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ment of a large herbarium, and a valuable index to the synony- 
my of the genera. It follows strictly the laws of priority and 
contains an index of names and synonyms, as well as references 
to the original place of publication. To the valuable library and. 
kind assistance of Prof. D. C. Eaton, the author makes due at | 
knowledgment. E. G. B. 
Il Black-rot sulle Viti presso Firenze. U. Martelli. (Nuovo. Gior. 
Bot. Ital. xxiii. No. 4, reprint). 
Observations on Physalospora Bidwelli, Sacc. in Italy. 
Masdevallia Shuttleworthii. G. Sommer. (Gartenflora, xxxIX_ 
457, t. 1329). 
Mosses—Some New Species from the Pribylov Islands, Behring 
Sea. Collected by Jas. M. Macoun. N. C. Kindberg. (Ot. 
tawa Naturalist v. 179, Jan. 1892, reprinted). | 
Three new species and two new varieties are described : Cera 
todon heterophyllus, Didymodon Baden-Powellii, Webera canali- 
culata, var. microcarpa, Bryum Froudei and Polytrichum alpt 
num, var. microdontium. The reprint has been distributed with 
two names corrected, but the names as printed will have to stand, 
even though the author may have wished it otherwise. : 
Mosses from Behring Sea, collected by Jas. M. Macoun. , 
C. Kindberg. (Ottawa Naturalist, v. 195, 1892). 2 
Four new species are described: Dicranoweisia obliqua, De 
cranella polaris, D. cerviculata and Barbula sie - 
New or Little-Known Plants. C.S. Sargent. (Gard. & For. ¥: 
52, illustrated). a 
A description of Smilax Pseudo-China and remarks 0” oe 
adaptability as a garden plant. | 
Night-Flowering Cacti. (Gard. xli. 102, illustrated). 
Descriptions of Cereus Lemairi, C. grandiflorus, C. Macdon 
aldia, C. nycticalus, C. Napoleonis, C. fulgidus, C. triangular 
C. coccineus and C. rostratus, cultivated at Kew. : 
Notes on the Cone-Bearers of Northwest America—I. J. G. Li 
mon. (Gard. & For. v. 64). y 
Pinus Californica, Loiseleur, in Nouveau Duhamel (1816 
in part, excluding characters of the seeds), P. tuberculata, 
Don, in Trans. Linn, Soc. 1837, P. radiata, D. Don, same 4° 
