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The Britixh M(»is. Flora. By R. Braitliwaite, M.D., F.L.R. Part V. 48. 

 Fam. VI., Leucobryace;e. 

 Fam. VII., DicR.^NACE^. (Part I.) 

 This part contains the history and generic characters of the family 

 Leucobryacens, and gives a full and able description of the sole 

 European species Leucnbi'i/um ulnnrum, together with the synonymy 

 of the plant from the time of Ray's Synopsis to that of the most recent 

 British and foreign bryologists. This species is illustrated by an Imperial 

 8vo. plate, giving beautifully drawn figures of the plant, natural size, and 

 magnified figures of the fruit, the peristome, the leaves, and transverse 

 sections of the leaves to show the foramina and chlorophyllose ducts. 



Following this is an account of the family Dicranacefe, with a useful 

 table of the sub-families, genera, and s]iecies of that family. This part 

 treats of the sub-families Ditricheac and DicranellecT", and descriptions 

 are given of all the British species belonging to the genera Archidiiim, 

 Pleuridium, Ditrichum, Swartzia, Dicranella, and Anisothecium. 



To each species a full synonymy is given, so that the plant may be 

 readily traced through any flora past or recent. These sub-families are 

 illustrated by three Imperial 8vo. plates, giving full illustrations, natural 

 size and magnified, of leaves, fruit, leaf sections, and cell structure of 

 each species, with that fidelity and fulness which is so characteristic 

 of the author. The work is published by the author, at 303, Clapham 

 Road, London J. E. BAr.NALi.. 



Guide to tlte Geological Collections in the Unii^ersiti/ SJuneuni, Oxford. By 



Professor Pkestwich. Clarendon Press, 18M1. 

 The Oxford Museum now contains excellent collections of rocks, 

 minerals, and fossils. The materials of the building itself were specially 

 selected to display the ornamental and building stones of the British 

 Isles, and the specimens within show the result of the able work for 

 many years of the late (Professor Phillips) and present (Professor 

 Prestwich) occupants of the geological chair. This guide to the 

 Museum includes sixty-four pages of close print, and will be useful 

 not only to local students, but to all who collect and arrange geological 

 specimens. A. good point in the arrangement is that the rich local 

 collections from the Stonesfield slate, etc., are kept separate from the 

 general or typical series. W. J. H. 



METEOROLOGY OF THE MIDLANDS. 

 THE WEATHER OF FEBRUARY. 188-2. 



BY CLEMENT L. WK.\GGF,, F.R.G.S., F.M.S., ETC. 



The month opened with tine, quiet weather and high pressures, 

 and some subsecpient fog occurred. The continued mildness was the 

 characteristic feature ; and the mean temperature for Central England 

 may be given as -I'i-O. At Loughborough the mean was nearly five 

 degrees above tliat of February, 1881, and at Orleton it was rather 

 more than 1^° above the average of the last twenty years. Vegetation 

 was very forward, and many wild flowers were in bloom, 



