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Peziza aberrans, Pk.—Minute, waxy, erumpent, rounded or 
elliptical when moist, hysteriform when dry; disk pallid or orange- 
tinted, surrounded by a narrow, blackish margin; asci large in pro- 
portion to the size of the plant, subfusiform; spores crowded or 
biseriate, oblong or oblong-clavate, obscurely triseptate, colorless ; 
.0006-.0008 inch long. * 
Dead stems of Andropogon. Newfield. Autumn and winter. 
The septa of the spores, though obscure, indicate an affinity 
with the genus Patellaria; but the texture and general characters 
of the plant show such a close relation to Peziza erumpens, Grev., 
that it seems best to place it for the present among the Pezizas next 
to that species. Onik 1) Pack 
§ 6. Publications received.—1. Psyche, organ of the Cam- 
bridge Entomological Club. Jan., 1875.—2. Palestine Exploration 
Society, Third Statement. Jan., 1875: 78, E. 9th St., N.Y. It is 
principally taken up with the “ Identification of Mount Pisgah,” by 
J.E. Paine. Atthe end of the main article is “ A List of Plants col- 
lected between the two Zargas, Eastern Palestine, in the spring of 
1873,” by the same author, embracing 37 pages. It includes twelve 
new species, described and named by Mr. Paine, as follows: Si- 
lene. brevipes, Trigonella minima, Trifolium velivolum, Cepha- 
laria tenella, Cerinthopsis foliosa, Phelipzea incana, Salvia Peratica, 
Plantago pheopsis, Gagea monticola, Allium lachnophyllum, Carex 
eremitica, Bromus argypheus. The list does not embrace all the 
plants observed, but only those collected and identified. The re- 
gion explored is that lying east of the Dead sea and lower Jordan— 
z. €., old Moab and Gilead—and some of the new species come di- 
rectly from Nebo and Pisgah. The plants, as might be expected, 
are very different from our North American species, and yet a few 
familiar ones appear among them: e. g., Nasturtium officinale, Si- 
napis arvensis, Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Holosteum umbellatum, Mal- 
va rotundifolia, Erodium cicutarium, Medicago lupulina, Vicia sa- 
tiva, Galium aparine, Filago Germanica, Cichorium Intybus, Ana- 
gallis arvensis, Samolus Valerandi, Veronica Anagallis, Marrubium 
vulgare, Plantago lanceolata, Habenaria tridertata, Ornithogalum 
umbellatum. Of the ferns mentioned nearly all are familiar here or 
in England.—3. University Necrology, from the Proceedings of the 
University Convocation, held at Albany, N. Y., July 29th, 30th, and 
S1st, 1873, contains a brief memorial of Dr. John Torrey, by Prof. D. 
S. Martin.—4. Catalogue of the Pheenogamous and Filicoid Plants 
of New Castle Co., Del., by Edward Tatnall, Wilmington, Del, 
1860, an old but still valuable catalogue-——5. Schedule of Prizes 
offered by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the year 
1875.—5. Botanical Contributions by Asa Gray, from the Proceed- 
ings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, May and Oct., 
1874, Vol. X. (1) A Synopsis of North American Thistles; (2) 
Notes on Borraginacee ; (3) Synopsis of North American Species 
of Physalis; (4) Characters of various New Species—all but one 
western, that one is Scirpus (Eleocharis) Wolfii, collected by Prof. 
John Wolf in Fulton Co., Ill. Dr. Gray has specimens collected in 
the same region in 1861 by Elihu Hall, and thinks it will prove not ne 
