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There has been trouble in regard to the correct nomenclature 
of this plant, due primarily to what was probably a mistake of 
Mr. W. S. Lyon, who published the first account of it and referred 
it to Prunus occidentalis, Nuttall, a name which subsequent re- 
search has failed to find in Nuttall’s writings. T. S. Brandegee 
and C. S. Sargent agree in referring it to P. ¢ctfolia, Walp. 
var. occidentalis, (Lyon) T. S. B. The author now calls attention 
to the fact, however, that this name was applied by Swartz in 
1800 to a West Indian species of the genus, which would debar 
its use for the plant in question, and this leaves it without any 
name. That of Prunus tlicifolia, var. integrifolia is therefore 
proposed. 
Puccinia and Phragmidium—The Relationship of. G. De 
Lagerheim. (Journ. Mycol., vi. 111-113). 
Rhamnus Californica and its Allies. Katharine Brandegee. 
(Zoe, i. 240-244). 
Sarcodes sanguinea, Torr. F. W. Oliver. (Annals of Bot. iv. 303- 
326, 5 plates). 
Prof. Oliver has made an exhaustive study of the “Snow- 
plant” of California from specimens collected near San Bernar- 
dino, by Messrs. Godman.and Elwes. The vegetative and re- 
productive organs are described in detail. The roots were found 
to be densely covered with fungal mycelium, forming a mycorhiza, 
resembling that found on those of Monotropa, with which genus 
the plant is otherwise compared. Both are regarded as sapro- 
phytes or humus plants. 
Sleepy Grass—The. “.¥Havard. (Gard. and For. iv. 111). 
Describes the narcotic effect of Stifa viridula, var. robusta 
on horses. 
Sphenophyllum—The Genus. J. S. Newberry. (Reprint from 
Journ. Cinn. Soc. Nat. Hist., Jan. 1891, 212-217, Pl. xix). 
Dr. Newberry discusses the probable affinities of the genus 
Sphenophyllum, and concludes that it represents a peculiar and 
extinct family whose nearest relative is Eguisetum. The fact is 
also pointed out that as early as the year 1853 the author de- 
scribed and published his ideas relative to the undoubted unity 
of the genera Asterophyllites and Sphenophyllum—the former 
representing the submerged capillary leaves, and the latter the 
