NOTICES OF BOOKS AND MEMOIRS. 128 



included in the CornacecB, one being Hdivingia (placed in AraliacecD 

 by Messrs. Bentham and Hooker); Alangium, Marlea, and ^yssa 

 are excluded. The Araliacecc form but a series of Umbellifera: . 

 The woodcut illustrations of the fruits of the latter Order are 

 excellent for clearness and accuracy. 



Other New Books. — K. F. Meinshausen, ' Flora Ingrica'; St. 

 Petersburg, 1878 (10s.) — ' Encyclopaedie der Naturwissenschaften,' 

 C. MuLLER and others, i. Handbuch der Botanik ; Breslau, 

 Trewendt (3 mk.) — E. Fries, ' Icones Select. Hymenomycetum 

 nondum delineatorum,' vol. ii., pts. 2 and 3 (tab. 111-130), 

 Dec, 1878. — L. Eadlkofer, ' Ueber Sajundus und damit in 

 zuzammenhang stehende Pflanzen ' (Sitz. der K. Bayer. Acad. 

 d. Wissenschaft., 1878, heft 3). 



Articles in Journals. — February. 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. LoncL (ser. 2, i.,pt. 6). — D. D. Cunningham, 

 ' On Mycoidea 2}arasitica, a new genus of parasitic Algae ' (tab. 

 42, 43). — Id., ' On the occurrence of conidial fructification in the 

 Mucorini, illustrated by Choaneplwra ' (tab. 47). — G. Henslow-, ' On 

 the self-fertilization of plants' (tab. 44). — M. J. Berkeley and 

 C. E. Broome, 'List of Fungi fi-om Brisbane, Queensland, with 

 descriptions of new species' (tab. 45, 46). 



Trans. <& Proc. Soc. Bot. Edinburgh (xiii., pt. 2). — W. Lauder 

 Lindsay, ' Growth in Britain of the New Zealand Kowhai 

 (Edivardsia grandijiora, Salisb.) ' — Id., 'Fossil Lichens.' — M. C. 

 Cooke, 'Enumeration of Polyporus.' — J. H. Balfour, 'Notes of a 

 Continental tour in 1877.' — J. T. Boswell, ' Description of 

 Hieracium Dewari ' (tab. 5.) — J. Sadler, ' Description of Agaricus 

 Sadleri, Beik.' (tab. 4). — Sir K. Christison, ' On the exact measure- 

 ment of trees.' — G. Boss, ' On the flora of Mull.' — D. Christison, 

 ' Journey in Uruguay' (tab. 6). — J. Buchanan, ' Notes on flora of 

 Blantyre, Shire Highlands, Central Africa.' — J. McNab, ' Open- 

 air vegetation at E. Botanic Gardens.' — 1. B. Balfour, ' On the 

 genus Halojjhila ' (tab, 8-12). — T. A. G. Balfour, ' On effects of 

 soot on some Conifer a.' 



Ann. Sc. Naturelles (ser. 8, vii., pts. 1 and 2). — L. Crie, 

 ' Kesearches on the DejmzecB ' (tab. 1-8). — C. E. Bertrand, ' On the 

 seed-coverings of Gymnosperms ' (tab. 9-14). — G. Bonnier and 

 C. Flahault, ' Modifications in plants dependent on their physical 

 environment.' 



Bull. Bot. Soc. France (xxv., pt. 1). — Buchinger, ' Changes in 

 the. flora of Alsace.' — Timbal-Lagrave, Ligularia sibirica, Coss., in 

 the Pyrenees.' — F. Townsend, ' On a new species of Veronica 

 {V. lilacina)' (tab. 1). — Leuduger-Fortmorel, 'List of marine 

 Diatoms from Bay of St. Brieuc and coast of Cotes-du-Nord.' — 

 E. Fournier, 'On some genera of Agrostidece.'' — J. Poisson, ' The 

 seat of the colouring matters in seeds.' — Prillieux, ' On the stains 

 and cracks on pears.' 



