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cious Poas which occur on the Pacific coast from Chili northward. 

 In neither of the species do we find the club-shaped, imperfect, 

 upper flowers common in Melica. 



Geo. Vasey. 



Review of Foreign Literature! 



Di tma nuova stazione Italiana di Galinsoga parviflo^'a^ ed 

 Eleicsine Iiidica ; e dclla presenza di altre pianti esoiiche nelle vicU 

 nanze di Verona, A. Goirau. (Nuovo Giorn. Bot. ItaHano, 

 April, 1890). 



The following is a list of exotic plants that have been found 

 on the plains of Lombardy, conditions favorable to their existence. 



Galinsoga parvijlor a ^ in and near Verona (1888) and Milan, 

 and elsewhere in Lombardy, where in damp places it has bcconje 

 a weed, 



Comnielina co7nmunis^ Lombardy, 



Elciisifie Indica. In 1879 E. Indica was seen for the first 

 time by M, Goirau In the outskirts of Verona, along the moat 

 and river, growing among rubbish heaps. The next year it had 

 spread in amazing quantities and grew in great luxuriance. In 

 1882 the plant was seen for the last time, shortly before the great 

 flood of the Adige, which took place that year, after which it 

 disappeared. Prof de Notaris reports E, hidica from the Lago 

 Maggiore ; it has also been found in the Province of Bergamo 

 and at Crespano. 



Solantwz Sodomcetwty in 1886, had spread from cultivation in 

 and around Verona and along the river. Two forms have been 

 observed, one with lilac and the other with white flowers. 



Stramoniiun Tatnla is found in the outskirts of the city, 

 probably escaped from cultivation. 



Strainoninm Metel is cultivated as an ornamental plant and 

 is sporadic along with the last. 



Nicandra physaloides. This beautiful Peruvian Solanacea 

 grows in great quantities along the Adige and the railroad, and 



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has been found at Mantova. 



Toiirnefortia heliotropioides is spontaneous in the vicinity of 

 Bologna, in the Parmigiano and near Verona. 



Solidago serotina, frequently cultivated in gardens, is now be^ 



