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SO serious that a siipplemeutary list is in course of preparation. 

 Among the works left out may be named Hooker and Baker's 

 Synopsis FilicHiii, Mr. Baker's monographs of AmpelideoR and C071- 

 naraceiE in the Flora Brasiliensis, his Ficfiujium Botankum, some of 

 his important contributions to the Gardeners' Chronicle (such as the 

 papers on Hellebores and Yuccas), and many more. The numerous 

 errors of commission and omission render the List of Kew Publi- 

 cations almost as remarkable as the celebrated Seed-list for 1885. 

 But that was at least funny ! 



The Supplementary Fascicle to the Set of British Rubi, which 

 has just been issued, contains specimens of seven plants which have 

 been named and described in this Journal since the issue of the Set 

 began in 1892. So far as is known at present, these are endemic. 

 They are the following: — Fi. Silurum, described as a variety of 

 Fi. nemoralis P. J. Muell. ; it. curvidens as a species, and F. vir- 

 (fultorum as a variety of B. Borreri Bell- Salt., by the Rev. Augustin 

 Ley in Journ. Bot. 1894, 142-144 ; R. bracteatus described as a 

 variety of B. ynercicus Bagnall by Mr. J. E. Bagnall, /. c. 1894, 187 ; 

 B. clivicola as a variety of B. arr/entatus P. J. Muell. by Rev. A. Ley, 

 /. c. 1896, 158 ; and B. rubrifiorus as a species by the Rev. W. H. 

 Purchas, I. c. 1894, 139, 187. The last-named is issued as it 

 appears in the ninth edition of the London Catalogue, as a variety of 

 B. dumetorum W. & N. B. villicauUs Koehl. (an abundant plant in 

 Scotland, which also occurs in some Welsh and Enghsh counties) 

 seems to be indistinguishable from B. insularis Aresch. Skanes FI. 

 ed. 2. On this Dr. Focke notes: — "The form called Fi. insularis 

 Aresch. is the true typical Fu villicaidis, first described from Silesia, 

 E. Germany. The common form of N. Germany is much more 

 like EngHsh B. calvatus." The Rev. Augustin Ley has taken the 

 place of the Rev. R. P. Murray, being a large contributor to the set 

 generally, and in particular to this fascicle, Mr. Murray having been 

 absent from England when the fascicle was set on foot. 



Mr. Schlechter, writing from Cape Town on March 8th, 

 records his second visit to the Cold Bokkeveld, which, in spite of 

 the extreme drought under which it has been suffering, proves to 

 be a very rich place botanically. On his first visit, Mr. Schlechter's 

 collecting was confined to the plains, as the high mountains were 

 partly covered with snow. He has now, however, ascended most 

 of the highest peaks, some of which are above 6000 ft., and has 

 obtained a large number of novelties. 



M. E. RoLLAND, whose Fatine Popnlaire has become a classic 

 among folklorists, has issued the first part of a companion work 

 which will do for the vegetable what the former has done for the 

 animal kingdom. Its full title is " Flore Populaire, ou Histoire 

 Naturelle des Plantes dans leurs rapports avec la Linguistique et 

 le Folklore." We hope to notice it in an early issue. 



