39^ Bibliographical Notices. 



^H-r^- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Br. Jacob Sturm's Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der 

 Natur mit BescJireibungen. Fortgesetzt von Dr. J. W. Sturm. 

 95 and 96 Heft. Small 12mo. Niirnberg, 1855. 



We have recently received a new fasciculus, containing two numbers 

 (95 and 96) of this excellent collection of plates of the Flowering 

 Plants of Germany, and are sorry to observe the long intervals that 

 elapse between the issues of it. Nos. 91 and 92 are dated in 1846 ; 

 Nos. 93 and 94 in 1849 ; and those recently received, in 1855. It is 

 much to be feared that the work does not now receive the support 

 that it deserves. 



The plates in these numbers fully support the character formerly 

 acquired by the work. They are amongst the most beautiful and 

 accurate representations which we possess of plants indigenous to 

 Northern Europe. The last four numbers are edited by Dr. J. W. 

 Sturm, who undertook the continuation of it on the death of the 

 celebrated Koch, by whom it had been conducted for some years. 



The following is a list of the contents of Nos. 95 and 96 : — 



Ranunculus pygmajus, Wahl. Rubus saxatilis, L. 



montanus, var. minutus, Ley- Daphne petraea, Leybold. 



bold. Tilia grandifolia, Ehrh. 



Rhamnus Frangula, L. parvifolia, Ehrh. 



Herniaria glabra, h. Carex ornithopodioides, Hausm. 



Convallaria multiflora, L. Helianthemum vulgare, Gaert. 



Ornithogalum umbellatum, L. Nymphaea semiaperta, Klinggr'dff. 



nutans, L. alba, L. 



Acer campestre, L. Corydalis foliacea, Fers. 

 Adoxa Moschatellina, L. Lathyrus birsutus, L. 

 Scleranthus perennis, L. Pinus sylvestris, L. 

 annuus, L. Quercus pedunculata, Ehrh. 



Of these. Daphne petrcea and Carex ornithopodioides are new 

 species, published in the Journal called 'Flora,' in 1853, and never 

 before figured. They are both described here by Leybold. The 

 former is allied to D. Cneorum and the latter to C. ornithopoda. 

 The Nymphcea semiaperta was first published by KlinggrafF in the 

 'Flora von Preussen,' in 1848, and is identical with the iV. neglecta 

 of Hausleutner in Mohl's Bot. Zeit. for 1850. It differs from N. 

 alba in several respects, especially in the column upon which the 

 styles are elevated, and the flattened and furrowed inner side of these 

 organs. In so variable a tribe of plants, its claims to sjiecific distinc- 

 tion may admit of doubt. It is fully illustrated on two plates. 



The plates of the Scleranthi beautifully show the distinctions be- 

 tween two plants which have often been unadvisedly confounded, 

 especially in England. 



We may be allowed to express a hope that Dr. Sturm will receive 

 the support that he so well deserves, and may be encouraged to con- 

 tinue the work more rapidly in future. 



