HEPATIC^. 597 
A list, with descriptive notes of all the species of Hepaticae 
hitherto found in the British Islands, was issued in Sept., 
1902, by the Rev. H. W. Lett, M.A., M.R.I.A., rector of 
Aghaderg, Co. Down, Ireland. This is a very comprehensive 
list, and contains some few additional species not noticed in 
Mr. Pearson's work. It contains, however, no drawings. 
The descriptions are clear, and the most important characters 
which distinguish each species are printed in italics in the 
text, w^hich is a great help. Good figures, however, are 
almost indispensable as a help to discriminate these, many 
of them minute plants, good engravings add much to the 
cost of such a work. Mr. Lett's work was issued at the 
price of 7/6, and is a very useful assistance to students. 
243 species included in 61 genera are described in it. 
Mr. S. M. Macvicar of Moidart, West Inverness, is doing 
good work in Scotland, adding new discoveries to the species 
of Hepaticae known in our Islands. 
The Hepaticce of Moidari were given in a paper in the 
Journal of Botany, August, 1889, and a Key to the BiHtish 
Hepaticce was published by him in the same periodical for 
May, 1 90 1. 
The district in which Mr. Macvicar resides, on the South- 
west coast of Scotland, has a remarkably mild and moist 
climate, which has enabled many of the rare Hepatics that 
grow in the South-west of Ireland around the Killarney 
Lakes to have also their habitat in the district around 
Moidart. 
Mr. D. Macardle of the Glasnevin gardens, Dublin, has 
studied the Hepaticae, and collected a good many in various 
districts of Ireland, and many of his discoveries are given 
in the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. 
The Royal Irish Acadamy and the Irish Naturalist from 
1881 to 1 89 1, in which are useful notes to any students who 
January, 1906. 
