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as species a large number which w PS England should regard as 
mere vauieties, yet he has aie collated the synonyms, and 
arranged the species in systematic order in such a way that what 
a perp is in such a state that it is not 
difficult to form a tolerably clear understanding of what is intended 
a ular name, and in doing this he has conferred a boon 
upon Fern-students which no one can appreciate without actually 
looking at the paper and seeing what a long list pecies which 
have been proposed he has reduced to the ae of synonyms. His 
monograph is a great clearing up ject, and will take 
Lahore to Yarkand. Incidents of ae Route and Natural eet of 
the Countries traversed by the Expedition of 1870, under T. 
oe Forsyth, C.B. By Groree Henperson, M.D., } 
F.R.G.S., and ALLan O. Hume, C.B., F.Z. 
Tis handsome volume, the result of “a friendly visit to the 
Atalik Ghazi, King of Yarkand, to be regarded in no sense as a 
mission, and to have no political “objects,” is one of general interest 
to the naturalist and geographer. From the fact that the ground 
covered by it had been pe uvexplored, much new material 
might reasonably have been expected; nor is this expectation 
unfulfilled. The number of new birds (all admirably, figured by 
eulemans) is very considerable ; while the flora, with which we are 
principally concerned, although “extremely scanty,” nevertheless 
furnishes some new species, as well as some important additions to 
our knowledge of plant-distribution. 
The number of plants collected on the expedition (exclusive of 
Alge, and including some cultivated species) was 412, of which 215 
were found in Yarkand. Of these We alas ie are described as new 
to science, and figured by Mr. Fite ne Shawiana, Hook. f., 
bag (Vartheimia) pat, eh Benth., ee ea ene Benth. , Apocy- 
m Hendersonii, Hook. Deyeuxia anthoxanthoides, Munro; and 
fashions of others, probably new, but undescribed, are given. The 
- Hololachne has s nar pee evidence ot the ssi relationship existing be 
ween that genus and ze: “* these lamellie, 
which equally exist in HH. soongarica ike pee Species prev iously 
known |, have aman been overlooked by authors ; they, however, 
reduce the technical difference between Hololachne and Reaumuria to 
little more than ee ore numerous stamens and styles of the latter. 
he mature seeds and embryo, which are hitherto undescribed, agree 
with those of Raum ” Lhe Iphiona * differs from the other species 
of the genus radiate capitula,” as well as in the involucre. As 
a fact of Beeraphecs importance, we may note the occurrence of 
