240 Scientific Intelligence. 
trate the structure of the — By Joun Miers, F.L.S., ete. 
London, Williams & Norgate, 1878. 277 pp., 4to. —This venerable 
and indefatigable botanist ree here newly elaborated a great part 
of an order which has in our day received attention from . Alphonse 
DeCandolle, from J. eee and lately from le ete in the 
Genera Plantarum. Many new _ ra are proposed, several sup- 
The RieTanes 7 lora of the site” one By Sir J.D. 
Hooker, K.C.S.L, C.B., ete. Second Edition. London, Mac- 
millan & Co. 1878. —This new edition areca the old one by 
over thirty pages. We have not sought by comparison to ascer- 
tain the changes made; but there are indications of careful 
gen on. The accentuation of names appears to be perfect, one 
r two. om saicasci excepte y why are not accents cast upon 
supposition of the ape v — land plants from South 
merica by means of form rmediate tracts of land; 2, 
Enumeration of the Plants 1 hitherto collected, &c.; by the same 
author, except as to the Lower Cryptogamia. Of these, the 
Musci and Hepatice are by — Lichenes by Rev. J. M. 
Crombie, Marine Alge by Profes r Dic kie, Fresh Water Alge 
by Professor vere an saahinaie- contribution, and 3 
Fungi by Berke 
8. Ferns of Veh America. By Professor Dantet C. baron. 
—Parts VI and VII, issued as a double number, maintain the 
Polypodium aureum is particularly wel oa 
Grape Ferns (Botrychium), whic re are in fu rece. The 
figure of Phegopteris Dr ris is very es but flat, 
without the least foreshortening Blech um is 80 Te- 
eal. By 
Tuomas H. Ho UXLEY. 8vo, 596 pp. Move Vokes D. Appleton 
& Co.—The American odutin of this important work was issued 
some months ago, but was not noticed at that time. It is a val- 
