280 
Davenport, Towa. (Pamph. pp. 82. H. N. Patterson, 
Oquawka, IIls.). 
From the preface, by Mrs. E. R. Parry, we learn that the 
herbarium, of which this is the catalogue, is for sale, with the 
cases and a library of botanical works. The number of species 
represented is 6,780, of which 5,290 are North American and 
770 Mexican, a large number of which are duplicated. All 
communications should be addressed to Mrs. E. R. Parry, Daven- 
port, Iowa. 
Cattleya Schredere. W.4H. Gower. (Gard. xxxix, 30, 31, pl. 
813). : 
Choisya ternata. (Gard. xxxix. 561, illustrated). 
Choreocolax polysiphonie, Reinsch—On the Structure and 
Development of. H. M. Richards. (Cont. Crypt. Lab. Harv. 
Univ. xv. Reprint from Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sci. 
xxvi. illustrated). | 
Contributions from the Cryptogamic Laboratory of Harvard 
University. XVI. Chas. L. Mix. (Reprint from Proc. Am. 
Acad. Arts. and Sci. xxvi. 102-114). 
Under the title “On a Kephir-Like Yeast Found in the 
United States,” the author discusses an American milk ferment, 
similar to the “ kephir”’ of the Caucasus, from which the natives 
make their fermented milk. It appears to be identical with 
Beyerinck’s Saccharomyces kefyr. 
Contributions to the Life Histories of Plants. No. VI. Thos. 
Meehan. (Reprint from Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. May 26, 
1890). 
The subjects contributed.are under the headings: “On the 
causes affecting variations in Lzzaria vulgaris,’ “On the Self- 
Fertilizing Character of Composite,” ‘On the Structure of the 
Flowers in Dipteracanthus macranthus, “ Aerial Roots in Vitis 
vulpina,” “ Additional Note on the Order of Flowering in the 
Catkin of Willows” and “ Self-Fertilizing Flowers.” 
Coursetia axillaris, n. sp. John M. Coulter. (Bot. Gaz. xvi. 
180). 
Description of a new species from San Diego, Texas. 
Cypripedium Klotzschianum. (Bot. Mag. t. 7178). 
