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Das Pflanzenreich. A. Engler. iv., 228. Umbel liferae — 

 Saniculoideae, von Hermann Wolff. Dec. 16, 1913. pp 305. 15 

 marks 80. Includes Sanicula europaea, Erynyium campestre and 

 maritimum. 



Index Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum Supplementum 

 quartum Nomina et Synonyma omnium Generum et Specierum ab 

 initio anni MDCCCOVI ad finem anui MDCCCCX nonnulla etiam 

 antea complectens ductu et consilio D. Prain confecerunt Herbarii 

 Horti Regii Botanici Kewensis Curatores. Oxonii e prelo Claren- 

 doniano, 1913. pp. 252. £1 16/ nett. The continuation of the 

 monumental work keeps up its high reputation for accuracy and clearness 

 of typography. To the nomenclaturist the inclusion of Garsault's 

 accidental binomials is of interest since if they are to be cited, the 

 still earlier ones of Miller (Gard. Diet., 1754) and of Hill {British 

 Herbal, 1756) can scarcely be ignored in future numbers. Another 

 feature is the disuse of italics for synonyms. It seems rather undesir- 

 able to change a plan used in 4 vols, of the Index and in three of its 

 Supplements, although doubtless a saving is effected in ' corrections.' 

 Centaurium capitatum is cited from the British Seed List, but it dates 

 from Druce in Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 48, 1905. 



Other omissions from this and the other Supplements, include * 

 Arenaria sedoides (L.) as Cherleria, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 

 240, 1907, not of Froel. Benthamia angustifolia (Lehm.) as 

 Amsinkia, British Plant List, 103. Benthamia spectabilis (Fisch. 

 & Mey.) as Amsinkia, I.e. 103. Brassica Pollichii (Sch. & Spenn.) 

 as Erucastrum, I.e. 7. Centaurium intermedium (Wheldon) 

 as Erythraea : a hybrid of C. umbellatum and vulgare, Ann. 

 Scot. Nat. Hist. 48, 1905. C. latifolium (L.) I.e. 48, 1905; 

 242, 1907. C. pulchellum (Fries) I.e. 242, 1907 (Hayek, in Oester. Bot. 

 Zeit. 70, 1906, called it Centaurion). C. tenuiflorum (Link) Hoffmg. 

 & Link, Bot. Exch. Clnb Rep. 350, 1908. Chorispermum syriacum 

 (Boiss.) (vice Chorispora) British Plant List, p. 8. Eriophorum panicu- 

 latum (Lam.) as Linagrostis, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 227, 1906. 

 Festuca membranacea (L.) as Stipa, I.e. 229. Franseria acanthicarpa 

 (Hook) (Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.) = F. Hookeriana Nuttall (see 

 Bot. Exch. Club Rep. 415, 1908). Gattenhojjia pluvialis (Moench as 

 Dimorphotheca) British Plant List, p. 38. Gentiana Pamplinii Bot. 

 Exch. Club Rep. 379, 1892, Ann. Bot. x., 621, 1896, as a hybrid of G. 



