meat. 
THE FLORA OF TROPICAL AFRICA. 491 
Part IV.—* Examples of rata orders - rm plants ”’— 
includes the remaining chapters, which give a good idea - — 
the student must look for in denresininties ibedeeca of the mon 
British orders. We note with some surprise the eral a 
Crucifer, of the good old figure showing the stages in development 
of the embryo of Shepherd’s Purse. This might well be left to a 
later stage; and, by the way, there is nothing to indicate the mag- 
nification of the figu ures. 
There is a short appendix giving a list of apparatus required; a 
number of anestions nes some elementary examinations; and an 
index. The last is not exhaustive. 
Mr. Ernest Evans’s little book has also been prepared as a guide 
to beginners in the practical study of plants, preuany with a view 
to the syllabus of the Science and Art Department. It combines 
the functions of text-book and practical guide, the second bein 
fulfilled by the introduction of ‘* experiments” in small type in the 
text. The latter are numerous, well selected, and well arranged, 
but, as must of necessity happen in a small book which has a double 
function to perform, are of the nature of terse directions, ys leave 
much to be supplied in the way of explanation. The same remark 
applies to the text, which is in the form of notes from a fuller source 
of information, presumably t the teacher’s lecture. From this point 
of view—namely, the supplementing of other sourees—the book is a 
useful one. It follows a very usual ee The general morphology 
dad from Strasburger’s Jeat-book; others are new, and often 
infer 
The Editor of the Journal calls my attention to the fact that 
Botany for Beginners is also the title of an elementary text-book b 
Dr. alt published in 1872, an a ange roots little book, 
vastly more interesting than its moder se, and practical 
withal, but not compiled with a view to peice of a Science 
and Art or any other department. A. BR 
The Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol. V. Part I. [Acanthacea. By 
. H. Bureme and C. B. Crarxe.] London: Lovell Reeve. 
Pp. 192. Price 8s. net. 
ave examined with much pleasure this long-expected 
instalment of the Flora of Tropical Africa, and we earnestly trast 
that no further time will be lost in bringing out other parts, as — 
will greatly facilitate the labours of botanists interested in the 
of the African continent. But it would be idle to regard the w 
now once more set fairly going as in any way final, for eg ve 
