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slides, from which it was evident that the experiments had been 
highly successful. Many of the slides had been colored by Mrs. 
Van Brunt, and the accuracy and delicacy of the coloring was 
much admired. 
Index to Recent Literature Relating to American Botany. 
Acarocecidien und Acurodomatien—Einige neue. G. de Lagerheirm 
(Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Gesell. x. 611-619). 
Bacteria in the Dairy. H.W.Conn (5th Ann. Rep. Storrs School 
Agric. Exp. Sta. 106-126). 
Cesalpinia—The Genus. E. M. Fisher (Bot. Gaz. xviii. 121-123). 
Mr. Fisher has followed up the suggestion made in the But- 
LETIN, vol. xix. p. 345, that the species of Hoffmanseggia, so criti- 
cally described by him (Contr. Nat. Herb. i. No. 5), should be re- 
ferred to Cesalpinia, and now transfers them all to this genus. 
Contributions to the Life Histories of Plants. No. VIII. Thomas 
Meehan (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1892, 366-386). 
This paper consists of observations on the following subjects: 
Luphrasia officinalis; Notes on Gaura and G2nothera: The Carpel- 
lary Structure of Nymphaea; On the Sexual Characters of Rhus ; 
Rubus Chamemorus; Dalibarda repens; On some Morpholog- 
ical Distinctions in the Genera of Ericaceze; Vitality of Seeds, 
Lysimachia atropurpurea ;. Campanula rotundifolia ; Cornus Cana- 
densis ; Aralia hispida; Luzula campestris; Cakile Americana; Hy- 
pericum ellipticum ; Trifolium hybridum ; Lathyrus maritimus ; Loni- 
cera cerulea,; Raphanus sativus; On the Nature of the Verruce 
in some Convolvulacee; Polygonum cilinode; Aster Tatarica. 
Contributions to Western Botany, No. 3. Marcus E. Jones (Zoe. 
iii. 28 3-309). 
Notes on a large number the species, the following described 
as new: Lepidium heterophyllum; Astragalus diphysus, var. latus ; 
A. Beckwithii, var. purpureus; A. Dodgianus; A. Ibapensis; A. 
Peabodianus; A. Toanus,; A. atratus, var. stenophyllus; Cymopterus 
Lbapensis, and Primula Broadheade. 
