PHANEEOGAMIA. 457 



spectalilis et de diverses autres Orchidees. Ann. Se. Nat. iv. Ser. 

 siii. p. 288. With 1 plate. And Bull. Soc. Bot. viii. 19. 



In Miltonia, tlie ovoid embryo contained within the testa pre- 

 sents neither cotyledon, plumule, nor radicle. On the side next 

 to the foramen (?) (I'ouverture du sac (testa)), is a cellular pro- 

 cess commonly found in the ripe seed of a considerable number 

 of species : it consists of cells placed end to end, and disposed 

 either in one or two rows. With germination, the embryonary 

 body (of Miltonia spectahilis) becomes green, enlarges, and bursts 

 the testa ; then develop, at various points on its lower surface, 

 papillae similar to the hairs borne on the roots of Phanerogamia. 

 These papillae, which originate in groups of from two to foiu", are 

 destined to derive the needful food for the growing plant from 

 the soil. When the embryo has acquired the size of a poppy-seed, 

 the apex flattens and becomes rather depressed towards the 

 centre. At the bottom of the depression originates the first leaf 

 of the plant. Finally, after very various intervals, roots appear : 

 their absence in the earlier stages of germination the author couples 

 with the rudimentary, arrested condition of the embryo. 



Prillieux, Ed. — Note sur des Fleurs monstrueuses dimeres et mono- 

 meres d' Epidendrum Stamfordianum. Bull. Soc. Bot. 1861. p. 149. 

 These monstrous flowers, which occurred under three forms, 

 were scattered here and there upon the branches of an inflo- 

 rescence. The departure from the normal condition consisted 

 in a reduction in the number of parts of the perianth. These 

 forms were — (1.) With each verticil of the perianth consisting of 

 two segments, viz. two sepals, a petal, and labellum — the parts 

 of the perianth decussating. (2.) The inner verticil, instead of 

 a petal and labellum, presented two labella opposed to each other, 

 and each united to the base of the column ; the flower being both 

 regular and symmetrical. (3.) In two flowers the verticils were 

 reduced each to a single segment, the outer being represented by 

 a sepal, the inner by a labellum — these being opposite to each 

 other. 



Note sur des Fleurs monstrueuses de Fuchsia. BuU. Soc. 



Bot. viii. 194. 



In Avhich the petals w^ere provided with a long claw, often 

 adnate to the opposing stamen. 



PUEL, T.— Note sur I'herbier de feu M. Chaubard. Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 vii. p. 499. 



Note sur le Clypeola Jonthlaspi. Bull. Soc. Bot. viii. 229. 



Its occurrence in the Departement Du Lot. 



Eevue critique de la Flore du Departement Du Lot. 



(Suite.) BuU. Soc. Bot. viii. pp. 291, 300, 331, 445, 467, 538, 

 584, 630. 



Hand, E. S., jun.— The Heather (Calluna vulgaris), a native of the 

 United States. Am. Journ. Soc. xxxiii. 22. 



Foimd near Tewkesbury, about twenty miles N. W. of Boston. 



