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the eye of any botanic writer. To criticise the botanic merits 

 would require to work through with it, in some large herbarium, 

 all the Indian species of Pedicularis, Magnoliacea, Gomphnstemnia, 

 and Myristica. Without doing this, it may be safely described as a 

 grand work, not less remarkable for its purely scientific value than 

 for its practical utility. The Government at Calcutta may be con- 

 gratulated on possessing officers having both the knowledge and 

 the industry to prepare such a work, and also on their wise liberality 



in publishing it. 



C. B. Clarke. 



Les Champignons. Par A. Acloque. Bibliotheque Scientifique 



Contemporaire. Paris : Bailliere et Fils. 1892. Pp. viii. 

 328, 60 figs. Price 3 fr. 50 c. 



This volume, of a series that has been several times noticed in 

 this Journal, deals with Fungi from the point of view of their 

 biology, economics, and general taxonomy. One cannot help 

 admiring the apparent facility with which French writers of 

 popular scientific books contrive to evade repellent scientific terms, 

 and to make their writings in this respect more attractive. This book 

 is a good example of such successful treatment. It is to be wished, 

 therefore, that the same might be said of its botanical quality. It is not 

 "up to date;" there are minor errors here and there, such as calling 

 Cystopus Candidas (White Eust) " interessante uredinee," though 

 the author elsewhere knows better ; and he is obstinately conservative 

 on some points, such as the lichen -gonidia question. It may be 

 malicious, but one is rather pleased to see that one's own country 

 is not alone in literature of this kind — though we can beat this any 

 day in the production of sad examples. Taking it as a whole, 

 M. Acloque's book is as good as any popular book we have on the 

 nature of Fungi — especially in respect of its clearness of exposition. 

 Though the author has justly the greatest respect for Dr. Cooke, 

 he feels bound to call him to account about some casual remark as 

 to the vegetable nature of Algse never having been contested. 

 11 Ici, M. Cooke se trompe"; and in two pages this author shows it, 

 though Dr. Cooke probably never meant more than that modern 

 writers do not contest the matter — at least they had not then begun 

 to quarrel afresh about Volvox and Protococcus, &c. It is a pity that 

 the figures are not more satisfactory. 



G. M. 



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Scottish Nat. History (April). — A. Fryer, * Potamogeton 

 undalatus in Stirlingshire.'— Arthur Bennett, 'Records of Scottish 

 Plants for 1891.'— G. C. Drece, 'Plants of Glen Spean, Westerness.' 



Rot. Centralblatt (Nos. 14, 15).— G. van Schlepegrell, 'Beitrage 



zur T _ & 



Botanical Magazine (April).— ZiZium primulinum, Baker, sp.n. 

 Bot. NoUser (haft. 2).— P. G. E. Theorin, - Nagra lafvaxtstallen.' 



0. Borge, 'Subfossilasotvattensalgerfran Gotland.'— Id., 'Algolo- 



