308 THE JOURNAL. OF BOTANY 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Fragmenta Phytogr aphia Australia Oceidentalis. Von L. Diets und 
E. Prrrzz eipzi gelmann. 1905. Seg 
from Engler’s Botanttebe Jahrbiicher, Bd. xxxy. Heft 1-5.) 
Tus important memoir is a record, nearly six hundred pages 
long, of excellent and faithful work, of which the foundations were 
laid during the authors’ —— in the years 1900-1. One rises 
same points of observation. It.is as if 0 had the notes collected 
by a number of persons, set to report the order of nature throughout 
the floral year, each in his own par rth dite and all of them 
equally well qualified for the task of so r eporting. 
country visited by the ue de is jikepa out into eight 
floral ering Of tl ese, vag darling, Warren, and Hyre are 
selves gee to the richer flora of the coastal regions; but they 
traversed the desert to the head of the Murchison railway at Cue, 
and further south went as far as Coolgardie and zi 
addition, the aperenitevle country lying between Coolgardie and 
bead aat EK ay was: assed over. Ce) 
swell their collections from the sper. 0. also mention 
their visits, doubtless. very hasty on 8, to mugek spon the north- 
west coast, especi eclalls 9 BAS ts yielding a fair 
proportion of novelties, as would i expected, siiiee the aortic Wad 
is still but little known botani 
reating of the respective einige orders an account a 
Iman sally gues a manner with facts of distribution and cecology is 
given by way of prefix. Much of this information, parti- 
calatly that relating to distribution, the expert is already familiar 
