196 
Coontie and Conte. E. J. Hill. (Gard. & For. v. 208). 
An interesting note on the identity of Coontie or Wild Sago 
of the Seminole Indians with Zam7a integrifolia, Willd. Owing to 
the similarity of the common names of the two plants it has been 
confounded with Smzlax Pseudo- China. 
Dendrophthora cupressoides. (Hooker Icon. Pl. t. 222 1). 
Descriptions of new Plants from Southern California, Nevada, 
Utah and Arizona. F. V. Coville. (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 
ington, vil. 65-80; reprints). x 
These were mainly obtained by Mr. Coville himself, while 
botanist of the Death Valley biological expedition of last year. 
Aplopappus interior, Arctomecon Merriamt, _Arctomecon humile, 
Arenaria compacta, Brickellia desertorum, Buddleia Utahensts, 
Erigeron calva, Erysimum asperum perenne, Watson, Frasera 
tubulosa, Gilia setosissima punctata, Isomeris arborea globosa, 
Lepidospartum striatum, Mentzelia reflexa, Phacelia perityloides, 
Potentilla eremica, P. purpurascens pinetorum, Sarcobatus Baileyt, 
Saxifraga integrifolia sierre, Stylocline Arizonica are described 
as new. 
Desmodium nudiflorum. (Meehan’s Month. ii. 65, with illustra- 
tion). 
Doassansia, Cornu—An Examination of the Species of the Genus. 
William Albert Setchell. (Ann. Bot. vi. 2; with plates i 
and ii). 
The new species described are Doassansia opaca, D. obscura. 
D. deformans. Two new genera—Cornuclla and Burrillia—ate 
established, each with one species. 
Evolution of Bubbles of Gas by Plants in Water exposed to Light, 
as a Measure of Assimilation—The. A.¥F. Woods. (Publ, 
Nebraska Acad. Sci. ii. 13 ; abstract). 
Ferns of the Black Hills. Chas, E. Bessey. (Am. Nat. xxvi. 252): 
Field Notes, 1891. Erwin F. Smith. (Journ. Mycol. vii. 88): 
A record of observations on the various fungous diseases of 
fruit trees. 
Flora Franciscana. Part III, Edward L. Greene. (pp. 28!- 
342; issued April Ist, 1892). : 
The following species are described as new: Lschscholtaia 
ambigua,; Ranunculus alismellus (R. alismefolius, var. alismellus, 
