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that he genls digas in Composite is Lapsana a he explains (p. 44) 
that Lamp of Dioscorides is a Crue fer, either Sinapis or 
Ripachiserun, “tind eotteneds that thaketors: it cannot be used for 
a roc especially as Lapsana of Pliny is another Crucifer ; 
n these grounds he ie the usual name and substitutes Lalda, 
nipplewort, the plant in decaitie which he accordingly endows 
with the scientific name of Lalda communis; he refers to Ruellius 
and Dodoens for further information, and for synonymy quotes 
Lampsana communis of Linneus and others, SraNee communis 
La Peyr., L. v res Vaill., Z. Dodonei Camer., J. Bauhin, 
Is oe Gilib., L. domestica G. Bauhin, etc. ; ie then states 
occurs, and its porae a servers in form, size, and other pecu- 
liarities, both in the Pyrenees and elsewhere, and refers to some ot 
its states, such as L. pubescens Hornem. and L. piscidica ‘ al : 
[? Boiss.]; he concludes with an pveera to some enig 
many good and valuable features, which it would be unfair to deny 
simply on account of one conspicuous disfigurement. HW 
W. P. 
Symbole caper (Urpan). Vol. ii., fascicle 1. Cype By 
HARLES Baron CxarkE. 8yo, pp. 8-162. Berlin: Bornean 
Indies in the fascicle now a us 
Mr. Clarke enumerates about 250 species, which are contained 
in twenty-six genera. Here, as elsewhere, he has broken up the 
unwieldly genus Cyper us, the species being disteibaiey pe 
ycreus, Juncellus, Cyperus, Mariscus, and Toruliniu The 
habilitation of Torulinium Desv. is an roses it eet the 
wide-spread 7’. confertum Ham. (= Cyperus ferax LC. Rich. and a page 
and three-quarters of other spa sae and seven endemic American 
species, which are distinguished from Mariscus by the separation of 
the rhachilla of the ripe spikelet into as many one-seeded joints as 
