501 
Californian Cryptogams—Two. Marshall A. Howe (Erythea, i. 
IT2). 
fimbriaria nudata is described as new, and an illustration of 
a peculiar form of Polypodium Californicum is given. 
Carduus edulis—Habitat of. : Edward L. Greene (Erythea, i, 143). 
Check-List of the Plants of Gray's Manual. Compiled by John A 
Allen (Cambridge, 1893). 
This little pamphlet is a list of the 3,781 species contained in 
the last edition of Gray’s Manual with addition of 140 species, 
either new, introduced or recently reported to be within its limits. 
Colorado Plants—Notes on Some. Alice Eastwood (Zoé, iv. 2). 
Phacelia splendens and Pentstemon Moffatii are described as 
new. 
Contributions to Wosteia Botany. M. E. Jones (Zoé, iv. 22, with 
one plate). 
Notes on some species of Astragalus, of which A. anisus, A. 
Wetherilli, A. cicade, A. Preussti, var. latus and var. sulcatus, A. 
_ pictus, var. angustus, and A. patens are described as new. Notes 
on Neilia, Coloptera, Cymopterus, Zauschneria and Dodecatheon are 
given. Eremocrinum is a new genus in the Liliaceze, with one 
species, E. albomarginatum. 
Corrections in Nomenclature—I., [7. Edward L. Greene (Erythea. 
1. 114, 136). 
The first article deals with the Australian genus Piptomeris, 
Turcz., to which the name of Jacksonia was inadmissibly applied. 
The second includes notes on the genus Uvopappus, on Malaco- | 
thrix parviflora and Micrampeles Rusbyi, the latter a correction of 
MW. macrocarpa, Britton. | 
Enumeration of the Lichens found in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 
and its Vicinity from 1862 to 1892, by Henry Willey. (Printed 
for the author. New Bedford, Massachusetts. E. Anthony s 
& Sons. 1892.) aoe 
This pamphlet of thirty-nine pages is taken up with a great — 
deal of anticipation as a last word from America’s veteran lichen- 
ologist, and the anticipation is more than realized on a careful pe 2 
rusal of the list. The author states in his preface that such lists 
