Dublin, 9th June, 1879. Ph.D., Zurich, 1863. A.L.S., 1840. F.L.S., 1861. Botanist to Ordnance Survey of Ireland, 1834. Director of Royal Gard., Glasnevin, 1838. Botany of Londonderry,' 1837.Brit. Grasses,' 1850. Cybele Hibernica' [with A. G. More], 1866. Synopsis of Irish Mosses,' 1873. Irish plants at Glasnevin. Pritz. 223; Jacks. 582; R. S. C. iv. 456; viii. 430; Journ. Bot. 1879, 224; Gard. Chron., with portr., 1871, 739; 1879, i. 757; Garden,' with portr., xiii. 1878; Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. xiv. 37. Portr. at Kew. Isoetes Moorei. Moore, Oswald Allen (d. before 1863). Of York. MS. Fl. of Yorkshire, Top. Bot.' 550. Brit. Assoc. Report, 1844 (Notices), 70; R. S, C. iv. 458; Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. (1840), 327; Baker's 'N. Yorkshire,' 343. Moore, Thomas (1821-1887): b. near Guildford, Surrey, 21st May, 1821; d. Chelsea, 1st Jan. 1887. F.L.S., 1851. Gardener, Regent's Park. Curator, Chelsea Bot. Gard., 1848. Editor of Gardener's Mag.' 1850-51; of Garden Companion,' 1852; of 'Floral Mag.,' 1861; of Gard. Chron.,' 1866-1882; of 'Florist and Pomologist,' 1868-1874; of Orchid Album,' 1881-1887. 'British Ferns,' 1851. Brit. Wild Flowers,' 1867. Pritz. 223; Jacks. 582; R. S. C. iv. 458; viii. 432; Journ. Bot. 1887, 63; Ann. Bot. 1888, 409, with bibliog.; Gard. Chron. 1882, i. 709; 1887, i. 48, with portr. Moore, T (fl. 1718-1724). "The Pilgrim Botanist." Went to New England, 1722-24. Rich. Corr. 181, 206.

Morgan, Edward (fl. 1660-1686 ?). Of "the medical garden at Westminster"; "a skilful botanist," 'Evelyn's Diary,' 1658. "Viro in rebus Botanicis haud infimæ notæ accepimus," Pluk. Alm. p. 191. Herb. Sloane, 83 (also 24-26?); Pluk. Alm. 114; Loudon, Arboretum,' 50, 74.

Morgan, Hugh (fl. 1569). Apothecary to Queen Elizabeth. Had a bot. garden. Introduced Clematis Viticella, 1569, and other plants. Ger. Herbal; Lobel, 'Adversaria,' 294, 343, 493. Morgania Br. Morgan, Thomas Owen (fl. 1848-1869). Flora Cereticæ superioris,' 1849. Jacks. 248. Moriarty, Henrietta Maria (Mrs.). (f. 1803-1812). Novelist. 'Viridarium,' 1803 (coloured plates, with names and cultural notes). Jacks. 407.

Of Aberystwith.

Morison, Robert (1620-1683): b. Aberdeen, 1620; d. London, 9th Nov. 1683. Ph.D., Aberdeen, 1638. F.R.C.P. M.D., Angers, 1648. Superintendent of Duke of Orleans' Gard., Blois, till 1660. Keeper of Physic Garden, Oxford, 1669. Hortus Regius Blesensis auctus,' 1669. Præludia Botanica,' 1669. 'Umbelliferarum Distributio,' 1672. Plantarum Historiæ. .. Oxoniensis, pars 2,' 1680, with life by Bobart or Hearne [see Ayscough, 31989, 9], and portr. engr. by R. White, after Sunman. Pult. i. 298; Rees; Pritz. 225; Jacks. 583; Wood, Fasti, ii. 178; Rich. Corr. 34; Franchet, Fl. Loire, pref. Oil-painting at Oxford Bot. Gard. Morisonia Plumier. Morland, Sir Samuel (c. 1625-1695): b. Sulhamstead, Reading, Berks., circ. 1625; d. Hammersmith, 30th Dec. 1695. Bart.,

1660. Master of Mechanics to Charles II. 'Parts and Use of the Flower,' Phil. Trans. xxiii. 1474. Pult. i. 339; Pritz. 225; Autobiog. in MS. at Lambeth Palace; Rose; Hæfer; Chalmers. Morley, Christopher Love (fl. 1676-1702). M.D., Leyden, 1679. F.R.C.P., 1686. Herb. of plants from Leyden and Paris gardens in Herb. Sloane, 78% Munk, i. 450.

