192 THE SCOTTISH BOTANICAL REVIEW 



justifies such a title ; indeed, it can be seen, from the district numbers 

 placed after many plants, how little it tells of the ecology of any 

 species. However this may be, the volume will be of great assistance 

 to all field-workers in the county. The chapter upon the Characeae, 

 brought up to date by the Messrs Groves, is a very good example 

 of the thorough manner in which these excellent workers carry out 

 their investigations. The chapter on the Bryophyta is by the Rev. 

 P. G. M. Rhodes, and the Algae by G. S. West, this latter being an 

 extremely comprehensive and masterly study of the algal flora of the 

 county. The final chapter, upon the Fungi, is by F. T. Brooks, and 

 gives a list of the higher fungi recently found in the county. 



