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Simaruba Tule, Urban. Ugn. Urban. (Gartenflora, xxxviii. t. 
1298). 
Native of Porto Rico. 
Station Botanists at Champaign. Byron D. Halsted. (Bot. 
Gaz. xv. 334-339). 
An account of the meeting of the Association of Agricultural 
Colleges and Experiment Stations. 
Thismia Glasiovii, n. sp. WV. A. Poulsen, (Overs. Kong. 
Danske Vidensk. Selskabs Forhand. 1890, 18-38, Plates II- 
IV). 
Triuris major, sp. nov. et Bidrag til Ti riuidaceernes Naturhistorve. 
V. A. Poulsen. (Bot. Tidsskrift, xvii. 293-306; one plate). 
Description of a new species of this interesting saprophytic 
genus, collected by Dr. Glaziou in Brazil, with a general discus- 
sion of the order. ; 
Tubulina cylindrica and Allied Species of Myxomycetes—WNotes 
on the Development of. Geo. A. Rex. (Bot. Gaz. xv. 317- 
320). 
Uncinula spiralis, B & C.—Note on the Nomenclature of.—B. T. 
Galloway. (Bot. Gaz. xv. 339). 
Variability in the number of Follicles in Caltha. T.D.A. 
Cockerell. (Nature, xlii. 519). 
A tabulated series of observations on Caltha leptosepala, D.C. 
is given, in which the number of follicles varied from two to 
fifteen, the odd numbers being more common than the even and 
the total number of plants examined being seventy-five. 
White Oak—The. (Gard. and For. iv. 1, 2, figs. 1 and 2). 
This is another of the excellent popular descriptions of our 
common forest trees which have appeared from time to time in 
this publication. Typical. examples of the species in each in- 
stance have been chosen, and the representations have been uni- 
formly so good that they deserve more than a passing mention. 
The Quercus alba which illustrates this article is shown in its full 
summer foliage, and also as it appears in winter, with naked 
branches. We wish that more of our trees were figured in the — 
same manner, so that the characteristic branching of each could 
be emphasized, often an important feature, 
