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Pyrularia oleifera. (Am. Gard. xii. 576; illustrated). 
Report of the Botanical Branch, 1890. Jas. Fletcher, R. B. 
Whyte, W. Scott. (Ottawa Nat. v. 80-84). 
Contains memoranda upon important finds, a list of sixteen 
additions to the “ Flora Ottawaensis,” and a list of the species of 
Sphagnum found near Ottawa. 
Revision des Fissidentactes dela Guadeloupe et de la Martinique. 
Emil Bescherelle. (Rev. Bryol. 18° Année, 49-55). 
Sarcomyces—New Genus. G. Massee. (Grevillea, xx. 13, 14): 
S. vinosa, on wood, Venezuela and South Carolina, is de- 
scribed. 
Soulard Crab aud Its Kin—The. 1.4. Bailey. (Am. Gard. 
xii. 469-474, illustrated). 
This is an account of a supposed accidental hybrid between 
Pyrus coronaria and the common apple, which is recognized as 
P. Soulardi. Figures of fruit, flower and leaf are given. P. 
Joensts is described as a new species and figured, quoted as iden- 
tical with P. coronaria, var. Joensis, Wood. 
Southern California Notes. C.R. Orcutt. (Gard. and For. iv. 
351). 
Papaver Californica and Phacelia Orcuttiana are noted as 
occurring immediately after regions have been burned over, 
seeming to be veritable “ fire-plants.” Lathyrus splendens and 
Dicentra chrysantha seem to be benefited by the advent of fire, 
and Calochortus Weedit often appears spontaneously in abund- 
ance over burnt districts. 
Systematic Botany—The Future of. John M. Coulter. (Bot. 
Gaz. xvi. 243-254). ; 
This is the text of the address of Vice-President Coulter be- 
fore Sec. F., at the Washington meeting of the A. A. A. S. 
Uredinee— Notes on. J.C. Arthur. (Bot. Gaz. xvi. 225-227). 
Three new species are described: Puccinia meduseotdes, P. 
Cypert, and Uromyces Gentiane, and notes upon other species 
given. ; 
Wild Columbine—The. Henry L. Clarke. (Vick’s Mag. xiv. 
286-288 ; illustrated). 
Account and representation of Agutlegia Canadensis. 
