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der europaisclien Euphroaia-kvten.' — V. Schiffner, ' Bryologisclie 

 Mittheilungen aus Mittelbohmen.' — L. Keller, Dianthm Fritarhii 

 {D. speciosus x harbatus). — J. Eobinsolm, ' Ueber die Drehung von 

 Staubgefilssen in den zygomorphen Bliiten einiger Pflanzeugruppen 

 und der biologische Bedeutung ' (1 pi.), — A. Hausgirg, ' Ein 

 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Phyllokarpie.' 



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The second part of vol. vi. of the Flora Capensis has been issued ; 

 Mr. Baker concludes the A»iari/llide(B, and gets through a consider- 

 able part of the LiliacecB. Dr. Dyer contributes a preface, although 

 he says the part " needs but a few words of introduction " : does it 

 need any? If each part is to have a preface, the result will be 

 novel and curious when the volume is bound up. The introduction 

 seems to have been hurriedly written — e. g. " The advantage of 

 consulting living specimens is of peculiar advantage," &c. 



We have received a prospectus of "The British Mycological 

 Society," a new organization, the objects of which are stated (in a 

 sentence of portentous length) to be " the study of Mycology in all 

 its branches, systematic, morphological and pathological, the publi- 

 cation of annual reports recording all recent discoveries in any 

 branch of mycology, and more especially giving a brief synopsis of 

 the work of European Mj'cologists and the recent additions to the 

 British Fungus Flora, and an annual week's meeting or foray to be 

 held at some place previously determined at the annual meeting, 

 preference being given to those places where a local society would 

 make arrangements for excursions and provide a meeting room for 

 the arrangement of species collected, members of such local society 

 being allowed to attend the excursions and meetings of the British 

 Mycological Society and a list of species found furnished to such 

 society, that, during such week's foray, the President shall deliver 

 his annual address and papers be read, and the species collected 

 systematically arranged and exhibited." The annual subscription 

 is to be 5s. Mr. George Massee is to be the first President, and Mr. 

 Carleton Eea, of 34, Foregate Street, Worcester, the Hon. Secretary. 



Mr. Schlechter writes from Cape Town that his last trip to 

 Namaqualand has yielded above 1200 numbers, among which arc 

 many interesting novelties, including five new genera and about a 

 hundred and fifty new species. 



The Linnean Society is making up for the delay in its publica- 

 tions which has lately occasioned some grumbling. A part of 

 vol. xxxi. of the Jounial (dated Oct. 31) containing " Kedescrip 

 tion of Berkeley's types of Fungi " by Mr. Massee, and a paper on 

 the " Relation of the Growth of Foliage-leaves and the Chlorophyll 

 Function," by Prof. MacDougal, was followed on Nov. 2 by the 

 whole of vol. xxxii. containing 570 pages and seven plates. This 

 contains several important memoirs. Mr. F. N. Williams occupies 



