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50. — J. D. Hooker, ' Flora of British India,' part. vii. [Cornacea — 

 Rubiacece). L. Reeves & Co. (10s. 6d.) — F. von Mueller, 'Index 

 Perfectus ad C. Linnaei Species Plantarum.' Melbourne. — J. 

 Britten & B. Holland, ' Dictionary of English Plant-names,' pt. ii. 

 (G — 0), English Dialect Society. Triibner. — B. Braithwaite, 

 ' The British Moss-Flora,' Fani. I. (AndreaaceasJ. 



Articles in Journals. 



May. 



Flora. — J. Freyn, ' Contributions to the knowledge of some spe- 

 cies of Ranunculus.' — Dr. A. Minks, ' Morphological -lichenographical 

 studies ' (contd.) — Dr. L. Just, ' An answer to Dr. Nuesch.' 



Magyar Novent. Lapok. — F. L. Holuby, ' Mycological notes,' v. 

 •V. Cesati, ' Short note on Fenzl's Biography.' 



Hedwigia. — Bobert Woolny, ' Ou the fructification of Chatopteris 

 plumosa' (tt. i.-iii.). — Hansen, 'On Saccharomyces apiculatus.' 

 Warnstorff, ' Excursions in the Lower Harz ' (contd.) 



Botanische Zeitung. — E. Stahl, « On the influence of direction 

 and intensity of light on several phenomena of motion in the 

 Vegetable Kingdom.' — A. Blytt, ' Clastoderma de Baryanum' (nov. 



gen. Myxomycetum). 



Botaniska Xotise r .— E . V. Ekstraud, 'Bemarkson Scandinavian 

 Hepatic®' (contd.)— A. P. Winslow, 'Gothenburg Salix and Rosa 

 Flora.'— J. E. Areschoug, * Description of a new Alga belonging to 

 the Laminariea' (Oxyglossum japonicu>»).—2. W. Strandmark, 'Esti- 

 vation of Empetrum nigrum.' — B. Wallengren, ' New Scandinavian 

 localities.' 



GreviUea (June). — M. C. Cooke, ' British Desmids.' — Id., 

 ' Observations on Pezm,' — J. B. Ellis, ' Reply to Dr. Cooke's 

 criticism of paper on " Variability of Sphmria quercnum, S. Z. 

 (with note to above by Dr. Cooke).— M. C. Cooke, ' On Hymenochaie 

 and its allies.' — C. Kalchbrenner, ' Fungi of Australia.' — W. 

 Phillips, ' Dacrymyccs succineus, Fr., the early stage of a 2 m*a. 



Botanical Nctos. 



• Silliman's Journal' (June, 1880) contains an obituary notice 

 of Charles Christopher Frost, the oldest cryptogamic botanist m 

 the United States, who died at Brattleboro', \ermont on 16th 

 March, 1880. He was born in the same town on 11th November, 

 1805, and lived there throughout his life. He educated himself in 

 Latin, French, and German, in order to pursue his scientrnc 

 studies in those languages. He collected natural objects generally, 

 but especially Fungi ( of which he has published numerous species). 

 His most important contribution to Science is a list of the Mosses, 

 Liverworts, Charas, and Fungi in the ' Catalogue of Plants growing 



