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L. REEVE AND CO.’S PUBLICATIONS.

MOSSES.

HANDBOOK OF BlllTISH MOSSES, containing all that

are knowu to be Natives of the British Isles. By the Hev. M. J. Berkeley,M.A., I'.L.S. Demy 8vo, pp. 360, 24 Coloured Plates, 21s.

A very complete Manual, comprising characters of all the species, with thecircumstances of habitation of each; with special chapters on development andstructure, propagation, fructification, geographical distribution, uses, and modesof collecting aud preserving, followed by an extensive series of coloured illustra-tions, in which the essential portions of the plant are repeated, in every case ona magnified scale.

SEAWEEDS.

BRITISH SEAWEEDS; an Introduction to the Study of

the Marine Alg.® of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. ByS. 0. Gray. Crown 8vo, Qs .; with 16 Coloured Plates, drawn expresslyfor the work by W. Fitch, 10s. 6 d.

One of L. Reeve and Co.’s ‘ New Series,’ briefly but accurately describing,according to the classification of the best and most recent authorities, all theAlgtc found on our coasts.

PHYCOLOGIA BR1TANNICA; or, History of British

Seaweeds, containing Coloured Figures, Generic and Specific Characters,Synonyms and Descriptions of all the Species of Algsc inhabiting theShores of the British Islands. By Dr. W. H. Harvey, F.R.S. Royal8vo, 4 vols., 765 pp., 360 Coloured* Plates. [New Edition in the Press.This work, originally published in 1851, is still the standard work on thesubject of which it treats. Each Species, excepting the minute ones, has aPlate to itself, with magnified portions of structure and fructification, the wholebeing printed in their natural colours, finished by hand.

PIIYCOLOGIA AUSTRAL1CA; a History of Australian

Seaweeds, comprising Coloured Figures aud Descriptions of the more cha-racteristic Marine Algaj of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, SouthAustralia and Western Australia, and a Synopsis of all known AustralianAlgfe. By Dr. Harvey, F.R.S. Royal 8vo, 5 vols., 300 Coloured Plates,£7. 13 j.

This beautiful work, the result of au arduous personal exploration of theshores of the Australian conliuent, is got up in the style of the ‘PhycologiaBritannica’ by the same author. Each Species has a Plate to itself, with amplemagnified delineations of fructification and structure, embodying a variety ofmost curions and remarkable forms.