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arguments in favour i the monophyletic origin of preci, “ers 
are strong; and if this view be accepted, _— deriv ation of Mon 
cotyledons from primitive Dicotyledons seems to rest on abaiaias 
evidence than the e reverse relationship. It mer also be said that 
much now as formerly, It is, however, only necessary to read the 
<— to see how conflicting . ge evidence, or the views drawn 
m the pf CE: in almost ev int. 
“a eaenet account of the paapaeattes anatomy of the Gymno- 
sperms and Angiosperms occupies - - so pages of the text ; 
it is contributed by Professor K. C. J and is a valuable pre 
sentation of this phase of the same — + bearing on phylogeny 
from the point of view of modern work. 
he volume is well miaclialt with excellent and helpful figures, 
any 0 which are either new or are owed to the school of botany 
with which Drs. Cou lter and Chamberlain are associated. —— 
Jaffrey’ ‘ contribution is illustrated as a good series of micropho 
graphic reproductions. CRR 
BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, de. 
Tue second and third parts of Georg Roth’s Die a ape 
Fe Ae hese ig: Engelmann. Pp. 129-884; genet vili-xxvi, 
xlix. Price 4 marks neg finish the suiiiens of the us. 
mosses and ae good progress with that of the en oear ae 
families treated are the Phascacea, Bruchiacea, Voitiacea, Seligeri- 
acea, Angstroemiacea, Weisiacee, Cynodontiacee, Dicranacea, ane 
bryacea, ae Katee pag acicbign meg Pottiacee, and Fissiden- 
ea. mplete work, about. ten or twelve parts, w with 106 
plates, will iiss two volumes, the second of “sa er will errgoer a 
Bi ‘yace@, Polytrichacea, and Pleurocarpi. agnace@ 
be included. All the mosses of Hurope will be gf Pee a 
figured; hence the book eit be of great value to moss-students. 
Ca. id — cae isa pour la Flore cryptogamique Suisse ; 
Berne, 0 fr.) has done a careful piece of work in taking up the 
Boletus pone ted and tracking it through its changes of 
form. describes and iptes eleven different forms of the same. 
fungus, which he designates subspecies, and to which he has given 
distinctive names. Among these he has included B. chrysenpteron, 
one of our alone disting and most easily as of — One 
His drawings show the extreme ility of 
lo ould be ov by its own Asta were an omni 
extensive m ph written on every species or series of species. 
onogra 
Such an example of pet: is, however, a good object-lesson for 
the student.—A. L. 
