HANDBOOK TO THE FLORA OF CEYLON. 875. 
near Alstonefield, ” read’ ‘‘Ilam Moor, near pistonene ocr p. 326, 
lines 10, 11, for ‘‘ Reap’s Moor,” ‘‘ Longuor,” and “ Alst jeesid. é, 
read ‘‘ Reapsmoor,’’. « Longnor,” and “ Alstonfield ” ; : a 17, for 
“ Newtonbutle, D Dr. Mathew,” read «‘ Newtownbreda, Dr. Mateer 
NOVICES OF BOOKS. 
Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon: containing descriptions of all the 
species of flowering plants indigenous to the Island, and notes on 
their history, distribution, and uses. Tex NR n, M. 
(Lond.), F.R.S., Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Ceylon. With an Atlas of Plates, illustrating some o of the 
more interesting species. Part I. Ranunculacese — Ana- 
cardiacew: with plates i—xxv. Published under the authority 
of the Government of Ceylon. London: Dulau & Co. [8vo, 
pp. xvi, 827: plates, 4to, i—xxv.] 
Ir is to be regretted that a notice of this important work has 
not been undertaken by some one who, from his acquaintance wi 
a botanical standpoint. ut as our attempts to secure such a 
reviewer have been unsuccessful, and as the book presents note- 
worthy features apart from its technical value, it seems desirable to 
call attention to these, vette for some future occasion and abler 
critic a more detailed notic 
Dr. Trimen’s name, since he left this country for Ceylon in 
1879, has ceased to be familiar to British botanists. It may w 
be that later generations are unaware how completely the Flora 
of Middlésea, published in 1869, eylationized the ec on 
c 
appears 
on the title-page. tid rag note of originality is struck by the 
Handbook now under n 
Glancing through the ee Colonial Floras which have been 
published or executed in this sou it is manifest that they have 
for the most part been undertaken by botanists whose know 
of the plants described was alt mainly, and in most cases 
The author of the Flora 
nd, although working in close 
Kew, very seldom examined 
ants for 
Eg Flora of Tropical Africa were never 
Mr. Baker’s knowledge of =“ e lora of ve is engi derived 
from the herbarium; and so we might continu result in all 
these cases is the i gopage of ‘handbooks ees oak for = 
barium wor no means so suitable for use in the 
Moreover, the condensation necessary renders it impossible to oe 
