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lindcr a misunderstanding, which, however, the author (and \Ve 

 entirely agree with him) does not consider, apparently, to have 

 any bearing on the question. 



Notes on American Plants, F, H. Ilorsford. (Garden and For- 

 est, iii- 240). 

 Notes from Southwick, Mass., upon Stylophomm diphylliun, 



Cardauilne rhomboidea, vds. piirpnrea ; Trillium crectum, v^r. al- 

 bum, Heuchcra Americana, and Jeffersonia dip hy I la. 



Pampas Grass.-^Tlie, Mrs. S. La Mance. (Vick*s Monthly 

 Mag., xiii. 146, 147, iUustrated). 



An account and representation of Gynerium argenteuni. 



Parry, — The Late Dr, C, C. J. G. Lemmon. (Pacific Rural 

 Press, April 12th, 1890; illustrated). 

 A biographical notice with portrait. 



Fassijlora Miersii. (Bot. Mag. Tab. 7115)- 



Perityle. — A New. T. S. Brandagee. (Zoe, i. 54), 



P. cimeata, from near Todos Santos, Baja California, is des- 



cribed as new. 



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Potato. — The Piiruvian or American. (Garden and Forest, iii. 



199, 200). 



An account of the early history of the potato. 



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Prepusa Hooheriana, (Gard. Chron. vii. 320, f. 62). 



Ra)mnculi, — On Some North American, Edward L. Greene. 



(Pittonia ii. 58-65, May i, 1S90). 



R, rugulosus is a new species from California ; R. subsagit- 

 tatus is the R. Arizonicus van subsagittatus, Gray, of Arizona, 

 and it certainly appears distinct enough to be a species. R. re- 

 pens has recently been found in Humboldt County, Cal. R. obtus- 

 iusculus, Raf (1808) is shown to be the true name for R. ambi- 

 gens, Wats. ; R. ovalis, Raf. should replace R. rhomboideus, 

 Goldie ; R, lacustris, Beck and Tracy antedates R. Purshiiy 

 Richards, and must be adopted for the plant called in recent 



Itifidi 



earlier R, mill ti fid i 



of F'orskall. R. limosus, Nutt. is claimed to be specifically dis- 

 tinct from this last, and a hybrid betweeen it and R, sceleratus, 

 from Idaho, is described. It is important to ascertain definitely 



