400 : THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
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Guides is the difficulty of obtaining them, as they are not procur- - 
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Department of Botany, British Museum (Nat. Hist.), Cromwell 
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BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ¢éc. 
At the first meeting of the Linnean Society for the present 
session on 5th November, there was little of general and less 
tanical interest. Dr. Otto Stapf referred to Mr. Scott Elliot’s 
roblematical plant, described and discussed in Journ. Linn. Soc 
ot. xxx. ) 
Dr. Auaust von Hayek, of Vienna University, has begun the 
publication of a flora of Styria (Flora von Steiermark. Berlin: 
Borntraeger. 1908. Heft 1,80 pp. Price 3 Marks), which will 
be com i i 
. The 
tion of Styria between the Alps the Carpathians and Illyri 
should be productive of many interesting problems of distribution, 
usefulness, and its cessation will be regretted by all systematists. 
WE regret to announce the death of the Rev. R. P. Murray, 
of whom we hope to publish some account in our next issue. 
