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No. 730 
OCTOBER, 1923 
Vol. LXI 
THE 
JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
BRITISH AND FOREIGN 
EDITED B Y 
JAMES BRITTEN, K. C. S. G., F.L.S. 
LATE SENIOR ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM. 
CONTENTS 
pa g e 
[The Plate issued with this number 
illustrates Mr. W. E. Nicholson’s 
paper on Hepatics from West 
Sutherlandshire printed in the 
September number, pp. 229-234.] 
Frederic Newton Williams (1862- 
1923). By James Britten, 
F.L.S. .. 249 
The Present Position of Botany . 252 
Heliocarpus americamis. By T. A. 
Sprague, B.Se., F.L.S. 255 
Carmichaelia australis R. Br. By 
James Britten, F.L.S. 257 
Echium polycaulon Boiss. By C. C. 
Lacaita, M.A., F.L.S. 259 
Captain Cook’s MSS. 260 
PAGE 
Short Notes: —Bryurn Sauteri Bry. 
Eur. as a British Plant—Pollina¬ 
tion of Viscum album—Linaria 
viscida Mill .—Euphorbia Lathy- 
ris L.. 261 
Reviews :— 
The Ferns (Filicales). Volume I. 
By F. O. Bower, Sc.D., LL.D., 
F.R.S. 263 
Conspectus Floras Fennicas. Vol. VI. 
Pars v. By Hjalmar Hjelt ... 266 
Botanical Pen-Portraits. By Dr. J. 
W. Moll and Pharm. Dr. H. H. 
Janssonius . 267 
Book-Notes, News, etc. 270 
Supplement. —Dr. H. O. Forbes’s 
New Guinea Plants ( continued ). 
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