340 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
covers large patches in damp, shady places in woods on ep 
Greensand on the lower slopes of the Blackdown Hills, 
Pitminster, §. Somerset. Its habit was such that at first I och 
it to be a white-flowered, broad-leaved form of Myosotis eis se 
chet 
soqene of the northern hemisphere, and it occurs in the Hima- 
laya. e few other species of this small genus appear to be 
te to the southern hemisphere.—H. 8. Toompson. 
REVIEWS. 
The ade y of Plants, te enieecnee to Botany and Plant Ecology. 
By T. W. Woopueap, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.L.S. 8vo, pp. 440, 
with 257 Sra Ses. and plates. Oxford : Clarendon Pross, 
eae e 5s. 6d. 
a : aleese freshness about Dr. Woodhead’s addition 
to the =a of botanical text-books. There arecertain fundamental 
facts and principles with which the student of botany must become 
familiar, and a thoroughly ork arenes teacher will probably 
prefer to work out his own , but with the widespread 
teaching of botany at the geeant i time there are many teacher 
who will be glad to have suggestions for a course which is an 
sat ese 2 that indicated by the ordinary cheap text-book. 
urse of work followed by Dr. Woodhead is directed, in 
the ane, to the args of the fundamental principle of 
Plant Physiology. A conception is obtained of the plant as a 
whole—the garden eck: is the example illustrated—and then the 
form and structure of the parts—embryo, root, shoot and bud are 
studied in ree with their work. Simple experiments are 
described to demonstrate the more important functions. This 
forms the site matter of Part i. In Part ii. the reproductive 
organs are considered. The structure of the flower is studied in 
various examples from the point of view of pollination sn 
fertilization, and this is followed by a a hae on familiar lines 
the batyaiy of fruits, and a a on dispe 
