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galaceze, by M. R. Chodat, with new species in Polygala and 
Monnina. 
Sarracenia flava. (Meehan’s Monthly, ii, 113; illustrated.) 
Second Edition of Webber's Appendix to the Catalogue of the 
Flora of Nebraska, with a Supplementary List of Recently 
Reported Species. Charles E. Bessey. (Contrib. Bot. Dept. 
Univ. Neb. N. S. iii, p. 55). 
This consists of Mr. Webber’s paper, printed in Part I. of the 
6th volume of the Transactions of the St. Louis Academy, to 
which Dr. Bessey now adds 170 species and varieties, 77 of them 
Phanerogamia, together with some revisions of former determin- 
ations. One of the most interesting plants recorded is Clematis 
Douglassi, var. Scottii (Porter), found by Prof. Swezey in 
Sheridan County, which we take to be a perfectly valid species, 
being strengthened in this view by the similar attitude of O. 
Kuntze (Verhand. Bot. Verein, Brandenburg, xxvi, 179), who 
would doubtless have made it a variety, sub-species, sub-variety, 
or sub-sub-variety, if there had been any chance of so doing. 
Ni Lae 
Silva of North America, Volume I1V~ Rosacee—Saxifragacee- 
C. S. Sargent. (4to, pp. 141, plates cxlviii-cxcvii). 
This volume contains figures and descriptions of the follow- 
ing species: Chrysobalanus Icaco, Prunus nigra, P. Americana, 
P. hortulana, P. angustifolia, P. Alleghaniensis, P. subcordata, F, 
umbellata, P. Pennsylvanica, P. emarginata, P. Virginiana, P. 
serotina, P. Caroliniana, P. spherocarpa, P. ilicifolia, Vauquel- 
inia Californica, Cercocarpus ledifolius, C. parvifolius, F. yrs 
coronaria, P. angustifolia, P. rivularis, P. Americana, P. sam- 
bucifolia, Crategus Douglasii, C. brachyacantha, C. Crus Gallt, 
C. coccinea, C. mollis, C. tomentosa, C. punctata, C. spathulata, 
C. cordata, C. viridus, C. apiifolia, C. flava, C. uniflora, C. 
estivalis, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Amelanchier Canadensis, A. 
alnifoliaand Lyonothamnus flloribundus, besid: s several regar ded 
as varieties by the author. The volume maintains the superior 
character in text and illustrations of its predecessors. Hardly @ 
slip in ty pography or anything else in the make-up of the work 
is discernible. We note one error on page 132, where Amelan- 
chier alnifolia is said to range “from the valley of the Yukon, 
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