190 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
reptans Syme. Under: Spergularia marginata we read: “ Yes; 
r. glandulosa Druce . 8. M.: Yes; but my examples do not 
come under var. glandulosa Druce. C. E. 8.” Other examples 
occur elsewhere in the Report—e. g. under Zannichellia palustris 
and Anthoranthum odoratum 
We regret that exigencies of space will not allow us to extract 
some of the more interesting of the notes for the benefit of our 
readers. Our omission to do so, however, emboldens us to suggest 
that the Reports should be made accessible to others than members 
of the Club at a reasonable price, as is ea the case, though at 
a somewhat high rate, with thos the Exchange Club. We 
than they ar * likely to pate - the circulation of the Reporis is 
practically eer ed to the members of the Clubs. The actual 
dates in the present issue are ‘‘ December 1914,” with “1915” on 
the wrapper. 
es NEWS, de. 
a number of ‘ sorceom from the early herbals.”’ These are divided 
into two parts, the first containing passages relating to particular 
plants, the second to remedies for various diseases under whic 
be regretted that Miss Hine did not submit her book to some 
botanist before publication, as it contains slips which would at 
~ have been detected by an expert: thus she places together — 
e aynonyy ous “‘ Eyebright—Speedw ell-—Euphrasie," though the 
Culpe 
to the “ Ruphresig’ mentioned by Shenstone ; nor is it easy to 
why ‘“Gromel” is identified with chickweed: the 
of the proverb quoted is not the same as “ Bear’s Ear” 
(Auricula). There is an excellent sbiueants. which, were the 
fact not otherwise apparent, would show the great care that has 
been taken in this compilation. 
At the meeting of the Linnean Society on May 7th, 1915, Dr. 
8 M. Baker and Miss Maude H. Bohling contributed a paper 
“On the Classification, rom mig — Keology of the Brown 
Seaweeds of the Salt Marsh. uthors treated the subject 
se :—Classification: Five of abe. siiesiale of Fucoidee — 
n Britain as inhabitants of rocky shores are represented by 
