115 



'tinus, Fr.^ et Irpex fusco-violaceus, Fr. — Note stir 

 Specifique du. (Jo urn. de Bot., ii., pp. SO-:^2.) 



Kamtschaticum, Fall — E. Kegel. (Gartenflora, 



xxxvi., t 1260.) 



disp< 



pidees, Eriocaulees, Joncces, Mayacees et Xyridees, — M. Ph. 

 Van Tieghem. (Journ. de Bot, 1., pp. 305-315 ; illustrated.) 



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A brief comparison of the roots of grasses and sedges, as 

 described in a former essay, is followed by a description of their 

 structure in these orders. 



Symphoricarpus — The Genus, — H. Zabel. (Gartenflora, xxxvi., 



pp. 603-606, 629-631 and 658, 659.) 

 Herr Zabel gives in the first part of his paper a review of Dr. 

 Gray's arrangement of the genus, followed by an account of the 

 forms cultivated at Miinden, in which he claims that the name 5. 

 orbiculatiis, Moench, used by Koch in 1794, has priority over 5. 

 vulgaris, Michx, He also recognizes a new variety glaucus of 

 i'. racemostis, Michx. 



Thistles — Some Common. — L. H. Pammel. (Colman's Rural 



World, March 9, 1888,) 



Mr. Pammel gives a popular account of Cnicus altissimus, van 



discolor^ C. arvensis and C, lanceolattis, with directions for their 



identification and eradication, illustrated with figures of each 



species. 



Uncimila polyclmta, B <& C—S. M. Tracy and B. T. Galloway. 

 (Bot. Gazette, xiii., pp. 29-32; illustrated.) 



Undescrihed Pla^tts from Guatemala — // — John Donnell Smith. 



(Bot. Gazette, xiii., pp. 26-29.) 



Harp. 



Rubeleruziana, B. Pansamalana, Anneslia Quel, 



Myriocarpa heterospicata 



M. 



Vaccinium de France — Sur les Variations de Structure des. — Paul 



Maury. (Journ. de Bot, i., pp. 104-108, ii5-"7; illustrated.) 



Of species common to America and Europe are V, uligino- 



^^m, K Oxycoccus and F. Vitis-Idcsa, of which figures are given 



showing the upper and lower epidermis. The author concludes 



