2^i 



annihilates the author scientifically by referring to him as ' a 



writer of the Grant Allen type.'* 



Cultivation of Saccharomycetes. W. E. Stone. (Bot. Gazette, 



xii., p. 270). 

 Echinocjstis % Megarrhiza. Edward L. Greene. (Pittonia, i., 



pp. 143-145)- 



This is mainly in continuation of the argument of which Dr. 



Watson's paper in the August BULLETIN was a part. The most 



important point of the present note is the statement that the 



generic name Mara^ which has precedence over Megan'hiza — 



in case that is regarded as distinct from Echinocystis — was not 



published *' in the columns of a daily newspaper." But Professor 



Greene does not tell us where the publication was made. 



Flora of the Coast Islands of California in relation to recent 



changes in Physical Geography. Joseph Le Conte. (Amcr. 



Journ. Sci., xxxiv., pp. 457-460). 

 Referring to the interesting results of Professor Greene's. ex- 

 plorations on the islands of Santa Cruz, San Miguel, etc., already 

 noted in this BULLETIN, Professor Le Conte concludes that their 

 peculiar flora is probably the remnant of one once widely dis- 

 persed over all southern California west of the Sierras, saved 

 from the general destruction of plant life in the Glacial Epoch by 

 its isolation. The islands were certainly connected wuth the 

 mainland during the PHocene Era and separated by submergence 

 during the Quaternary; indeed, they arc the summits of a par- 

 tially engulfed mountain range. 



Fungi from Kansas.— Nezv Species of J. B. Ellis and W. A. 

 Kellerman. (Journ. MycoL, iii., pp. 126, 127). 

 Six new species described. 



Ftmgi from various Localities, — New Species of. J. B. Ellis and 

 B. M. Everhart (Journ. Mycol., iii., pp. 127- 1 30). 

 Sixteen new species described. 



Geaster. — The Gentis. A. P. Morgan. (Amer. Nat, xxi.. pp. 



1026-1029; two figures). 



Mr. Morgan reviews Dr. De Toni's recent revision of the 

 " Earth-stars " in the Revue Mycologique, and describes, with il- 

 lustrations, two new species from Lincoln, Neb. 



