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knowledge of some species is yet imperfect, and one object of this 
paper is to awaken such interest in the subject as may lead to further 
study and investigation of the same. 
The synopsis of the tribes and genera is chiefly a translation 
from the recently published Genera Plantarum of Messrs. Bentham 
& Hooker, The characters have been drawn up very briefly^ but, 
it is hoped, with sufficient fulness to lead to the intended result. In 
drawing the characters of the genera the best authors have been con- 
sulted, a careful examination of specimens has been made, and the 
nomenclature conformed to the most recent views of floral structure." 
Catalogue of the Flora of Oak Island, Revere, Mass.: with Notes. 
By Herbert A. Young. 8vo, pamph., pp. 19. From the ISulle- 
iin of the Essex Institute), Salem: Peabody Acad, of Science, 
Oak Island, whose flora is here catalogued, is a slight, tree-cover- 
ed elevation of land hardly reaching more than three or four feet 
above the surrounding salt-marsh, within the limits of the town of 
Revere, Mass., and just a few rods beyond the inlet that separates 
that town from the town of Saugus in Essex County. The entire 
number of plant embraced in Mr. Young's list, which includes phae- 
nogams, ferns and mosses, is three hundred and sixty-two. 
Early Botanical Explorers of the Pacific Coast. By C. C. Parry. 
8vo, pamph., pp. 8. Reprint from the Overland Monthly for 
October, 1883, (From the author.) 
Deutsche botanische Monatsschrift, Organ far Floristen, Sy sterna tike r 
und alle Freunde der heimischen Flora, Herausgegeben von 
Dr* G. Leimbach. 
This is a new monthly botanical journal published by the well- 
known botanist, Prof. Leimbach of Sondershausen. It accords the 
ni"st place to systematic botany and the physiology of plants, and then 
to biology, morphology, teratology, etc. It is to give elaborate, and, 
If necessary, well illustrated articles from the pens of the most emi- 
nent members of the botanical fraternity in all parts of the world, 
and will contain elaborate reviews of new works, as well as of the 
important articles that appear in the chief botanical journals of the 
world. The subscription price, $1.50, is very low. — G. E. 
Proceedings of the Torrey Club.— At a regular meeting of the 
^^ub Tuesday evening, Sept, 11, the chair was occupied by Prof E. 
*^- Day, and eighteen persons were present- 
New Stations discovered on Field Days.— Vroi. Hyatt reported 
^orth Yonkcrs as a station for Cypripedium pubescens, Swartz., and 
^ottenville, S. I., for Asclepias variegata, L., a plant w^v^ to the 
island. Prof, Day stated that he had found Senecio candidissima, 
commonly known as dusty miller, spontaneous at Highlands, N. J. 
D 
T„ on Aug., 4th, Mi 
thium laiifolium, Desrouss, a plant new to the local flora, was 
detected. The Nelumbium was found in flower. Prof. Day re- 
ported Waretown, N. J., as a new station for Kosteletzkya Vtrgimca, 
JresL, and stated that AWwea officinalis, L., had been found in abun- 