Morris, John (1810-1886): b. Homerton, 19th Feb. 1810; d. St. John's Wood, 7th Jan. 1886; bur. Kensal Green Cemetery. Hon. M.A., Camb., 1878. F.G.S., 1845. Prof. Geology, Univ. Coll., 1855-1877. Catalogue of Fossil Plants of Britain,' Mag. Nat. Hist. 1839. Recent and Fossil Cycadeæ,' Ann. & Mag. 1841, 110. Coal-plants,' Proc. Geol. Assoc. i. Cretaceous Flora,' Pop. Sci. Rev. xv. Fossil Fl. of Rajmahal.' Jacks. 583; R. S. C. iv. 485; Journ. Bot. 1886, 64; Geol. Mag. 1878, 481, with portr.; Proc. Geol. Soc. 1885–86, 44. Morris, Richard (fl. 1820-1830). F.L.S., 1825. Surveyor and Landscape Gardener. 'Botanist's Manual,' 1824. Flora Conspicua,' 1825-6. Pritz. 226; Jacks. 407. Morris, William (d. 1764): d. Holyhead, 1764. Comptroller of Customs at Holyhead. MS. Collection of pl. gathered in Anglesey.' "A good practical botanist." Davies,' Welsh Botanology,' vii. MS. Notes in a copy of Ray's Synopsis,' ed. 1724, in Bibl. Mus. Brit., press-mark 872, k. 27. Rose. Morrison, William (fl. 1828). Gardener. Taken to Swan River by Governor Stirling, 1828. Sent collections to England for sale. Smith, Kew, 11.

(To be continued.)

SHORT NOTES.

SOME NORTH DEVON RUBI.-Towards the end of last July I passed over some well-trodden ground between Ilfracombe and Clovelly, on the coast of N. Devon, where it is unlikely that much has remained unnoticed by previous observers. But as on this excursion I met with two plants that are not recorded for the vicecounty in Top. Bot. ed. ii., I am induced to offer my notes on the Rubi of the locality, premising that attention was given only to those forms that occurred in quantity:-Rubus Lindleianus Lees. Hedges between Ilfracombe and Lee; Morthoe; Clovelly.-R. rhamnifolius W. & N. Woollacombe; Morthoe; Clovelly.-R. rusticanus Merc. Very abundant all along the coast in hedges and on furzy downs by the sea. R. micans Godr. R. adscitus Genev. Plentiful on the slopes adjacent to the "Hobbie" at Clovelly; also at Westward Ho! Name given by Dr. Focke. I may remark that the name micans does not occur in British authors, and that neither it nor adscitus is made use of in the Consp. Flor. Europ. Nyman has six columns of names in his Rubus Index, but those of Genevier and other French botanists are not mentioned. However, R. adscitus Genev. has become well kaswa in Britain since it was

identified at Plymouth by Mr. Briggs. Placed hitherto as a variety under villicaulis, from which it differs in possessing many aciculi and setæ, it will perhaps have to be recognised as a distinct species. In the Flore de France' R. micans stands as one of the twentyfour aggregates among which the authors group the brambles of their country. R. Lejeunei Weihe. In great quantity on the hill and by the roadside in the " Hobbie," Clovelly. A very handsome bramble. Dr. Focke says this is the same as the Plymouth plant, and he believes it to differ only in habit from typical Lejeunei.-R. corylifolius Sm. Frequent about Hele, Saunton, and Bideford.J. WALTER WHITE.

