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Gardeners' Chronicle (July 28).— W. B. Hemsley, ' B. J. Thorn- 

 ton.' — Dendrobium M'Gregorii F. v. Mull. & Kranzl., sp. n.— 

 (Aug. 25). Scutellaria formosana N. E. Br., sp. n. 



Irish Naturalist (July, Aug.). — W. A. Shoolbred, ' Botanical 

 trip to Co. Antrim.' — (Aug.). R. L. Preeger, « The Seagull Bog, 

 Tullamore.' 



Journal de Botanique (July 1, 16). — A. Pranchet, « Les Cypri- 

 pedium de l'Asie centrale et orientale.' — (July 1). E. G. Camus & 

 — . Jeanpert, « Une ceuvre peu connue d'Hippolyte Rodin.' — 

 (July 16). L. Guignard, ' Sur l'origine des spheres directrices.' 



BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, dc. 



Mr. T. R. Sim sends us a Sketch and Check-list of the Flora of 

 Kaffraria, recently published at Cape Town. The title accurately 

 describes the little book of ninety-two pages, the " sketch " occupying 

 seventeen of these, the remainder being filled by the list. The 

 printing of the latter is not very satisfactory ; a period is placed 

 between the name and its author — thus, " Senecio lanceus. Ait.," 

 and a considerable number of new species are indicated by nomina 

 mda — names which of course have no claim to recognition, but 

 which will almost certainly give the Jackson of the future a good 

 deal of trouble. Several of Herr Schlechter's new Asclepiadeee are 

 published in this month's Journal ; their names in the list appear 

 somewhat odd, being printed thus: " Schizoglossum Flanagani. 

 Schlechter. M. S. S." This criticism as to the publishing of nomina 

 nuda applies to Mr. J. Medley Wood's Preliminary Catalogue of 

 indigenous Natal Plants (Natal, 1894), which moreover contains a 

 somewhat undue number of typographical errors. In appearance 

 this reminds us of the London Catalogue, and the space left in the 

 margin before each name will render the list very useful for marking 

 desiderata and similar purposes. An indication of the altitude of 

 each species is given. When the long-delayed continuation of the 

 Flora Capensis is taken up in earnest, lists of this kind will be very 

 useful for reference. 



A Folkestone paper gives the following enumeration of the 

 plants met with during the annual excursion of the East Kent 

 Natural History Society :— " The botanical members noticed the 

 bee ovities and the sea blackthorn, whilst growing on the cliffs were 

 brassia nigra, brassia arsensis, in bloom, diplotaxis, nuralis, cardius, 

 lanceolatus, lardius palastris, and plantago coronupus. No great 

 variety of plants were met with, but quantities of one species were 

 remarkable on the cliff, many of the plants growing at inaccessible 

 heights." 



Mb. Chas. Curtis has issued a Catalogue of Penang Plants, to 

 which Mr. Ridley appends a short notice of "the botanists of 

 Penang." The preface is dated Nov. 1892, but the Catalogue has 



