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dition of vo plants.” —Id., “‘ On structure of the fruit of Composite 
nd Labi 
Hedwigia orokin, ‘‘ Note on two new brig $4 tag Fungi, 
Prophytroma tubular and ‘Saccopodium gracile” (c. 
Magyar 1) ontenee er- —C. Mika, “On ey meee and 
microchemical ri s of Hesperidin. 
ull. Bot. re pe ei ‘par 3, June 20th).—A. Hardy, ‘ Re- 
port of a et ag 1876.”,—E. Fournier, ‘On Mexican Grasses 
with Separate sexes” (Jouvea, gen. nov.).—A. de Candolle and A. 
Cogniaux, ‘‘ Some points of botanical nomenclature” [see p. 189]. 
ak odron, ‘** Note on Rosa glauca, Vill.”—A. Déséglise, “ Enu- 
meration of species of Rosa ot Europe, Asia, and Africa, especially 
those of France and England” (contd.).—0O, Hecking, ** Note on Viola 
lancifolia, Thore 
New Books.—3. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles 
(Lovell Reeve, 20s.).—E. C. De Crespigny, “A new London 
Flora’ Dpto xi and Bogue, 5s.).—J. Smith, ‘Ferns, British 
and Foreign,” new and enlarged edition (Hardwicke and Bogue). 
—F. W: Bur ssid ‘ cHditiveltare ” (Series of ‘ British Industries.” 
inter 3s. 6d.) —O. Beccari ‘‘ Malesia,” vol. i., fase. 1 (Geneva, 
2 lire), as Basten and Castle, ‘“‘ The British Flora Medica,” new 
staien, edited by J. R. Jackson (Chatto and tigen 30s. ).— 
arwin, ** Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of és same Species” 
(Murray, 10s. 6d.).—Franchet and Savatier ‘ eS Plantarum 
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The “Acta Horti Petropolitani,” tom. iv., contains papers b 
Glehn on the plants collected in Ni tim-Okema Land by Polkajov 
and eg set oe Trautvetter on those collected in America by Radde, 
and in Daghestan by Becker; and Regel continues his descriptions of 
hew and tiene own plan 
In the volume of Pringshe eim’s ‘“ Jahrbucher” for 1877, we find 
memoirs on the movement of water in plants by E. Plitzer ; on the 
development of the seeds of Orodane with three plates) by be yee 
on the development of Phyllitis, Sey , and 
three plates), and on th al reproduction of Bangia Aimed pr ome 
by J. e; ceount of new Sapro. of parasites in the 
lied Deniatda, and of cortais splay dulled cAahteasoalin by P. F. 
The « a of the —— section was 2 the Silesian Society for 
1876 many comm - Prof. Cohn gives, 
