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fleshy fungi, enumerating fourteen species, of which eleven are 

 of his own description. As no references to Hterature are given, 

 we cannot tell from this document how many of them are de- 

 scribed here for the first time. N. L. B. 



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Pecan Tree— The. Chas. Mohr. (Garden and Forest, ii. 569, 



570). 



In this article, which is mostly concerned with the economic 

 value of the tree, we arc pleased to note that the author has 

 adopted the name Hickoria Pecan. 



Pelargonium— The Horseshoe. F. L. Sargent. (Pop. Sci. News, 

 xxiii. 181, 182, illustrated). 



Piiius Banksiana on the Maine Coast. Edward L. Rand. (Gar- 

 den and Forest, ii. 579). 

 A memorandum upon the article published in the BuJ.r.ETIN 



of November, 1889, with some additional notes. 



River Birch — The. (Gard.£n and Forest, ii. 591, fig. 149). 



This plate represents a characteristic group of trees of Bctula 

 nigra in winter, when destitute of foliage. 

 Species — New or Noteworthy. Edward I.. Greene. (Pittonia, 



ii. 17-24; advance sheets). 



The following are described as new : Aster briekellioidcs, var. 

 ^labratus ; Aplopappus Bloonieri, var. Sonnei ; A. cruentns ; 

 Grindelia Hcndersoni ; Petasites nivalis ; Senecio Franciscamis ; 

 S. ionophyllus ; S. Gibbonsii ; Layia hispida ; Eriophylluni 

 tanacetifoliuni ; Prenanthcs Siricta ; Miniulus Scotderi, var. 

 ccBspitosus ; Eunanus angustifolins; Collinsia stricta and Monar- 

 dclla discolor. Many of these were collected by Professor 

 Greene during his exceedingly successful journey of last summer. 

 There are also critical notes on Scorsonella borealis, Malacothrix 

 altissima, Mimnlus Seoul eri, Er iodic ty on Parry i, Thalictrum hes- 

 perium (5. platycarpum, Greene) and Astragalus anem 

 with which is joined A. Miguelensis. 



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Thismia Glaziovii — Une noicvelle Phancroganie sans Chlo7'opJiyll. 

 1 V. A. Poulsen. (Revue Bot. i, 549, 550). 



A preliminary note on a new saprophytic species of Burman- 

 niaceas, little more than two inches in height, from humus in a 



