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Hepatiques Nouv. 



E. Beschcrelle et 



Richard Spence. (Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxvi. 177-189, 



t XIII-XV). 



In the prefatory note M. Bescherelle explains that his only 

 collabration consisted in sending the material and notes to Dr. 

 Spruce. The species are arranged gcograpliically, thirteen from 

 Guadaloupe, in the genera Mylia^ Lejcunca, BlepJiarostoma^ Ccph- 

 alozia^ Kaniia, Leioscyphas and JuiigcDnaiuiia ; one Lcjeunea 

 from French Guiana and the reinahiing six species not American. 



Hepatiae Novm Anicrica)i(E Tropica^ et Alter, Richard Spruce. 



(Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxvi. 189-207, t XVI-XVII. 



These also were sent to the author by M. Bescherelle, three 

 from Mexico, fourteen from Paraguay, two from the Argentine 

 Republic and fourteen from Brazil collected by Balansa, Hiero- 

 nymus and Glaziou. The follow Ing genera are represented : 

 FruIIania, Lejciinca, Radiila, Lophocolca, Ancura, Riccia, Ant ho- 



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ceros, Lepidorjia, ChiloscypJius, PlagiocJiila and Met,':gcna. Un- 

 der Lepidozia pluuuvf oralis, w. sp., is cited one of Dr. Rusby's 

 collection from Bolivia. The plates in both these papers are 

 lithographed from drawings by W. H. Pearson. 



E. G. B. 



liistory of Garden Vegetables — The. E. L. Sturtevant. (Am. 



Nat. xxiv. 719-744). 



Notes are given upon the following plants : '* Skirret," [Siuin 

 sisantni) ; '* Snails," [Medieago seufellata) ; *'Soja'* Bean, {Soja 

 Jiispidd) ; '' Sorrel," {Rnniex sp,) ; '' Southernwood,*' {Artemisia 

 Abrotanuni) ; Spinach, [Spinacea, sp,), and Squash, Pumpkin and 

 Gourd, {Cneurbita, Pepo, Melopepo, etc). The latter vegetables 

 arc described at some length, and the memoranda in regard to 



the importance of squashes and pumpkins as a food product in 

 early colonial times arc of considerable interest. Whether or not 

 they all originated in this country seems still to be in doubt, but 

 the author concludes that * * *' as the present types have all 

 been recorded in tlie Old World since the fifteenth century, and 

 were not recorded before the fourteenth and succeeding centuries, 

 there must be a connection between the fact of the discovery of 

 America and the fact of the appearance oi pumpkins and squashes 

 in Europe." In regard to the gourd the author thinks there is 



