THE LAND-VEGETATION OF THE FAROES an 
a capital initial for trivial names ending in oides. We do not know 
how Mr. ce ascertained this intention, but it certainly was not 
He nzus’s practice; he seems to have pen either large or small 
p. 790 p croides : Lchioides and y ilacsa are on p. 792, while 
on p. 793 | is a, splenioides. ‘‘Spermophyte” seems to us an objec- 
tionable abbreviation, but if it is adopted why not ‘‘ Pterophyte,” 
which Mr. Druce correctly writes Pteridophyte ? 
_ Weare a little surprised that Mr. Druce makes no mention of 
the British Museum List of Seed-plants, more especia. ially as certain 
of the names he employs rg Bie restored therein—some of 
them incorrectly, as was shown is Journal for 1907 (pp. 435- 
445) nbury in his Costes makes full area 
of the Museum Lzst, and we acne have expected some refer- 
ence to it in Mr. Druce’s publicatio 
We regret that we cannot Speak more favourably os an under- 
taking on which, as we said at the outset, much time and care 
have been expended; but we cannot feel that the ati is in any 
way adequate to the outlay. Nor can we compliment the Claren- 
don Press on the get-up of the book; the pages are so crop 
that it would be Dances nt to. annotate them, and the work has 
thus a mean a’ ce; moreover it is ve —half-a-crown 
for 119 pages! PThis absence of margin is the more a ryan 
in that the List is “compiled especially for working botanists and 
more of the Exchange Clubs,” who will, we think, sealed to 
continue their long-established use of the cheaper and in every 
way more convenient London Catalogue 
The Mee 4 sont of the Faroes. By C. H. Ostenretp. 8yo, 
illustrations. Copenhagen: H. H. Thiele. 1908. 
a interesting ete consists of islands some twenty-five in 
umber, of which seventeen are inhabited, and occupies nearly 
ae hundred square ean’ with little cultivation they are shits 
oop attaining in Osteré the altitude - 2 27 The 
in a short notice. Perhaps the best way to treat it is to note 
on turning over its pages some of the subjects discussed by the 
ges 
He begins with an historical review of the literature relating 
to the vegetation of the Faroes. Prior to Dr. Warming’s work, 
the ae source of information page s Flora, published 
in 1870. Then follows a chapter on the influence of ra 
factors on the vegetation, including aigtel factors (temperatur 
rainfall, wind, humidity, &.) and edaptive factors (the atures 
