80 BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ETC. 
Journal of R. “rear Soc. (Nov.). — R. J. Lynch, ete 
Classification of Peon a (P. Bakeri, P. Barrii, spp.nn.). — F. 
Ya, . Born 
(spp. nn.).—E. v. Aion ‘Beitriige zur or Pre der » Balkanhalbinsl 
Z 
‘Carex Kneuckeriana,’ ss Pua .v. Ha laeey, : Nowe 1 Brombeer 
formen aus Oesterreich’ (Rubus Kelleri, R. styriacus, R. Gremblichii, 
R. macrocalyx, R. Richteri, spp.nn.). — P. Magnus, ‘Ein neues 
Unkrant auf den Weinbergen bei Meran’ (Galinsoga parviflora).— 
J. Freyn, ‘Plante nove Orientales’ 7 am Uhlwormianum, 
A. a 1. Kongeanus, Onobrychis xanthina, 0. stenostachya, 
spp. nn.).—M. Kronfeld, ‘ Die "‘Maria-Theresia-Palme. 
BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ée. 
: s conferred a benefit upon sh readers of the 
Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique by the compila- 
tion of a horas index to the first t twenty- Sex yXclook (1862-87) 
of that work. The index is divided into three e parts :—‘‘1. Table 
par ea des matiéres; 2. Table des noms d'auteurs; 8. Table 
générale des genres et des espéces”: and forms an 8vo volume of 
358 pages € must express our own preference a a single 
index, like that prepared by Mr. B. D. Jackson for the Linnean 
8 s Journal, 
Messrs. Casseut have added to their series of reading-books an 
attractively written volume, entitled Object Lessons from Nature, by 
Prof. L.C. omer The author rightly lays stress on the desirability 
We are glad to see that ae cay 8 Xenia Orchidacea is to 
‘be ueried | on by Dr. F. Kriinzlin. The first part of the continuation 
contains a new species of Angrecum—A. Reichenbachianum Kranz). 
The plates are from Reichenbach’s drawings, with the exception of 
A. Rohlfsianum, for which Dr. Kranzlin is responsible. 
Tue first part of Miss Woolward’s monograph of Masdevallia 
has been issued. We hope to notice this sumptuous and expensive 
work in our next issue, 
