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REVIEWS. 
Nov., 1892. 
* Glaux maritima. F. A. Lees. By one of the brine pits at Droit- 
wich, 1883. Notnew. Buckman, “ Ancient Straits of Malvern,” 
1849. See “ Mid. Nat.” Yol. XIII., p. 164. 
Potamogeton obtusifolius. Thompson, Towndrow. “ Pool, Trimp- 
ley.” “Pond, Malvern Link. ” First record. Queried in “ Top, 
Bot.,” Ed. 2. Sp. from both localities! Previous record 
doubtful. 
* P. eu-natans. F. A. Lees and Mathews. Pool at Harvington. 
Not new. Edwin Lees in Hastings’ “ Ill. Nat. Hist. Wor.,” 15. 
See “ Mid. Nat.,” Yol. XI., p. 206. 
* Juncus obtusiflorus. F. A. Lees. “ Ditch side, marsh, west of 
Severn, north of Tewkesbury. Not new. Edwin Lees, “ Bot. 
Malvern Hills,” 2nd ed., 1852. See also “ Mid. Nat.,” Yol. XIII., 
p. 187. 
* J. Gerardi. F. A. Lees. “ By brackish canal, Droitwich.” Not neiv. 
“ Bot. Wor.,” 1867. See “ Mid. Nat.,” Vol. XY., p. 70. 
+ J. tenuis. In Herefordshire, but close to Worcestershire boundary. 
Discovered by Mr. R. F. Towndrow. First record. 
* Eriophorum latifolium. F. A. Lees. “Bog above Shelfield Cop¬ 
pice, Wyre Forest.” Not new. Recorded by T. W. Gissing, 
in “ Phytologist,” 2nd series, Yol. I., p. 151. Probably also 
intended by Perry, “ Mag. Nat. Hist.,” 1831. I have 
specimens gathered in the forest in 1846, 1847, 1886.—Sps. ! 
* Carex axillaris. Towndrow. “ Madresfield,” F. A. Lees. “By 
canal near Kidderminster.” Not new. “Bot. Wor.,” Edwin 
Lees. “ C. axillaris I give on the authority of Mr. Thomas 
Westcombe, as occurring at Norton, near Kempsey;” 
(To be continued.) 
Catalogue of Canadian Plants. Part YI., Musci., pp. v., 295. By John 
Macoun, M.A., F.L.S., F.R. S.C. Montreal: 1892. 25 cents. 
The preceding parts of this very valuable work, which give a full 
account of the Flowering Plants, Ferns, Fern Allies, and Hepaticm, 
have, as they appeared from time to time, been noticed in former 
numbers of the “ Midland Naturalist. ” The present part is devoted 
to the Musci or true mosses, and is a very full and comprehensive 
account of the various species and varieties that have been found by 
Professor Macoun in the Dominion of Canada during the thirty-one 
years he has devoted to the study of these plants, together with the 
work of his coadjutors, and the records to be found in herbaria, 
proceedings of societies, and other sources. The commencement of 
this investigation must have been surrounded with difficulties that 
can scarcely be realised by British naturalists, and must have required 
great courage and determination ; but he has persevered, and now, 
after thirty-one years of unremitting labour, is able to present to the 
botanical world a work remarkable for its thoroughness, and one of 
which he and his fellow countrymen have a right to feel proud. 
To go into the minuter details of so voluminous a work would 
require more space than can be allowed. But I may, in a few words, 
