216 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
a spreading throat 3 in. diam., with 6 short crenate lobes. Style 
overtopping the anthers, reaching halfway up the corona.’ In 
Cornwall NV. odorus has more valid claims to be considered a natu- 
ralized subject than N. incomparabilis, N. biflorus, or N. poeticus.— 
Frep. Hamuron Davey. 
Tue Hore Cottectioy or Cayprocams.—This collection has just 
been presented to the North Devon Atheneum at Barnstaple, by the 
sisters of the late Rev. W. §. Hore, M.A. It consists of beautifully 
preserved specimens of British and foreign ferns, mosses, sea- 
index and notes referring to the Specimens. For an account of 
- Mr. Hore see Journal of Botany, 1882, p. 288.—W. P. Hiern. 
mi 
41 (1828)), Melica nutans, Festuca silvatica. We owe this correc- 
tion to the Rey. E. F. Linton.—A. Ley; W. R. Linton. 
BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, de. 
Rambles with Nature Students, and, in 190 » Quiet Hours with 
Nature. Her oks, written in a simple, easy style, often conveyed 
a good deal of scientific information, the Serta of which she was 
careful to ensure. Those who knew her 
delightful personality, deeply interested in all around her, always 
busy, so far as her health allowed, but always ready to help on any 
good work. 
Mr. J. Avams, of the Royal College of Sei bli 
: - ) ge of Science, Dublin, has 
: —_ @ small guide to the principal families of flowering plants, 
b 
small capitals. The book is publish d Hin 
Bryers, and Walker, of Dublin, °'* “Blling, by Sealy, 
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