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linensis, Nees., should be Persea Borbonia, as already pointed 
out in these columns. 
Norfolk Island Pine—The. (Gard. xxxix. 561, illustrated). 
Contains cut of Araucaria excelsa. 
Notes on some Western Cherries. E. L. Greene. (Reprint from 
Pittonia, ii. 159-161). 
The author states that specimens of Cerasus demissa from the 
West have frequently been collected and labeled as C. Virgint- 
ana, which latter species, he contends, does not occur west of the 
Rocky Mountains. The species previously described as C. Cal- 
ifornica by the author, is here referred to C. emarginata, Dougl., 
and the specific rank of C. mollis is the subject of a short note. 
Nuphar advena. (Meehan’s Monthly, i. 17, 18, pl. 2). 
Paullinia tortuosa (Benth.) T.S. B. (Zoé. ii. 74). 
A note to the effect that Cardiospermum tortuosum belongs in 
the genus Paullinia. : 7 : : 
Peach Rosette~-The. Erwin F.Smith. (Journ. Mycol. vi. 143- 
148, Pl. viii-xiii). 
Illustrated description of a disease previously erroneously at- 
tributed to the beetle Scolytus rugulosus. 
Penetration of the Host by Peronospora gangliformis. W. H. 
Rush. (Bot. Gaz. xvi. 208, 209, illustrated). 
Pestalozzia insidens—The Fungus. J. L. Zabriskie. (Journ. N. 
Y. Mic. Soc. vii. 101, 102; Pl. 28). 
Pitcher Plant or Side Saddle Flower—The. WH. L.. Clarke. 
(Vick’s Mag. xiv. 213-215, illustrated). 
Sarracenia purpurea is figured and described. 
Plants peculiar to Magdalena and Santa Margarita Islands— 
The. YT. S. Brandegee. :(Zoé. ii. 22, 12): 
The following species are noted: Gongylocarpus fruticulosus, 
Mamillaria Halei, Agave. Margarite, Brickellia hastata and 
Viguzera subincisa 
Plates prepared Between the Years 1849 and 1859, to Accompany 
a Report on the Forest Trees of North America. Asa Gray. 
(Pamph. 4to, 23 plates. (Smithsonion Inst. Washington, D. 
C., May, 1891). ; 
This is a volume of natural sized colored representations of the 
following species: Magnolia grandiflora, M. glauca, M. umbrella, 
