232 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



all subdivisions of the Conifer ce, including Araucariacea and 

 Taxacece, also in Ginkgo. 



At the meeting of the Linnean Society on 5th June Mr. H. W. 

 Monckton showed a flower of Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill., 

 which had been found on Dartford Heath a short time before. 

 Miss L. S. Gibbs gave an abstract of her paper entitled "A Con- 

 tribution to the Flora and Plant-Formations of Kinabalu and the 

 Highlands of British North Borneo," illustrating her remarks 

 with a series of lantern-slides. Mr. A. D. Cotton explained the 

 principal points of Mine. Weber van Bosse's paper on the Eed 

 Marine Algae from the Indian Ocean. A paper, by Prof. E. J. 

 Harvey Gibson, on Mystropetalon Harv. was briefly explained by 

 Dr. Stapf. The material was sent by Mrs. Solly of Sir Lowry's 

 Pass as M. Thomii, but was found to differ ; the rhizome was 

 attached to roots of Protect. A very intractable brown deposit in 

 the cells is not " Balanophorin," but some unknown carbohydrate 

 of the cellulose group, for which the name "Mystrin" is proposed. 

 The male and female flower are described, and the name M. Sollyi 

 proposed for the new species. 



The short notice of the Census Catalogue of British Hepatics, 

 second edition (W. Ingham, 52, Haxby Road, York. 1913. Is. 

 net; Is. 6d. interleaved), which appeared in the May number of 

 the Journal (p. 176), was unfortunately premature, inasmuch as 

 the whole issue (save some half dozen early copies) was spoiled by 

 a blunder at the printing works. No copies, therefore, were 

 available for distribution. This misfortune proved in one way, 

 however, to be a blessing in disguise, in that it enabled Mr. 

 Ingham to intercalate numerous further records supplied by 

 members of the Moss Exchange Club, thus rendering the geo- 

 graphical distribution of the species and varieties more complete 

 in the revised issue which is now ready for sale. Attention may 

 also be drawn to the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Moss 

 Exchange Club (York: Coultas & Volans. March, 1913, pp. 61-87). 

 It contains lists of the mosses and hepatics distributed among 

 the members, with some scattered critical notes on the more 

 interesting specimens. 



The Rev. E. F. Linton has issued a circular of which the 

 following is a copy : " It is some years since the four Fascicles of 

 the Set of British Willows was issued, and several interesting forms 

 have been met with since then ; some have been grown in the 

 garden, and others have been met with, by myself or other 

 botanists, which are different, in sex or in some structural points, 

 from those sent out before. I propose to issue such forms in 

 small batches, as they come to hand, not waiting to get together 

 enough to form a fascicle, as willows are so difficult to preserve 

 from insect ravages, especially the male flowers. At the present 

 time I have seven sheets ready for issue, during the next month 

 or so, and offer them at Id. a sheet post free. The present issue 

 will therefore be 4s. Id. ; and any future issue w 7 ill be at the same 

 rate." Mr. Linton's address is Edmondsham Rectory, Salisbury. 



