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were not aware that Mr. James Britten and Prof. E. L. Greene 
were active members of the club, yet if reference be made to the 
Journal of Botany and to Pittonia, ii. 127-129, such recognition 
may readily be found. 
Notes concerning the Collection of Plants made by Xantus at Cape 
St. Lucas and Vicinity. T.S. Brandegee. (Zoe, i. 269-272). 
Notes on North American Trees—XXI, XXII. C. S. Sargent. 
(Gard. and For. iv. 4; 15-6). 
The author considers that the plant frequently referred to as 
Myginda integrifolia, Lam., differs so essentially from the other 
species of the genus as to deserve a distinct generic rank, and 
Gyminda is proposed—the name of a section of Myginda estab- 
lished by Grisebach for it. He also states that the specimen up- 
on which Lamarck founded his species, now in the museum at 
Paris, proves to be Rhamnus ferrea, Vahl., so that Myginda in- 
tegrifolia must be relegated to the position of a synonym for that 
plant, and the name Gyminda Grisebachii is proposed for its name 
in the future. Reynosia latifolia, Griseb., is the subject of a brief 
note in which the author says that if its reference to the Rham- 
nus levigatus of Vahl, or Ceanothus levigatus of DeCandolle, 
could be more satisfactorily established we should have to know 
it as Reynosia levigata. The identity of these plants he, however, 
regards as doubtful, and hence retains Grisebach’s name. In re- 
gard to Condalia ferrea, Griseb., he states that it has been re- 
ferred to no less than six genera, in neither of which it seems to 
belong, and proposes to place it in the genus Rhamnidium, so 
that its name will become R. ferreum. 
Notes on some Phanerogams of Central Minnesota. Conway 
MacMillan. (Bot. Gaz. xv., 331-334). | 
Brasenia peltata is noted from the northern part of the State, 
where “apparently it excludes from these waters the white water 
lily * * and tends to drive out the common pond hy 3: * 
Arenaria patula and Myriophyllum ambiguum var. limosum were 
found in Cass County, and Utricularia gibba.in Irving Chase 
| Lake, all three reported as new to the State. Léatris cylindra- 
cea, as it occurs near Brainerd, diverges so remarkably from the 
type that a new variety is proposed and described, var. soditaria. 
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