Fungi Italici,' fasc. xxix.-xxxii. (with Index). — B. 

 Lorentz & A. Parade, ' Cours Elementaire de Culture des Bois,' 

 ed. vi. (Pan?, Doin, 1883i.--GRANT Allen, ' The Colours of Flowers' 

 (London, Macmillan). 



