AKTICLES IN JOURNALS. 319 



Monocotyledones .... 35 1587 19,600 

 Gymnosperma .... 3 46 2420 



210 8417 100,220 



M. Durand's painstaking thoughtfulness extends even to the 

 index of this ■ Index,' in which he includes many synonyms which 

 are cited neither by Bentham and Hooker, nor in the body of this 

 work. There are thus three classes of names, rightly placed in one 

 index : first, those retained, to which the name of the order and the 

 number in the body of the book is added, thus : 



" Abatia R. & P. (Samyd.) 255/' 



next, the synonyms cited in the book, each followed by the genus 

 to which it is referred, and the number of that genus : — 



" Aa Echb. f. (Altensteinia H. B. K.) 6981." 

 and lastly, the additional synonyms above referred to, to which no 

 number is attached : 



11 Aakesia Tuss. (Cupania L.)." 

 The only point which may be criticised is the printing (in the 

 index) the names retained in italics, and those rejected in roman. 

 This is, of course, exactly opposed to the plan of the ' Genera 

 Plantarum,' and the two books will be used so largely by the same 

 set of people, that uniformity in this respect would have been 

 desirable. M. Durand has, however, produced a work, the useful- 

 ness of which cannot well be exaggerated, and his prompt and 

 successful accomplishment of a tedious undertaking entitles him to 

 the thanks of all botanists. 



James Britten. 



Articles in Journals. 



American Naturalist (July). — C. E. Bessey, ' A miniature 

 Tumble-weed ' (Tormsendia sericea). 



Annals of Botany (August). — T. Johnson, ' Arceuthobium 

 Oxijcedri' (1 plate). — A. B. Bendle, 'Development of xilemone- 

 Grains in Lupin ' (1 plate).— G. Murray &L. A. Boodle, « Structure 



°f Spongy cladia ' (8. dichotoma, S. neocaledonica, spp.nn.).— C. Beid, 



' Geological History of Becent Flora of Britain.' — M. M. Hartog, 

 'Recent Researches on Saprolegniw.'—R. Marshall Ward, ' Struc- 

 ture and Life-history of Pucehwt graminis ' (2 plates). — L. H. 

 Vines, ' Systematic position of Isoetes.'— A. B. Bendle, ' Occurrence 

 of Starch in the Onion.'— S. Schonland, ' Modification of Pagan's 

 Growing Slide.' 



Botanical Gazette (Sept.).— S. Schonland, « The Botanical Labo- 

 ratory at Oxford.'— C. Bobertson, ' Zygomorphy and its Causes.' 



Bot. Centralblatt (Nos. 35, 36).— B. Keller, ' Wilde Bosen des 

 Cantons Zurich.' — (No. 86). C. J. Johanson, 'Einige Beobach- 

 tongen iiber Torfmoore im sudlichen Schweden.'— (No. 88). T. 

 Uenzig, 'Nova ex Pomaceis.' — K. F. Dusen, 'Ueber einige 

 ^Pbagnum-Proben aus der Tiefe sudschwedischer Torfmoore.' 

 °- F. Andersson, ' Uber Paimella uvcejormis Kg. unddie Dauerspor 



Vou D) uparnaldia glomerata Ag.' 



