820 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Dr. O. Kuntze, in his Revisio Generum Plantarum, i. p. @xx 
states, ~ _ authority of an unpublished work by De Gandolle 
whic w in Geneva, that the first seven hundred plates came 
out in ai a livraisons, of which the last appeared in 1797. He 
further points out that Ventenat, in the Tableau du Regne Végétal, 
quotes no Plate of the crete after No. 800, and this work 
oe red in ‘‘ An vii,’’ or about 17 
:. Kunis accordingly makes the following allocation :— 
Plates 1-100 1791. Plates 401-500, 1795. 
, 100[sic]-200, 1792. , 501-600, 1796. 
;, 201-800, 1798. , 601-700, 1797. 
,, 801-400, 1794. 701-800, 1798. 
This conclusion is, however, not quite convincing, since Kuntze 
is obliged to abandon the division into sixty livraisons and assume 
an issue of a hundred plates each year.—B. B. W. 
SHORT NOTES. 
Rosa agrestis Savi (R. sepium Thuill.) mn Bucxs.—Some years 
ago I gathered in the north of the county, near Marsh pare 
rose which had the facies of the above species, but was so excep- 
tionally eglandular that I hesitated to adopt ie but ss I met, 
while botanizing at Ha oy a typical plant. Thus now all the 
ree counties of the Upper Thames can ae this cpus. Here 
it grew on the chalk with Sais — Ri. micrantha, R. tomentella, 
and — LARIDGE DrucE 
Acrostis verticmutata Vill. 1s tHE CHannet Istanps.—In July 
last, Kon botanizing with Mr. E. D. Marquand, I noticed this 
grass o unrecorded for the Channel Islands, growing in 
great aanty abot { Vale, and the next day gathered it in . 
Detai - ak: description will appear in a future number.—G. Charmer 
Druc 
A Ga | (p. 281).—Specimens recently obtained, in fruit, of 
the plant which in my note I referred to Eleocharis uniglumis, prove 
that it was EL. multicaulis. This is not a new record for Devon.— 
C. E. Lanter. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
British Flowering Plants. By W. F. Kirsy, F.L.S.,F.E.8. With 
120 coloured plates and 119 illustrations in the text. Oblong 
8vo, lot, pp. vi, 215. Price 5s. net. London: Sidney 
Appleto 
We have Teokse in vain in the preface to this volume for any 
explanation of its origin. That Pipe is plain enough. The 
publisher, ae acquired the right bei. og the .. oe a 
selection of some (probably Se iitby re r book o 
plants, has induced Mr. W. F. Ki ay Provide Suitable phe 
