ity MAKING OF FLOWERS. 217 
ANEMONE TRIFoLIA L. — In the Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana 
for 1886, p. 101, Dr. Mariz describes as a new species, under the 
name of A. albida, a plant which is not uncommon in the north of 
Portugal. It is the A. nemorosa of Brotero, in Flore Lusitanica, and 
may be (as Dr. Mariz remarks) the A. ranunculoides of the Prodro- 
mus Flore H sseheeion so far as the reference to Portugal is con- 
cerned. I have only seen leaves in a fresh state, while my o 
s no 
from A. trifolia L., and that the name albida must be dropped, or 
i importan 
retained only as varietal. The only differe 
(besides that said to be exhibited by the carpels) is derived from 
Cc e anthers—white in albida, yelle a 
wering 
freely in my gm the anthers are white, without any tinge of 
yellow.—R. P. Murray. 
Ne “pore OF BOOKS. 
The Making of agent y the Rev. Prof. Grorce Henstow, 
M.A., F.L.S., F.G gn ike. London: Society for Promo ting 
richie aie wledge. 1891. 8vo, pp. vii. 168, 24 cuts. 2s. 6d. 
Tux author of this little book is a firm believer in the evolution 
of species one from another, a is ae with the explanation 
th this premise is 
taught by other evolutionists. Instead of development towards the 
perfect type, degradation from it has been the order of the day. 
A perfect and Sdialar See: like the buttercup, was the virginal 
form, from which others have ‘fallen away, altering or losing organs 
in the course of time. ie response of the flower to these insect 
irritations is ‘‘ automatic, and not volitional” (p. 147). ‘‘ They 
cannot help Or ait ret - moreover, the absence of such irritations 
may produce an effect analogous to that of their presence, for 
“ a pernhaed flowers are without much gon hss, gira from 
such de ion ‘‘is presuma 
proper insect-fertilisers. 
