NOTICES OF BOOKS AND MEMOIRS. 29 



von Mueller's more recent one), and on two new species of the 

 cuiious genus Gonocanjuin, both by Dr. Scheffer ; an account by 

 M. Teijsmann of his travels m New Guinea ; and notes by M. Bin- 

 nendijk on ornamental trees cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens. 

 It may be mentioned that all the iDapers are in Latin or French. 

 Though the delay in the publication of the volume has been unfor- 

 tunate, its production is very creditable to the colonial press. 



H. T. 



Rechcrc.hes sur les On/anes de la Vegetation du SeJa(/inella Martensii, 

 Sprimj. Par M. Teeub. Leide : BriU. 1877. 



Tms i3aper goes over ground already examined by Pfeffer and 

 others, but with greater fuhiess of detail. Two forms of termmal 

 cell are recognised in the stem, viz., the conical and the pyramidal. 

 The author holds that in their very early state the young branches 

 have not a termmal cell, and also that there is no dichotomous 

 ramification here, as Pfeffer supposes to be the case, but that the 

 branches are monopodes ramifying periodically and forming two 

 rows of lateral members. He finds that the root-bearing axes 

 first appear when the branch near which they are inserted is about 

 half-way between its formation and the commencement of its 

 ramification, and that in the earliest state seen by him they 

 consist of two large cells ; soon, though, they possess a terminal 

 cell shaped like a ' quadi'angular pyramid, afterwards replaced by 

 one having the form of a quadi*angular prism. Details are given 

 of the growth and development of the stems, root-bearing axes, 

 roots and leaves. S. M. 



Histoire des Drogues d'Origine Vegetale. Par F. A. FLiicKiGER et 



D. Hanbury. Traduction de I'ouvrage Anglais ' Pharmaco- 



graphia' augmentee de tres nombreuses notes par le Dr. J. L. 



DE Lanessan, avec une preface par H. Baillon, et 320 



figures. Paris : Octave Dom. 1878. 2 vols., 8vo. (Pp. 



662, 671). 



A very good French translation of Fliickiger and Hanbury's 



classical work, which has had the advantage of revision by the 



former author. In addition, prmted m smaller type, are botanical 



descriptions of the genera and species mentioned in the text, and 



detailed accounts of the histology of the drugs, both illustrated 



with woodcuts, those of minute anatomy being highly satisfactory. 



A number of additional substances are also described, with the object 



of rendering the book more complete, or at least better adapted 



for a text-book in schools of pharmacy and medicine in France. 



H. T. 



Contrihuciones a la Flora del Paraguay. By Sign. D. Parodi. 



The first fasciculus (1877) consists of notes on the Convolvulacem; 

 a sketch of classification in Spanish, and descriptions of species 

 (many new) in Latin. This tract of 32 pages is xmnted at Buenos 

 Ayrcs. 



