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Index to Recent Literature Relating to American Botany. 
Abies concolor. (Gard. Chron. viii. 748, figs. 147-151). 
Achyronychia—A New. T.S. Brandegee. (Zoe, i. 230, 231), 
A. Rixfordit, from Inyo Co., Cal. = 
Actga—Kemarks on the Genus. Edward L. Greene, (Pittonia, 
ii. 107-109). 
Professor Greene maintains that we have three species of Bane- 
berry in North America, all distinct from ,the Old World A. 
spicata, They are (1) A. alba, Mill, Gard. Dict. Ed. 8 (1768) 
which name has commonly been attributed to Bigelow. (2) A. 
rubra, Willd, and (3) A. vtridifiora, a new species from the pine 
and spruce woods of the San Francisco Mountains, Arizona, first 
collected by Dr. Rusby and more recently by Prof. Greene. 
N. 4. B. 
Agave Americana. (Garden, xxxix. 12, illustrated). 
Basket-work of the North American Indians—J.  V. Havard. 
(Garden & Forest, iii. 619, 620). 
Basket making is one of the most extensive of the Indian 
handicrafts and it is natural that they should employ to the ut- 
most such material as happens to be available. Taking the whole 
of North America asa range, the variety of material is necessarily 
considerable and in this first contribution to the subject the 
author mentions specifically six grasses, seven willows, three 
poplars, the rootlets of Alnus rhombifolia, Rhus aromatica, var, 
triloba, Apocynum cannabinum, bark of Ulmus Americana, 
shoots of Cornus sericea and Vitis Californica. 
Biologiske Optegnelser om Groenlandske Planter. Eug. Warm- 
ing. (Bot. Tidsskrift, xvii. 202-227, illustrated). 
This is an account of detailed biological observations on 
Greenland plants, the present installment relating to the Scrophu- 
lariaceee and especially to species of Veronica, Pedicularis, 
Rhinanthis and Bartsia. 
Canaigre (Rumex hymenosepalus). H. H. Rusby. (Drug. Bull. 
Nov., 1890, illustrated; reprinted). 
Cattleya Walkeriana. St. Paul Hilaire. (Gartenflora, xxxviii. t. 
1299). 
Native of Brazil. 
