32 NOTICES OF BOOKS AND MEMOIRS. 



Ann. des Sc. Xat. (ser. 6, vol. iv. pt. 4). — A. Fischer cle Waldheim, 

 " The Ustilaginece and their host-plauts" (continued). 



Bull. Soc. Bot. France (vol. xxiii. Session at Lyons). — A. Melm, 

 " Flora of the Prairie de Boimlelans." — X. Gillot, " On a hj'brid of 

 Mespilus fjermanica with CratcEtjus (Kvijacantlia {= Meapihis Sunthii, 

 Ser., M.(/m7idijiora, Sm.).— Germain \le St. Pierre, "Evolution of 

 the plant-species, &c." — Id.,^^ " On Basylirion lomjifoUum and Yiicca 

 nUfera:' — Id., " Collection of temperate Orchids m Gardens of the 

 Chateau d'Eu." — Id., "Double flowers in Aceras:' — L. Cusin, 

 "Exotic plants of the Tete d'Or" (site of Exhibition at Lyons in 

 1872). — A. Boullu, "Examination of Eoses in Lyons flora, with 

 descriptions of new species." — M. Billiet, " On a Festuca found at 

 Neuvialle." — M. Grand d'Emy, "On the carboniferous flora of the 

 environs of St. Etienne." — J. B. Yerlot, "On the existence of 

 Genista delpliinensis in the PjTenees." — Lacroix, " On the presence 

 of PheUpaa ramosa in roots of CuJeiis.'' — Pieports of excm^sions and 

 visits to public collections and gardens, including that of A. Jordan. 



Bidl. Soc. Bot. Behjique (vol. xvi. pt. 1).— V. Trevisan, " Con- 

 spectus Ordinum Prothallophijtarum.'' — Id., "On the tribe Platy- 

 stomecc and the family HijpoxylacecB.'' — Obituary notices of A. Bel- 

 lynck and Mdlle. H. Cerf. 



Botanislxa Xotiser. — V. A. Poulsen, " On the development of the 

 holdfasts of tendrils" {Glaziouvia, n. gen. Cucurhitac.) 



American Journ. Microscopy. — H. L. Smith, "Notes on Cleve and 

 Holler's Diatoms." 



Journ. Linn. Soc, Bond. — J. Ball, " Spicilegium Florae Maroc- 

 cana)" (tab. 9-14). 



33otantcal Nttos. 



Prof. W. C. Williajvison, of Owen's College, Manchester, com- 

 mmiicated to the Eoyal Society, on the 16th November, his eleventh 

 memoir on the structure of the fossil plants of the coal measures, as 

 the Bakerian lectm-e. 



We see from a local paper that there is danger of the inclosure 

 of the Lizard Common, Cornwall. All interested in oui* western 

 rarities will be sorry to read this. We think that a strong expression 

 of the feeling of botanists on the subject should be made, and would 

 perhaps have a good effect. 



Henry Lawson, M.D., died at Cork on October 4th. He was for 

 many years editor of the ' Popular Science Review,' and also conducted 

 the ' Monthly ^licroscopical Jom-nal ' from its commencement till 

 his death, which has caused the discontinuance of that periodical. 



The death is recorded of L. Pfeiffer, at Cassel, aged 72. His 

 laborious compilations, especially the ' Nomenclator botanicus' 

 (1874), are most useful to all working botanists. The genus 

 Pfeijf'era was dedicated to him by Salm-Dyck in 1845. 



