SHORT NOTES 27 
M. tortuosum was similar. For these examples I am indebted to 
Mr. N. F. Brown.— 1 T. A. Sprague. 
Binorea and Biana : a Correction (see Journ. Bot. 1922, 
130). Hinorea has priority of place over JRiana, which is conse¬ 
quently a synonym under the American Code as well as under Inter¬ 
national ltules.— T. A. Sprague. 
BE VIEWS. 
Flora af South Australia. Part I. Ct/atheacece-OrchiJacece. By 
J. M. Bl ac u (OrchidacrcB by Dr. B. S. Bogers). With Illus¬ 
trations. Pp. 1*54. Adelaide: Bogers. Price 3s. 
This is the first botanical instalment of a series of “ Handbooks 
of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia, issued b} r the British 
Science Guild (South Australian Branch).” The editorial preface 
calls attention to the lack of inexpensive hut accurate hooks dealing 
with the plants and animals of South Australia, which has been ‘‘a 
real handicap to young Australia and so to the progress of Australian 
science”; to supply this deficiency, the handbooks are being pre¬ 
pared gratuitously by men of science; “ they will be printed and 
published by the State Government, and will be placed in the public 
schools, for the use of which they are primarily prepared.” So 
public-spirited an enterprise deserves all encouragement, and the in¬ 
stalment before us leads us to anticipate success for the undertaking. 
The first 34 pages are occupied with introductory matter : the 
absence of a table of contents is to be regretted, especially as the 
book, as being only part of a volume, has no index. The classifi¬ 
cation is that of Engler and Gilg; as to nomenclature, “ the rules 
and recommendations adopted by the Vienna Congress have been 
strictlv followed ” ; only well-established aliens are admitted. There 
is a brief but well-done summary of the history of Botany in S. Aus¬ 
tralia, followed by a glossary of botanical terms occupying ten pages, 
and a key to the families, of similar extent. To these succeeds the 
Flora proper, beginning with the Pteridophyta : under each family is 
a key to the genera, the species being treated in like manner under 
each genus, and this plan is pursued throughout the work : explana¬ 
tions of its origin follow each name, often, in the case of commemoiu- 
tives, with biographical information—Bobert “Moore,” by the way 
(]). 113) should be “More,” and “ Burehard ” has no claim to he 
considered “an English botanist”; Bobert Brown (Prodr. 272) 
named Burchardia in memory of Johann Heinrich Burckhard, of 
Wolfenbiittel (1676-1738). The description of each species is full 
and clear, and the distribution in the region is indicated. Figures, 
mostly from drawings by the author, add to the usefulness of the 
book ; they seem to be given on no particular scale nor definite plan ; 
thus in the Pteridophyta almost every genus is figured, but the other 
orders are scantily and inadequately represented. In some cases the 
plates appear to have been borrowed from some other work, otherwise 
it is difficult to account for a figure of llclipteram oppositifolium 
