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OandoUe's contributions to botanical science were not of the funda- 

 mental character of some of those of his grandfather and father. He 

 did not inaugurate a system of classification, nor even formulate a 

 code of nomenclature, but he did some useful work ; in his younger 

 days he was specially interested in the leaflet and published several 

 papers on phyllotax}^, also papers on the comparative anatomy of 

 the leaves of some families of Dicotyledons (1879), on the structure and 

 movements of the leaves of Dioncea (1876), and on the rolling of 

 tendrils (1879). One of his earliest papers was a valuable contribu- 

 tion to the morphology and systematic study of the Juglandeas 

 (1802). His later work was mainly systematic — the families to 

 which he was most devoted were the Meliacese and Piperacese ; to 

 the last he was regarded as the expert on the Piperacea?, and collec- 

 tions from all parts of the world were submitted to him for deter- 

 mination. Those who had the privilege of his personal acquaintance 

 remember Casimir de Candolle as a kindly and courteous gentleman ; 

 many of our less young botanists will recall a gracious Avelcome to 

 the old house in the Cour de St. Pierre at Greneva, and the loving 

 pride with which the * Prodromus ' herbarium was shown. He was 

 familiar with our own botanical collections and institutions; his 

 numerous honours included the foreign membership of the Linnean 

 Society, to which he was elected in 1893, and an honorary doctorate 

 of Aberdeen University, as well as']the Universities of Kostock and 

 Upsala.— A. B. R. 



The Kew Bulletin issued in November contains papers on 

 *' Cordla Myxa and allied species," bv Mr. Hutchinson ; " l!^ew and 

 Rare British Fungi," by Miss E. M. Wakefield ; and " New Orchids," 

 by Mr. Rolfe. Mr. J. S. Gamble describes new Indian Melasto- 

 maceae and Myi'taceae — among the latter we note a new genus, 

 Meteoromyrtus, based on Eugenia icynaadensis Bedd., — and publishes 

 -notes on the second part of his Flora of Madras in which " explana- 

 tory notes were not admissible." The omission is quite intelligible 

 on the ground of space ; but, as the Flora is in English, the notes, 

 as well as Latin diagnoses of new species, have to be published else- 

 where. 



The Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinhurgh (xxvii. 

 part 3) contains papers by Prof. Balfour on "new species of Primula 

 which have flowered recently," on " some late-flowering Gentians," 

 and on the genus J^omocharis : Dr. David Paul records the occurrence 

 of Clathrus cancellatus in Argyleshire — its fii'st record for Scotland; 

 and Dr. Stapf describes, as Koeleria advena, a grass found by 

 Mr. James Eraser " in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, growing 

 among surroundings and under conditions which indicate that its 

 seeds must have been introduced into this country along with esparto 

 grass from the east of Spain or the north-west of Africa." 



De. Kingston Fox announces the publication at an early date of a 

 volume on Dr. John Fothergill and his Friends, which will contain 

 a chapter on his botanical work and one including Peter CoUinson, 

 the Bartrams, and Humphrey Marshall. 



