1899 ] CURRENT LITERATURE 143 
Certain statistics in reference to the flora are of general interest. The 
overwhelming preponderance of dicotyledons is shown in the following enu- 
meration: dicotyledons 2109, monocotyledons 447, gymnosperms 11, pterido- 
phytes 35. The largest families are Composit (328 spp.), Graminez (182), 
Leguminose (146), Caryophyllace (141), Cruciferae (139), Rosacea (124), 
Labiate (109), Umbelliferze (109). Certain families are conspicuous by their 
poor representation, as Malvacee (11 spp.), Ericacee (14), Asclepiadacee 
(3), Polemoniaceze (1), Acanthaceze (1), Verbenaceze (2). The large genera 
are Carex (55 spp.), Hieracium (38), Centaurea (35), Veronica (31), Ranun- 
culus (29), Dianthus (27), Silene (27), Trifolium (27), and Galium (25). Aster 
vascular flora.—J. M. C 
The flora of the West Indies.’ 
UNDER the editorship of Dr. Urban we are promised a valuable work on 
the flora of the West Indies. This very important region has been in the pos- 
Session of so many governments that the literature of the flora is badly scat- 
This first part is by Dr. Urban himself, and is a remarkably complete and 
phy. Not only is the literature of the region presented, 
out under each title j 
ication each title represents.. At the close of the 
literature by islands and also by plant groups. It 
island or bine lished botanical information in reference to any 
raphy, P 8toup can at once be discovered in this remarkable bibliog- 
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ing if work will be issued in parts at indefinite intervals, each part contain- 
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talis, Vol. Sy ne Symbolze Antillanz seu fundamenta flor Indiz occiden- 
Fratres Borntras sie Bibliographia Indie occidentalis botanica. 8vo. pp. 192. 
Ser: Berolini. 1898. AZ 10.80. 
