348 
The pharmacognostical characters of the root of this plant 
are compared with those of Z. fenestralis. _Two handsome full 
page cuts illustrate the paper. 
Lobelia laxtflora, H. B. K., var. angustifolia, DC.—Notes for a 
study of its phystological and therapeutical action. Dr. Fer- 
nando Altamarino, (Loc. cit.). 
Mock Oranges—The. (Gard. xl. 288, 289, illustrated). 
Philadelphus grandifiorus is figured in the text, and P. micro- 
phyllus is the subject of a colored plate. 
Musct Exotict Novi vel minus cogniti. F. Renauld et J. Cardot. 
dot. (Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxix. pp. 161-186). 
The following American species are described as new :— 
Hyophila Martinice from Martinique, Bartramia radicalis, var. 
plumulosa, Philonotis Haitensis, from Hayti; Brachymenium Bor- 
dazit, Martinique ; Prlotrichella cuspidans, Hayti; Neckera por- 
odictyon, Hayti, Porotrichum Bertrandi, Hayti; Raphidostegium 
Barnesi, Mexico; C. G. Pringle; Trichosteleum pleuripunctatum, 
Martinique. 
Musct Novi Guadalupensis, E. Bescherelle. (Rev. Bryol. xviii. 
75-77. 1891.) 
Five new species in the genera Splachaoevau. Syrrhopodon 
and D¢stichophyllum are described. 
New or Note-worthy Species, XJ. Edward L. Greene. (Pittonia, 
ii. 216-218.) 
(Enothera depressa, Godetia pulcherrima, Madia hispida and 
Pentstemon Sonomensts are described as new. 
New Pine Leaf Rust—A. B.T. Galloway. (Journ. Mycol. vii. 
44). Coleosporium pint is described as new. 
New Species of Fungt from North and South America—Obser- 
vations on. G.Lagerheim. (Journ. Mycol. vii. 44-52, Pl. X.) 
Peronosphora gonolobi, Doassansia gossypii, Uredo gossypit 
and Puccinia sides Sines are described as new—the latter one 
figured. 
New Species of Uredinee. J. B. Ellis and S. M. Tracy. (Journ. 
Mycol. vii. 43). 
Puccinia hemizonia, Atcidium oldenlandianum and AA. Mal- 
vastri are described as new, 
