ENGLISH BOTANY. 493 
for Neuracanthus gicngetn is Anderson, and Lindau was not the 
first writer to use the e Dyschoriste Hildebrandtii. We may 
manic incidentally that ‘Blephari is sega described from a scrap 
Kew imperfectly localized as from the ‘‘ South African Gold- 
fields,” and thus rightly introduced into ‘the flora with a query, is 
undoubtedly a tropical plant, fine specimens of it being in Dr. 
Rand’s Rhodesian collections, lately received at the British ead: 
We should also like to know why Hiernia is regarded as “ of uncer- 
tain position’ in an order into which such abnormal genera as 
Thunbergia, Af) mehdonehi and Nelsonia are serine without re- 
mark. Our original location of Hiernia was among the Nelsoniee ; 
and, though it undoubtedly has some peculia F indians: sub- — 
sequent examination of good mate sag at the British Museum has 
served only to confirm us in this i 3. M. 
Two Reprints. 
ave already mentioned in these sae a) ‘Teprints of the 
third edition of English coe, nd of Ann att’s Flowering 
uninformed reviews of sates scientific works which appear in 
daily newspapers—not excluding The Times—and country journals, 
it seems worth while to give a brief igi eee: of each, for the 
benefit of the British botanists who may be attr acted by the 
comparatively cheap rate at which the books are ae ere 
Of English Botany a mere reprint is to be ued. This 
include the Supplement, so far as that was pablished, and also the 
unnecessarily elaborate index which os wn prepared for 
the whole work; but the Supplement ptt goes as te as Dipsacea, 
and the bulk of the work was practically completed thirty years 
ago, so that it by no means accurately represents the present state 
of our knowledge of the British flora, especially in critical genera. 
With regard to the plates, judging from the specimen we have 
received—dtriplex Babing gtontiwe fear that the extremely un- 
satisfactory colouring which marred Dr. Boswell Syme’s edition 
will be perpetuated in this reprint: it would appear that the present 
eslguring has been taken from the third edition, instead of from the 
original issue of the plates, and, if this be so, it is not surprising 
that, as in the instance before us, the defects should be exaggerated. 
otany ”’—which must be snaidabal ae ] irteen 
means are not dear at £16, but if it had “ate possible to nian 
the text a single volume, omitting the very Se ae 
‘* po ae rtion and issuing the plates separately, we t. 
Pa satisbectory result would have been obtained. Asa book of 
