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differsuces s may be The family of Plwmbaginacee consti- 
tutes a single series "(olatohagivalee). The tenilibe of Convolvu- 
lacee and Cuscutacee constitute the series Convolvula The 
Menyanthacee are kept as a distinct family from Genteanacee, in- 
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florze, in , however, the families of Burmanniacee and 
Bromeliacee are included. come the Enantioblaste (by 
Engler called Farinose); then the Glumiflore and Se a 
e phylogenetic basis for the sequence of the six series. The 
eri (and last) series of the Spadiciflore seems, however, to 
be somewhat of a miscellaneous RNa of families, beginning 
with Sooner and ending with Lemnac 
bibliography of each group, in the form of clearly printed 
foo shen, is excellent; and the memoirs of foreign botanists are 
. quoted. This fapitallty extends even to English nursery- 
n, who would not themselves claim to be scientific botanists. 
"Rend ’s memoir on Nazadacee is quoted; also his paper in 
this J ournal (1901, p. 39) on the bulbiform seeds of Amaryllidacea. 
Dr. Stapf’s studies in Grasses are, perhaps, too recent to be fully 
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in the Botanic Garden of Peradeniya a eu As a recent 
mpass, Prof. von Wettstein’s admirable Handbook will com- 
aa itself to all serious students of Systematic Botany. 
Freperic N. WILLIAMs. 
