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it must be said, the references in this instalment, unless we have 
been exceptionally unfortunate in our random selection, do not 
appear to have been as carefully checked as the importance of the 
work deman 
The slips at are for the most part in references, and in one sense 
are thus the more serious, on account of the reprehensible practice, 
indulged in by too many writers, of quoting at second hand. Thus 
in Pandanus we ha ave, under sparganoides, ‘ Journ. Bot. » where 
* Journ. Linn. Soc.’ is meant; under Welwitschii, ‘‘ v.”’ instead of 
“+t.” 3 under Livingstonianus, 6336” for ‘*826"’; under Barterianus 
the name ‘‘ Barteriana’”’ follows the reference, implying, but not 
accurately, that it is there so spelt. Under Jasminum we note 
under nummularifolium ‘*100” for “109"’; under Walleri “93” 
for 95°’; the ? under octocuspe should be removed; tenwifoliuvm is 
a misprint for ternifolium; and the identity of J. brevipes Baker 
(1895) with J. et num Knobl. (1898), pointed out in this Journal 
as dis tinet, In ‘one entry under Pentas several corrections are 
required : 
se ee eae Hiern. ex Oliver, in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. IL iii 
(1887) 8 
should run: 
“ mombassana Hiern — ex Oliver in — Linn. Soc. Ser. IL. 
ii. (1887) 835 = parvifoli 
P. involucrata Baker, aiuvigh retained, is synonymous with 
Spermacoce dibrachiata Oliv. nt 
“‘ Schimpert Hochst. ex prey Pflanzenw. Ost. Afr. A (1895) 92 = 
P. Schimperi Vatke ? 
seems to have been made under a misapprehension ; the reference 
to Engler shows neither attribution to Hochstetter nor indication 
of a new species, and the whole entry should disappear. A small 
matter of frequent occurrence is the peeing st a period (a sign of 
wb eat 2 after names which are not curtailed. 
think it necessary or de sirable to include artificial 
hybrids ; : of the seventeen entries under Nymphaea, at least nine are 
creations of this kind. 
Lehrbuch der ibys fiir Hochschulen. Von Dr. Ep. SrraspurGER, 
Dr. r. Hernricu pespeny u. Dr, GErorGE 
reg Sixth edition, Large 8vo, pp. viii, 591, tt. 741, 
many coloured. Jena: Fischer. 1904. Price 7 m. 50 pf. 
(8 m. 50 pf. bound). 
sixth edition of this well-known text-book maintains the 
high standard reached by the previous editions which have been 
reviewed or noticed from time to time in the pages of our Journal. 
It represents, in our opinion, the limit of possibility of the single 
text-book, and its excellence as such is to a great extent due to 
appreciation of the principle of the differentiation of “go ye Por 
more advanced work the student must avail hims 
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