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followimg may be noted:—The hybrid Verbascum thapso-nicjrum 
♦Seheide is included, but it is rare. The six species of Linaria are all 
aliens. Veronica has fifteen species, including V. longifolia and 
V. opaca, neither of them British. Then V. spicata seems quite our 
eastern plant, and not hybrida. As an example of the fulness of 
distribution given, Pedicu laris palustris has five pages given to it; 
P. sylvatica is absent, its alleged records being errors. The author 
adopts the genus A lector oloplms instead of Phinanthus. Bartschia 
alpina L. is used for Bartsia. No species of Pup liras ia are given ; 
that is, only a note on B. tenuis and B. brevipila. Orobanche 
minor is the only species. 
TJtricularia is fully noted, and U. ochroleuca Hartm. is con¬ 
sidered a hybrid intermedia X minor. Whatever this may be for 
the Scandinavian plant, it cannot be so regarded in Britain. Z7„ in¬ 
termedia is very rare in Scotland and the north of England, where 
ochroleuca is frequent; it is not till Norfolk is reached that inter¬ 
media becomes frequent, and in some parts dominant, it grows 
there among U. minor , and there is no sign of hybridity. There is 
only one record of ochroleuca for Norfolk, and that is doubted by 
some. Pinguicula villosa L. should occur in Scotland, if it has 
not already been found in Sutherland. 
Mentha aquatica L. has only one station, while M. arvensis L. 
is frequent; in Phymus the two old names are retained. Laminin 
Galeobdolon L is very rare, but grows up to 60° N. lat. Galeopsis 
bifida is made a species; Ajug a pyramid at is L. is frequent; A. gene- 
re ns is L. is an alien. 
Gentiana suecica Murb. and G. germanica are placed as sub¬ 
species; G. baltica Murb. is not admitted. G. lingulata 0. A. 
Agardh and G. axillaris Murb. stand as subspecies of G. Amarella. 
In Galium there are two species that are not British, G. triflorum 
Mich, and G. trfidum L., both widely distributed. Viburnum Op ulus 
L. is frequent; V. Lantana L. is an alien. Lonicera Periclymenum 
L. is also an alien, while L. Xylosteum L. is frequent. Campanula 
lias eight species; C. cervicaria L. (not British) is frequent. Vale¬ 
riana officinalis L. has a var. excelsa auct.; this seems to be our 
V. sambucifolia. Auccisa preemorsa Asch. is used for Scabiosa 
Succisa L. 
The general distribution is given in Latin, with especial reference 
to the northern limits and degrees of latitude; the species are then 
traced through Russian Lapland (4 divisions), Finnish Lapland (3), 
Karelia ross. (4), and Finland proper (17). A. B. 
Botanical Pen-Portraits. By Dr. J. W. Moll and Pharm. Dr. FL 
H. Janssonius. 4to, pp. viii + 472. Martinus Nijhoff, The 
Hague, 1923. Price 30 guilders = $ 12. 
Botanical Pen-Portraits is a title which arouses one’s curiosity, 
but leaves the reader in some doubt as to the character of the work 
under consideration. The book is not concerned with Botany in 
general, nor yet in the main with plant description as ordinarily 
