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greatest naturalists of the age, that “ it has been found that a 
classification founded on any single character, however important 
that may be, has always failed.” 
Any further observations on the scope or execution of the work 
it is not our province to offer. As interested parties we must rest 
content with an announcement of facts, leaving the volume to have 
its value determined by the test of experience. 
NEW DIATOMS. 
By Prof. P. T. Cleve, with Notes by F. Kitton. 
Addenda et Corrigenda. 
No. 11, p. 68, after favourable, insert “ illumination.” 
No. 13, p. 69, P. caribcerum , should commence a fresh para- 
graph. (No. 14a.) 
No. 19, p. 70, after M.M.J. vol., insert “ xii.” 
To follow No. 23, p. 70, 23a., T. Antillarum , Cl. — Small, 4 to 5 
produced angles. Sculpture small, pearly granules, 7-8 in., -01 
mm., arranged in straight radiating lines. The middle of the 
valve seems to be elevated and the angles obliquely projecting. 
Diam. *053 mm. Virgin Islands, St. Bartholomew. Rare. 
[Herr Cleve’s figure resembles the pentagonal var. of Amphi- 
tetras a?itediluviana, but it is very much smaller than any specimen 
I have seen of that species. — F. K.] 
CRYPTOGAMIC LITERATURE. 
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Saccardo, P. A. Mycotheca Veneta, cent. xiv. 
Ravenel, H. W. Fungi Americani Exsiccati, cent. iii. and iv. 
Cooke, M. C. Fungoid Diseases of the Vine, part iv. and v., 
in “ Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc.,” vol. v., pt. 6. 
Cooke, M. C. Enumeration of “ Polyporus,” in “ Trans. Bot. 
Soc. Edin.,” 1878. 
Abbay, Rev. R. Observations on Hemileia vastatrix , in 
il Journ. Linn. Soc.,” No. 100. 
Thumen, F. Fungi Pomicoli. 
Vines, S. H. The Praembryo of Chara , in “ Journ. Bot.,” 
Dec., 1878. 
Holmes, E. M. Cryptogamic Flora of Kent ( [continued ), in 
“ Journ Bot.,” Dec., 1878. 
Thuret G., and Bornet, E. Etudes Phycologiques. 
Saccardo, P. A. Fungi Italici, fasc. ix-xii. 
Saccardo, P. A. Michelia, No. 4, 1878. 
Cox, M. J. D. On Isthmia nervosa, in “ Brebissonia,” Nov., 
1878. 
