256 BOTANICAL NEWS. 
New Books. —H. W. Buek, ‘‘ Index ad De Candolle Prodromum ; 
Pars IV.” (Completing the work. Hamburg, 16s.). —Willkomm, 
plate 
The seventh century of Mr. Cooke’s ‘‘ Fungi Britannici” is ay 
lished. Cucurbitaria Euonymi and Phomia Lohicera are new specie 
We are informed that this volume is the last of the series, and th my a 
new series will follow in which some improvements will be intron 
The page will be a Baus instead of octavo, and figures of the spores 
or sporidia will accompany each species. 
We call our aes attention ri a eines per on the Lichen- 
gonidia questio on in the current number of the ‘‘ Po aa Science 
Review,” from the pen of the Rev. J. M. Cro jad the summing Up 
of the Bakar by the author is strongly adverse to Schwendener's 
hypothesis. 
r. 8. Kurz gives a third portion of his new Burmese plants in 
- the Journ: Asiatic Soc. of Bengal, for 1873, part 2. Cvtrus angulatus, 
Willd., is the type of a new genus Gonocitrus and Blumeodendrom, gen. 
nov., is founded on Mallotus Fokbrai, Muell. Arg. Phyllocyclusis @ new 
ge nus of Gentianea, and Balanostieblus of Urticacea. There are two 
ates. 
A member of the English Clergy, well-known for his botanical zeal 
died at Winchester on June 28th. The Rev. Cha rles Alexander 
C =e 
little before his aha gives an excellent account of jo botany of that . 
interesting distri Mr. J ohns was a thorough games 6 and has 
published.a score of elementary, eae onal ane popular wor 8 
different branches of Natural Science; ‘Flowers of the Field ” pub- 
‘The death has been rece cently announced of the Contess+ a = 
ermine Lady Harley, whose book on Plant-names we 2° 
ime 
