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from containing a short biograpliical sketch of the author, by 

 Mr. WiUiam Simpson, who also gives a portrait. Koger Kennedy 

 was one of that class of self-taught naturalists whose enthusiasm 

 triumphed over all obstacles and want of leisure. His herbarium 

 is now in the Andersonian University of Glasgow, of which insti- 

 tution he was Professor for thirteen years. An appendix, by 

 Professor E. H. Paterson, is added, m which are added some 

 twenty or thirty species, the localities for some of which, however, 

 appear to be beyond the limits of the Flora. It is to be hoped 

 that the author took counsel with some botanists of experience 

 before he decided to XDublish as a new species, Ptcris gracile, 

 Paterson, h-om Glen Eosa, Arran (p. 255); there is nothing in the 

 diagnosis given to separate it from "a delicate variety" of the 

 common Bracken. H. T. 



The second fasciculus of Beccari's " Malesia " (Genoa, 1877) 

 is mainly devoted to monographic description of the Icacinea and 

 Menispermace(e of the Indo-Malayan and Pa^Duan Archipelago. 

 Of the former Order there are foui-teen genera and thkty-six 

 species included; Byticaryuni (three species) is a new genus of the 

 tribe Mappiece, and Polyporandia (monotypic) of Phytocreneif. In 

 Menispermacece there are twenty-two genera and forty-five species, 

 the new genera being Archanyelisia, dedicated to Prof. Archangeli, 

 of Florence, and founded on Anmnirta temniscata, Miers, and a new 

 species ; Macrococculiis ; Albertida (in honour of Signor D'Albertis, 

 the Papuan traveller) ; and Bania. The remainder of the part is 

 occupied by descriptions of new or rare Papuan plants of various 

 affinities ; there are several new genera — Ahauria (Leyiiminosa., 

 CaisalpiniecB), Gif/liolia (Pahna), Gestroa and Leviera {Monimiace(J>), 

 — dedicated to Dr. Levier, of Florence. The plates represent the 

 new genera of Icacinea and a new species of Pteleocarpa, which 

 genus the author would remove from that Order, and place in 

 Ehretiea. 



In the " Icones Plantarum " for June, 1878, are figured some 

 interesting species, including the Seychelles genus, Mediisagyne, 

 Baker (t. 1252.) There are also several plants collected by Dr. 

 Schweinfurth in his last Central African journey, and some species 

 of great interest from N. China, including Brachyhutrys, Maxim., 

 a new genus of Borraginefr, (t. 1254), a new Saxih-age, S. Rossii, 

 Oliver (t. 1258), and a new species of the curious genus of 

 Bosacem, E.wchorda, E. serratifolia, S. Moore (t. 1255.) 



Other New Books. — A. Gray, ' Synoptical Flora of N. America,' 

 vol. ii., pai-t 1. (Ivison & Co., New York, 6 dollars.) — J. Miers, 

 * On the Apocynacea- of S. America,' with some preliminary remarks 

 on the whole family. With 85 plates. (Williams & Norgate, 

 London, £1 5.s.) — A. W. Eichler, ' Bliithendiagramme construirt 

 V. erlantert.' II. Theil. Apetale & Choripetale Dicotylen. (Engel- 



