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spectus especially welcome, and a much-needed addition to our 
Continental Floras. The limits assigned to Greece are sentimental 
rather than political, and include Epirus, Crete, some Turkish 
islands, and the “ rectification” of the frontier which followed the 
termination of the ill-advised war of 1897. The author has many 
qualifications for his task. He has accumulated copious material, 
has visited the country on several occasions, and has already pub- 
lished many memoirs on its Flora. It is not possible, in a brief 
notice, to adequately discuss the several merits and points of 
excellence in a work into which the author ow 
energy and enthusiasm. Among its salient features are the ample 
bibliography under each species, and the details of distribution in 
terminology leaves nothing to be desired. It may be regretted, 
perhaps, that the compiler of the Flora of such an importan 
disuse. j in th 
velopment of a really natural system of classification may be un- 
1 author has unfortunately followed 
is at variance with generally accepted prin- 
in the transfer of a species to 
serves to draw attention 
German floras, in w Bo 
now written with a capital letter. The former usage of writing 
i sed specifically with a capital letter is a relic of the 
Ck wisn Sinaia name was considered of more importance 
than the generic, and was intended to represent some outward an 
visible sign of the constancy and immutability of species. Cabalistic 
