PnAJ^EEOaAMTA. 455 



flower-bearing axis, borne by a bract or bracts with which it is 



adnate. The envelopes of the nucleus M. Parlatore believes to 



be carpellary. 

 Pauckert, C a. — Elora von Treuenbrietzen (Schluss). Ver. Bot. 



Ver. Brandenb. Hft. ii. p. 1. 

 PATEiir, M. — ■Amidon des fruits verts. Relations entre ce prmeipe 



immediat, ses transformations, et le developpement ou la, matura- 

 tion de ces fruits. C. Eend. viii. 814. 



Showing the presence of starch in ripe fruits. 

 Peegee, a. E. von. — Ueber den Grebrauch unserer heimisehen 



Pflanzen bei kirchHchen und weltlichen Pesten. Wien Ver- 



handl. xi. 279. 

 Peesonnat, V. — Sur une forme inedite du Capsella bursa-pastoris. 



Bull. Soc. Botan. vii. p. 511. 



C. ruhescens, V. P. distinguished at sight from C. bursa-pastoris 



by the red and white flowers and red coloration of upper part of 



fruit. 

 Sur quelques Plantes des Alpes de Savoie. Bull. Soc. Bot. 



viii. 461. 

 Petee, Heem. — TJntersuchungen iib. den Ban u. die Entwickelungs- 



geschichte der dicotyledonischen Brutknospen. Inaugural-Dis- 

 sertation. Mit 2. Taf gr. 8. Hameln. 

 PniLippi, E. A. — Ueber Ocymum salinum, Molina. Bot. Z. 1861. 



p. 259. 



This plant described by Molina in " Saggio sulla storia na- 



turale del Chili," as being found every morning covered with 



small particles of salt glittering like dew drops, Dr. Philippi 



shows to be FranTcenia Bertceroana, Gray. An analysis is given 



of the salt. O. salim^n is quoted as a synonym of 0. minwium, L. 



by Mr. Bentham in the Prodromus (xii. 33). Molina's mistake the 



author explains in the same way that he would his describing an 



JErodium as a Scandix, a stag as a horse, &c. &c. ! 

 Botanische Excursion in die Provinz Aconcagua. Bot. Zeit. 



1861. 377. 

 Zwei neue Gattungen der Taxineen aus Chile. Linnaea. 



XXX. p. 730. 



Lepidothammis and Frumnopitys. The author remarks the 



very limited distribution of most of the Chilian Coniferae. 



Lihocednis andina and a Fodocarpus appear to be the only species 



universally distributed. 

 PiTBA, Aj)Olph. — TJeber die Anheftungsweise einiger phanerogamen 



Parasiteu an ihre Njihrpfianzen. Bot. Zeit. 1861. pp. 53, 61, 69. 



With 1 plate. 



An account of the parasitism of Viscum albwn, Lathraea, 



MJiinantheae, Thesiiira ramosum, Fhelipcea ramosa, Cuscuta. 

 PLANCHoif, J. E. ET J. Teiana. — Sur la Pamille des Guttiferes. 



Bull. Soc. Botan. viii. p. 26. 



The authors attribute much importance, in classification, to the 



