216 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
the work. The letterpress is popular in style and in the main ac- | 
curate; the author, Ee is not always happy in his explanation 
of popular names—e. y. the name Satis roma for stata Lan- 
h of the 
branches,” but refers to the use of the “bre Blinkies nie shoots 
for whip-handles. “The local names, we note, are mai inly taken 
from the Dictionary of English Plant-names—a fact which should, 
we think, have been acknowledged in the preface. The fruit of 
Cornus is not a ‘‘berry,” but a drupe. 
Mr. F. Cavers, ip has lately published some important studies 
on the morphology of the Hepatic, has issued a inet of forty- 
eight pages, anithiied ‘* Contributions to the Bio logy o oe he ice. 
Par ‘argionia, Reboulia, Preissia, Monoclea”’ (prin for the 
author by Chorley and toch in tl ae and Lo Ste March, 
kept under observation during the ie rom years. Asa result, he 
is able to throw light upon various points previously overlooked or 
a ne elucidated. This is especially th, sase with rotbiges 
and he ow given us the most thorough #¢count of this plan 
that ee pe bedi apne having obtained abundant fresh aerial 
for his research from a nursery-garden in York. He describes for 
each of the four genera the external stiirsisblie of the thallus, the 
rhizoids, ventral scales, e epi ain Bs eee Nie e recep- 
tacles, antheridia, archegonia. gium, capsule, spores and 
elaters, and the development and Tife-history generally, iliusteating 
his account of the various details w ith numerous figures in the text. 
It is an important and capable piece of work, full of interest for all 
who are concerned with the study of the Hepatic, and supplementing 
the Founiatis treatment of these genera by Mr. Pearson and others. 
. Percy Suapen, to perpetuate the memory of her husband, 
sometime zoological secretary of the -ielai Society, proposes to 
devote the sum of £20,000 to scientific research. This sum will be 
assigned, under the name of the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund, to 
ill employ the income arising therefrom, in their 
uncontrolled discretion, to ‘‘any research or investigation in natural 
sor more especially in the sciences of z oology, geology, and 
nthropology.” The collection made in Matto Grosso and Northern 
Sabipiny 3 in 1902-3 by M. A. Robert at Mrs. Sladen’s expense, and 
presented by her to the National Herbarium, makes it clear that 
botany will not be overlooked. Some of the novelties of this expe- 
dition Sd already aoa described in the February and April num- 
bers of this year’s Jou 
We have received, iebat late for notice in this number, the new 
edition of Messrs. Dixo is ae ay Seite Nini Handbook of 
_ British Mosses. It is a han volum 48+586 pages, with 
5 plates. The London Dihshert are John Wheldon & Co., 38, 
Great Queen Street ; the price is 18s. 
