385 
Development of the Ovule of Aster and Solidago—-The. Geo. W. 
Martin. (Am. Nat. xxvi. 954). 
Echinocactus Grusonit, Heldm. (Monats. Kakteenk. i. 4; il- 
lustrated), 
A rare Mexican species. 
Einteilung der Kakteen nach der Salmschem S ystem.  (Monats. 
Kakteenk, i. 156). 
_ Lora of West Virginia. C. F. Millspaugh. (Bull. No. 24, West 
Va. Agric. Exper. Sta. Vol. II. No. 12, pp. 315-538, Charles- 
ton, 1892). 
This is a preliminary catalogue of the Flora of West Virginia, 
a State from which we have hitherto had but little definite botan- 
ical information. 1,645 species, varieties and forms are listed, 
and their distribution indicated, with numerous critical notes of 
interest and importance. Dr. Millspaugh has fearlessly taken up 
old generic and specific names, so that his catalogue is a valuable 
contribution to the nomenclature question. Among the genera 
accepted as replacing those used in the ordinary text-books are 
Bicuculla for Dicentra, Neckeria for Corydalis (on the last page of 
the book Dr Millspaugh notes that there is also a moss genus Veck- 
erta, and questions which is the older; the Fumariaceous genus 
has priority; Beurera for Calycanthus, Therofon for Boykinia, 
Deeringia for Cryptotenia, Lacinaria for Liatris, Ridania for 
Actinomeris, Adopogon for Krigia, Pseva for Chimaphila, Physa- 
lodes for Nicandra, Kellia for Pycnanthemum, Agastache for 
Lophanthus, Malaxts for Microstylis, Leptorchis for Liparis, 
Gyrostachys for Spiranthes, Chrosperma for Amianthium, Cham- 
@raphis for Setaria, Sieglingia for Triodia, Corycarpus for Diar- 
rhena, Panicularia for Glyceria, and Hystrix for Asprella. 
The novelties described are Syndesmon thalictroides forma 
rosea; Delphinium tricorne, forma albifiora ; Polygala sanguin- 
éa, forma albiflora; Rubus odoratus, var. Columbianus (what- 
ever suggested the varietal name ?); Hydrangea arborescens, var. 
Kanawhana (this may be H. glauca, Raf.); Cinothera fruticosa, 
var. differta ; Daucus Carota, forma rosea ; Sambucus racemosa, 
forma albicocca, Britton; Houstonia cvrulea, forma albiflora : 
Lobelia inflata, var. simplex (Raf.); Scutellarta ; galericulata, 
_ forma albiflora; Polygonum Persicaria, forma albiflora ; Acaly - 
