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elongated thickened cells in Pine-leaves, which resemble bast cells 
i as- 
Rey. E. O’Meara begins an account of Recent Researches in the 
Diatomacee, principally German, which promises to be interest- 
fruit in the very south of China; and adds some remarks about 
the geographical distribution and systematic extent of the species, 
which seem to imply that he would include in it even C. pumila, 
our Chinguapin. 
The other leading articles relate to British Botany ; but one of 
them, viz., Notes on the British Ramalinas in the Herbartwn of 
the British Museum, by the Rev. James M. Crombie, is of gene- 
ral interest, 
_Among the short notes, extracts, ete., Prof. Dickson calls atten- 
tion to Irmisch’s papers in the Linnea and Botanische Zeitung, 
giving the appearance of a hypocotyledonary ; 
case of Delphinium nudicaule mentioned in this ournal, vol. ae 
liar. . 
Dr. Carruthers contributes to the February number a. Review 
of the Contributions to Fossil Botany, published in Britain, in 
1871, with critical remarks. 
Notices of other articles will be given hereafter. = A & 
10. Fossil Flora of Great Britain. —With much satisfaction we 
learn that Dr. Carruthers is editing a re-issue, 1 monthly — 
of Lindley & Hutton’s Fossil Flora, to which he 1s to add a ng 
plementary volume, to contain exact —. 8 sa Fotail 
tany sinc ore 
Which will bring the whole work up to the state of the science 0 
the present day.” This will be a most important work, sure 
ably and faithfully done. - 
