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ana Coulter is the South American. /. fis¢u/osa, Mart., escaped 
from cultivation. A considerable number of plants hitherto un- 
known north of the Mexican border are here recorded as Texan. 
Mariposa County as a Botanical District. J. W. Congdon (Zoé, 
iii. 25-43). 
A very interesting account of the general flora features of 
Mariposa County, California, with especial reference to geogra- 
phic distribution. 
Notes on Liliacee—II. Carl Purdy (Zoé, iii. 43, 44). 
Marsilia vestita—On the Prothallium and Embryo of. Douglas 
Houghton Campbell. (Extract Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. Ser. ii. 
Vol. iii). 
Metasperme—The Embyro-sac of the. Conway Macmillan. 
(Bot. Gaz xvii. 161, 162). 
New or Noteworthy Species. Edward L. Greene.  (Pittonia, ii. 
222). 
Lotus Biolettii, Trifolium fucatum, Lindl., 7. flavulum, T. vir- 
escens, T, Gambelit, Nutt., Alyssum Americanum, Streptanthus Bio- 
lettit, S. pulchellus, Ranunculus Biolettit, Bolelia humilis, Erigeron 
leptophyllus, E. hyperboreus, E. Turneri, Callichroa nutans (Cal- 
lichroaantedates Layia) ; Psacalium strictum= Prenanthes stricta, 
Greene (1889)=Luina Piperi, Robinson (1891) ; Silene purpur- 
ata, Cerastium grande, Tissa rubra, var. perennans ; Brevoortia 
venusta, Fritillaria recurva, var. coccinea ; Plagiobothrys Cah- 
Sornicus, Allocarya stricta, Cryptanthe Kelseyana, Cryptanthe 
Bartolomei and Collinsia arvensis are described as new. 
Notes . Carex —XVI. L.H. Bailey. (Bot. Gaz. xvii. 148- 
153). 
Notes on new localities for a number of rarer species and the 
following described as new: Carex herbariorum, C. Pringlei, C. 
xerantica, C. Montanensis, C. bella and C. varia, var. australis. 
Notes on the Flora of Staten Island. Arthur Hollick. (Proc: 
Nat. Sci. Assn. Staten Island May 14th, 1892). 
Record of additions to the lists of plants and of new localities 
for some rare species. 
Novitie Peruviane. A. Zahlbruckener. (Ann. K. K. Naturhist. 
Hofmuseums Wien, vii, Heft 1 and 2; reprint, pp. 10). 
