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Synoptical Table??, in order to demonstrate how the analysis is to 

 be carried out. In the next chapter he gives lists of Mosses and 

 Hepatics which you may expect to find under given conditions, e.g. 

 in woods, in water, on trees, &c. These he follows up with hints 

 as to the collection, preservation, and examination of specimens. 

 Next he puts together in a tabular form those marked peculiarities 

 of structure by which certain genera and species may be recognised 

 at the outset. Then follow in order the copiously illustrated 

 synoptical tables, occupying 87 pp., a glossary of 33 pp., and an 

 alphabetical index, in which are embodied synonyms and the 

 etymology of the generic names. 



With M. Douin's etymology we must confess we are extremely 

 dissatisfied, and notably so in the case of the Hepatics. Some 

 derivations, e.g. that of Chiloscy pints, are radically wrong. When 

 revising the book for a second edition, the author should consult 

 Dumortier's Hepatica Europa, where he will find the origin of most 

 of the genera correctly recorded. And here we may indicate some 

 of the misprints which mar the book — Lliochlaena, Chyloscyphus, 

 Meesa, Mast ygobr yum, Amblysegium, Eurynchium. 



It should be noted that M. Douin deals only with the species 

 that are found in the neighbourhood of Paris—/, e. some 300 Mosses 

 and 64 Hepatics. These, however, are the common lowland species 

 which a student is likely to gather in England. Mr. Jameson, on 

 the other hand, includes in his "Key" all the British Mosses — 

 some 570 in number ; but does not touch the Hepatics. 



A. G. 



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