378 
and Gray); Calamintha glabra (Nutt.) for C. Nuttallit, Benth.; 
Schedonardus paniculatus (Nutt.) for S. Texanus, Steud.; Era- 
_grostis interrupta (Nutt.) for Z. oxylepis, Torr. 
The work is a valuable contribution to geographical botany, 
~ and cannot fail to give an impetus to the study of plants in the 
great area which it covers. N, LB, 
Mutilation of the Flower of Tecoma radicans. J. Schneck. (Bot. 
Gaz. xvi. 314, 315). 
A note to the effect that /cterus Baltimore is responsible for 
the mutilation of flowers of this plant while in search of nectar. 
Native Trees and Shrubs of Nebraska—A Preliminary Report 
on The. C. E. Bessey. (Bull. Agric. Exp. Sta. Neb. iv. Art. 
No. 4). : . 
A list of sixty-one trees and sixty-four shrubs, with notes on 
habit, general appearance and distribution, both geographic and 
with reference to elevation. 
Notes on California Plants.—J. S. B. Parish. (Zoé, ii. 116, 117). 
An account of the manner in which the tuberiferous roots are 
produced in Hydrocotyle Americana and H. prolifera. 
On a New Horizon in the St. John Group. G. F. Matthew. 
. (Can. Rec. Sci. iv. 339-343). 
Contains an interesting discussion in regard to the probable 
position of the disputed organism Dictyonema, whether as plant 
or animal. 
Pentstemon Haydeni, n. sp. Sereno Watson. (Bot. Gaz. xvi. 
311). 
Description of a new species, from Wyoming and Nebraska. 
Phacelia campanularia. (West Am. Sci. vii. 270). 
The fact is noted that this California plant has received a first 
class certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society of England, 
where it was recently introduced. 
Pleurothallis immersa. J. D. Hooker. (Bot. Mag. t. 7189). 
Picea pungens. (Gard. Chron. x. 547, f. 73, 74). 
Ravenelia from Alabama—A new. G.F. Atkinson. (Bot. Gaz. 
MVi: 313;°314). : 
Ravenelia Cassiecola is described as new. 
mas cdes of Cryptotenia Canadensis—The. FE. J. Hill. (Bot. 
Gaz. xvi. 299- 302). : 
