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originally thought to be a plant and described as such. Compari- 
son with other similar specimens has convinced the author that it 
is not a plant but a cephalopod, he therefore places this and G. 
subcompressum, Beecher, in the sub-genus Glyptodendron, and takes 
them out of botany into the cephalopod genus Cyrfoceros. 
He also expresses the opinion that other supposed land plants 
of the Cincinnati group, viz: Protostigma sigillarioides, Psilophy- 
tum gracillinum and Sphenophyllum primevum, described by 
Lesquereux, are not such. The first may be a fucoid, the second 
probably a Dendrograptus, and the third probably some inorganic ~ 
marking. A... 
Flora of Madison and Vicinity ; a preliminary Paper on the Hora of 
Dane County, Wisconsin. \.. S. Cheney and R. H. True — 
(Trans. Wisc. Acad. ix. 45-135 ; reprinted). 
This is an interesting list of 900 species of plants, with locali- 
ties and habitats, observed and collected mainly by the authors, 
A feature of the work is the indication of the officinal and non- 
officinal medicinal species. Specimens illustrating the catalogue 
have been deposited in the herbarium of the University of Wis- 
consin. 
Flora of Ohio—New Plants for the. Wm. C. Werner (Bull. Ohio 
Agric. Ex. Sta. i. 235). 
Flora of the Bouldin Island. Katharine Brandegee (Zoé, iv. 211, 
reprint). 
Flora of the Niagara Peninsula and Shores of Lake Evie—WNotes on 
the. John Macoun (Journ. and Proc. Hamilton ‘Ass. ix. 78). 
Two species new to Canada are noted, Hemicarpha subsquarrosa 
and /imbristylis capillaris. 
Flowering Plants of Jamaica—A Provisional List of the Ti ndigenous 
and Naturalized. WVilliam Fawcett (Kingston, 1893). 
Folk-lore of Plants—The. Carrie M. Derick (Can. Rec. Sci. v- 
332-339). 
Hemlock in Minnesota. H. B. Ayres (Gard. and For. vi. 418). 
Ilex conocarpa, Reiss. J.D. Hooker oe Mag. t..7310).  _ 
Native of Brazil. 
Krugia, eine neuer Myrtaccapatuae. I. Urban (Ber. deute™ sa 
Bot. Gesell. Xi. 375-376). | : 
