NOTICES OF BOOKS AND MEMOIRS. 27 



The 'Annual Eeport and Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists 

 Field Club ' for 1876-7 does not contain much botanical matter 

 beyond some notes on the plants found during the excursion of the 

 Club, some being additional to those recorded for the district in 

 * Cybele Hibernica.' 



Other New Books. — G. Thuret and E. Bornet, 'Etudes 

 Phycologiques,' 50 plates, fol. G. Masson, Paris, 1878 (100/r.)— 

 J. Britten and E. Holland, ' A Dictionary of English Plant- 

 names,' Part 1 (A— F). Triibner & Co., London, 1878 {Ss. 6cL)— 

 J. S. Gamble, ' List of the Trees, Shrubs, and large Climbers 

 found in the Darjeeling district, Bengal.' Calcutta, 1878. •■ — F. de 

 ThIImen, 'Fungi Pomicoli.' Braumuller, Vienna, 1878 (5 7nk.) — 

 N. Terraciano, ' Quarto relazione intorno alle peregrinazioni bo- 

 taniche fatte nella prov. di Terra di Lavoro.' Caserta, 1878. — 

 H. Baillon, ' Errorum Decaisnearum graviorum vel minus cogni- 

 torum centuria prima.' Paris, 1878. 



Articles in Journals. — November, 1878. 



Flora. — J. Muller, ' Lichenological notes.' — A. de Krempel- 

 huber, ' Lichenes coll. in Repub. Argentina ' (continued). — K. Prantl, 

 ' On the arrangement of the cells in flask- shaped prothallia of 

 Ferns.' — P. G. Strobl, 'On the flora of theNebrodes' (continued). 

 A. Winkler, ' On the seedling of Dentaria pmnata ' (tab. 4). 



Ann. Sc. Nat. (ser. 6, vol. vi., pts. 3 & 4). — C. Flahault, ' On 

 the growth of the roots of Phanerogams ' (continued). — J. Vesque, 

 ' On the influence of the temperature of the soil on absorption of 

 water by the roots.' — Id., 'Absorption directly compared with 

 transpiration' (tab. 9, 10). — Id., 'Development of the embryo- 

 sac in Angiospermous Phanerogams.' — J. Boehm, ' Causes of the 

 ascent of the sap.' — (Pts. 5 & 6), S. de Luca, 'Chemical 

 researches tending to show the in-oduction of alcohol in leaves, 

 flowers and fruits of certain plants.' — B. Corenwinder, ' Eesearches 

 on the chemical composition and functions of leaves.' — P. P. 

 Deherain, ' On the assimilation of mineral substances by plants. 

 11. Assimilation of soda.' 



Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. — E. Hackel, ' Festiica austriaca, n. sp.' 

 J. Wiesner, ' The cycle of matter in the plant- world.' — A. Eein- 

 hold, ' On the passage of water in the plant.' — J. L. Holuby, 

 'Cannabis sativa, monoica.' — H. Kempf, 'On the flora of Styria 

 and Carinthia.' — V. v. Borbas, ' Botanical notes ' (continued). 



Botanische Zeitung. — M. Traube, ' On the mechanical theory 

 of cell- growth, &c.' (continued). — H. Hoffmann, ' On leaf-per- 

 sistence.' — E. Warming, 'Supplementary notes on development 

 of Ci/cadecB.' — F. Ludwig, ' On sexual generation of Platycerium, 

 Li/cujjodium and Gymnuyramvie.' 



