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couragement of the amateur. In looking over the work, it is’ 
remarkable to notice how few type forms are mentioned. Out 
of a total of 337 species described, 241 are marked x. sf., 78 are 
marked varieties, and 18 are type species. Five new genera are 
created, viz. :—Cyclophora, Dactyliosolen, Corethron, Willeméesia, 
and Ethmodiscus. It is unfortunate that the author has, in so 
many instances applied names to new species that have already 
been appropriated by others. The following are instances: 
Amphora Stauroptera, Daunfelt, Navicula abnormis, Grunow, JV. 
decipiens, O’Meara, N. mirabilis, Fortmorel, Rhaphonets elliptica, 
Ehrenberg, Synedra lanceolata, Kutzing, Surirella Faponica, 
Ehrenberg and A. Schmidt, S. mu/ticostata, Fortmorel, Campy- 
lodiscus humilis, Greville, Actinocyclus anceps, Fortmorel, Coscino- 
discus decrescens, Grunow, and C. undulatus, Cleve. 
One of the most valuable and interesting portions of the report 
is the introduction, and we trust the author’s suggestion as to the 
use of the terms zonal and valval, instead of front-view and 
stde-view, will be generally adopted. The latter terms are mis- 
leading, and German writers use them in a different sense from 
English writers. (OC. HK] 
Annals of Botany is the title. of a proposed new serial to be 
edited by Professors Bayley Balfour and S. H. Vines, of England, 
and Dr. Farlow, of Cambridge, Mass. It will be devoted to all 
branches of the science and be adequately illustrated. The sub- 
scription price is one guinea per volume. 
Vincetoxicum nigrum on Long Island. Mtr. E. S. Miller 
writes that he noticed this plant growing along the main street 
of Bellport, Suffolk County, June 20th, 1887. 
A Supplement to Bentham and Hooker's‘ Genera Plantarum.” 
The Gardener’s Chronicle for May contains a notification of a 
Prospectus by Messrs. Borntrager, of Berlin, of a systematic 
alphabetic conspectus of all genera published down to 1885, 
including Ferns and Lycopods. 
Proceedings of the Club. 
The regular monthly meeting was held at Columbia College, 
July 12th, 1887. Mr. Henry C. Lee was elected an active mem- ~ 
