British Uredinew and Ustilaginece. By Charles B. Plowright. (C. K.
Paul and Co.)—It certainly looks as if we were going to get a permanent classification of these British fungi at last. Mr. Plowright has done his best towards obtaining that much- desired end. After discussing the biology of these fungi and spores and spore-cultivation, he gives a capital description of the uredinete, with an appendix of less-known forms; also of ustilaginete, with a supplement of associated species. The latter part of the volume is that which makes it so compact, for we find a glossary, a biological index, an index of host-plants and of species, and a list of authors quoted. The Barberry law of Massachusetts is also given, a businesslike document, at any rate. The woodcuts and the plates are good, especially the plates, six in number. Students have little to complain of now, since the translation of De Bary's work by Messrs. Garnsey and Balfour, and now Mr. Plowright has made them his debtors for a very complete monograph on British species.
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