150 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
which the author has made his own. Without associating one- 
self with the unfortunate depreciation of the scientific activities 
of any other nation, one feels that it is certainly very creditable 
to our national science that to an Ivish university we should owe 
the development of the only satisfactory explanation of the old- 
standing problem of the ascent of sap. 
V. dB, 
Dansk Excursions-Flora. Tredie Udgave ved. C. H. OstsnreLp 
og C. Raunxrzr. Kobenhayn 0g Kristiania. 1914. 
Tuts is a handy vo 
the introductory Conspectus there is a rather novel way o 
Beccabunga, Callitriche, Bulliarda, ut of each Abies 
order these are taken, and so treated one by one. This Con sacle 
consists of twenty-three pages, an s here and there rather 
puzzling, as one finds Bryonia sonteaited with Lobelia. 
The Flora proper commences with the Ferns, and proceeds : 
through Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, Monocotyledons to Dicoty- 
ledons, ending with Composite; in many Scandinavian Floras 
Mae last Sealy) is the first in — After re — proper come 
enteen pages of glossary a index ges. Com- 
niceeee within the three hate <a thts Bes there is an 
excellent account of the Danish Flora, which might be expected, 
.s the names of the authors would lead us to anticipa 
Naturally, in these days, one looks to the naming (or altering 
of names); but, on the whole, the names employed here are those 
in fairly gene 2 use. In Juncus it is rather a surprise to see 
J. alpinus split under three names. The grasses begin with 
pia i oe and festwca—to us an unusual sequence. In 
povees is used, but Nasturtium is restricted to N. officinale, which 
med ‘“N. aquaticum (L.) Karst.” In Saaifraga we have 
8. Rivas S. granulata, and S. tridactylites ; this gives a very 
good idea of the general constituents of the flora. Rosa is treated 
hea shortly, while Rubus has eighteen pages (60 species). There 
e ten species of Alchemilla; Ginanthe Sachs Colem. is given. 
a Pyrola ‘‘(Pirola)” they possess P. wmbellata and P. chlorantha, 
ag wanting in our flora. Primula elatior (L:) Hill is ig 
Utricularia ochroleuca Hartm. occurs, but no notice is taken 
Newman’s reference to it as a hybrid. That unfortunate ee 
Galium sylvesire meses G. peste Murr. Arctiwm has three 
species besides tomentosw veracium escapes with ie ae but 
Tarasacum has twenty pees “Under 8 Senecio vulgaris L. 
3 
t 
is 
- 
q 
Ba 
