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THE second and concluding part of supplement ii.of the “Index Kewensis” follows quickly on the first. This means that we now have a list of the names and synonyms of genera and species of flowering plants published from the foundation of binominal nomenclature to the end of 1900 complete except for a serious gap in supplement i. representing the last third of the alphabet for the years 1886–1895. Three parts of the first supplement appeared between September, 1901, and November, 1903; the fourth is therefore much overdue. Its delay is the more to be regretted as the period with which it is concerned was one of considerable activity in systematic botany, including, for example, the great development of the Berlin school under Dr. Engler's direction. It is to be hoped that the completion of this portion of the work, for which Kew is not responsible, will soon be announced.
Index Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum; Supplementurn Secundum, nomina et synonyma omnium generum et specterum ab initio anni MDCCCXCVI usque ad finem anni MDCCCC complectens.
Ductu et consilio W. T. Thiselton-Dyer. confecerunt herbarii horti regii botanici Kewensis curatores. Leucocoryne-Zygostates et emendanda addenda. Pp. 105–204. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) Price 12s. net.
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R., A. Index Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum; Supplementum Secundum, nomina et synonyma omnium generum et specterum ab initio anni MDCCCXCVI usque ad finem anni MDCCCC complectens . Nature 73, 75 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/073075a0
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