92 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ April, 
has adopted ; such, for instance, as Jibro-vasal for vascular or fibro-vascular. 
Was it an accident that all reference to the fact that this is a translation 
of “Das Kleine botanische Practicum,” and not of “Das botanische Prac 
ticum,” was omitted ? 
ut aside from whatever slight faults the translation has—and what 
: the book is admirably manufactured. The 
limber binding, all but unobtainable in this country, is delightful. 
0., 1887. 8vo. pp. xvi, 294, with 186 figures. 
In presenting to American students a translation of a standard Ger- 
man work by authors of eminence in their department of applied se ence, 
Professor Power, a botanist of no small attainments, as well as an pecom- 
plished chemist, has rendered a considerable service to botanists. Aside 
from its value as a pharmaceutical handbook, this little volume, with its 
copious and accurate illustrations, is an admirable treatise on elementary 
vegetable histology, based essentially on Haberlandt’s Physiologisehe — 
Pflanzenanatomie. The work of the translator is well done; the type and 
wood cuts are excellent. The book should find a place in every botanical 
laboratory.—W. T. 
Contributio i ' Te 
Acad, xxii Pp. 270-814. my, XV. By Asa Gray. From Proc. Amer 
This contribution is largely concerned with a revision of certain pol! 
petalous genera and orders precursory to this part of the Synoptical Flora. 
In Papaveracee three tribes are proposed, viz., Platystemoneze, Papave- 
ree, and Hunnemannie, and a revision of Eschscholtzia (nine species) is? 
given. A new generic key is proposed for Portulacacese, and notes on 
all the genera with a revision of Claytonia, with twenty-one species, are 
given. In the consideration of the Malvacez the tribe Malvese has its 
sub-tribes reduced to 
capitate stigmas, A tentative 
