826 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
in 
certain species, the author passes on to the consideration of the 
i i d, each in a 
nium Ruta-muraria, A. Trichomanes, Scolopendrium vulgare, Poly- 
podium vulgare. ne: 
BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ée. 
Ar the meeting of the Linnean Society on 21st June, Miss L. 8. 
Gibbs read an abstract of her paper, «A Contribution to the Botany 
of Southern Rhodesia,”’ illustrating her remarks by lantern-slides 
from her own negatives. The collections on which the report was 
based were obtained in August to October, 1905, at the end of the 
The air is dry and the sun's rays very strong, tempe- 
rature from 80° to 90°, so that the country presented a burnt-up 
any new records. ‘l'wenty-three new species are describ 
and nothing was published. The approaching bicentenary celebra- 
transcript and add some recently ascertained facts. A third paper 
was by Dr. Otto Stapf, F.L.S., entitled “‘ Plante nove Daweane in 
