92  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.    { AFebnmrVTi9awm' 
Denis-Honore  Carette.  An  investigation  on  the  composition  of  oil 
of  rue  and  methylnonylcetone. 
"  Recherches  sur  l'Appareil  Secreteur  interne  des  Composees,"  by 
Marc-Alphonse  Col.  A  study  on  the  distribution  of  secretion  reser- 
voirs in  the  Compositse  and  their  importance  in  systematic  work. 
"  De  1'Extrait  de  Fougere  Male,"  by  Ed.  Schmidt.  A  chemical, 
physiological,  and  pharmacological  study  of  aspidium. 
"  Recherches  sur  la  Famille  des  Oxalidacees,"  by  Fr.  Chauvel. 
A  consideration  of  comparative  morphology  of  this  family  together 
with  the  history  from  a  botanical  as  well  as  economic  point  of  view. 
"  Contribution  a  l'Etude  de  la  Constitution  du  Tannin  de  la  Noix 
de  Galle,"  by  Alexandre  Vournasos.  A  monograph  on  the  consti- 
tution of  the  tannin  of  nutgalls. 
"  Etude  sur  les  Preparations  Officinales  des  Loganiacees,"  by 
B.  Hebert.  A  study  of  official  preparations  of  nux  vomica  and 
Ignatia  seed. 
"  L'lodure  d'Hexyle,"  by  A.-Ch.-P.  Lecorneur.  A  study  of  iodide 
of  hexyl  obtained  from  mannite. 
"  L'Acide  Paraoxyphenylsalicylique  et  ses  Sels,"  by  Jean  Faure. 
A  thesis  on  paraoxyphenylsalicylic  acid  and  its  salts. 
"  Quelques  cetones  obtenues  au  moyen  de  l'acide  caproi'que  nor- 
mal," by  G.-E.  Poissonnier.  A  study  on  some  of  the  ketones  ob- 
tained from  normal  caproic  acid. 
"  Sur  quelques  cetones  derivees  du  Metacymene,"  by  Francois 
B.  Reyes.  A  monograph  on  the  ketones  derived  from  meta- 
cymene. 
"  Methode  generale  de  preparation  des  Ethers  Oxydes  Pheno- 
liques  symetriques  et  dissymetriques,"  by  E.-R.  Lerat.  On  the 
symmetric  and  asymmetric  oxide  ethers  of  phenol. 
Sinonimia  vulgar  y  Cientifica  de  las  Plantas  Mexicanas.  Arreglada 
por  el  Dr.  Jose  Ramirez,  con  la  colaboracion  del  Gabriel  V.  Alcocer. 
Mexico :  Oficina  Typografica  de  la  Secretan'a  de  Fomento.  Calle 
de  San  Andres,  num.  15.  (Avenida  Oriente  51.)  1902. 
This  is  a  very  valuable  book,  containing  nearly  10,000  synonyms 
and  common  names  of  Mexican  plants.  The  author  gives  the  cor- 
rect botanical  origin,  family  name  and  distribution  of  every  plant. 
A  valuable  bibliography  accompanies  the  work.  There  is  a  large 
amount  of  Mexican,  Central  and  South  American  material  in  various 
