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Yew ox Oak. On May 31st, I saw in Leigh Woods, near Clif- 

 ton (N. Somerset), a small shrubby Yew-bush about a foot high 

 growing upon a rather young Oak tree : I do not remember having 

 noticed before a Grymnosperm epiphytic upon an Angiosperm. In 

 Leigh Woods the Yew is doubtless native, as it is in most of the 

 woods on the Carboniferous Limestone of North Somerset, and also on 

 the hmestone cliffs and screes at Cheddar, Burrington Combe, 

 Bourton and other combes. The plant now reported grows by a 

 path within half a mile of the rocky ridge where PolygonaUim 

 officinale and Lilies-of-the-valley grow together — fortunately by no 

 means extinct, as was feared by Syme (Engl. Bot. ed. 3, ix. 180). 

 This year many of the Solomon's-Seal are no taller than the Lilies-of- 

 the-valley, and some are shorter. — H. S. TnoMPSOJf. 



The Beodeick Heebaeitjm (see Journ. Bot. 1904, 295). 

 Through the kindness of Lord Midleton I have recently examined the 

 above at Peper Harow. The collection is bound in the form of a 

 volume with the inscription " Tho. Brodrick 1672 " upon the title- 

 page. There are 138 leaves (c. 17"xlO") with several plants upon 

 each, British, exotic and garden species being mingled ; unfortunately 

 many have been damaged by insects, and not a single plant is either 

 localized or dated. The Latin name of the period — and in these 

 changeful days it is comforting to note that Mentha cardiaca of 

 to-day was the identical Mint prescribed for heart affections in 

 Elizabeth's time — and the quaintly expressed English name is appended 

 to each specimen, and there is a full index at the end of the volumes 

 with page references. — C. E. Salmon. 



TOLTPELLA GLOMEEATA Leonh. IN THE ISLE OE WiGHT. On 



the 13th May I found this charophyte in fair quantity in some shallow 

 pits near Elmsworth brick-works, just to the east of the mouth of 

 the Newtown River. This is, I think, the first record of a TolypeJIa 

 for the Island. — James Geoves. 



REVIEWS. 



JElementi de Botaniqiie par Ph. Van Tieghem. Cinquieme 

 edition. 8vo. Tome I. Botaniqne Generale, revue et corrigee 

 par J. CosTANTiN, pp. XV, 619, tt. 260. Tome II. Botanique 

 Speciale remaniee et augmentee par J. Costantin, pp. xx, 743, 

 tt. 326. Masson : Paris, 1918. Price 30 fr. 



The present edition of the late Prof. Van Tieghem's well-known 

 smaller textbook of Botany follows closely the plan of earlier 

 editions. The editor. Prof. Costantin, does not supply any prefatory 

 note or introduction indicating the changes or additions for which 

 he is responsible, but these do not appear to be extensive and the 

 book remains the expression of Van Tieghem's views as to the pre- 

 sentation of the science and especially on methods of classification. 



The first volume deals with morphology, including structure, and 

 physiology. In the first chapter a general account is given of the 

 plant-body in two sections, the first entitled morphology, the second 

 physiology, and a similar plan is adopted in the following chapters 



