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Vasciilahrs, 1881, pp. ii, 22; and Muscinees, 1886, pp. iv, 78. 

 Geneva : H. Trembley), which is the outcome of some thirty years 

 of botanical research in the Pennine Alps around Chamonix. 

 Daring his long residence in what is probably the finest valley in 

 the world, Mons. Payot has made full use of his unrivalled oppor- 

 tunities of studying the natural products of the district, and has 

 published several pamphlets on its botany, zoology, geology, and 

 petrology. As regards the two little books under notice, that on 

 the Mosses is an enumeration of some 450 species, with their 

 varieties, arranged in accordance with Schimper's Synopsis ; and 

 that on the Ferns contains 57 species, as well as the Characea (seven 

 species). So many localities are indicated, that tourists bent on col- 

 lecting in the neighbourhood of Chamonix will, by use of these books, 

 be able to economise their time to the uttermost. It is to be regretted 

 that the proof-sheets were not more rigorously corrected. — A. G. 



Dr. Gunnar Andersson of late years has done such excellent 

 work in tracing the flora found in Swedish peat-mosses, that we 

 gladly welcome the little book — Svenska Vdxtvdrldens Hisloria i 

 korthet Fraimt'dlld (8vo, pp. 106. Stockholm: Nordstedt) — in which 

 he has brought together in a popular form many of the leading results 

 arrived at by Prof. Nathorst and himself. In our country botanists 

 so seldom get beyond speculation as to which plant is "native" 

 and which " introduced," that it is refreshing to meet with a book 

 in which the subject is dealt with in a more philosophical spirit. 

 As the author is equally at home in the study of the recent and 

 fossil plants found in Sweden, he is able to combine these two 

 branches of botany, and produce an interesting account of the 

 history of the Swedish flora, and of the influence on this flora of 

 bygone climatic changes. Many of the illustrations, both of recent 

 and fossil plants, are done by photo-mechanical process, and 

 though not in all cases successful, some reproduce the characters, 

 especially the venation and texture of the leaves, in a way that a 

 draughtsman rarely approaches. Why is the venation of the leaf 

 nearly always incorrectly drawn in our manuals ? — C. R. 



Mr. Hanbury has asked us to state that Part vii. of his Mono- 

 graph on the British Hieracia, which was to have been published 

 this mouth and quickly succeeded by another part, is again un- 

 avoidably delayed through the serious illness of the colourist. He 

 hopes he may be able to issue it either in April or early May, and 

 future parts at much more frequent intervals than has latterly been 

 possible. We understand that whilst the publication has been in 

 abeyance the drawing and engraving have steadily progressed. 



Corrections. — The following corrections should be made in Mr. 

 Praeger's paper on ' The Botanical Subdivision of Ireland' : — P. 57, 

 line 4 from bottom, for "Wexford," read "Waterford"; p. 66, 

 line 5, for " 1 to 10," read " 1 to 40" ; footnote, for "XXXIX. 

 to I.," read " XXXIX. to L." ; p. 62, line 12, for " Mahgunihy," 

 read " Magunihy." In the second line of Mr. Bagnall's paper 

 (p. 72), " 1884 " should be " 1844." 



