370 Recent Literature. [Zo 
ones have treated. The plants discussed are Euphrasia officina- 
4is; Gaura and (Enothera: the carpellary structure of N ymphea; the 
sexual characters of Rhus; Rubus Chamemorus, Dalibarda repens; 
some morphological distinctions in the genera of Ericacee; vitality of 
seeds in Lysimachig atropurpurea; Campanula rotundifolia; Cornus Can- 
-adensts, Aralia hispida; Luzula, campestris, Cakile Americana, Hy pert- 
cum ellipticum, Trifolium hybridum; Lathyrus maritimus; Lonivera ceru- 
lea, Raphanus sativus; the nature of the verruce in some Convolvula- 
cee; Polygonum cilinode; Aster Tatarica. The observations are of a 
kind to be readily made by anyone with leisure and access at all 
hours to living plants, and require no great knowledge of systematic 
botany, yet they are of great general interest, and more attention to 
the physiology of plants would attract to their study many now de- 
terred by the somewhat dry details of herbarium work. 
List of Plants of Los Angeles County, California. By ANSTRUTHER 
Davipson, M. D. Local lists are always useful even if very 
incomplete—they stimulate search. The next issue will probably 
contain a much larger number. There are many in the herbarium 
of the California Academy of Sciences, from Los Angeles County, 
not mentioned in this. In Oxytheca, for instance, O. /ri/obata grows at 
Ravina, and QO. /utea at Lancaster.  Boisduvalia cleistogama is 
probably an error of determination. The rather numerous printer’s 
errors will of course be rectified in subsequent editions. 
flora Washingtoniensis. By W.N. Suxsporr,is a list of the flow- 
ering plants and ferns of the State of Washington. These lists are 
_ of great service in the study of the distribution of plants. Washing- 
ton is a highly objectionable name for a State, as it requires always 
an explanatory phrase to distinguish it from the better-known seat 
of the general government. ; 
Contributions from U. S. National Herbarium. Vol. i, No. -vi. 
i. List of plants collected by C. S. Sheldon and M. A. Carleton in the 
Indian Territory in 1891. By J. M. Holzinger. ii. Observations 
on the native plants of Oklahoma Territory and adjacent districts. 
By M. A. Carleton. Two new species [pomea Carletoni Holz and 
| Euphorbia strictior Holz are described, with plates, and Luphorbia 
polyphylla Engelm is characterized. Many interesting observations 
on the relationship of allied species and the distribution of plants 
are scattered through the papers. 
