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number of published papers is so great and they are so widely 

 scattered in different journals. It is therefore very gratifying to 

 learn that Dr. Jongmans has undertaken the important work of 

 editing a bibliography, the first number of which has now 

 appeared. This contains only references to papers published in 

 1908, and it is proposed to publish similar annual numbers, in 

 addition to a bibliography of the works published before that 

 date. This cannot but be -a somewhat laborious task, and the 

 editor in his preface invites the co-operation of all who are 

 interested in the subject, especially asking authors of papers on 

 palaeobotanical subjects to forward separate copies of their papers 

 to him. 



The work is divided into two parts. The first gives a list, 

 under authors' names, of the papers of 1908. The second part is 

 an index to the plants mentioned in those papers, and gives the 

 geological formation in which any one plant occurs, the name of 

 the author by whom it is mentioned, together with references 

 which, by turning to part i., indicate the exact place where the 

 reference is to be found. This subject-index appears to be very 

 complete, and has been carefully compiled. The scope of the 

 index is a wide one, and includes not merely works of purely 

 palaeobotanical interest, but also some geological and botanical 

 publications bearing on the study of fossil plants. 



A few misprints have crept in, but the work will be invaluable 

 to palaeobotanists and, owing to the numerous references to 

 Tertiary plants, to many workers in systematic botany. It is to 

 be hoped that Dr. Jongmans will receive the encouragement and 

 help which he deserves in the production of future parts of this 

 work, and that the example which he has set will be followed by 

 the production of similar bibliographies for the other branches of 

 botany. H H T 



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At the meeting of the Linnean Society on Dec. 1, Mr. 

 G. C. Druce exhibited Utricularia ochroleuca Hartm. and 

 U. Bremii Heer, new records from Ireland, with Arahis alpina 

 Linn, and Charophyllmn cmreum Linn., from Scotland, the latter 

 in confirmation of George Don's statement, which had been 

 doubted during the last century. Miss Ida M. Hayward exhi- 

 bited eighteen alien plants selected from about two hundred, 

 which had been noted by the side of the river Tweed, and its 

 tributary the Gala. The chief industry of the locality is in wool, 

 which is brought from various parts of the world, and frequently 

 has fruits and seeds entangled in the staple to an injurious extent. 

 Various species of Medicago, natives of the Mediterranean region, 

 have become naturalized in Australia, and their prickly fruits 

 form the most harmful of these additions to the fleece. The 

 winter destroys practically all of these aliens, but a new supply is 

 forthcoming during the following year. 



