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worked up by special collaborators; as, the Zeguminose by Wat- 
son, the Cactacew ngelmann, who has also contributed other 
of his favorite orders, Asclepiadew, Gentianacew, Euphorbiacee, 
Cupulifere, Loranthacee and Conifere ; while Professor Porter 
has done the Scrophuluriace, Labiate, Polemoniacew, Polygona- 
cee, etc.; Dr. Vasey, the Grasses, Professor Eaton, the Ferns, which 
ography at variance with 
the rest of the volume; Mr. James, the Moses Mr. Austin, the 
a 3 * 
in some respects discouraging, but with excellent results. 
rgy and perseverance to carry on such work 
A. G. 
2. The Flora of British India.—Part VI carries the second 
volume of this standard work from the Myrtacew a Bey 2 
and edited by Reichenbach, having appe 
promised. The Orchids illustrated are all tropical. - Ge 
4. Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of 
Edinburgh, vol. xiii, part 2. 1878.—The more interesting articles 
in this volume are: 1, Professor Balfour’s notes of a Continental 
