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Saccardo, ** Fungi Veneti novi vel critici " (contd.). — T. Caruol, " Note 

 on the genus Galilea'^ — "Resume of Scientific Congresses in Italy." 



Bulletin de la Soc. Bot. de France (torn, xxii., pt. 1) — C. Roume- 

 guere, *' Memoir of Dr. A. V. Roussel." — E. Cosson and A. Letour- 

 neux, "A new Algerian Sedum^' {S. tulerosum). — D. Cauvet, "On 

 the Silphion.'' — J. E. Howard, " On the Origin of Quinquina-calisaya 

 of Santa Fe"(tab. 1, C. lancifolia, calisaya, Wedd.). — E. Crepin. 

 ** Description of a new Rose from America" {R. I)ura?uli, 13.011 PI. 

 Oreg., 1871, n. 146). — C. Martins, " On a particular mode of excre- 

 tion of Gum Arabic from Acacia Verek of Senegal " {Loranthii8 sene- 

 galensis, n. sp.). — C. Thiebaut, " Botanical Excursion to the Isles of 

 Molene, Ouessant, and Sein " (Einisterre). — V. Reboud, " Report on 

 Collections made in 1872 in the East and the South of the Province of 

 Constantine" (Algeria). — Id., "Catalogue of the Plants collected in 

 1872-73."— E. Cosson, "List of Plants of Cyrenaica and Tripoli."— 

 — Id., " List of Plants collected in S. Marocco by Balansa, &c." — Gf. 

 Rouy, " Localities for rare Plants in France." 



Neiv Boohs. — C. Darwin, " The Movements and Habits of Climbing 

 Plants" (Murray). — J. Smith, " Historia Filicum " (30 plates, 

 8vo, Macmillan, 14s.). — G. Prantl, " Die Hymenophyllcen " (6 plates. 

 Leipzig, 10s.). — R. Bentley, " Elementary Manual of Botany " (Soc. 

 Prom. Chr. KnowL, Is.). — T. H. Huxley and H. N. Martin, "A 

 Course of Practical Instruction in Elementary Biology " (Macmillan, 

 69.). — J. Sachs, " Geschichte der Botanik von 16 jahrhundert bis 

 1860" (Munich, 8s.).— L. Mejer, "Flora von Hannover" (Han- 

 nover, 3s.). 



A monograph of the genus Adiantum, by A. Keyserling, appears in 

 the " Memoires" of the Academy of S. Petersburg, vol. xxii., part 2 

 (1875). 



Dr. E. Klein's Researches on the Smallpox of Sheep, of which 

 a short notice was given at p. 155, have been printed in full 

 in the last part of the Transactions of the Royal Society (vol. 165 

 pt. 1). 



At a meeting of the Natural History Section of the Literary and 

 Philosophical Society of Manchester, Mr. C. Bailey read a paper on 

 the hybrid British Heath Erica Watso?ii, Benth., a living plant 

 of which, brought from a moor near Truro by Mr. Nix, was 

 exhibited. 



We are glad to be able to announce that our active correspondent, 

 Mr. T. R. Archer Briggs, of Plymouth, has undertaken the work of 

 distributing the plants for the Botanical Exchange Club for next year, 

 Dr. Boswell continuing to act as referee in doubtful cases. It is 

 hoped that the business of the club will be conducted for the future 

 with regularity, and we would suggest that the list of desiderata 

 at all events should be invariably printed before the collecting season 

 commences. 



Olof Niklas Hammar died at Wexio on October 16th. He was the 

 author of several papers on Swedish Mosses, and of a monograph of 

 Fumaria in the Acta of the Upsala Society for 1856. 



