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Mr. G. W. Trail has reprinted from the ' Transactions of the 

 Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh ' his enumeration of the 

 Alg*e of the Frith of Forth. 



A condensed edition of Newman's ' History of British Ferns ' 

 has been issued at small cost hy Messrs. W. Swan Sonnenschein 

 and Allen. It is a handy little volume, including full descriptions 

 and six plates containing figures (not always very satisfactory ones) 

 of all the species. 



Mr. E. D. Fitzgerald's ' Australian Orchids' has reached its 

 fifth part, which contains, amongst others, figures of the new 

 species, Thelymitramcycalyptra, Sarcochilusmontanus, &ii&Dendrobium 

 falcorostrum. 



The first (specimen) number of a new botanical weekly 

 periodical, called the 'Botanisches Centralblatt,' has been issued. 

 The object of its existence is to supply quickly abstracts, reviews 

 and lists of botanical publications, and general botanical news. 

 Just's 'Botanische Jahresbericht ' is necessarily so far behind time 

 that the present publication in no way interferes with it. The 

 editor, Dr. Oscar Uhlworm, of Leipzig, has secured the co-operation 

 of a large staff of botanists. The first number is satisfactory, and 

 if the journal continues to supply these " purely objective" notices 

 without delay it will deserve success. 



Articles in Journals. 



January. 



Nwwo Giornale Bot. I ted. — T. Caruel, 'Fifty genera and species 

 founded upon teratological and pathological specimens. ' — A. Berto- 

 loni, ' On the Parasitism of Fungi/ — 0. Penzig, ' The crystals of 

 Rosanoff in Cetastrin<« .'— T. Caruel & F. Cazzuola, ' Observations 

 on the influence of temperature on plants.' — F. von Mueller, 

 'Note on the synonymy of Eucalyptus.' — L. Nicotra, 'Some 

 vegetable anomalies. '— H. Groves, 'Flora of Sirente.' 



Brehissonia. — P. Petit, ' On the Endochrome of Diatomace®.' 

 Id*, ' Priority of the name Gaillonella (Bory) over Mclosira (Ag.)'— 

 ;L. Crie, ■ The former climate and fossil remains of the West of 

 r ranee. 1 — E. Perrier, 'Notice of Ehrenberg ' (concluded). — A. de 

 Bary, ■ On Symbiose' (concluded). — J. Brun, ' On Diatonmceae.' 



Bulletin of Torrey Botanical Club (New York).— C. F. Austin, 

 'Biological Notes and Criticisms.'— W. B. Gerard, 'A new 

 fungus' (Simblum rubescens, tt. 2). 



Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. — H. Marshall Ward, 



On the Embryo-sac and development of Gymnadenia conopsea ' 

 (^tt.)---F. Elfving, 'On the Pollen-bodies of Angiosperms ' (1 tab.) 



-c. 0. Bower, 'Development of the conceptacle in Fucacea' 

 (1 tab.) 



February. 



»vS*** w * 0,w of Linn - Soc - °f l-<'» l < lon (vol* *•» P*« vii.)— W. 

 ■tulips, 'On a new species of Hclfella' (H. calijumica) ft. 148 . 



