ARTICLES IN JOURNALS. 189 alcune concetti embrionali sulla fisiologica vegetale" ; and ending —
- ' 1867. Federico Delpino, in base precipuamente alle sua geniali
ricerche sulla dicogamia, distiugue ed instaura, come scienzia nuova, la biologia delle piante o dottrina delle lore funzioni di relazione coll' ambiente." At the end are some rather longer
- note biografiche," mostly hitherto unpublished, which are in
danger of being overlooked. Only those who have been engaged in similar work can form an adequate idea of the amount of labour involved in an under- taking of this kind. Of its usefulness when done there can be no doubt : such catalogues are practically a handy epitome of the botany of a country, and the bibliographical references are a guide to its literature. Unfortunately, the number who are suffici- ently interested in scientific work is but small ; and we trust that Prof. Saccardo will not find himself as much out of pocket by his venture as the compilers of the English Biographical Index have been by theirs. His book is admirably printed in double columns, and the broad margins afford ample room for additions and cor- rections, although we think it would have been more convenient for reference in an octavo form. James Britten. ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, Bot. Centralhlatt (Nos. 9-12). — W. Froembling, 'Anatomisch- systematische Untersuchung von Blatt und Axe der Crotoneen und Euphyllantheen ' (2 plates). — (No. 12). C. A. M. Lindman, ' Castanea sativa mit Honigblumen.' Bot. Gazette (Feb. 18). — R. Thaxter, Blastocladia (1 pi.). — W. Deane, 'Michael Schuck Bebb' (b. 23 Dec. 1833; d. 5 Dec. 1895 ; portrait). — L. M. Underwood, Fossomhronia. — C. Robertson, ' Flowers and Insects.' — F. H. Knowlton, G. E. Davenport, 0. Kunze, & T. Meehan, 'Nomenclature.' — I. Clendenin, ^ Lasiodi- plodia E. & E., n. gen.' (1 pi.). Bot. Zeitung (Mar. 16). — M. Franke, 'Beitrage zur Morphologie und Entwickelungsgeschichte der Stellaten.' Bull, de VHerh. Boissier (Jan.). — F. Renauld & J. Cardot,
- Musci America Septentrionalis.' — C. J. Forsyth-Major & W.
Barbey, ' Kalymnos.' — J. Freyn, ' Orientalische Pflanzenarten.' — P. Conti, 'Mousses cleistocarpes.' — (Feb.). N. Alboff, ' Les Forets de la Transcaucasie occidentale.' — A. Jackewski, ' Calosphaeriees de la Suisse.' — J. Miiller, 'Analecta Australiensia.' — J. Briquet, ' L'Herbier Delessert et Jardin Botanique de Geneve.' — Id., * Jean Miiller' (portr.). — G. Schweinfurth, ' Sammlung Arabisch-^Ethio- pischer Pflanzen.* Bull. Soc. Bot. France (xH, 8-9 : Jan. & Feb.). — A. Chatin, Truffes de Chypre et de Teheran.' — F. Hy, * Chenes hybrides.' — P. van Tieghem, ' Loranthacees ' (Basicarpus, Stachyphyllum, Anti- daphne, genn. now.). — E. Roze, ' Fleur de VCEnothera suaveolens.'
