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24 NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Pucersta Matyacearum.—In reference to Mr. Roper’s note in the 
last volume of the Journal, p. 340, I write to say that when visiting 
Newbury last month I found Puceinia Malwacearum on Mallow. I have 
seen it also in the Sem at Ealing, where it was extremely abun- 
Rotices of BWooks. 
Panenes as the Mosses of Ireland. By en Moore, Ph.D. In 
of Royal Irish Academy, Vol. i., ser. ii. 
Wet ein the paper before us a great olan beyond the old lists 
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particular district or country; and it is, m moreover, of interest in being 
the first eo to apply the excellent ar rangement of Mr. Mitten to 
our pals 
ity of a clim ae ea oe ee to the growth of 
Mitorranen and Canarian floras. 
ve workers been lacking to ay up the bryological treasures 
le; D 
to those recorded in the ‘* Flora Hibernica 
The first portion of the Peper is viet to an analysis of the 
tribes and genera, the latter having 
on the most important points i in the structure of the fruit or leaves ; 
then comes a fuller Sgt fees of the genera, each of which is 
followed by a ences table of all the species referred to it. The 
species are not further described, but each is given seriatim, with its 
principal bibliography and synonym y, and thet the pearen which 
thus afford a a guide to the distribution of Mosses throughout Trel 
few o with our views, 
and these we may n tice in passin g. Diente is divided into two sub- 
tribes— ecg comping Plewridium, and Dicranoidee. In the latter 
apply to C. cylindricus, which can scarcely be a congener of C, 
pureus, and if not maintained as a separate genus must be referred to 
