250 THE FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE. 
against the ea that any special honour was conferred upon & 
man by having his name attac ae! as the authority for a species ; 
but we are nevertheless pleased to see Dr. Beeke’s name appearing 
in our lists in connection with hae palais = major Sm.), which 
he was the py to distinguish specifically or sl aspen 
It is desirable, however, to use only one ais for the 
plant; we find Ranunculus Sardous on p. 898 and fi. fariiia pe 
p. 370. 
ne small point on which a word of criticism may be offered is 
that of the abbreviation of authorities. We have always felt that 
~ only satisfacto ory way of d ing his, when it is really necessary, 
s by giving the first syllable in full and the first letter (or two 
letters) of the seco ee on this is the plan recommended by 
D olle. Mr. Dru ty no means singular in not adopting 
if it were generally ‘llowail: Initials might always (save in the 
rare evieerere of two botanists having “the game surname) be 
omitted, names of, one syllable given in full. The extra space 
required in + this latter cases would be more than counterbalanced ht! 
that gained in the former, as may be seen if for « W. T. Dye 
” and “ Sib.,” “ Dyer,” Bosw.” and ‘ Sibth. . ‘be 
substituted. an there should only be one way of referring to the 
nd books. 
same persons an Mr. ented a Alfred French as 
WA. Br” Ep.” and “H, A. F.” (Herb. Alf. French); and his 
citations of the same work vary a good Goal. 
The sbbievintione of generic and specific names—e.g., “ Taraw. 
erythrosp., Potam. zosterifol.which we find in the * jarnieint vais 
to us very unsightly; only custom or a material s 
could justify them, and neither plea or . put rite 5 pe Fes 
the Royal Society, in its Proceedings, some few years back set a 
dangerous precedent. We thin nk, ae the ‘prsuitig of the authority 
“ First reco: ndesirable deviation from the plan of the 
; ‘ Flora of Males, especially as there are no quotation marks to 
¢ rola minor. 
_ Besides the mere enumeration of plants and localities, there are 
many items of general information which indicate careful obser- 
srg on the part of the author, and also, in some cases, we think, 
of concentration, which is perh ps due vache to an 
cis of literary skill than to any uncertainty as to what 18 
intended by the writer. One of the most noteworthy is the series 
of notes upon the Oxford Senecios of “ disor ag set. Itis to be 
regretted that many of these are in the endix, and thus liable to 
be overloo ked ; ogee erence, olny ay help to prevent this. 
of Senecio squalidus :—* Var. a. iy Guss!: var. 
Chryenthonsjlie Guss!: ? var. c. origins. ? parviflorus Dyers: 
