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percolations of water. Consequently, much of the fossil flora has — 
both near relatives and living representatives. 
Among the fossil plants enumerated are Pistacia Terebinthus, 
L., and var. ovalifolia, Tornabene, P. lentiscus, L., P. Sicula, 
Tornabene, P. Bossoni, Tornabene, Prunus spinosa, Duhamel, 
Rubus Dalmaticus, Tratt (R. fruticosus, var. Dalmaticus, De 
Candolle et auctores alteri), 2. tomentosus, Willd., Pyrus com- 
munis, L., Myrtus communis, L., and var. Jtalica, L., var. 
Romana, L., M. latifolia, Tornabene; Vitex agnus-castus, L., 
and var. latifolia, Tornabene; Laurus nobilis, L. 
-2. The Circulation of Sap in Plants, by W. 8. Clark, Pres. 
Mass. Agric. Coll., Boston, 1874. This lecture was noticed in our 
.. It is now published in pamphlet form, with fuller — 
etails. ae 
3. The Flora of Chicago and Vicinity. Supplementary. 
H. H. Babcock, reprinted from the Zens; about fifty additional 
species or varieties are here added, the most interesting of which 
are the willows, particularly S. cordata, var. glaucophylla, and 
S. adenophylia, Hook. 
4. Schedule of Prizes offered by the Mass. Hort. Soc., for the 
year 1874, Boston. 
- The Eelectie Ruralist, Vol. I!., No. 1. Rochester, February, 
1874, 
6. Mr. George C. Woolson, ‘245, Broadway, N. Y., has had_ 
printed for his own convenience an index to Torrey and Gray's 
Flora, Vol. IL, which he will send to any one who may desire it, on 
receipt of a stamped envelope. 
$79. Additions tothe Bryology of the United States, by Chas. Mohr. 
NO. Il. ; 
Description of two new species of mosses from the Southern United 
_ States, by Prof. Dr. Kart Muetimr, Halle. ; 
Bartramia (Philonotis) Mohriana, C. Miiller, n. sp. Dioica ? caulis: 
robustiusculus ubique densifolius, inferne fusco-radiculosus, ramulis, — 
crassiusculis inequalibus plerumque brevibus et strictis nonnullis — 
coronatus, breviusculus; folia caulina undique inserta, madore et 
siccitate patenti-patula strictissima, sordide lutescentia, latiuscula, 
perfecte lanceolata longe acuminata aristatula, longitudinaliter - _ 
distincte plicata, basi seepius cavernosula, igitur irregulariter con- 
cava, margine angustissime revoluta; apice dense serrulato-denticu- 
lata inferne ob papillas prominentes nodulosa, nervo profunde cana- 
liculato in aristam excedente furcata, e cellulis angustis elongates 
linearibus pellucidis laxis reticulata igitur tenuiter membranacea e& 
Jlaccidula, valde punctato-papillosa; perich. caulinis similia sed ba 81 
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