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n. sp. Other contributions include papers ‘s R. Sa Bi ffen and 
C. H. 8. Percival. The annual list of fungi new to Britain, and 
in several instances new to science, is an indispensable part of such 
a publication. They form a substantial addition to our constantly 
increasing fungus-flora. rf Transactions are illustrated by a 
coloured plates reproduced from water-colour drawings by Mr 
Carleton Rea, a member of the Society.—A. L. 8. 
E first part—vol. 22, part eT a new and important North 
Sag Flora has es ra te for the New York Botanical Garden. 
It is “designed to present in one work descriptions of all plants 
growing, indepe sche es cultivation, in North America, here taken 
to include Greenland, Central America, the Republic of Panama, 
and the West Indies, e except Trinidad, Tobago, and Curagoa and 
other islands off the north coast of Venezuela, whose flora is essen- 
tially South American.” A committee of two—Dr. Britton and 
Dr. Underwood—has been appointed to prepare the work, with an 
advisory a which we regret not to see the name of the 
and d Dr. B 
sure sound worker Dr. B. L. Robinson. The work will be in 
th ges volumes: i. Mycetozoa, Schizophyta, Diatomacee ; _ii.-x. 
Fungi; xi.-xiii. Alge; xiy., xv. Bryophyta; xvi. Pteridophyta and 
Gymnosperme ; x ii.—xix nocotyledones ; xx.-xxx. Dicotyle- 
dones present instalment contains Podostemmacee b 
Nash; Crassulacee by N. L. Britton & J. N. Rose; ; Penthomacea 
and Parnassiacee by P. A. Rydberg; it will thus be seen that the 
work is largely in the hands of those who, rightly or w wrongly, have 
been conspicuous in splitting up vo larger genera and a es. The 
citations are made in accordance with the rules down for 
American use; to our mind, the pete: mode of diiaating volumes 
by Roman numerals and pages in Arabic is far more conyenient 
rings, ‘0 
fornia’’—is useful, but ie is gained by citations so wide as 
e Tarp, ” or so doubtful as ‘* Mexi 
Mz. J. Mep ooD ec Diack i kesh eck continues 
to issue his figures and estotiaws of Natal Plants, of which the 
