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tion. The history of its use by the North American Indians as 
a beverage—the so-called “ black drink ”’—is fully described, and 
copious references are given to early explorers who have written 
in regard to it. — | 
Tpomea pandurata. Geo. H. Shull. (Am. Gard. xii. 637, 638, 
illustrated). ; 
Both J/pomea pandurata and Calystegia sepium are figured, 
and the warning is given that they have been introduced by un- 
scrupulous dealers as “ grand novelties.” 
List of the Plants of Arkansas. John C. Branner and F. V. 
Coville. (Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Ark. Vol. iv. 155-242.) 
This is a catalogue of plants of the state, giving localities for 
the rarer or more interesting species, and prefaced by an account 
of the sources from which the information used in its preparation 
has been derived, including remarks on the bibliography and 
explorations. Mr. Coville spent several months of the summer 
of 1888 about Little Rock and in Independence Co., and thus 
became familiar with the general features of the flora. The sys- 
tem of nomenclature adopted is that of the ‘ oldest specific or var- 
ietal names under whatever genera they may originally have been 
employed. On this principle, Prof. William Trelease, Director 
of the Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis, has kindly revised 
the list.” We note the following binomials here used for the first 
time: Castalia reniformis (DC.) for C. tuberosa (Paine) Greene ; 
Arabis Virginica (L.), for A. Ludoviciana, Meyer; Hosackia 
sericea (Pursh.) for H. Purshiana, Benth.; Neptunia virgata 
(Bartr.) for JV. lutea, Benth.; Schrankia Intsia (Walt.), for S. wncin- 
ata, Willd.; Desmanthus Cooleyi (Eaton) for D. Jamesiz, T. and 
G.; Acacia filicoides (Cav.), for A. filicina, Willd.; Vernonia gt- 
gantea (Walt.), for V. altisstma, Nutt.; Vernonia geraniefolia 
(Walt.), for V. angustifolia, Michx.; Vernonia marginata, (Torr.), 
for V. Jamesii, T. and G.; Aphanostephus skirrobasis (DC.), 
for A. Arkansana, Nutt.; Berlandiera pumila (Michx.) for B. Zo- 
mentosa, Nutt.; Warshallia trinervia(Walt.) for MW. latifolia, Pursh.; 
Polypteris sphacelata (Nutt.) for P. Hookeriana, Gray ; Sabbatia 
dichotoma (Walt.) for S. calycosa, Pursh.; Phacelia dubia (L.), for 
P. parviflora, Pursh.; Herpestis acuminata (Walt.) for H. nigres-. 
cens, Benth,; Dianthera ovata (Walt.) for D. humilis, (Engelm 
