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tana, is dedicated to A. R. C. Selwyn, the Director of the Sur- 
vey. Two of Austin’s MSS. names are printed, and 165 species 
are enumerated. The plates are lithographed from drawings by 
the author, and notes by Dr. Spruce add interest to the list. A 
full index of names and synonyms, and a correct system of no- 
menclature, make this a memorable contribution to our knowl- 
edge of North American hepatice. ~ GB. 
Hitppeastrum reticulatum, Herb. 1. Wittmack. (Gartenflora, 
XXXvili. t. 1297). 
Native of southern Brazil» 
Famaica—Bulletin of the Botanical Department. December, 
r&j9o. Contains Part ii of the synoptical list of ferns and 
their allies, by G. S. Jenman. 
Twenty-five species of the genus TZrichomanes are enum- 
erated. 
Famesia Americana, Torr. and Gray. HH. Zabel. (Gartenflora, 
XXXVill. 103, 104; two figures). 
Lakeside Datsy—The. Clarence M. Weed. (Journ. Columbus 
Hort. Soc. v.72, 737i wae 
The discovery is reported from the Sandusky Peninsula, near 
Lakeside, Ohio, of Actinella acaulis, where it appears to be 
thoroughly established. This is certainly an interesting find and 
we should not now be surprised to hear of its discovery at other 
intermediate points between there and its ordinary habitat west 
of the Mississippi. 
Leo Lesquereux.—Obituary Notice of. J. P. Lesley. (Proc. 
Amer. Philos. Soc. xxviii. 65-70). 
Leucophyllum Texanum. (Garden & Forest, iii. 488, 489, fig. 63). 
Lilium superbum. (Garden, xxviii, 506, 507; illustrated in text 
and with colored plate). 
Liriodendron—WNotes on the Leaves of. Theodor Holm. (Proc. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. 13-35; plates IV-IX; reprinted). 
This paper consists of a detailed description of the leaves of 
the Tulip-tree, and a discussion of the relations of the several 
fossil (Cretaceous and Tertiary) species which have been de- — 
scribed by Dr. Newberry (BULLETIN, xiv, t—7), Lesquereux, 
