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want 12. As it might be expected that all of this type would be 
found there, we give the names of those which are wanting :— Actea, 
Hutchinsia, Draba muralis, Cardamine inpatiens, Helianthemum canum, 
Polygala uliginosa, Vicia Orobus, Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Crocus nudi- 
Jlorus, Scheuzeria, Juncus filiformis, Lastrea rigida, Some of these 
may be found in the province if searched for. 
The treatment of each species is rather meagre. After the name 
follows the class of citizenship ; and here also Mr. Watson's names are 
adopted; the type of distribution; the area, expressed by the initial 
letters of the three vice-counties; and the range of altitude. Very 
few localities are given, and only for the rarer species; and the use of 
such terms as “common,” “frequent,” etc., appears somewhat vague 
and unequal. An interesting feature, however, is found in the notes 
of the altitudes up to which various species extend. 
On the whole, this * Flora" strikes us as being so much above the 
average, that it is a subject for regret that a little more trouble was 
not taken to finish it off more thoroughly. Moreover, the type used 
and the arrangement of the matter on the page are by no means good. 
With these drawbacks the book is still a valuable addition to English 
botany. It is a trustworthy list of species for north England, and 
accurately shows what are truly native there ; besides this it is read- 
able, a quality certainly rare in local Floras. 
BOTANICAL NEWS. 
“ The vacancy in'the Chair of Botany in the University of Oxford has been 
filled by the appointment of Mr. M. A. Lawson. So important an office 
and, w 
Garden, will devolye on the new Professor.” — Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
The first volume of Professor Oliver’s * Flora of Tropical Africa,’ containing 
Ranunculacee to Connaracee, has just been published by Messrs: Reeve and 
The same firm has also just published the eighth part of Dr. Seemann’s 
$ 
E reprint, with numerous;additions and corrections, of a series of papers 
published in the ‘ Journal of Botany,’ with illustrations. 
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