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29. Note on Cynosurus cristatus — In the last number of 



the Botanical Gazette^ Mr. G. Guttenberg mentions finding Cynosu- 

 rus cristatus^ L., near Lake Chautauqua, N. Y., last summer. I col- 

 lected this plant at Bangor, Maine, in 1876, and at Portland in 1878 

 in localities where it was evidently introduced. The late Mr. Coe 

 F. Austin collected it in some abundance at Hoboken, New Jersey, 

 in 1868, It seems to have gained an extended footing in this coun- 

 try, and may be regarded a well-established species. This grass is 

 common in England, where it is perennial and is known as " crested 



dogs-tail grass/' F. Lamson Scribner. 



Girard College, Philadelphia. 



30. Botanical Literature.— The Revue Mycologique. The first 

 part (dated January) of the current volume of this Mycological and 

 Lichenological French quarterly has just come to hand, and con- 

 tains more original communications than usual. Descriptions of new 

 fungi are furnished by MM. Gillet, Brunaud, Karsten, Kalchbren- 

 ner, Roumeguere and Saccardo; a new systematic arrangement of 

 several orders of the Hymenomycetes is contributed by M. Karsten; 

 and notes and comments on various subjects relating to the fungi 

 and lichens and their literature make up the remaining portion of the 

 number. Five plates are furnished to illustrate the text. The loose 

 manner in which the pages are thrown together makes reference to 

 this periodical very inconvenient. 



In the Botanical Gazette for February, Dr. Howe presents evidence 

 to show that Carex SuUivantii should not be regarded as a genuine 

 species, but as merely a hybrid between C, gracillitna and C. pubes- 

 cens. Mr. Higley gives another instalment of his experiments on car- 

 niverous plants; Prof. Bessey describes two easily- constructed appa- 

 ratus for measuring the longitudinal growth of plants; and Dr. Vasey 

 describes a new species of TricJiostema (T, Parishi) from California. 

 lni:nmQx\^ Journal of Botany for February, R, A. Pryor has 

 some ' Notes on the Herbarium of Abbott ' ; Dr. Hance describes a 

 new Melastome of the genus Otanthera\ W. A. Beckwith presents some 

 * Notes on Shropshire Plants'; and G. S. Jenman gives a 'Third 

 Supplement to the Ferns recorded in Grisebach's Flora of the British 



West Indies,' 



The Botanical Collector s Hand-book.— \Jxid.tx this title,Mr. George 



A. Bates, of Salem, Mass., proposes to issue early in the spring 

 of the present year, a work which will prove of value not only to 

 young botanical collectors but also to older and more experienced 

 workers. The author, Mr. W. W. Bailey, who is well known to ^ur 

 readers, has had long experience as a collector, and no one could be 

 found better qualified to undertake the elaboration of such a work. 

 In the preparation of his manuscript Mr, Bailey has had the hearty 

 co-operation of Prof. D, C. Eaton, of Yale College, Prof. John Rob- 

 inson, of the Essex Institute, Prof. W, G. Farlow, of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, and many other prominent American botanists. Some of 

 these gentlemen have contributed full details of processes in their 

 special departments of study. The \york is to embrace the following 

 subjects: Some account of botanical excursions, their uses and 



