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The second part of the Index Keivensis, completing the first 

 volume, has made its appearance. The enumeration is brought 

 down to the end of J, and so far occupies 1268 pages. The 

 printing of the third part is already some way advanced. 



The last part of the botanical Transactions of the Linnean Society, 

 issued in November, is devoted to Mr. Kidley's paper, " On the 

 Flora of the Eastern Coast of the Malay Peninsula." Several 

 novelties are described, the most interesting being perhaps the 

 genus Protamomum, of which a plate is given: this, the author 

 allied to Loivia longifiora Scorfc., but he considers it 

 distinct. The paper is an important contribution. t& 

 of the eastern side of the peninsula, which, Mr. 

 Ridley says, "has never hitherto, so far as I am aware, been 

 visited by any botanist": a short note on his collecting-trip to 

 Pahang will be found in this Journal for 1892, p. 31. We are 

 sorry to see that the author does not cite the numbers under 

 which his novelties have been distributed, and we regret to notice 

 the presence of a number of what are apparently nomina nwla, the 

 publication of which should hardly be countenanced by so important 

 a body as the Linnean Society. 



We note the publication of the first part of a new Flore de 

 France (to include the plants of Corsica and Alsace-Lorraine), by 

 MM. G. Rouy and J. Foucaud. This instalment only carries us to 

 the end of Crucifera, a considerable part of the volume being 

 occupied by a very full bibliographical index. We shall doubtless 

 have an opportunity of noticing the work when it has advanced 

 somewhat further. At present we will content ourselves with 



: judge from a cursory inspei 



species are very fully and carefully treated, and the book is likely 

 to prove an important addition to the list of European floras. 



We learn that the portrait of Professor Oliver, which is to be 

 placed in the Kew Herbarium, has been completed. The artist is 

 Mr. Joseph Wilson Forster, whose picture of Mr. J. G. Baker was 

 exhibited in the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1893, and is repro- 

 duced at p. 243 of our Journal for last year. 



We are glad to receive the first part of The Flora of Somerset, 

 by the Rev. R. P. Murray, extracted from the Proceedings of the 

 Somerset Natural History Society. After a brief definition of the 

 ten botanical districts into which he divides the county, the author 

 proceeds at once to the Flora proper, the enumeration of which is 

 carried down to the beginning of Rosacea. A fuller introduction 

 will no doubt be provided later. So far as we can judge from this 

 instalment, we are likely to have in this Flora a valuable addition 

 to our county lists. There are evidences of care throughout, and 

 while some of the features — e. g. the " first records" — which we find 

 in our best county floras, are omitted, others — such as the promi- 

 nence given to local names — are more than usually complete. 

 We hope to notice the book at length when it has made further 

 progress, which we trust will not be as slow as is sometimes the 

 case with works of this kind when published piecemeal in the Pro- 

 ceedings of local societies, 



