CURRENT LITERATURE. 
The flora of Mt. Desert, 
THE FLORA of Mount Desert has for some years been the object of 
careful study, and the result has now appeared in a very handsome 
erogams, 47 pteridophytes, 271 bryophytes, and 421 thallophytes ex- 
cluding funi and myxomycetes, which have not been collected. A 
carefully prepared introduction gives a general description of Mt. 
Desert and its flora. Some ot the noteworthy features are the arctic 
character of the flora, the very small representation of introduced for- 
eign plants, the scanty showing of Leguminose, the entire absence of 
sclepias, Gentiana, and other well known genera, and the remarkable 
beauty and deepness of coloration. 
The introduction also contains a somewhat extended discussion of 
homenclature, brought on by the recent attempts of American botan- 
ists towards stability. In the list the nomenclature of the last edition 
of Gray’s Manual is followed, a principle which the GAZETTE has al- 
Ways strongly advocated for local lists. In the discussion of what 1s 
nown as the “Rochester Code,” however, the argument is weakened 
by the frequent imputation of unscientific motives to those concerned 
in framing the code. We believe in difference of opinion and a 
"Rann, Epwa imi talogue of the 
» £DWaRD L. and Reprretp, Joun H.—A preliminary cata : 
2p Sowing on Mt. Desert and is aati islands. With a map. vo. PP 
: bridge: University Press. 1894. 
