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is also given of the genera and species of Commelinaeeas in the U. S., Commeliua 

 containing 5 species, Tradescani 'ia 5, and Tinantia 1. The changes are that C. 

 Cayenncnxix Rich, and C. communis of Chapman, become C. nudifloi'a, Jj.', C.erecta 

 of Gray and Chapman is C. hirtella, Vnhl., while C. erecta, L. still ranges from 

 Penn. to Fla. An arrangement of the species of Bouteloua is also given, the 2f) 

 species being arranged under 4 sections, as proposed by Bentbam. These sec- 

 tions are Chondrosium with 10 species, Atheropogon with 10; Triaihera with 2, 

 and Polyodon with 3. B. Bwrkei, Scribner, B. Havardi, Vasey, and B. Texana, 

 Watson, are three species proposed as new. B. curtipendula, Ton - , becomes B. 

 raoemosa, Lag. The Ferns are described by Prof. Eaton and among them are 

 two new species of Cheilanthes. The Mosses were determined by the late Thos. 

 P. James, and the very few lower cryptogams by Prof. Farlow. 



In the second part, which occupies but five pages, are descriptions of some 

 new western species, 1 ( J in number, from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Califor- 

 nia and up the coast to Washington Territory. 



Nourelles Remarques sur la Nomenclature Botanique, par M. Alph. De Can- 

 dolle. Geneve, 1883. 



This pamphlet of 80 pages contains discussions of subjects which have 

 arisen since the author's publication, in 1867, of the " Lois de la nomenclature 

 botanique," especial attention being devoted to Dall's report on "Nomencla- 

 ture," etc., to the Nashville meeting of the A. A. A. S., in 1877 ; the report of M. 

 Donville of the Geological Congress at Bologne, in 1881, upon the same subject ; 

 and the rules proposed by M. draper to the Zoological Society of France, in 1881. 



The first part contains some observations and discussions upon various ar- 

 ticles in the laws of 1807, the most important of which are concerning the point 

 of departure for the law of priority, the citation of authors' names, both of 

 species edited and inedited, and the names to be rejected or modified, and those 

 which should be retained in spite of some defects. 



The second part deals with new questions or those concerning which the 

 Congress of 1807 was not specific, such as the nomenclature of organs, of fossils, 

 of inferior groups or varieties, the use of capitals in the specific name. 



The third and last part contains the text of the laws in full as adopted by 

 the Congress, and indicates the proposed changes. 



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XXV.), Am. Jour. Sci. 3. 26. 128. 

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and 973. 

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by II. Marshall Ward, Nature, 28, 267. 

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