. Science-gossip . nd a list of abbreviations of citations exclusiveof those contained in the list of the ZoologicalRecord. On considering the period over whichthe publication of this gigantic work is to bespread, one fact forces itself on the mind, ».(. thatthose parts issued towards the end of this period,to whichever divisions or groups they may happento belong, must of necessity be more completeand up-to-date than those issued earlier, and unlessappendices to those earlier parts be given, we failto see how the absence of uniformity in this respectwill be overcome. In whatever way those re
. Science-gossip . nd a list of abbreviations of citations exclusiveof those contained in the list of the ZoologicalRecord. On considering the period over whichthe publication of this gigantic work is to bespread, one fact forces itself on the mind, ».(. thatthose parts issued towards the end of this period,to whichever divisions or groups they may happento belong, must of necessity be more completeand up-to-date than those issued earlier, and unlessappendices to those earlier parts be given, we failto see how the absence of uniformity in this respectwill be overcome. In whatever way those respon-sible for the production of this immense under-taking will deal with this question, there is nodoubt that all zoologists, no matter in what part ofthe world, will be under a great obligation to theZoological Society of Germany for initiating siich awork, the utility of which can only be appreciatedby those whose sphere of labour happens to becast amongst the productions of the animalkingdom. 24 White Variety of Common Cextuary.âWithreference to Mr. Gardiners note (Science-Gossip,vol. ii., , p. 272) I have often found Erythyaacentaurium, with pure white flowers, in theneighbourhood of Cushendall, co. Antrim ; this isa sea-side locahty.âH. W. Lett, , AgJiadergGlebe, Loughbrickland, co. Donm. Gyromitra esculexta at Staixes.âDuringan excursion of the Lambeth Field Club to Staines,on Easter Mondaj-, April 6th, a fungus, which wasat first thought to be a morel [Morchella escidenta),was picked up on a grassy island in the middle ofa stream flowing into the Thames. Since then ithas been identified as a specimen of Gyromitraescidenta, a closeh- allied form, but of very rareoccurrence in Britain. In this species the pileus islobed and irregular, a hollow interior, andthe stem is short, %\idening at the base, and haxdnga whitish downy (\-illous) covering. Some doubtexists as to the desirability of treating this speciesas an esculent, in spite of i
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