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Index to Recent American Botanical Literature. 



Aconitiun FischcrL , J. D. Hooker. (Bot. lAFag. t. 7130). 



Sir Joseph Hooker adopts this name for the Aconite of north- 

 eastern Asia and refers to it tlic A. Coluinhiauuni, Nutt. of the 

 Rocky Mountains and Pacific coast, and the recently pubUshed 

 A. Novcboraccmc^ Gray, (Bulle'I'TX, 18S6, p. 190) of central 

 New York; he even suggests that they all may have to go into 

 the eastern North American A. luichiaiuui^ L. Whatever may 

 be the merits of A. Coluinhiannni, which has ah-eady been re- 

 garded by American botanists at one time or another as identi- 

 cal with the Asiatic plant, we feel confident that A. Novchora- 

 ceuse represents a tlistinct species, and that A, nnctnatiun is 

 equally valid. A. Novchoracoisc appears to us nearer related to 

 A.panicuIatiiDi^ Lam., of centred luu'ope tlian to A. FiscJieri. 



N. L. B. 



Allcglianics of Virginia in June — TJu\ Anna M. Vail. (Gar- 

 den \: Forest, iii. 16"], 368; 391-392). 



Bur Oak — A Fine. (Garden & Forest, iii. 402, illustrated). 



Accompanyuig a general description of Qucrais macrocarpa 

 is an account and representation of an individual specimen known 



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as the '*Cravath Tree," growing upon the farm of Mr. Miles G. 

 Cravath, Whitewater, Wis. 



Catalogue of the Uncultivated Flozvering Plants Growing in tlie 

 Ohio State University Grounds. Moses Craig. (Bull. Ohio 

 Agric. Exp. Sta., 1. 49-1 10, ^\■lth map of grounds). 

 This list is concerned with the phanerogams only and contains 

 46S species and varieties. Common names are given in every 

 instance where a common name is known. Tables of comparison 

 are included, showing the number of genera and species in each 

 order as found in the University grounds and as reported for the 

 entire State. Also a table of comparison, showing the number of 

 species in ten of the principal orders in the University grounds, 

 Franklin County, and State. In like manner the number of 

 species In the genera Carex and Aster are compared. The cata- 

 logue is manifestly a carefully prepared one and is unusually pre- 

 cise and full in regard to dates and locations. The nomenclature 

 is somewhat antiquated, but as the author says lie lias be*en ''striv- 



