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got home it was EF. lanceolatum. The next week I traced it here - 
and there on a hedgebank for about half a mile, and have no doubt 
it extends farther; but my time was limited. It is a new record 
for V. C. 16. West Kent.—Arruur Bennert. 
Carum Carur L. as a wnatrve in Brirarn.—The notice of this 
plant as a probable native in Beds., by Mr. Saunders, in last 
district have convinced me that the Carum is very unlikely to be an 
introduced plant there, and I have no doubt that it is a native.— 
Aveustin Ley. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Two parts of the ‘Icones Plantarum’ were issued in November 
last: one, by Mr. Baker, devoted entirely to Ferns, the other con- 
taining the following new genera of hanerogams :—Plagiospermum 
Oliv. (Celastracese); Somalia Oliv. ( Acanthacee); Oligobotrya Baker 
(Liliaces) ; Micropora Hook. fil. (Laurinee). 
ooxs. — A. Lizpert, ‘Der Staphylococeus pyogenes 
aureus und der Osteomyclitiscoccus ’ (Wirzburg: 8vo, pp. vi. 108, 
tt. ii.). » WarminG, ‘Den almindelige Botanik’ (Philipsen, 
Copenhagen : 8vo, pp. 866: 268 cuts).—P. Girop, ‘ Manipulations 
de Botanique’ (Paris, Bailliére, ««1887”: 8yo, pp. 72, tt. xx.).— 
C. Frieex, ‘ Die Mikroorganismen’ (Leipzig, Vogel: 8yo, pp. Xviil. 
& U. Damner, ‘ Pflanzen- 
610: 243 cuts, 1 plate). 
— W. D. Hay, ‘Elementary Text-book of British Fungi’ 
(London, Sonnenschein : 8yo, pp. 288: 2s. 6d.).—E. Srraspurcer 
& W LHOUsE, ‘ Handbook of Practical Botany’ (London, Son- 
nenschein: 8yo, pp. 425, 116 cuts: 7s. 6d.). — R. C. ANE, 
‘Subtropical Cultivations and Climates’ (London, Blackwood: 
8vo, pp. xii. 8308; 8s. 6d.). 
