288 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
moss-flora of Denmark has not been the subject of a 
oa: descriptive mon = since the publication of the Flora 
Danica. In the long interval of some sixty years great progress 
has been made in the study of Scandinavian bryology. It is 
therefore satataalory to note that C. gtk a well-known 
a s-st 
(Kobenhayn: Gyldendalske Bosheedel 1915—part 4. Pp. Vu. 
17, with six plates and numerous figures) a systematic account 
8... Pa 
contains the three orders Hepaticales, Anthocerotales and Sphag- 
nales, leaving the Andrexales and Bryales to be treated in the 
second part. The families, Letts species, &c., are adequately 
with 
described, and are elucidated keys and numerous figures. 
he systematic portion is piesetod by an introductory sketch of 
the structure of the yeas lant. e work is essentially 
Beautirut detailed sini of new cae mosses, com- 
— in , though not of course in quantity, with the fine 
ate imper’s great work, the Bryologia 
described in Latin. her records se include 
Sachalin, Liuchu and Corea. A new genus, Mete Srislla, nineteen 
new species and Ao varieties are fully denned | in Latin; a few 
little-known species are escribed, and new records for ‘Japan, 
Sachalin, Linebe fee orea are acla ed. Meteoriella is related 
to Meteoriopsis Fleisch., but is at once distinguished by its 
binerved auriculate leaves. —A. G. 
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THE part (vol. viii., part 7) of the Transactions of the Linnean 
Society ‘Gated December 1914 but issued early in July) contains a 
vg 
Evolution of the Flower, with a reference to the Hamameli- 
dace, Caprifoliacea, and Corn 
In the course of jalaectiae on “ Women Gardeners at Kew”’ 
the Times, which has long since omega to the level of the 
cheaper daily press, informs us (Augus t 7) that “a woman plant . 
artist has been working for many years = de: oe devoted 
to the Index Kewensis, and there are several w also em- 
ployed on the Index itself’’! This description at ne ae and 
purpose of the Kew Herbarium will astonish those who are 
utterances of the Times, an conte of which was given on 
p- 95 of this Journal. 
