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(Mimulus Bigelovit, var. ovatus, Gray), E. subsecundus (M. sub- 
secundus, Gray), Mimulus arvensis, Castilleia hololeuca, Sphacele 
fragrans, Eriogonum grande, E. rubescens, E. tripodum, Atrt- 
plex nodosa and Quercus parvula are here described. 
Septorias of North A merica— Enumeration and Description of 
the. —George Martin. (Journ. Mycol., iii., pp. 37-41.) 
Sumacs.—Warren H. Manning. wee Ill. Month. Mag., x., 
pp. 101-103; four figures.) 
An interesting account on the habits and uses of the various ; 
species of Rhus. Figures of R. glabra, R. venenata, R. aromatica 
and R. Toxicodendron are given. 
Sympetaleia.— Asa Gray. (Amer. Journ. Sci., xxxiii., pp. 319, 
320.) ; 
‘Dr. Gray notes that Professor Baillon’s new genus Lase/la, 
published in a recent number of the Bulletin of the Linnzan 
Society of Paris, has just the characters of Sympetaleia aurea, 
Gray, from Lower California. 
Tomato—The Origin of, from a morphological standpoint.—L. 
H. Bailey, Jr. (The Am. Garden, April, 1887, pp. 116, 
twelve figures.) 
The author concludes that ‘most of the large varieties of 
tomatoes give unmistakable evidence of development from the 
cherry tomato, which has regularly a two-celled fruit.” 
Trifolium—Some West American Species of—Edward tee 
Greene. (Pittonia, i., pp. 4-6.) 
Critical notes on nine species are given, among them T. oliva- 
- ceum, T. columbinum, T. triflorum, T. Rusbyi, T. exile, and T. 
laciniatum, sp. nn. 
Von Schweinitz—Lewts David (Journ. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., z 
1885-86, pp. 9-24, with portrait.) oe 
A very interesting biographical sketch of this eminent natur- 
alist, based on a paper by Mr. Walter R. Johnson, published by 
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, in 1835. 
Ag ei, Species of —Edward Lee Greene. (Pittonia, — 
-» Pp. 23-28.) 
Five species are recognized, three of them here first described. 
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