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‘Synopsis.’ The changes which have been made, from time to time, 
in the six successive editions of the * Manual’ show that he has steadily 
kept the genus under observation. The present work may be regarded 
as a new edition of the * Synopsis,’ considerably enlarged in plan, and 
of course brought up to the present level of the author's knowledge 
and opinions. It was intended to have been accompanied by a set of 
quarto plates, but as the preparation of these has been, by unavoidable 
circumstances, much delayed, it is purposed that they shall appear 
when ready as a separate work. As regards arrangement, species 
limitation, and nomenclature, the work does not offer any alteration, 
as compared with the two last editions of the * Manual;' but whilst in 
the latter we have the bare diagnoses, we have here a table showing 
the distribution of the species through the geographico-botanieal pro- 
vinces of the island, an historical sketch of the progress of the know- 
ledge of the genus in this country ; a general sketch of the variation in 
character which we get within the bounds of the genus; a table show- 
ing, i» extenso, the literature of the subject, and under each species 
besides a Latin diagnosis, and a complete characterization in English, 
a full list of synonyms with explanations respecting them, and a list 
of special stations arranged in geographical order. It is a thorough 
and exhaustive explanation of the result of the work which the author 
has bestowed upon the genus since he first took it in hand, and of 
course needs no recommendation of ours to help it to fall into its place 
as the standard handbook to be used by all who wish for information 
on the subject. 
M. Genevier, though he belongs to a younger generation of botanists 
than Professor Babington, has devoted himself to the study of the 
Brambles of the centre and west of France for nearly twenty years. 
He learnt his botany at Angers, under Professor Boreau, and after- 
wards settled in medical practice at Mortagne-sur-Sévre, in Vendée, 
but has recently removed to Nantes. Though he has had a mono- 
graph of the Rudi of his field of study sketched out for the last dozen 
years, he has only issued two or three short papers in the * Memoirs of 
of the Société Académique d'Angers,' and now gives to the public, for 
the first time, the detailed result of his observations. His work con- 
sists almost solely of detailed descriptions, extending on the average 
to more than a page each, of 203 forms which he admits to specific 
rank, the characters upon which he relies mainly for distinguishing them 
