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probably be reduced by botanists who adhere to the Linnean 
view of species; from — = appears that upon the very strict- 
est estimate their number, now known to . botanists, is at least 
many as there are of Composite, which hold to their pro- 
portion of one-tenth of the whole. In both families every country 
and district is largely peculiar in its species and types. The far 
vast number of individuals in the former, their paucity in the 
ter. 
Those who desire to know the respective parts which the two 
authors have taken in the elaboration of the ‘Genera Plantarum” 
may be referred to a short article on the subject in a vip num- 
ber of the Journal of the Linnean Society of London. eat 
thanks from all — are due to them both. Bie el from 
the Nation, July 19, 
. Itinera Paci. 8. Coburgi are published in srinesdy 
style, We have before us the first volume of the Botany of the 
Travels of (1.) The Princes Philip and Augustus of Saxe-Coburg- 
Gotha round the world, in 1872- 73, and (2.) The Visit to Brazil 
of the Soa Augustus and Ferdinand i in 1879. Edited by Dr. 
ra von Fer nsee, and published at Vienna in 1883. It is 
an imperial quarto volume of 182 pages, in beautiful typography, 
with 39 charming lithographic plates, most : them ha 
p w or critical 
voyage and journey round the world was te way 0 "New York 
and by the Central Pacific Railway to Utah and vg ions in- 
cluding the customary visit to the Yosemite and t ig Trees, 
thence to the Sandwich Islands, New Zealand, ‘Aunratk, Ceylon, 
@ turn to Japan, thence to Java, to India, Suez, and so to Trieste. 
for us centers mainly in the Bromeliacee from Brazil, which are’ 
treated in detail, and interesting new forms figured; also in the 
small collection of North American plants, picked up en route 
across the Continent and in California. No new species are noted, 
but severa ral give occasion for critical remarks or descriptions. ALG. 
ud 
Bornet,—This very interesting and appreciative memorial was 
printed as a preface to the Catalogue of the Library of Professor 