NEW RECORDS FOR SCOTLAND. - The following notes give the names of a few plants apparently unrecorded for the county of Caithness and vice-county of West Sutherland. They were noticed in the course of a short visit to the north during the last ten days of July, 1889. Those marked with an asterisk (*) appear to be entirely new to the county, and the localities of the other appear to be new. I have added a mark of interrogation to some of the Hieracia, as they are still to a certain extent sub judice. I am greatly indebted to Mr. F. J. Hanbury for kindly looking over the Hieracia, and to Mr. Arthur Bennett for verifying or naming most of the other plants:

CAITHNESS.-Papaver dubium. Corn-fields, Reay.-Viola amana. Dunnet Hill. Sagina apetala. Edge of field, Reay.- S. nodosa. Reay Links; banks of Isauld Burn, Reay. -- Radiola Millegrana. Telegraph Station, Dunnet Hill; a large patch of very minute plants. Acer Pseudo-platanus. Fairly-grown trees in seed in several plantations near Thurso and Reay. Cytisus scoparius. Near Thurso on the road to Reay. - Agrimonia Eupatoria. In the turf in MacDonald Square, Thurso. - *Rosa canina var. biserrata (Mér.) Isauld Burn.- Parnassia palustris. In great plenty on banks of Thurso River. - Ligusticum scoticum. Cliffs, Dunnet Hill. -Angelica sylvestris. A stunted growth, frequent on cliffs between Thurso and Reay.-Valerianella olitoria?. Field, Reay.-*Solidago Virgaurea var. cambrica (Huds.) Cliffs, Dunnet Hill. - Hieracium iricum. Dunnet Hill; near Scrabster. *H. caledonicum F. J. Hanbury (?). Scrabster.-H. auratum Fr. Sandside and Isauld Burns. *H. umbellatum (?). Near Reay.- Sonchus arvensis. rocky ledges, Dunnet Bay.-Tragopogon pratensis. Sand-hills, Reay. *Campanula rotundifolia var. lancifolia Koch. Dunnet Hill.Lamium intermedium. The common dead-nettle in fields near Dunnet.― Mimulus guttatus. In the greatest profusion in a burn near Reay, extending for half a mile on both sides, and in the shallow parts of the stream. *Veronica Anagallis var. anagalliformis. Dunnet Burn.- Plantago maritima f. vivipara. A largish patch comprising many plants, hill-side near Reay.-Salsola Kali. Sandy shore, Reay. Salix repens. Dunnet Hill. - S. argentea?. Cliffs,

On

Dunnett Hill.-Listera ovata. Banks of Isauld Burn.-Habenaria conopsea. Near Scrabster. H. viridis. Banks of Isauld Burn.Schoenus nigricans f. nana Lange. Links east of Reay. - Carex

pulicaris. Banks of Thurso River.-C. vulgaris var. juncella. Thurso River.-*C. paludosa. Isauld Burn.

WEST SUTHERLAND. *Thalictrum majus Crantz. East bank of the Naver River, Bettyhill.-*Erodium cicutarium. Near Bettyhill. -Senecio sylvaticus. Bettyhill.-S. Jacobea var. flosculosus (Jord.). Plentiful on hill-sides, and by road-sides round Bettyhill. Mr. Hanbury noticed it last year. I also saw several plants intermediate between the variety and the type.-Hieracium nitidum. Cliffs near the mouth of the River Naver.-* H. sparsifolium (?). Strath Naver. -H. auratum Fr. Melvich; near the mouth of the River Naver; near Altnaharrow.-H. strictum Fr. Strath Bagaisteach.-*Pyrola media. Strath Bagaisteach. Stachys arvensis. Probably introduced, growing on waste land formerly under cultivation; Creag Ruadh, Bettyhill.-Juncus fluitans. Altnaharrow.-Carex filiformis. Loch Mer, Invernaver. *Arrhenatherum avenaceum. WILLIAM F. MILLER.

NOTICES OF BOOKS.

Handbook of the Bromeliacea.

By J. G. BAKER, F.R.S., F.L.S. 8vo. Pp. xi. and 243. London: G. Bell & Sons. August, 1889. Price 5s.

