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‘* Boot.’ Perhaps the next Botanical Congress will take into con- 
sideration the desirability of establishing a uniform method of 
iterary citation 
Sir Ricnarp Srracney and Mr. J. F. Duthie have epee 
(L. Reeve & Co.) a Catalogue of the Plants of Kumaon, 
collections made by the former (with Mr. J. E. Winterbottom) i in 
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in tabular form, showing habit, colour of flower, time of flowering, 
prs Bovey sea- -level, a distribution. 
Scropheslacelicons by Poe rs. siinslay & Skan, and includes the orders 
h a 
arranged so as to give as much trouble as somible by not printing 
in full the name of the genus or the number of the page to bases 
additions are made, or even the name of the order—one open 
“6a togoense,” without knowing what ‘ S.’’ stands for, aiiath 
“‘6a” is to be inserted, or to what order : er € 
Director of Kew remains editor of the work, and it is to be 
segmebed that he should not have recognized ee inconvenience of 
this proceeding. 
aaa recent part (vol. iv. no. 8, issued June 7) of the ov gps 
of the Botanical Survey of India completes the epitome of t 
British Indian species of Impatiens by Sir Joseph Hooker. Nee 
stern Himalayan, Western Himalayan, Burmese, Malabarian, 
Ceylonese and Malayan Peninsular), and the great difference be- 
tween the species of any two of these regions, necessitates the adop- 
tion to a great extent of different sections in each area There are 
numerous novelties, the characters of which are indicated in the 
keys to the species of the different regions. The genus, as is we 
known, presents many difficulties, and we Ga aakiinie Sir Joseph on 
the continued activity which has enabled him to complete his task. 
A Commirtex of the Moss Exchange Club is eet a Census 
Catalogue recording the distribution of mosses in the British Isles, 
pase ould be glad to hear from any bryologists who a render 
assistance. Communications to be addressed to Prof. Barker, 
Woodlea, Lightwood, Buxton. The — is formed of Messrs. 
Dixon, Barker, W. Ingham, D. A. Jones, R. H. Meldrum, W. E. 
Rinkaioon, Rev. C. H. Waddell, J. A. Wheldon, and S. M. Maevicar. 
Further assistance to improve the lately published Census Hepatic 
Catalogue will be welcomed by W. Ingham, 52, Haxby Road, York. 
