CONTENTS 

 Original Papers 



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Botany.— Cosmos stdphureus. The xochipalli or paint flower of the Aztecs. 



William Edwin Safford 613 



Botany.— A new Polystichum from California. William R. Maxon 620 



Anthropology. — Catawba notes. John R. Swanton 623 



Abstracts 



Bacteriology 630 



Botany 631 



Plant Physiology 632 



Anthropology 633 



Proceedings 



Washington Acad^nay of Sciences 634 



Scientific Notes and News 635 



