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Unhappily we are promised a continuation, which, if in a similar 

 style as the first part, will no doubt cause the author to become a 

 great light among the natives, but which must nevertheless be con- 

 sidered at a par with similar attempts one hundred and fifty years 

 ago. How many of these " cacahuamilpensis " are really cave- 

 species probably no one will ever be able to tell. G. E. 



Description of anew sucker (^Pa7itosteus jordani^, from the Upper 

 Missouri Basin. By Barton W. Evermann. Extract from Bull, U. 

 S. Fish Commission for 1892. The name is in compliment to Prof. 

 Jordan of Stanford University. The material was collected in the 

 streams of Montana and South Dakota. The author recognizes 

 four species besides the new one, and gives their synonomy and dis- 

 tribution. 



Flora Peoriana, by Frederick Brendel- This paper catalogues 

 the plants within a radius of ten or twelve miles. The vascular plants 

 number 835 species. The paper is replete with interesting "data not 

 usually found in such catalogues. K. B. 



Development of the Froytd of Champia parvula, Harv. from the 

 Carpospore, with one double plate. By Bradley Moore Davis. 

 Extract from Annals of Botany, No. xxiv. This interesting addition 

 to our knowledge of Champia parznda is one of the first fruits of the 

 Stanford University course in botany. Mr. Davis was in charge of 

 the summer course of botany at the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory 

 last year, and is now following a postgraduate botanical course at 

 Harvard University. We hope to welcome him again to the Pacific 

 Coast next year. ' K. b. 



Additions to the Flora of the Cape Region of Bafa California (Ext- 

 from Proc. Cal. Acad. sec. 2, Vol. iii), by T. S. Brandegee. In this 

 paper Mr. Brandegee adds 59 species, Nos. 681-739, '^o the known 

 flora of the region. Notes of interest concerning some previously 

 listed species are given and the following new species proposed: 

 Dalea trochilina, Acacia Californica.Albizzia occidentalis, Dianthera 

 incerta. K. B. 



Erythcea, a journal of botany, West American and general, 

 edited by Willis L. Jepson, a pupil of Prof. Edward L. Greene. The 

 new journal is to be a monthly of about twenty-five pages apparently. 



