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through the rich collections of Weberbauer and Ule from South America and 

 of Moszkowski, Romer, and Schlechter from New Guinea and New 

 Caledonia. Important data concerning older or little known species are 

 recorded, and more than 30 species new to science are added to the monograph 

 of this family by the same author, published in the Pflanzenreich in 1901. One 

 new genus is proposed, namely Carnegiea from New Caledonia. All species 

 enumerated are referred to in such a manner that the supplement can be used 

 readily and advantageously with the Monograph itself. — J. M. Greenman. 



The slime molds. — The second edition of Lister's Mycetozoa 2 is a notable 

 contribution to our knowledge of these much discussed organisms. The new 

 book follows the principal lines of the first edition, but has been improved 

 and enlarged throughout. Six genera and 70 species have been added, so 

 that the group now contains 49 genera with 246 species. The plates in the 

 first edition were splendid, but those of the present volume are even better, and 

 rank with the best illustrations which have ever been published of any plant 

 structures. 



Miss Lister was constantly associated with her father in the preparation 

 of the first volume, and the present work, published four years after his death, 

 shows that she is able not only to make excellent illustrations, but also to 

 organize and add to the text. It is distinctly a joint publication. 



The "passing" of the slime molds is not referred to, the designation 

 "organisms" being used in all cases, so that the title Mycetozoa is the only 

 indication that the authors might be inclined to regard the organisms as animals 

 rather than as plants. Until some decisive evidence appears, there is no 

 reason for removing the specimens from the herbarium or for changing the 



library catalogues. — Charles J. Chamberlain. 



Handbook 



Schneider 



appear, and at the completion of the first volume (1906) it was reviewed in 



this journal. 



volume 



have appeared at intervals, and have been noted. Now the work has been 

 completed with the appearance of the twelfth part and the general index. 4 

 As stated in preceding notices, it contains descriptions, with illustrations, of the 

 angiospermous trees of central Europe, both native and under cultivation. 

 The final part completes the dicotyledons (Fraxinus to Metaplexis), contains 



2 Lister, Arthur, and Lister, Gulielma, A monograph of the Mycetozoa, a 

 descriptive catalogue of the species in the herbarium of the British Museum. 8vo. 

 pp. 1-302. pis. 201. figs. 56. London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British 

 Museum. 191 2. 



3 Bot. Gaz. 43:43:214. 1907. 



« Schneider, C. K., Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde. Zwolfte 

 Lieferung. Imp. 8vo. pp. 817-1070. figs. 515-628. Jena: Gustav Fischer. 19* 1 - 

 M 5. Also Register, pp. vii+138. M 5. 



