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Atragene, our C. verticillaris, DC., being here referred as a 
variety with two others. C. integrifolia, L., is made to include all 
our erect and simple-leaved members of the genus; under it we 
find ochroleuca, Ait., with var. tomentosa, T. & G., and five sub- 
varieties of cultivation; ovata, Pursh., and Fremontiz, Watson. 
C. Scotii, Porter, is kept up, as are also C. Bigelovii, Torrey, 
Baldwinii, T. & G., and Douglassii, Hook., the latter with three 
subspecies. 
The grouping in this remarkable monograph is. suggestive, 
but we do not believe that American botanists will be quick to 
adopt all Dr. -Kuntze’s subspecies, varieties and subvarieties. 
Just what is to be gained by such close classification is not ap- 
parent, for nearly every individual specimen examined seems to 
have yielded a new name. Ni: LB: 
Food-Grains of India. A.H. Church. This work is more 
than its name implies, for it includes many plants which are not 
classed as grains, and many, also, that are cultivated in other coun- 
tries than India. Thirty-five species are accompanied by full- 
page illustrations, making an attractive and interesting book. 
A new book on Lichens. We are informed by Henry Willey, 
of New Bedford, Mass., that he has in preparation an Introduction 
to the Study of Lichens, to be published this spring if sufficient 
encouragement is given. It will include the collecting and 
mounting of Lichens, their structure and organs, the distribution 
and arrangement of North American species, the History of 
Lichens, with aids to their study. The price will probably not 
exceed fifty cents. 
Notes on Hawaiian Ferns. Lorenzo G. Yates. In a pamphlet 
of fifteen pages, published at Santa Barbara, Cal., Mr. Yates 
enumerates the 129 species of ferns known to inhabit the Sand- 
wich Islands, with their habitats and partial synonyms. 
The Ferns of Ceylon. Mr. Yates has also published an enum- 
eration of Ceylon Ferns, ina pamphlet of thirty-three pages, with 
extracts from the manuscript notes of the late Dr. Thwaites and 
the published works of Hooker, Baker and Wall. 
Lejeunea Holtii, a new Hepatic from Killarney, Richard 
Spruce. (Journ. of Bot., xxv., pp- 33-39 and 72-82; tab. 272.) 
To all lovers of the mosses and hepatics this will prove to be a 
