Abstract
PROF. Liu is to be complimented on being a pioneer in the production of a little textbook specially adapted for elementary students in North China, where greatly increased interest in the subject has been a feature in recent years. Engler's system is adopted—each family being illustrated by a drawing of a typical Chinese species which includes a floral diagram as well as dissections in every case. The descriptive part, which occupies forty pages, is lucid, terms being profusely illustrated by excellent line drawings, though the definition of a genus on p. 20 is misleading owing to an unfortunate simile. The keys to the genera are based on very simple characters, but in those families such as Gentianacese where flower colour has been used, thev are likely to break down in some cases. Systematic Botany of the Flowering Families in North China. Prof. J. C. Liu By. Pp. xxiv + 213. (Peiping: The French Bookstore, 1931.) 5 Mexican dollars.
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