282 NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
region (Betula ee Bechst. y which ascends from the limit of the 
pin ines up to 3 0 ft.; 4 ‘* Vidiebeltet,” the region of willows 
the west and north. Under each species is saa an indication of the 
bounds of its range both northward and south 
The Norwegian Willows have been elaborately 
the Flora by Prof. N. J. a ripe of Sto 
monographed for 
Im, so well-known 
for his researches in this difficult genus, a ti yt upy over 60 pages of 
the volume. This Flora is orth the attention of English ner 
Prodramus Flore Piganian: auctoribus Mavarmto Wittxomm et 
Joan 
us 
1 Lanez. Vol. III., parsI. Stuttgart, 
from causes chiefly monetary, forced to come to a 
eminent authors merit the thanks of “ss "botnets 0 
rseverance in carrying on their labours in spite of 
1874. 
till. Its 
f Europe for their 
such discourage- 
98 
ment. It is four years since we had to chronicle the appearance. eof 
the last part, which concluded the inser orders. In this new 
part the polypetalous families are comm 
by the Umbellifera, 
ariee, 
followed by the Saxifragacee, Crassulacec, Paronychia, Meas: 
and the smaller allied orders, and the greater part of t he Rosacea. 
being included in the Flora; in their arrangement Prof. Lange 
largely followed Bentham and Hooker’s “ Genera Plantarum, though 
he gives reasons for differing in some points from that w ork. Only # 
sition of species into other genera ; order 2 gay . wane 
undergone a very thorough and paboce investigation. siah 
cornubiense ced asa variety un - aquilegiafolium, from - 
it differs only in its smaller size. In pie Saxifrages, Prof. bile <*" 
has not adopted Engler’s recent classification of the 
section ergs ce : Paronychia is raised to a ge 
genu 
nus for the  singulat 
little plant C. eymo The fruticose Rudi are thirteen in number } 
all, save an widely-distributed for 
It may now be confidently hoped ‘that the Professors bg oe time 
complete their Flora in the same excellent style w 
as charac- 
terised it hitherto, with full "gee saa e detailed distribution of 
shall 
e species. We en only wan 
south-western 
hey 
an aecount of the 
all t as 
goo 
plants of Portugal to possess a fal knowledge of the a <n . 
great peninsula. " 
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Bars aba aa sk a! Stee 2 ST ws 
