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THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
In the Irish Naturalist for May, Mr. H. N. Dixon records 
the occurrence in Ireland of Porotrichum angustifolium, hitherto 
known only from a single station in Derbyshire. The Irish locality 
given by the late Canon Lett proves to be incorrect, but a specimen 
collected “probably in Antrim in the neighbourhood of Glenariif ”—• 
the name of the locality on the label is unfortunately illegible—proves 
to be the true plant. 
The New Phytologist (xxii. 3: July 31) contains a note by the 
Editor on “ The Teaching of Botany,” introducing a paper by Dr. E. 
E. Clements on the same subject from an ecological standpoint; and a 
very interesting paper by Mr. Cockayne on “ Hybridism in the New 
Zealand Flora”; Miss E. II. Saunders writes on “The Bractless 
Inflorescence of the Crucifer ee ” (1 pi.); and II. Snow describes an 
apocarpic plant of Lychnis clioica, found near Exeter. 
The New Bulletin , no. 6, is almost entirety occupied by an enume¬ 
ration of the species contained in the two sets of Behmann’s South 
African mosses, issued between 1875 and 1877 and in or before 
1886. No list of these has hitherto been published ; the enumera¬ 
tion is a transcription from Behmann’s labels, and the “ n. sp.” 
attached to many of the names—which, unless taken up and described 
elsewhere, as indicated in many instances, are nomina nuda —repre¬ 
sents his view. In No. 7, Mr. Hutchinson continues his “ Contribu¬ 
tions towards a Phylogenetic Classification of Flowering Plants,” 
in which the genera of Anonacece (95 are recognised) are dealt with ; 
we hope that arrangements have been made for reissue of this im¬ 
portant series in collected form. The number also contains “Notes 
on Upper Guinea Flacourtiacecef by Major Chipp, in which two new 
species— Dasylepis hrevipedicellata and Scottella Chenatieri- —are 
described. In No. 8, W. A. Millard and S. Burr discuss “ The 
Causative Organism of Skin Spot of Potatoes ” ; Miss D. K. Hughes 
writes on Paractcenum novce-hollandi ce —the specimen to which she 
refers is from Bobert Brown’s herbarium, who received it from Paris 
(in Herb. Mus. Brit.)—and on Orthacne and Streptachne; Major 
Chipp revises the West African species of Finorea , and describes 
several new species; Mr. Hutchinson deals with the affinity of 
P h ododen dr on mi era nth u m . 
The Bulletin of the Torrey Clul) for July contains a continua¬ 
tion of M. Levine’s “ Studies on Plant Cancers,” and 0. Overholts 
gives diagnoses (with plates) of American species of Boria. 
In Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano (xxx. 1-2 ; Jan.-April), 
A Zenari presents a second contribution to the Flora of the Yal 
Cellina; G. Chiovenda writes on the work of G. B. Biadego on the 
Italian Flora; C. Cappelletti on the hymenium of Coprimes; and 
T. Provasi on the Cecidii of the Herbarium Chinense-japonicum at 
the Instituto Botanico of Florence. 
The Bulletino della Societa hotanica Italiana (April-June) 
contains an account (with figures) of a remarkable anomaly in 
Anemone snlphurea by A. Barbiani and M. Minio ; E. Barsali con- 
