Table of Contents. 
BRIEFER ARTICLES— 
Actinella (Hymenoxis) Texana,n.sp. /ohn M. Coulterand /. N. Rose. 27 
Anesthetics and transpiration : Conway MacMillan. 28 
Observations on Notholezna Nealleyi and Pringle’ s no. 1864,’88 
Geo. E. Davenport, 53 
Sarcodes sanguinea : : ‘ : ‘ : Thos. Meehan, 54 
Erythrza Pringleana, n.sp. . ; Veit Wittrock, 85 
A new Aster from California (with plate mt ys i Ji ING Rose ATs 
A new Fomes from northern Montana (with i xm. ) #. W. Anderson, 113 
Silphium laciniatum i B. L. Robinson. 114 
The propagation of Ranunculus lacustris. = Chas. A, Davis. 115 
Cornus Baileyiin Oregon. : . _ Walter H, Evans. 118 
Simple mechanism to show geotropism — ; Goodwin D, Swezey, 147 
Notes from Columbus, O. 4 Aug. D. Selby. 148 
Continuity of the protoplasm in the Chantransia-form of Batracho- 
spermum (2//ust.) : 5 . Bradley M. Davis, 149 
A method of studying the growth of tubers Conway MacMillan. 149 
A monstrous form of the common field daisy : B. W. Barton, 150 
A suggestion on the proper terminology of the spermaphytic flower 
se a Conway MacMillan, 178 
A curious case of germination in Citrus decumana W. G. Farlow. 179 
Coursetia axillaris, n. sp. : . John M. Coulter and /. N. Rose, 180 
Penetration of the host by Peronospora gangliformis (¢//.) W.H. Rush. 208 
Notes on the pollination of Helianthus . : . Walter H. Evans. 234 
An abnormal water pore (z//ust.) . ‘ p ; : i Grea aay 
A new grass . - d : . Geo, Vasey. 235 
Fasciation in Cnicus lanceolatus (illust. ) ‘ : J. W. Toumey, 236 
A new Eriogynia. Notes. ‘ : ‘ : Wm. M. Canby. 236 
Oligonema . : 2 ‘ ‘ ; : Sereno Watson. 267 
A neglected Spartina ‘ ’ : : hy ee . Geo, Vasey. 292 
Pentstemon Haydeni, n. sp. . oo ; Sereno Watson, 311 
A remarkable orange tree . : ‘ W. Whitman Bailey, 310 
Helianthus mollis . . Thomas Meehan, 312 
Further notes on the mutilation of flowers by insects /acod Schneck. 312 
A new Ravenelia from Alabama . . Geo, F. Atkinson. 313 
Cleistogamy in Polygonum acre (2¢/ust. ) ‘ T. H. Kearney, Jr. 314 
Mutilation of the flower of Tecoma radicans $ Jacob Schneck. 314 
Atriplex corrugata, n. sp. : Sereno Watson. 345 
Sterile flowers of Panicum clandestinum : ' Thos. A. Williams, 346 
Peculiar forms of proliferation in timothy (with plate ta Le feng e ; 
Tris hexagona W. E. Andrews. 347 
EDITORIAL— 
Themes for independent investigation, 28. _ Misleading analogies, 55.— ‘‘What 
original work shall I do?’’86,—The utilitarian side of botany, 119.—A caution as to 
nomenclature, 151.—- Indiana ‘‘reading circle’ botany, 180. —The three months’ 
course in botany, 180.— The opportunities of the Botanical Club, A. A. A. S., 
209.— Revised terminology, 238.— Nomenclature and authority, 267. — Ignor- 
ance of plant physiology, 293.—The division of the section of biology of the 
A. A. A. S., 315. oe XVI. in retrospect, 347- 
