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BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ée. 
Tue fifth volume of the Botanical Transactions of the Yorkshire 
Naturalists’ Union is devoted to The Alga Flora of Yorkshire, and 
is written by Messrs. W. & G.S i 
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ceded by an introduction dealing shortly with the geology an 
topography of the county, as well as with the methods of collecting 
recommended by the authors. The total number of species recorded 
is 1044, of which 55 are new to Britain. Under each species are 
given the various localities in which it has been found. These are 
arranged under geographical subdivisions of the county, and in the 
case of critical species notes are appended pointing out diagnostic 
characters. A summary is given of the known alge of Yorkshire, in 
the form of a table of classes, orders, and families, showing a total of 
189 genera and 1044 species. An index of names completes the work. 
subject. We trust that it may yet be possible to add other names 
to the list: the omission of Mr. Hiern seems inexplicable, and 
others might be named, more qualified, we think, to deal with the 
subject than those selected. The same criticism applies to the list 
Steps will be taken to improve and augment the constitution of the 
ommission in order that the gatheri I t 
Tue fifth part of the Supplementum Universale, forming vol. xvi. 
of the Sylloge Fungorum, has been issued by Messrs. P. A, Saccardo 
and P. Sydow. It is a volume of 1233 pages, in addition to which 
ere is an index (printed on yellow paper) to the groups and 
Senera contained in the whole work. 
HE last instalment (vol. iii. fase. 1) of Prof. Urban’s Symbole 
Antillane is devoted to ‘Note biographicw peregrinatorum Indie 
Oceidentalis botanicorum.” Much of the interesting biographical 
Information, supplied by botanists still living, will be invaluable to 
the future historian of botany. 
,, rHE fifth volume (the first in appearance) of the Recueil de 
UInstitut Botanique of the Brussels University has just been pub- 
lished. The main object of the work seems to be the bringing 
together of papers by members of the University which were 
originally published elsewhere, and will now be accessible in a 
Collected form. It is edited by Prof. Errera, and contains the 
