820 BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ETO. 
Mr. Artuur Corrtam has contributed to the Siyguagh heer 5) a 
list of flowering _— found by him on the site o 8, White- 
hall, within a quarter of a mile of Charing Cross. No Tinedes are 
included, so that the list might be considerably extended: Pteris 
Aquilina ‘‘ has come up in considerable patches on all parts of the 
site.’ The list includes the following :—Sinapis arvensis, Sisymbrium 
officinale, Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Stellaria pai, Arenaria serpyllifolia, 
Sagina procumbens, Trifolium repens, Prunus Cerasus, Epilobiuim angusti- 
folium, E. hirsutum, E. parviflorum, Carduus lanceolatus, C. arvensis, 
Arctium Lappa, Matricaria inodora, Anthemis Cotula, Senecio vulgaris, 
S. viscosus, Hrigeron canadensis, Tussilago Farfara, Hypocheris radi- 
ate ee Dens-leonis, Sonchus arvensis, S. oleraceus, Solanum 
, Lycopus europeus, Plantago major, P. lanceolata, Atriplex 
patula, Piklion ygonum Convolvulus, P. aviculare, P. Persicaria, Populus 
nigra, Salix aurita. 
Tue seventh volume of DeCandolle’s Monographie Phanero- 
amarum contains the Melastomacee, dae are elaborated. by Prof. 
ag varieties are described, of which 793 saa 465 are new. Penioht 
wg a are established —Schwackea a, Benevidesia, Bisglaziovia, 
Sih casr um, Beecarianthus, Boerlagia, Brittenia, and Medinillopsis. 
An extremely a contribution to local botany, both in 
appearance and price (3d. re is ape Flora of Oswestry and District, by 
Mr. T. P. Dia sae acs of the Offa Field Club. Hue Club 
was formed about four a one by a Bade Sadeomien and working- 
Tue Smithsonian Institution hae issued in quarto form twenty- 
__ four coloured plates, prepared by Sprague between 1849 and 1859, 
— to accompany a seer on the Forest oe of No rth America by 
re 
ne will form a Puce memento of “the distinguished man who gave 
0 much of his life and labours to this department of ieraect ledge.’ 
