192 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Linneus we find the germ of the natural system. The ——— 
of the Linnean medal to Dr. Giinther met with a very hearty re 
ception on the part of the Fellows. A fintioes of the meeting was 
the reading of the new Charter by the Treasurer, who has generously 
borne the trouble and expense of procuring the document. The chief 
points in which the new Charter differs from the old are, the recog- 
nition of the right of women to become Fellows, and an increase in 
the numbers of the Council, which henceforth will consist of twenty 
neers five of whom retire annually. 
R. SCHONLAND od gig in the Records of ths Albany Museum 
(arch 1904) an of Mrs. F, W. Barser (née Mary Elizabeth 
is 
nity the tg datas which we were not previously able to 
ascertain. She was born about 1820, just before the family left 
England to atte aie Port Alfred, at the Cape, and died at Pieter- 
maritzburg i in 1899. In the references already given (Journ. Bot. 
19038, 344) will be found evidence of her enthusiasm for collecting 
plants, and of Harvey’s appreciation of her help, which he acknow- 
ledged by dedicating to her the genus Barberetta. Mrs. Barber was 
well versed in natural history generally, and devoted much attention 
to Lepidoptera; Dr. Schénland appends to his notice a list of her 
ae papers and drawings, the latter of which, with her her- 
um and collection of butterflies, are in the Albany Museum, 
HE second of the Contribuciones al conocimiento de la Flora 
Ecuatoriana, by the Rev. L. Sodiro, 8.J. (Quito, 1908), is ten 
to the genus Anthurium. “There are full descriptions of 163 spec 
a large proportion of which are new; the monograph is iNnstrated 
by twenty-eight plates. 
Tue Report of the Botanical Exchange Club for 1903, of which 
Mr. Druce is editor, appears with commendable promptitude, having 
been issued on March 28. We hope to give extracts from the more 
interesting notes in an early issue. 
The Flora of the Parish of Halifax, by Messrs. W. B. Crump and 
C. Crossland, which has appeared in instalments in the Halifaa 
Naturalist for 1896-1904, ae now been issued in volume form by 
the Halifax Scientific Society. The first wee of Aus Rendle’s 
Classification of Flowering ‘Plans, including the Gymnosperms and 
Monocotyledons, has been published by the “Gainicidee Dnivensity 
Press. We hope to notice thee books in our next number. 
Amone recent continuations of works bearing upon the European 
Flora may be mentioned the Flora Analitica d’ Italia, vol. iii. part 2, 
dealing with the Composite, and the Prodromus Flore —— vol, i. 
part 8, including Corolliflore and Monochlamydeea. Dr. F.B uchena 
has published (En gelmann, Leipzig) a ‘ Kritische Nachtriige’’ to 
his F — der Nordwestdeutschen Tiefebene 
be econd volume of the Catalogue of the Library of the British 
Mus fi Rabeirah amestaty jy containing letters E—K, _ been tre 
lished by the Trustees. . 
