60 ARTicLES in JoURNALS. 
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cellent as ie were neg and they were ey cidoalitiell by 
eachers, amateur and otherwise, among their students. Their 
place has now been taken by a series of shilling manuals, some 
good enough, others the reverse, but none so stdolons to the “ young 
collector’ as the one now before us. 
s a collection of the names which have been given to the end- 
less forms of our common ferns, Mr. Lowe’s book may be of in- 
names !—without any “attempt at eee Thus, in a section 
of Scolopendrium, we have such entri 
Bazteri, Moore. A copy of Cool 
“ “4, constellatum, Lowe. Raised by Mr. Glave, of Scarborough.” 
. coronans, Moule. Unknown to 
** 8. Cousensii, Jones. I have never aide this.” 
There are 437 named hearse of Scolopendrium vulgare, some 
with synonyms ; thus:—* O‘Kellyi, Lowe gn O'Kelly, Jones)’; 
‘* Grante Lowe (crispum variegatum Grant, Jones).”’ 
The descriptions of the species are so brief as to be useless to 
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bed 
ame sum Mr. Thomas Moore’s admirable and well- 
illustrated little volume on the same subject. 
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS. 
Annals of Botany (dated Dec. 1890; issued Jan. 1891). — J. BR, 
Vasey, ‘Morphology of Sporophyte of Splachnum lutewm’ (2 plates). 
. R. Saunders, ‘Structure and function of septal glands in 
Rnaphajie’ (1 plate).—A. Barclay, ‘ Life-history of Puccinia Geranii- 
sylvatica var. rarastnen (1 plate).—J. B. Farmer, ‘ [soetes lacustris’ 
2 plates gr — EH. M. Holmes & E. A. L. Batters, ‘ Revised list of 
ritish M arine Algw.’ 
Bot. a (Nos. 1-3),—M. Leonhard, ‘ Zur Anatomie der 
Apocynaceen.’ 
Bitanisad Gazette (Dec.),—G. A. Rex, Development of Tubulina 
cylindrica and allied Myxomycetes. ’—B. D. Halsted, ‘ Peronosporea 
for 1890.’— E. J. Hill, ‘ Flora of Lake con Region.’— C, Mac- 
millan, ‘ Phanerogams of Central Minnesota 
Bot. Zeitung (Dec. 5-26). — H. Solms tansthiests ‘Ueber die 
Fructification von Bennettites Gibsonianus’ (2 plates). — (Dec . 26). 
. W. Beyerinck, ‘ Kiinstliche Infection von Vicia Faba mit Bacillus 
radicicola. Soa a 2-23). F. Kienitz-Gerloff, ‘ Die Protoplasmarer- 
bindungen zwischen  benachbarten Gewebselementen in d 
