Geology and Natural History. 67 
Fasciculus 64, of the same work, issued in May, comprises the 
concluding half of J. Muller’s elaboration of the Brazilian /u- 
phorbiacee is and fase. 61 together comprise vol. xi, pars ii, 
avery substantial volume indeed, filled by this one order; 752 
pages of letter press, 104 plates—a great undertaking, well and 
happily brought to a conclusion by the excellent botanist to whom 
this task was assigned. A 
Expedition of H. M. 8. Challenger. They relate mainly to Ma- 
A. G. 
17. Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society. 
Edinburgh. Vol. xi, part iii, 1873.—This part completes the 
, aper was noticed in this Journal; but it may not be 
amiss to recapitulate, in the author’s own words, that, after feeding 
us 
_ pot “infelix,” ‘are not “acrid,” are not “unwholesome,” are not 
.. Jurious,” do not cause “ delirium,” do not produce “ stupefac- 
Dr. Robert Brown (may he prove himself worthy of the name !) 
<a essay, entitled: “Are the Conifer gymnospermous or 
A. G. 
18, Florida Plants.—Dr. Edward Palmer made last year a 
collection of dried specimens of the plants of East Florida and the 
Keys, Four or five sets of these, named, are on sale, and may be 
ordered of S. Watson, Harvard University Herbarium, Cambridge. 
€8e sets range from 250 to 630 species, and cost $8 the hundred, 
