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Florula of the lavas of Agde.'' — P. von Tiej^hem, *' On disposition of 

 leaves called opposite and verticillate." — D. Clos, *' On validity of 

 some genera of Hyacinthece, and on genus ^^//«??i." — A. Mehn, ''Dis- 

 covery of Vallisneria in canals of basin of the Loire." — B. H. Martinet, 

 *' Vegetation of environs of Lima, Peru." 



Monthly Microscopical Journ. — T. Taylor, " Certain Fungi para- 

 sitic on plants {Sphceria morbosa, Erysiphe Tuckeri. Tab. 95 — 97.) 



Grevillea. — M, J. Berkeley, "Notices of N. American Fungi." 

 (contd.)— W. A. Leighton, " Lichenological researches in N. & S. 

 AVales in 1873." — Id., "On Parmelia Millaniana, Stirton."— M. C. 

 Cooke, "British Fungi." (contd.)— Id., " Carpology of PezizaV 

 (contd.) — W. Phillips and C. B. Plowright, " I^ew and rare British 

 Fungi." (contd.) — M. C. Cooke, " On Corticium amorphum, Fr.' — 

 J. M. Crombie, " On Lecidea didymospora, Stirton." 



American Kat. — C. C. Parry, " Bot. Observations in S. Utah." 

 (contd.). 



Hedivigia. — J. Kiihn, " On Peronospora Bipsaci, var. Fiilloniy — 

 G. Winter, " On Napicladium Soraueri, Thiimen." 



Oesterr. Bot. Zeitsch.—A. Kerner, " Hybrid Primulas of the Alps." 

 — Y. de Janka, "Four new Italian plants" (Colchium Bevieri, n.s., 

 C. variojnctum, n.s.) — G. von Niessl, " JS'ew 8phferiaceous Fungi." 

 (contd.) — A. Vatke, " Plantse in it. africano, ub J. ]\I. Hildebrandt 

 coll. BdhiatceP (3 new species.) — M. Winkler, " lleminiscences of a 

 tour in Spain." 



Bot. Zeitung. — L. Celakovsky, " Phyllody of the ovules in 

 Alliaria officinalis,'"' (contd.)— G. Lohde, "On the testa of the seed in 

 the Portulacem.^'' 



Flora. — H. de Vries, "On the influence of bark-pressure on the 

 anatomical structure of woods." — W. Nylander, " Addenda nova ad 

 LichenographiamEuropeeam." (contd.) 15 new species, 2 British.) — 0. 

 Bockeler, " Cyperacece of New Holland, and some Polynesian Islands." 

 (contd.) (21 new species, Hexalepis, gen. nov.) — J. Wiesner, " Re- 

 marks on rational and irrational divergencies." — G. Winter, "On 

 anatomy of some crustaceous Lichens." (tab. 3, 4.) — T. M. Fries, 

 ^* Schizopelte, gen. nov., Lichenum " (California). 



New Booh.— ''A Text Book of Botany." By I. Sachs. Tran- 

 slated by A. W. Bennett, assisted by W. T. Dyer. £1 10s. 6d. 



In the " Abhandlungen " of the Natural History Society of Gof- 

 tingen for 1874 is an extensive paper of more than 230 pages on the 

 plants collected in the Argentine Republic by Prof. Lorentz, of Cor- 

 doba. The number of species enumerated is 927, and many new ones 

 are described. There are two new genera of Compositce (one is 

 named Borentzia), two of Verhenacea, and three of Graminece ; the 

 characters of some of these are given in the two plates accompanying 

 the memoir. 



The 65th fascicle of the "Flora Brasiliensis " is occupied by 

 Monographs of the Orders ^j^^fl'c^<s, Simarubace(B send Burseracece, elabo- 

 rated by Engler, and illustrated with 61 plates. 



On April 16th a meeting of botanists from various parts of Sjot- 



