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two orders, of which Bernard has collected and described 202. Of these 4 are 

 new to Java, 79 others are new to the East Indian region, and 81 are described 

 as new species or varieties. By 580 carefully drawn figures, rather crowded on 

 the plates, the author represents all species of his collection, so that later workers 

 can see what plants he has actually been working with. The evident care and 

 thoroughness of the work indicate that this is no mean contribution to the 

 knowledge of the Javenese flora. — C. R. B. 



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Folk names of Brazilian plants. — For some years there has been running 

 through the Pharmaceutical Review a series of articles by Dr. Theodor Peckolt, 

 giving the vernacular names of Brazilian plants and plant products, including 

 both the Portuguese names and those adopted from the Tupi language. This 

 material is now brought together in book form, 3 as monograph no. 15 of the 

 Pharmaceutical Science Series, under the editorship of Dr. Edward Kremers. 

 The vernacular names appear in alphabetic order, with the German equivalent 

 where it exists, the scientific equivalent, including the specific name and family 

 name, when known, and brief comments in German on the use made of the prod- 

 ucts. It is rather unfortunate that there is not an index to the scientific names, 

 for this would undoubtedly greatly increase the usefulness of what has been a 

 difficult and time-consuming task. The volume will be of special assistance to 

 taxonomists, to dealers in crude drugs, and to manufacturers who call for 

 Brazilian products.— C. R. B. 



German South-polar Expedition.— The second part of the eighth volume 

 (Botany) of the sumptuous report upon this expedition has just been issue , 

 with an account by Reinbold of all the seaweeds except the Lithothamniaceae, 

 which are elaborated by Foslie. The collections were not extensive and no new 

 species were found by Reinbold. Foslie, however, recognized and descn 

 several new unsegmented corallines from the material obtained by this expe iUod 

 and here presents again the descriptions with photographic illustrations.— • 



NOTES FOR STUDENTS 



primitive type of seed.— Oliver 



to our knowledge of the structure of paleozoic seeds. In I 



ILLIAMSOK 



Theodor 



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. Volksbenennungen der brasilianischen Pflanzen^ un^ 

 dukte derselben in brasilianischer (portugiesischer) und von der Tupisprac e^ 

 tenNamen. 8vo. pp. 252. Milwaukee: Pharmaceutical Review Publishing • ^ 



4Dent<;rViP Cfi.ivwtU. t?~ — au: . ; m Xnttrave des Reicbsam 



im Aultrage uc* «~- - ^ 



Innern herausgegeben von Erich von Drygalski, Leiter der Expe n ^ ^ 

 Band, Botanik, Heft II. (i) Reinbold, Th., Die Meeresalgen, pp. J 7^ '^^ 



Foslie, M., Die Lithothamnien. pp. 203-220. pi. 20. figs- ^ Ber 

 Reimer. 1908. Jlf 5. 



from 



Botany 



archaic type ° f *** 

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