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rich country, followed by a complete catalogue of the Ferns 

 (44 genera, 399 species, arranged after the ' Synopsis Filicum ') 

 and Orchids (78 genera, 412 species). 



Messrs. Godwin & Salvin's forthcoming ' Biologia Centrali- 

 Americana ' will contain a full catalogue of the known species of 

 plants of Central America by Mr. Hemsley. Among them are 

 many previousl}^ undescribed, and of these at least a third have 

 been drawn and lithographed. AVith the object of securing priority 

 in the names, the author has recently issued Diagnoses of the new 

 species of Poli/petalcE (81 in number) in a small pamphlet. Of 

 Seclum and Fuchsia a synojDsis of all the sj)ecies known fi-om the 

 regions in question is given. The name microphylla in PoUjf/ala is 

 already occupied by a Spanish species. 



Pringsheim's ' Jahrbuch fur Wissenschaftliche Botanik' for 

 1878 contains: — G. Keinke on Monostuma bulbosiim, Thm., and 

 Tetraspora lubrica, Ktz. (t. 28); Woronin on Plasmodiophora [the 

 cause of *' Anbmy" in Turnips, &c.] , (tt. 29-32) ; E. Sadebeck on 

 the development of the embryo of the Horsetails [Equisetum), (tt. 

 35-37) ; H. Bauke on the germination of the Schizceacece (tt. 38-41). 

 This part completes the 11th volume. 



Other New Books. — L. Just, ' Botanischer Jahresbericht.' 

 1876. 4th and concluding part. Berlin, Eggers (18 vik.) — A. S. 

 Wilson, ' The Botany of three historical records : Pharoah's 

 Dream, The Sower, and the King's Measure.' Edinburgh, Douglas, 

 1878. — ' Atti della Societa Crittogamologica Italiana.' Vol. I. 

 1878. Milan (15 Hre). — G. Bentham, * Handbook of the British 

 Flora,' ed. 4. 1878. L. Beeve (12s.) 



Articles in Journals. — July, 1878. 



Scottish Xaturalist. — J. Stirton • On certain Lichens belonging 

 to the genus Parmelia' (continued). — Id., 'A new Scottish Lichen 

 {Lithogmpha Anclreivii)/ — S. Buchanan White, ' Flora of Glen Tilt.' 



American Saturalist. — E. Potts, 'The runners oi Erythonium 

 americanum.' 



Bot. Zeitunr/. — H. Nebelung, ' Spectroscojpic researches on the 

 colouring matters of some fresh- water AJf/a' ' (continued). — P. 

 Ascherson, * On Eriophonim alpdnuin'' ; 'On Colchicuin Pdtchii, E.Br.' 

 — ' OudemanSj ' Thecaphora Aiinnopldla:, n. sp.' — A. de Bary, ' On 

 Apogamous Ferns, and the phenomenon of Apogamy in general ' 

 (tab. 12). 



Flora. — A. Minks, 'The Microgonidium ' (continued). — G. 

 Strobl, 'On the flora of the Nebrodes' (continued). — C. Kraus, 

 ' Causes of the direction of growing shoots.' 



Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. — W. Vatke, ' Plantse in Africano a Hil- 

 debrandt coll. — Leyuminoscp ' (continued). — J. Wiesbaur, 'Bot. 

 observations.' — J. Freyn, ' On Ornithoyaliun V isianianuni , Tommas.' 



