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for the “Swift” sub-stage condenser is missing, also the 
paraboloid belonging to the same instrument, which latter 
they have been unable to trace since the opening meeting of 
the winter session in October last. 
Finance .—The report and balance-sheet of the treasurer, 
(Chas. Pumphrey) which will be separately published, shows 
total receipts £172; total payments (including adverse balance 
of £37 17s. last yean, £189 19s. lid.; balance due to the 
treasurer, £17 19s. ljd. The total liabilities of the Society 
are about £88, the arrears of subscription being £15. Since 
1861, upwards of £1,190 has been expended by the Society in 
books, furniture, and apparatus. 
Florule Bryologique, ou Guide du Botaniste au Mont Blanc. Par Venance 
Payot. 8vo., pp. 78. Geneve: Henri Trembley. 
This little work, which gives the result of fourteen years’ work and 
travel about Mont Blanc, the Pennine range, and circumjacent moun¬ 
tains, will be interesting and truly useful to those bryologists who 
have collected or intend to collect in this region of bryological wealth. 
Over 430 species and many varieties are recorded by the author, some 
of them new to science, and many of them rare. M. Payot had the 
advantage and honour of corresponding with that late great master of 
the science of bryology, Prof. W. P. Schimper, who examined the 
various species contained in his herbarium, and more recently the 
eminent botanists, M. L’Abbe Boulay, MM. Geheeb, G. Davies, 
Brotherus, Limpriclit, etc., so that the nomenclature may be accepted 
as correct. The author’s work is more than once alluded to in 
8cliimper’s Synopsis, and a rare moss, Bryuvn Payoti , was named in 
his honour by the author of that work, who says in commendation, 
“ Unde oculatissimus Payot floras m. Mont-Blanc investigator indefessus 
misit.” The book is blemished by many typographical errors, some of 
which are corrected in the errata, but many still remain uncorrected ; 
otherwise it is a valuable addition to our bryological literature. 
J. E. B. 
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES.— January, 1887. 
Atmospheric pressure was very unsteady throughout the month. 
The mercury fell rapidly to 28-826 inches on the 5th, then rising 
quickly to the 13th (30-454 inches), after which it experienced various 
fluctuations. Its highest point was on the 21st. Temperature was 
above three degrees below the average. The means both of maximum 
and minimum were low. The highest readings were :—54-3° at Lough¬ 
borough, on the 28th, and at Hodsock on the 29th ; 54-0° at Henley-in- 
