BOTANICAL NEWS. as 
> al “On Pinus abies, var. virgata, and its occurrence in 
Sw 
jan Linn. Soc. (no. 89, May 31st).—J. C. Jackson, ‘‘ Note ona 
commercial cone termed Whange @, a species of Phyllostachys.” —W. A 
Leighton, ‘‘ New British Lichens.”—J. Buchanan, ‘‘ On the rootstock 
of Marattia fraxinea » (tab. 1).—@. Dickie, ‘‘ Notes on Alge collected 
by I. B. Balfour at Rodriguez.”—L B. Balfour, ‘« Aspects of Lega 
rogamous vegetation of Rodriguez, with descriptions of a pla 
M. J. Berkeley, ‘‘ Fungi collected during voyage of the Challenger ree 
T. Powell, ‘‘ Nature and mode of use of the vegetable poisons em- 
ployed by Samoan islanders.” 
New Books.—‘ Hooker's Icones Plantarum,” ser. vol, 
pt. 1, June Ist (tt. 1201—1225. Williams and Norgate). me Hive? 
. Norges Flora,” Supplement (Christiania).—S. Calderon, “ Con- 
siderations on Vegetable Nutrition ” (Madrid).—A. Fischer de Wald- 
el ercu systematique des Ustilaginées” a peace 
Brasiliensit ” fase, 72.—Panicee, by J. C. Doll (tt. 38). 
fifth and concluding part of Baron von Mueller’s “‘ Notes on 
Papuan Plants” has reached us, containing the rest of the species 
gathered in 1876 by Messrs. D’Albertis and oo and givin 
descriptions of several new plants of various fami 
In the “ Verhandlungen ms ak wx Natural History Society of 
age (n.s., 1, pt. 5) is by E. Pfitze er, “Studien iiber 
B Entwickelung epiphy eal "Orshidee 
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rot Gray in his ‘* Botanical Geshe dated May, 
1877, gives a full description of Canotia, which a refers Bled 
petalou 
California Pipe asta me mer tig a new pee of Hydscohyl: 
laceze named after its disc Mr. J. G. Lemmon. 
The Transactions of ie “Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ 
Society for 1876-7 (vol. ii., pt. 3) contains an account of the Fungi 
found on a large heap of sawdust near Brandon by Mr. C. 
right, 82 in number, including the rare Boletus sulphureus, Fr., 
and a new Spheria (S helicoma). pack nie alee in the same 
number a memoir of Mr. Lilly Wigg, of Yarm by Mr. H. G. 
hd ee and a catalogue of the Duwuset - Mh orfolk, by Mr. 
tt 
By the publication of a Supplement containing additions and 
‘corrections to the early orb of the work, Mr. A. Blytt has now 
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of the country has been much extended. The descriptions are 
Norwegian, and the pagination extends to 1348, a very thick pi 
~ Braithwaite has issued his volume of specimens of the British 
Sphagnacea, a group to which he has for some years paid special 
_ attention, under the title of “Sphagnacee Britannicew exs! xsiccate.” 
All the known forms are well represented by good specimens, the 
number being fifty-three. Only sixty-six —_—_ of this work = 
been prepared, being a few only beyond the num pee eee 
In the ‘‘ Journal of Anatomy a8 aries © * for January ‘atin’ 
