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C. G. Pringle and E. W. Wilson, by John M. Coulter and J. N. 
Rose. Descriptions on Plants, mostly new, from Mexico and the 
United States, by J. N. Rose.” 
Mexico, which has yielded so many new and rare species 
brought to light by the untiring work of Mr. Pringle, now gives us 
four new genera and twenty-seven new species of Umbellifere. 
Fifteen species had previously been reported from Oaxaca, as 
against forty-two in this late collection. They were collected at 
seven stations, the altitudes varying from 6000 to 11400 feet. 
Geographical notes are given about each station, and the altitude 
at which each species was collected is noted. This latter feature 
is especially commendable. Altitudinal distribution is an important 
factor in plant life, yet it has up to the present time received scant 
attention. 
The second part, in addition to Mr. Rose’s work, contains de- 
sriptions of Malvaceze by Mr E. G. Baker, and of Cucurbitacex- 
by Prof. A. Cogniaux. 
Mr. Rose gives an illustration and a history of Ligusticum 
verticilatum, a long lost and puzzling plant, described by Hooker 
as Angelica verticulata. 
A new genus 7hurovia is established, named after the collect 
tor, Mr. F. W. Thurow, of Hockley, Texas. This curious little 
plant is said to be common northwest of Houston. Another nice 
piece of work is the disentangling of two species of - Tradescantia, 
T. brevifolia and T. leiandra, which for a number of years have 
been sadly confused. The number is profusely illustrated, con- 
taining twelve plates. 
“No. 6, issued January 15, 1896. Botany of Yukutat Bay, 
Alaska, by Frederick Vernon Coville, with a Field Report by 
Frederick Funston.” 
This number, nine pages of which are taken up by the field 
report, yields much welcome information concerning this far 
northern part of our country. As few persons have any idea of 
the labor and hardships which a professional collector experiences 
even within the pale of civilization, to them Mr. Funston’s sum 
total of 3,000 specimens and 164 species may seem a small num- 
ber for over three months’ work. However, when we take into 
consideration the difficulties under which he labored, the result is 
very good. oe 
