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critical plants. ith his remarks on Polygala vulgaris L. v 
florum, Koenigia islandica, Papaver radicatum (* P. nudicaule Auctt. 
non L.”), Ranunculus glacialis, Salix glauca?, Gentiana islandica?, 
Taraxacum croceum?. It seems possible that a few of these will 
sles. 
It is impossible in this short notice to follow Mr. Ostenfeld into 
his interesting reflexions on the geographical studies of the flora 
8. He says:—‘In Great Britain the matter has not 
as saying that during four or five years’ investigation, the intestines 
of the birds that had been caught at the lighthouses in Denmark 
were found, on dissection, to be empty; 7.e. the birds migrate on an 
empty stomach. This is of course merely a local observation; but 
it supports the view that the agency of birds as plant-distributors 
has been over-rated. 
map which accompanies the work, based on the Danish 
Artuur Bennett. 
__A note on Herr (, Jensen’s account of the Bryophyta may be 
welcome to Moss-students. A total of 95 Hepatics and 248 Mosses 
18 enumerated, and among these are described a new Moss and 
new varieties of seven Mosses and two Hepatics. The new Moss is 
: group of § 
determinations published by previous writers on the bryology of the 
islands are supplied. The geographical distribution of the species 
in the several islands and in the Feeroes, as compared with Iceland, 
Norway, and our own country, is worked out carefully, and merits 
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