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capsule, which breaks with a noise under pressure. 3. 4. spherocarpa, 
Ten., panicle ample, very spreading, fruit-pedicels almost divaricated, 
sepals equalling or exceeding the subglobose-conic capsule, which is 
crustaceous, and breaks also with a noise. .As M. Déséglise remarks, 
no dependence can be placed upon the relative length of the sepals and 
capsule, so that in England we shall doubtless not be disposed to 
admit the two latter, and 4. Lloydii, except as varieties, and according 
to Mr. Symes’s manner of classification, 4. leptoclados as a subspecies. 
Hypericum lineolatum M. Disiglise distinguishes from H. perfora- 
tum by its stems thicker with more open. branches, broader, almost 
amplexicaul leaves, corymbiform panicle, pedicels shorter than the 
calyces, sepals slightly denticulate at the apex, charged on the outside 
with points and scattered lines, paler petals marked on the back with 
black lines, and by its shorter capsules. 
_ These notes will sufficiently serve the purpose of showing the character 
of the pamphlet. 
Essai d'une Flore Mycologique de la région de Montpellier et du Gard. 
— Observations sur les Agaricinés, suivies d'une énumération métho- 
dique. Par J. de Seynes. Paris: Rothschild. 1863. 
. The one hundred and fifty pages which M. de Seynes' * Essai * occu- 
pies are divided nearly equally between the introductory chapters and an 
enumeration (with brief notes) of the Ayaricini, The volume contains 
a map of the distriet included in the Flora, and five analytical plates. 
In the first chapter the limits of the district are indicated. These in- 
clude the Departments of Hérault and Gard, lying between the Rhone 
on the east and the Cevennes mountains on the west, and from the 
Mediterranean on the south to the river Ardèche, from its rise near 
Villefort to its confluence with the Rhone, on the north. Our author 
then notices the contributions made towards a Flora of this district 
from the time of Magnol (1676) to the present. The second chapter 
is devoted to the structure of Agaries, and in particular to the hyme- 
nium. In Chapter III. the spore, its dissemination and germination, 
is treated of; and in the fourth chapter a general view is given of the 
reproductive organs of the Hymenomycetes. Chapter V. is occupied 
with the subject of geographic distribution and the determination of 
zones; whilst the sixth chapter contains a brief apology for the au- 
