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Flora easily heads its class. In classification and nomenclature 
the author has chiefly followed S. O. Lindberg, thereby introducing 
ourselves, the nomenclature being of the anced type adopted by 
the New York schoo present part Neckeis ace@ are 
brou to nd, the genera treated penny Necketé Alsia, se 
follows a supp ement containing twenty-four species which eve 
en 
names it is easily computed that 622 species are recognized in the 
work. Ina postscript the author announces that he has. handed 
over the treatment of the Sphagna to Mr. Horrell, who introduced 
(Journ. Bot., April to December, 1900) Warnstorf’s system of 
aT i to British readers. - 
A. G. 
BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ec. 
Tue Trustees of the British Museum recently presented to the 
Sydney Herbarium about 600 specimens of the plants collected in 
Australia by Banks & Solander, and these were exhibited at a recent 
meeting of the rico per ra of New South Wales. Comment- 
ing on the exhibit, we learn from the ‘abstract of proceedings ”’ 
that ‘‘ Mr. Fletcher spre out that the Banksian plants suggested 
ose ker of Sir Jose, 
(1896). If the supposition that Banks left the record of zoologi- 
cal ao anatomical details to Solander be not altogether groundless, 
The expectation that the vison te of Solander’s Journal would 
supply a olum 
valuable complementary volume to Hooker’s ‘ Banks,’ 
foaud to be not ainethee 6 vain one; j and 7 50 some 
ware, 
interesting evidence was a om So 
Solander kept no journal; we shall be ui ie tans oui * eyi- 
dence ”’ of its existence was “‘ adduced.” 
Tue English publishers of Mr. C. S. Sargent’s Manual Pt Trees, 
which was noticed in our May number, are Messrs. Archibald 
Constable & Co., 16 James Street, Haymarket, 
We regret to announce that Mr. George Musréy has resigned 
the Keepership of the Department of Botany, British Museum, 
owing to pew res and consequent inability to oe ~ 
duties of the post 