This handbook, uniform, as the author reminds us, with those already published on the Fern-allies and Amaryllideæ, represents another of Mr. Baker's generous gifts to Systematic Botany. Monographs of some of the larger genera have already appeared in this Journal, and the great attention which the order has recently received is seen from the fact that while the " that while the "Synopsis of Achmea," published in this Journal for 1879, contains 58 species, no less than 128 are described in the "Handbook." Pitcairnia, in 1881, included 70 species, as against 130 in 1889; and so recently as 1888, Tillandsia, which now numbers 323, contained only 241 species. This increase is largely due to the energy of Dr. Glaziou, of Rio Janeiro.

The present hand-book contains descriptions of above 800 species, more than double Mr. Bentham's estimate of the number known in 1883, the date of publication of the third volume of the 'Genera Plantarum.' This, Mr. Baker says, is doubtless "far short of the number that will ultimately be found," for "during the last year M. André has added 60 new species from his own gatherings in New Granada and Ecuador, and Dr. Wittmack about 20 from the collections of Consul Lehmann." In fact, it seems only necessary to seek in order to find, for from quite a few Bromeliads collected near Pernambuco in 1887 by Mr. Ramage, Mr. Baker describes a new one, Echmea Ridleyi.

In drawing up about two hundred of the descriptions, the author has had the advantage of the living plants at Kew; the dried collections at the British Museum and Kew have together supplied specimens of about half the known species, and the herbaria of Berlin and Paris have also contributed. To judge from

the text, Professor Morren's water-colour drawings have been an important aid; "described from Prof. Morren's drawing occurs repeatedly at the end of descriptions, not only of Morren's own species, but also of new ones which Mr. Baker has been able to found on the sketches. In the genus Cryptanthus, containing twelve species, five are thus described, one C. Makoyanus for the first time. "M.D." in brackets after the name signifies, as we are told at the bottom of page 2, that there is an original drawing of the plant in the Morren Collection at Kew. The end of the Preface would have been a better place for such a note. Apropos of figures, Mr. Baker quotes these at the commencement of each description, and it is a great help to have his opinion as to what some of them are meant to represent. He has run down nearly all the plates of Vellozo's Flora Fluminensis"! Except for occasional misprints, these references are mostly correct. Horticulturists will welcome the addition of the date of introduction and first-flowering of cultivated species.

The Order is divided into the same three great Tribes as in the 'Genera Plantarum,' viz. :

I. Bromelica, characterised by an inferior ovary and berried fruit, and leaves nearly always spine-margined.

II. Pitcairnica, with capsular fruit and seeds of which the funiculus does not break up into fine threads, and

III. Tillandsiea, where the capsular fruit is always entirely superior, the funiculus breaks up into threads, and the leaves are always without marginal prickles.

We mention this, because Wittmack, who has written the Bromeliacea for Engler and Prantl's Pflanzenfamilien,' separates Puya, Encholirion, Dyckia, and Hechtia as a distinct tribe, Puyeæ, distinguished from Pitcairniea (Brocchinia and Pitcairnia) by its entirely superior ovary, and from Tillandsiea by its toothed leaves. The new tribe does not approach in distinctness to the three older ones, which are so well marked and natural. Pitcairnica, as Tribe II, of the present arrangement, gives us a perfect gradation between the epigynous Bromelia and the perfectly hypogynous Tillandsiea. The Key to the Genera, on page x. of the Handbook,' shows this at a glance. First Brocchinia and André's new genus Bakeria, with the capsule free only near the tip; then Pitcairnia, with the capsule free except near the base; and finally Puya, Cottendorfia, Dyckia, and Hechtia, all with a capsule entirely superior. Some of the Pitcairnias, forming the section Puyopsis exactly resemble Puya in leaf and habit, being only distinguishable by the loculicidal dehiscence of its capsule, a character which separates it quite as much from Dyckia and Hechtia.

The subdivision of the first tribe, Bromelia, is much the same as that followed in the 'Genera,' where we find three divisions depending on the freedom or complete or partial coherence of the sepals and petals. Mr. Baker makes two divisions; in the first, comprising Karatas, Greigia, and Distiacanthus, the petals are united into a distinct tube, which is usually as long as the calyx-limb. In the Genera' the first group includes Streptocalyx and Bromelia,