BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ETC. 223 
which is a sufficient reason for avoiding what is clearly an am- 
biguity. Nor is this merely imaginary: in the new part of the 
Flora Capensis reference is made to Vaccinium ~~ ** Britt.,’ 
by which is intended the other author, who can certainly claim 
the (in this case doubtful) advantage of priority. A reference 
to this Journal for 1908 (p. 87) will enable Mr. Sargent to cor- 
e 
bbe ge once ‘pointe out, it is in accordance with Art. 48 a 
ain Sir W. Hooker never receoatea to be cited as the author of 
a& name commemorating ope and he published it (Fl. Bor. 
Amer. ii. a, as of “ Barr 
As we have already said, the voniniees is in every way excellent ; 
the type, sipnsnjad small, is exceedingly clear and pleasant to read, 
and its employment enables a vast amount of information to be 
sg 
opens easily and lies open flat upon the table: these are small 
matters, but every one knows how much they add to the convenience 
of consultation. 
BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ée. 
At the ne of the Linnean Society, on vg une Ist, the Secre- 
od exhibited two 1 sorte hin am of Corypha elata. At the meeting of 
age ; e had n ally flowered, fruited, and died; the other, 
red: of fisivaia, had thrown up a secondar central growth of 
eaves. The information now sent ae ae the record ; the sur- 
vivor in its turn had flowered and died, the inflorescences being 
developed from the secondary crown of foli 0. g cut 
down it proved to be 68 ft. in height, diameter a base 3 ft. 6 in. ; 
diameter at _ of secondary grow wth, 1 ft. 10 in. The a 
species. 
THE Sinead part (vol. iv. sect. i. part 1) of the Flora 
Capensis r= - the continuation of the work from the place where 
