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arred immigration from the higher Andes. additions to 
botanical knowledge no ade may be said to emphasize the 
remarkable similarity which had been found to exist in the floras 
of Roraima and the Kaieteur Savannah. 
_ So much has been published about the late Joun Rusxiy, and 
his connection with Botany was so slight, that it seems hardly 
necessary to refer to him at length in these pages. me work 
of his—Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers—may, however, 
perhaps claim mention, especially as it contained suggestions for 
a new system of nomenclature, which was noticed in this Journal 
for 1880 (p. 280), and several new names—happily, not entitled 
to adoption—which may some day find their way into a synony mi¢ 
list. In the very first chapter the author, led hopelessly ee by 
clusi 
been shown him on the former occasion, and which elicited his 
unqualified admiration. 
ue Trustees of the British Museum have published in a 
handsome volume (price £1) A Monograph of Christmas Island 
(Indian Ocean), the outcome of a visit of ten months by Mr. C. W. 
Andrews in 1897-8. The botanical portion has been un 
by Mr. E. G. Baker (Polypetale and Gamopetale), Dr. Rendle 
