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Four species are described as new: WDatlea trochilina, Acacia 
Cahfornica, Albizzia accidentalis and Dianthera incerta. 
A Double Morning Glory. (Gard. and For. v. 592.) With 
illustration of double flowers of Jpomwa purpurea. 
Araceen Brasilens—Die Nutsbarern und Officinellen—Theodor 
Peckholt. (Pharm. Rundsch. x. 279.) 
Aster and Solidago—Development of the Flower and Embryo-Sac 
wn. G, W. Martin. (Bot. Gaz. xvii. 406; with plates.) 
Aster and Solidago—Development of the Floral Organs in. 
George Martin. (Am. Nat. xxvi. 1032.) 
Lotanical Notes from Texas. EE. N. Plank. (Gard. and For. v. 
579.) 
Celastrus scandens. (Gard. and For. v. 568.) With plate. 
Cross Fertilization—Insects attracted by fragrance or brillancy of 
flowers for purposes of. Richard E. Kunze. (Canad. Entom. 
1892; reprint.) 
Diatomology. K.M. Cunningham. (Am. Micros. Journ. xiii. 
249.) 
Diatoms of the Connecticut Shore. W. A. Terry. (Am. Micros. 
Journ. xiii. 25 3.) : 
Die Springenden Bohnen” aus Mexico—Dritter Beitrag. Franz 
Buchenau. (Abh. Natur. Ver. Bremen, xii. 577-290.) 
Herr Buchenau reviews the whole subject of Mexican “ Jump- 
ing Beans,” holding that Seéastiana Palmeri, Rose, the seeds of 
which contain the larva of Carpocapsa saltitans is the same as S. 
Pavoniana Miill. Arg., and that similar seeds are produced by 
Colliguaja Brasiliensis in the Argentine Republic, the “jumping” 
of these being caused by the larva of another moth, the Grapho- 
litha motrix, 
Dionea muscipula, Ellis—Contributions to the History of. J 
M. MacFarlane ( Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Penn. i. 7. illustrated.) 
Dr. MacFarlane gives in summary the results of a number = 
of years’ experiments upon the plants irrito-contractility. The 
closure of the leaf is discussed as dependent upon stimuli of 
mechanical, thermal, luminous, chemical and electrical nature. 
Experiments show that mechanical stimuli 2 are : especially interest 
