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rest in the preparation of the work never flagged. That his co- 

 operation was fully appreciated may be learnt from the tribute 

 paid by the author in his preface : — " That which should have 

 been a pleasant duty — the acknowledgment of assistance rendered 

 by other botanists — has been lamentably saddened by the decease, 

 whilst these pages were passing through the press, of an esteemed 

 and honoured friend, David Fry. Almost every page of this book 

 testifies to the invaluable help he afforded during the whole 

 course of its preparation. Such satisfaction as I might have felt 

 on completion of the work is in great part nullified by my in- 

 ability to place it in his hands." He was buried in the Friends' 

 cemetery at Lawrence Weston, a neighbouring hamlet that looks, 

 out on the Severn Sea. His collection has been given to the 

 University of Bristol. — J. W. W. 



The List of Little-known Botanists concerning whom further 

 information is required (for inclusion in the forthcoming new 

 edition of the Biographical Index of British Botanists) has been 

 reprinted. Copies may be obtained from Mr. G. S. Boulger, 

 11 Onslow Eoad, Eichmond, Surrey, or from the Editor of this 

 Journal, and will gladly be sent to those who may be able to 

 supply information. The response made during the progress of 

 the publication of the list in this Journal has been very shght, 

 and it is hoped that further information will be forthcoming 

 concerning some, at least, of the names included. 



loioa Discomycetes, by Fred. J. Seaver (Bull. State Univ. Iowa, 

 vi. n. 2, 1911, pp. 41-163, 41 plates), supplements and completes 

 the preliminary paper on the Discomycetes of Eastern Iowa 

 already published by the author. It does not claim to be a mono- 

 graph of the Discomycetes but, as far as possible, a complete 

 descriptive record of these fungi in Iowa State. Keys are given 

 of the families, genera, and species, and careful diagnoses with 

 interesting notes as to habitat, &c. Nearly all the plants of this 

 group are saprophyte, and they are very widely distributed. It is 

 instructive to note that of the fifty-six genera recorded only one — 

 Holioaya — is exclusively North American ; all the others are to be 

 found in both hemispheres. A full bibliography is given, but no 

 index. — A. L. S. 



The most recent instalment (Vol. vi. part 3) of Mr. J. M. Wood's 

 useful Natal Plants contains the description with two plates of a 

 new genus of Scitaminece — Siphonochilus Wood & Franks — estab- 

 lished on Kcempferia natalensis Schlecht. & Schum. who suggested 

 the name. Chrysophyllum viridifolium is a new species established 

 by the same authors on a plant found by Miss Franks near Durban. 

 The part contains several interesting Asclepiadacece; the figures 

 (by Miss Franks) show an advance on those in the earlier portion 

 of the work. 



Mr. Spencer Moore's address is now 85 King's Court Koad, 

 Streatham, S.W. 



