70 Scientific Intelligence. 
numerous and important. Considerable prominence is given to 
his well known view that the elements of a fibro-vascular bundle 
are “nee arranged in the root, stem nd leaf. 
periodical movements of raireetio organ 
A chan nge in arrangement which will provoke much adverse 
which have heretofore been placed in quite different orders, as the 
following synopsis will show: 
First Group. THALLOPHYTES. 
Class I. Proto 
kc ee Penne chlorophylL—A. Suaaonhewe, —B. Palmel- 
lac 
ete devoid of chlorophyll—A. Schizomycetes.—B. Fermenta- 
-fungi. 
tion 
Jlass I. Zyeosp 
Forms containing chlorophyll.—A. Valencia —B. Conjugate 
and Diatom 
Forms devoid of ik Se —A. ee —B. Zygomycetes. 
s III. Oosp - 
A. Spheeroplez.—B. Cisloplacts. Vancheria, &c. Saprolegnia, 
Peronospora.—C. C£dogonie.—D, - 
. Carro 
Forms _—S chlorophyll.—A. Coleichartn —B. Floridex.— 
C. 
Forms devoid of chlorophyll (or true Fungi.) —A. Ascomycetes.— 
B. erg reine ute ee y—C. ——— 
; it 
ile to compare his views y ith thos e of Profeesdl e a | 
pererne a sketch of Fischer’s new classification, Professor Sachs 
ofessor Fischer regards Fungi and Algie as stwo com- 
ites separa’ series developing in parallel lines, while I assume 
that in each class Fungi have diverged as branches "from the differ- 
ent types o 
n conclusion, the hope must be expressed that the sworty 
English translation of this admirable work will be as wo ony 
honest praise as the French editio 
22. Notice of some Fresh- Water and Terrestrial Rhi Hops jaa 
Prof. Leipy stated that among the ameeboid forms noticed by him | 
n the vicinity of Philadelphia, there was one especially remarkable 
or the comparatively enormous quantity of quartzose sand w shich it a 
