984 ARTICLES IN JOURNALS. 
letterpress—pages of it without figures—is sufficient to blast one’s 
character for veracity without some further —— The 
book is an illustrated meres flora Moe the e plan of a 
clavis; the characters chosen are fairly desc “oribel and sufficient, 
and to these testers there is added a reduced figure which in 
most cases is wonderfully good and serviceable. The descriptions 
are helped by the use of certain symbols, and a result is a highly 
ingenious guide to the larger Fungi. There is a clayis of the 
families, another of the genera, and then she tableaux and clavis 
of the species. Of course the figures are ie be ees as 
tained. It could hardly be otherwise, and the method is quite 
legitimate. There are ample explanations of the method of using 
the clavis, a glossary, index, directions = collecting, &c. oe 
Basidiomycetes ae ome dealt with, species by species; and t 
Ascomycetes ar ated by the aiesces of prominent tanta. 
No better poset: Sek for ii collector exists, and it deserves a 
igh measure of success. I strongly advise its constant use by all 
who have no means of access to the dear illustrated books on the 
subject. G. M. 
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quelques Monocot oe aquatiques.’—A. P ‘Sur les neuds 
et les sien de la tige des Picsisiedsinen ‘a plates s).— P.v. 
Tieghem, ‘ Sur la structure et les affinités des Mélastomacées.’ 
: Annals of Botany (June [July] ).—‘ Record of Current Literature 
or 1890.’ 
er — a une 15).—A. F. Foerste, ‘ Abnormal phyllo- 
tic conditions as shown by leaves or flowers of certain plants’ 
(1 plate)—T. I olm, ‘ Seowe anatomical eer of N. American 
ramines ’ (Uniola : 1 plate). — D. Whi , ‘ Organisation of fossil 
Moe 
. Cou te 
(July 20). J. D. Smith, ‘ Undescribed plants from Guatemala’ 
y ag — R. Thaxter, ‘N. American Hyphomycetes’ (2 plates). 
R. Barnes, ‘ N. American Mosses.’ 
Bot. Centratblatt. (No. 26).—P. Schumann, ‘ Zur Kenntniss der 
G Variation im anatomischen Bau derselben Pflanzenart.’ 
—(Nos. 27-32). (©. Schmidt, ‘ Ueber den Blattban einiger xero- 
hilen Liliifloren.’—(No Loesener, ‘ Ueber die Benennung 
zweier nordameribanischer Tlices.’ — (No. 33). R. Keller, ‘Di 
wilden Rosen der Levent: Meee oe 
Bot. Zeitung (June 1 bags 21). — C. Wehmer, ‘ Enitstehun 
und physiologische Bedeutung der Oxalsaure im Stoffwechsel 
