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THE appearance of the second volume of the “British Museum Catalogue of British Lichens” has been looked forward to eagerly by lichenologists for some time. This fact will be realised when it is recalled that the first volume, written by Crombie, was reviewed in these columns so long ago as 1894. Crombie was one of the last of the more prominent lichenologists to protest against the dual nature of the lichen thallus. The author of the new volume, however, belongs to the modern school, and we there^ fore find the algal constituents of the lichens given their correct names. The gonidia are thus more accurately defined, and the determination of the genera is greatly facilitated.
A Monograph of the British Lichens: a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Department of Botany, British Museum.
Part ii. By Anne L. Smith. Pp. v + 409 + 59 plates. (London: Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, and sold by Longmans and Co., B. Quaritch, Dulau and Co., Ltd., and at the British Museum (Natural History), 1911.) Price 20s.
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D., O. A Monograph of the British Lichens: a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Department of Botany, British Museum . Nature 87, 175–176 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/087175b0
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