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synonyms. Among omitted names may be mentioned that for 
Euphorbia hy yberna, nee! Mr. Hart in this Journal for 1878 (p. 339) 
akkin-bwee ’ name of some interest as being one of the 
few Irish names that has found its way (spelt ‘ makinboy’) into 
nglish books. We suspect that Mary’s Candle would be the 
correct translation of. Chetvaal Mhuire, a Gaelic ¢ name for Verbascum 
Thapsus whic r. Cameron derives from ‘cuing, asthma, or 
shortness of breath.’ Some a the only ios ~ English names are 
very interesting—and to the student of plant-names the book is 
indispensable. We regret that this notice, alr soily too long delayed 
in consequence of the demands upon our space, is for the same 
reason necessarily a brief one. ; 
Unper the title ‘A Handbook of Higham: or, the ees 
of a Country Parish,’ (Wildish, Rochester), the Rev. C. H. Fieldin ng 
has dua oan a handy little volume, undertaken with the laudable 
motive of creating an interest in the Natural rata and Antiquities 
of the Rochester pie i in which Higham is situated. The li 
of plants, with which alone we are concerned, “gonitaing 496 species 
of Phanerogams, with four ferns and four Equiseta. It is at once 
obvious that the number might be easily aeeind ; only three 
Carices are enumerated, while there is no attempt at critical work 
among the Roses or Rubi; ; and it is hardly likely that there are no 
forms of Batrachium except circinatus and fluitans. There is a 
pleasant introductory chapter to this part of the work, at the close 
of which Mr. Fi eae asks for additional information, to be included 
in a second ay tion 
We hav Satved ‘French Forest Ordinance of 1869, with 
historical satel of previous treatment of forests in France’ (Edin- 
burgh: Oliver & Boyd), compiled and translated by Dr. J. Croumbie 
Brown, ee ies ded as a companion to his ‘ Forests of England,’ 
which we mentioned last month. 
Mr. English, of Epping, who has prepared specimens of the 
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their form and colour, has issued a little ‘ Manual for the preser- 
vation of the larger Fungi in their natural art (Epping : 
Davis), which Reis useful hints upon the 
supplement to Chapman’s ‘Flora of dhe “Southiekn States’ 
Tue fourth volume of the ‘ Monographie Phsnarops marum 
has just been published. The orders monographed are Burseracee 
and Anacardiacee, by Dr. Engler, and Pontederiacee by Count 
Solms-Laubach. In Anacardiacee two new genera are established 
—Pleiogynium (on Spondias gone Soland.), and Pseudospondias (on 
Salaam 
Tue recently issued part (vol. viii., fase. 1) of the ‘ Acta Horti 
