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the under 



leaf-stipules, leaflets, under-leaves, folioles. Under Herberta they 

 are not mentioned ; but the leaves are described as being " in four 

 rows." Anthelia is stated to be "without stipules." And yet the 

 heading to the subtribe Ptilideat, to which both these genera belong, 

 says (p. 65) quite plainly, "leaflets (always present) nearly of equal 

 size, conforming" to the antical leaves. 



No glossary is supplied. Nor is there any key to genera or 

 species. The nature of the inflorescence of the species is seldom 

 stated, despite the elaborate definitions provided on pp. 16, 17, and 

 derived from Lindberg via Limpricht. Androecium, when it occurs, 

 is misspelt: gynoecium occurs less frequently, but is equally mis- 

 spelt. Areola and fiagellum form plurals at variance with the 

 rules of the Latin grammar. The contraction "Lind." functions 

 indifferently for Lindenberg and Lindberg. The punctuation is 

 often misleading; e.g., p. 45, line 14, the segments of the stipules 

 appear to be "monoicous." "Largest" is here and there un- 

 grammatically used (e.g., pp. 39, 41), where larger would be correct. 

 An exception to the rule quoted from Carrington's British Hepatica, 

 on p. 129, to the effect that the papillose leaves of Scapania cequiloba 

 separate it from all other Scapama will be found in S. aspera 

 (p. 188). It will be noticed under Lunularia that no mention is 

 made of the lunulate gemmiparous receptacle which gave rise to 

 the name of the genus and is an important character for its 

 identification, as Lunularia seldom fruits in this country. 



To sum up, Dr. Cooke deserves our thanks for bringing together 

 into one small and cheap volume so many of our native species, 

 and for supplying so many illustrations. But it is to be regretted 

 that he did not spend a little more time in revising the terminology 

 and in making his references more exact, for many of them require 

 correction. The ideal handbook has yet to be written, and, 

 until that is done, we must do as best we can with Dr. Cooke's 

 compilation. a q 



University 

 93. 8 figs., 



pp. xn, 201. Price 3s. 6d. 

 A Manual of Cryptogamic Botany, adapted to the requirements of the 

 Science and Art Department. By Chablotte M. W. Boss. 

 Published by the author, 1 , Banbury Street, Battersea. 1894. 

 Pp. 77, v. 



We have bracketed these two books together for the sake of 

 contrast. It would be difficult to find any two books with greater 

 divergency of aim and method. Prof. Geddes always writes 

 remarkably well, and in this book, designed to inform those who 

 have already an elementary knowledge of Botany on a few biological 

 questions, he may claim to have acquitted himself well of his 

 task from both a literary and a scientific point of view. His book 



