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contractions of unfamiliar authorities may be somewhat puzzling 
to those persons whose acquaintance with botanical literature 
does not pretend to . oe eedic, of whi ms the following are 
casual specimens :—z. , Steb. rem., Duf. val., Urb. mon., Lehm. 
asp., and Httl. salv. ; ani one may be pardoned fe hazarding more 
venness and unifor mre in the descriptive portion is apparent 
throughout Files ork. The author’s greater knowledge of certain 
groups is not evi jdebiied 3 in a more detailed treatment, and due pro- 
portion is maintained in those orders with which he is las familiar. 
on terms used to denote the same character is met with, as on the 
same page where the hosts of different species of Orobanche are given 
either as ‘‘ plants nutrientes”’ or as ‘‘plantv nutrices.” The author, 
in his mode of description, has preferred the use of the ablative 
throughout in what Willkomm calls the ‘forma latini sermonis,,’ 
and has been careful and critical in his selection of terms for de- 
noting colour and the different kinds of hairs. He never uses the 
ambiguous and corrupt term of hirtus, so frequently met with. 
From the work before us, the investigation of the flora of the hills 
and plains of Greece does not seem to offer much scope for the 
dividing judgement of the students of critical genera. Herein are 
enumerated only eight species ve Rubus, 25 species of Rosa, and 24 
species of Hieracium. There are 89 species of Dianthus and 77 of 
Silene, count of Contichiog, which includes 71 species, is 
based on the author’s seen synopsis (in enter of the Greek 
species in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1898. 
those who in the course of a visit to Greece are not re 
absorbed i in the appreciation of its unrivalled art-treasures 
Halacsy will have the best wishes of all those interested in pe 
tematic botany for the speedy progress of his important and well- 
planned work, and congratulations on that portion of it which is 
already accomplished. 
F. N. Witurams. 
Trish Pxants. 
I. “On Types of Distribution in the Irish Flora” (pp. 1-60). 
Il. ‘Gleanings in Irish Mk hs Botany ”’ (pp. 61-94), 
by R. Lroyp Prazemr, B.A., B.E. Proceedings of the Royal 
Asieh « ya ay vol. xxiv., Sect. B. Dublin, 1902. University 
Tuese papers virtually form a supplement to the author’s Jrish 
