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Argemone alba. Grows in southwestern South Dakota. 
Dicentra Canadensis. Occurs in Nebraska. 
Corydalis curvisiligua. East to Louisiana and Florida, also 
north to Nebraska. 
Corydalis aurea occidentalis. Common in N ebraska, 
Arabis dentata. Occurs west to Nebraska. 
Arabis laevigata. Also south to middle Georgia and west to 
the Black Hills, South Dakota. 
Arabis Holboellii. Ranges east to Nebraska. 
Lesquerella Ludoviciana arenosa. Occurs in the Black Hills, 
South Dakota. 
Physaria didymocarpa. Grows in Nebraska. 
Nasturtium sessiliflorum. Ranges west to Nebraska. 
Cristatella Jamesii. Common in western and central Nebraska. 
Cleome lutea. East to Nebraska. 
Cleomella angustifolia. Also in Colorado and Nebraska. 
Viola palustris Occurs in the Black Hills, South Dakota. 
More or less inconsistency in the treatment of families is ap- 
parent; compare, for an example, the Ranunculaceae with the 
Cruciferae; in the former the genera are treated as collectives, 
while in the latter they appear as segregates and are naturally 
much clearer. We are pleased to note that the Cruciferae is the 
best described family in the fascicle. 
The book has very few typographical errors, but the often 
Copious foot-notes spoil the appearance of the pages. The matter 
Contained in these notes might better have been incorporated in 
the text. A curious statement occurs on page 42, where we are 
told that Eranthis hyemalis is “a relict of former cultivation.” On 
Pape 191, Table Mountain is given as the locality for Hudsonta 
montana. Table Rock is meant, as Table Mountain is not in 
North Carolina, but in South Carolina and isa very different place. 
Dr, Gray confused these two names many years ago and botanists 
seem to have been unable to get them right since. 
J. K. Smart. 
Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and How to Distinguish 
Them is the title of a volume recently issued by the well-known 
firm, Harper & Brothers, New York. The author is W. Hamil- 
_ton Gibson, who has for a long time given special attention to the 
