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Botaniska Notiser.—Y. F. Brotherus, ‘‘ Extracts from Letter to J. 
E. Zetterstedt”? (On the Botany of the North of Russia).—S. 0. 
Lindberg, ‘‘ Various Notes on Scandinavian Mosses” (Leskea ? papil- 
losa, 0.8p. 
Hedw wigia. he ‘On Orthotrichum.”’—A. Geheeb, ‘ Bryo- 
logical notes.”—R. Ruthe, “A New Spécies of Fontinalis ” (F. 
androgyna). 
Botanische Zeitung.—¥. Hegelmaier, ‘‘ ra ne Morphology of oe 
genus Lycopodium”? (tabs. x.—xii.)—G. Winter, ‘‘ Some Remarks 
Niessl’s Contributions to the Knowledge of Tena.” 
Flora.—3. Miiller, ‘‘ Lichenum species et varietates nove ”’ (con- 
tints —aA. Geheeb, c Bryologicalremarks.”—G. Winter, ‘‘ Diagnoses 
and Notes on Rehm’s Ascomycetes.” —H. Wawra, ‘‘ Remarks on the 
nds.’ 
Bull. de la Soe. Roy. de Bot. de Belgique. (tom. xi., no. 1, 7th 
Nov.)—E. Marchal, ‘ Heliquin Libe rtiane.”—F. Crépin, ‘ Primitic 
Monographie Rosarum. Fasc. ii. Revision of the Roses in the Herbarium 
of si sana! ” (see p. 23). 
(No. 2., 21st Rov. )—J. Chalon, ‘‘ Notes of a Tourist.”—A. De 
Vou, *¢ On the Naturalization of some Exotics at the Montagne St. 
Pierre lez Maastricht.’ 
New Books.—. Strasburger, ‘Die Coniferen und die Gnetaceen, 
e Morphologische Studie.” (H. Davis, Jena. 8vo., with a 4to. 
s 
ursions—. des Grossherzogthums Oldenburg.”—F. Crépin and 
others, ‘* Catalogue de la flore de Belgique.”—J. Grénland, M. Cornu, 
an . Rivet, ‘‘Des préparations microscopiques tirées du Re 
gne 
Végétal, &e. me Catalogue of Scientific Papers’? (Royal Society), 
vol. vi., completing the alphabetical list of authors. 
Dr. A. Braun ms a n in et Monatsbericht of the Royal Berlin 
Academy of Sciences for August, 1872, a synoptical revision of the 
genera Marsilea xis Piluiaria, 51 Back of the former and 5 of the 
latter being: enumerated, 
In the “Verhandlungen ” for 1872 of the Zoologico-Botanical 
Samad of Vienna, is alist of all the Phanerogamic plants hitherto 
found in the kingdom of Poland, under the title of Flore Polonicse 
Prodromus, by J. Rostafinski. The catalo ogue, to which i dasa 
a short historical account of previous publications, suaias 1325 
species, 
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the Stockholm Academ my of Sciences for 1872 the Desmidiacee col- 
lected by the 8 eh Expeditions in 1868 and 1870 to Spitsbergen and 
Bear Island. species are enumerated, nine being described as 
red. 
The “‘ Verhandlungen des Bot. Verein fur = tate Branden- 
burg ” for 1871, just published, contains numerous communications on 
ocal B of Germany, a paper by Sa latesk on lapinson 
caaltistaun, Milde, a memoir of the late August Neilreich, and other 
papers. 
