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Abbado, ' L'ibridisino nei vegetali.' — S. Sommier, ' Aggiunte alia 

 florula di Capraia.' 



Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift (Feb.). — S. Murbeck, Alectorolophus 

 asperidm, sp. n. — K. Fritscli, ' Ziir Systematik der Gattuag Sorbiis' 

 (cent.). — M. Schulze, ' Die Orchideen Deutschlands,' etc. — F. 

 Pl'eiffer B. v. Wellheim, ' Zur Fixiriing und Praeparation der Siiss- 

 wasseralgeu.' — J. Rick, 'Zar Pilzlaiude Vorarlbergs ' (concL). — 

 C Baenitz, ' Ueber selteue und neue Rubi und Rubus-Hybriden ' 

 (concL). 



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The Journal of the Boijal Microscopical Society for December 

 contains an important " Contribution to the Freshwater Algae of 

 the South of England," by Messrs. W. & G. S. West. Many new 

 species are described, and the paper is illustrated by two plates, 

 which might have been printed on better paper, reproduced by 

 photography from Mr. G. S. West's drawings. Mr. A. W. Bennett 

 adds as an "appendix'' a page of localities for freshwater algae 

 in Middlesex and Surrey, but we do not gather that these have been 

 confirmed by the Messrs. West— a fact which should be remembered 

 when the paper is quoted. 



The National Herbarium has lately acquired a set of the plants 

 collected in the Transvaal by Dr. F. Wilms. There is a large 

 number of new species, many of them very closely allied to plants 

 already familiar. The naming leaves something to be desired: e.g. 

 the specimen (No. 621) sent out as Cephalaria attenuala Roem. & 

 Schultes is merely the well-known South African form of Scabiosa 

 Columbaria ; and the "Ranunculus" (No. 4) is clearly a Knouitonia. 

 No. 8773, a Mesembryanthemum, is issued with a specific name which 

 is already occupied. 



M. Gaston Gautier has just issued a Elore des Pyrenees-Orientales 

 (Paris: Klincksieck, 1898). It is a list with full localities of tlie 

 plants of the region, preceded by an introduction by M. Ch. Flahault 

 and a useful bibliography. There are no descriptions, but we notice 

 certain varieties among the Hieracia which appear to be new, 

 although they are unaccompanied by any attempt at diagnosis. 

 The date only appears on the back of the cover, being absent from 

 title-page, preface, or introduction. 



^ We note that the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club now 

 appears under new editorship ; Dr. Britton has been succeeded as 

 editor-in-chief by Mr. L. M. Underwood. We regret that Mr. G. S. 

 Sargent's admirable periodical Garden ayid Forest has been dis- 

 continued owing to lack of support. 



The Standard of Feb. 2, in a leading article, states that " The 

 late Professor Cardale Babington, of Cambridge, was reported to 

 have experimented more widely in search of edible fungi than most 

 men; but when consulted by one who thought it a pity the resources 



