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test,  giving  in  terms  of  percentage  the  minimum  amount  of  the 
impurity  which  would  be  recognized  by  the  test.  This  work  will  be 
found  of  very  great  value  to  analysts  in  the  examination  of  reagents. 
A  Critical  Revision  of  the  Genus  Eucalyptus.  By  J.  H. 
Maiden,  Government  Botanist  of  New  South  Wales  and  Director  of 
the  Botanic  Gardens,  Sydney.  Parts  XVIII  to  XXI.  Published  by 
authority  of  the  Government  of  the  State  of  New  South  Wales. 
Sydney:  William  Applegate  Gullick,  Government  Printer.  1913. 
These  valuable  monographs  by  Mr.  Maiden  continue  to  be  of  very 
great  interest.  In  the  most  recent  pamphlets  the  following  species 
are  critically  considered :  Eucalyptus  macrocarpa,  Hook,  Eucalyptus 
Preissiana,  Schauer,  Eucalyptus  megacarpa,  F.  v.  M.,  Eucalyptus 
globulus,  Labillardiere,  Eucalyptus  Maideni,  F.  v.  M.,  Eucalyptus 
umigera,  Hook  f .,  Eucalyptus  goniocalyx,  F.  v.  M.,  Eucalyptus  nitens, 
n.  s.  d.,  Eucalyptus  elceophora,  F.  v.  M.,  Eucalyptus  cordata,  Labill., 
Eucalyptus  angustissima,  F.  v.  M.,  Eucalyptus  gigantea,  Hook,  Eu- 
calyptus longifolia,  Link  and  Otto,  Eucalyptus  diversicolor,  F.  v.  M., 
Eucalyptus  Guilfoylei,  Maiden,  Eucalyptus  patens,  Bentham,  Eu- 
calyptus Todtiana,  F.  v.  M.,  Eucalyptus  micranthera,  F.  v.  M.,  Eu- 
calyptus cinera,  F.  v.  M.,  Eucalyptus  pulverulenta,  Sims,  Eucalyptus 
cosmophylla,  F.  v.  M.,  Eucalyptus  gomphocephala,  A.  P.  DC. 
Annales  du  Musee  Colonial  de  Marseille  fondees  en  1893  par 
M.  Le  Professeur  Dr.  Edouard  Heckel  et  publies  sous  sa  direction. 
Vingt-et-unieme  anne,  3e  series  ier  volume  (1913).  Marseille  Musee 
colonial  5,  Rue  Noailles,  5  1913. 
This  volume  contains  the  following  monographs  :  Palms  of  Mada- 
gascar, by  MM.  H.  Jumelle  and  H.  Perrier;  Botanical  Study  of  Cay- 
sen,  aii  Oleaginous  Seed  of  Sapotacese,  by  Narcel  Dubard ;  Contribu- 
tions to  the  Anatomy  of  the  Dypsidese  Palms  of  Madagascar,  by  M.  J. 
Achilli;  The  Orchidaceae  of  Madagascar,  by  M.  R.  Schlechter;  The 
Cultivated  Plants  of  Central  Africa,  by  M.  A.  Baudon ;  A  Melastoma- 
ceous  Plant  Osbeckiees  malgaches,  by  PL  Jumelle  and  H.  Perrier ; 
Analysis  of  a  Tabachir  of  Indo-China,  by  E.  Laborde. 
A  large  number  of  very  excellent  drawings  and  photographs  ac- 
company this  volume,  and  the  researches  are  of  very  high  class.  The 
first  volume  of  the  Colonial  Museum  of  Marseilles  was  published  in 
1893,  so  that  for  more  than  twenty' years  the  studies  on  products  of 
the  French  colonies  have  been  published,  reflecting  very  great  credit 
upon  the  director,  Professor  Heckel. 
