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Bilbergia thyrsoidea, Mart. L. Wittmack. (Gartenflora, xxxviii. 
t. 1291). 
Native of Brazil. 
Biographical Sketch of $. B. Ellis. F.W. Anderson. (Bot. Gaz, 
XV. 299-304, with portrait). 
California White Oak—The. (Garden & Forest, iii. 606, illus- 
trated). 
Description and picture of Quercus lobata. 
Carica Papaya—Frucht in Frucht von. Fritz Muller. (Flora, 
1890, 332-333). 
Caryocar Brasiliense. Eug. Warming. (Vidensk. Meddel. 
Naturhis. For. Kjobenhavn, 1890, 45-48; one plate). 
Cascara Sagrada and its Allies. WH. H. Rusby. (Druggists’ 
Bull., Oct., 1890, ten figures. Reprint, pp. 8). 
This is a discussion of the West American species of Rhamnus. 
The drug bearing the above name is derived from the bark of RB. 
Purshiana. Dr. Rusby maintains that it is clearly distinct from 
R. Californica, which it most nearly resembles, and that R. tomen- 
tella, Benth., R. occidentalis, Howell, and R. rubra, Greene, are 
also probably distinct. 
Cattleya Schilleriana, Reichenb. F. F. Ortgies. (Gartenflora, 
XXXviii. 33, t. 1290). 
Native of Brazil. 
Contributions to the Life-histories of Plants. V. Thomas Meehan. 
(Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1890, 266-277. Reprinted). 
This number of Mr. Meehan’s interesting series contains notes 
‘‘On the anthers of Lappa major ; “ The Pollination of Cructanel- 
la stylosa;”’ ‘On Unisexuality in connection with the Order of 
Flowering in Willows;” “On the Varying Character of Dicho- 
gamy in Flowers of Corylus Avellana;” “ Dicecism in Labiate -e'4 
‘‘ Self-fertilizing Flowers;” “On the Male and Hermaphrodite 
Flowers of Zsculus parviflora” and “On the Direction of the 
Spiral Twist in the leaves of the Norway spruce.” 
Eucharis Lehmanni, Regel.  E. Regel. (Gartenflora, xxxviii. t. 
1300). 
- A new Amaryllid from Columbia. 
Euonymus obovatus, Nutt. WH. Zabel. (Gartenflora, xxxviii. 
638-640). 
