THE USES OF BRITISH PLANTS 383 
This was first suggested by Saccardo as a subgenus in 1884 for 
brow raise 
with n globose spores, and then sed to generic rank 
and published by Re nhorst’s ped 7: in 1894, a 
year spore vol. iv. of the Fungus Flora was issued. It is eminently 
table to bring our systematic work into line with that of 
a matter for regret that they have so frequently omitted to give 
the authority for the binominal designation of the fungi: thus, for 
example, under Coprinus we find C. micaceus (Bull), C. deliquescens 
(Bull)—the fungologist Fries, who is responsible for the nomencla- 
ture as it stands, being ignored. Again, they print Coprinus aratus 
i is misleadi 
the indication of a ch ng me is m ; 
since Berk an roome originally placed that s 8 
Coprir In several cas ies recorded under different 
names, as, for instance, Psilocybe spadiceum, a synonym of Hypho- 
loma hydr ophilum, and C rier mteeia the same mould as 
T? er roseum. These are regrettable blemis es in a work 
vidence of much care in om preparation. 
The list e fungi, including Mycetozoa, is well up to date, 
though a a omissions have to be chronicled, such as the species 
of Mycetozoa Bicoreons in Yorkshire by Mr. T. Petch, and published 
by A. and G. Lister in this Journal in 1904. 
The authors is a classified table of the species found in 
Yorkshire; the Agaricacee easily head the list with 53 genera 
represented ae 946 species ; the Discomycetes come next with 
75 gene d 429 species. This work should give a new impulse 
to the field study of this group of plants, and the thanks of 
mycologists are due to the Yorkshire botanists who have =e 
to bring it to a successful issue. feels Aas 
The Uses of British Plants traced from Antiquity to the Pr = Day, 
together with the Derivations of their Names. By the rof. 
G. Heystow ds &e. With 288 illustrations. 
8vo ed., pp. 184. Price 4s. 6d. net. Lovell Reey 
Tus little work cannot in any sense be said to stants its some- 
hat ambitious title. Its real object appears to be to circulate in 
utilize as many of these as possible, plants are included aoe 
iene so far as Prof. He nslow eee t goes, no “ uses « to boas 
gs 
account might aie een given, are treated with th vity ; the ‘ deri- 
vations of their names” are very ansaliobectonty dealt with a8 
not always enlightening : e.g., ‘‘ Poor Man’s bios a <a 
the flowers closing as soon as the sun is off” (p. 114); “Lady's 8 
Smock, Cuckoo-flower. . . . from ladies” dresses (!) and t he time 
when the cuckoo appears” (p. 16)—nothing is said to connect 
