262 NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
la the Appendix we have several new Ilj/drocoti/hs, three 
(^H, lobocapa, capillaris, and dlantlia) do, however, not beloi 
genus. None of the genuine Hydrocoti/les are annual, or have a dis- 
tuict carpophoruai. A. careful re-examination of them, and all the 
other Australian and New Zealand TlydrocotyU^ having the same habit 
as these three, will convince Dr. Mueller that a number of plants have 
been referred to a genus with which they have no i-elationship. 
The first number of the fifth volume of this valuable work has also 
come to hand ; it is principally devoted to new plants fj-om Eockinghara 
Bay. 
(Eutacese), MacJi 
nosae), Gillbeea (Saxifragese), Irvingia (Araliacese), ¥aradaya (Bigno- 
ninceEe)jand Cardwellia (Proteacese). Gillbeea does not seem to differ 
from Aphanopetaluw^ except by numerical characters, on which little 
reliance can be placed ; Irmyiyia was first indicated in this Journal, and 
is identical with Kissodendron, but has the priority by about a couple 
of months ; whilst 'Faraday a is not a Bignoniacea^ but a Vtrbenacea* 
A H.andhooh of British Plants, designed expressly for Schools, Science^ 
Classes, and Excursionists. By W. L, Notcutt. London : Long- 
man. Pp. 213. 
This work does not make any pretension to originality. Tlie author 
says in his preface, ''The following pa^es have been drawn up with 
the view to supply the want of a brief, simple, and cheap introduction 
to the study of British plants, especially for the use of classes in 
schools, and for the science-classes establibhed in various parts of the 
kingdom under the Department of Science and Art. It is in no wise in- 
tended to compete with the larger Floras of Babington, Hooker, and 
Bentham, but rather to serve as a first hook for beginners, and intro- 
duction to those works." It contains — 1. A general introduction, 
with directions how to examine a plant and form a herbarium; 2. A 
list and analysis of the Natural Orders represented in the British flora; 
3. Brief diagnoses of all the genera of British flowering plants and 
ferns; 4. Similar compendious diagnoses of the species; and, 5. A 
glossary of botanical terms. The price is just one-third of the cheapest 
of the books just mentioned, and the size convenient for the pocket. 
So far as we can judge from a glance over the pages, great care seems 
to have been taken in its compilation ; and all novelty in matters of 
nomenclature and classification has been wisely eschewed. 
