Botanical Gazette. 



Vol. VII. OCTOBER, 1882. No. 10. 



Editorial. — The types made some annoying blunders in our 

 last number. On page 94 Dr. Gray is made to say that he "will" 

 remember the satisfaction he had, instead of "well" remember, and 

 on page 100 Mr. Ward talks of "Proterogyn." 



The study of the low forms of plant life is beginning to 

 attract more and more attention. Nothing can be more easily 

 observed, or is more unknown than the simplest of plants. The 

 cheapening of good microscopes and the multiplication of necessary 

 books and figures will soon bring crowds of students to this field. 



There have been added to the Catalogue of Indiana Plants during 

 the past season such plants as Baptisia tinctoria, growing through- 

 out the Kankakee Valley, and in the bogs of the same region 

 Habenaria leucophosa, growing quite abundantly. Osmunda Claij- 

 toniana was found growing very luxuriantly in Pulaski County, 

 with sterile and fertile pinnae growing hit and miss up and down 

 the huge fronds as well as in the normal fashion. 



At Montreal Dr. Louis Elsberg, of New York, read a paper 

 proposing what^was called the "bioplasson theory," as opposed to 

 the ''cell theory," for plant-structure. According to this observer 

 all living matter is made up of reticulations of living substance with 

 inert matter filling the reticulum. Besides the fact that it is a 

 little late to call in question a theory which has about ceased to be 

 theoretical, the fact that many of the best microscopists fail to find 

 this living net-work renders the proposed theory a little unsub- 

 stantial. 



The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences has just issued the 

 first part of a Catalogue of the "Plants of Buffalo and its Vicinity," 

 including the Phanerogams. The compiler is David F. Day, Esq., 

 and the thoroughness and beauty of the work reflect great credit 

 upon him and the Society which publishes it. The Catalogue is 

 ' accompanied by a good map of the region studied which includes 

 all the country within a radius of fifty miles of Buffalo, and has 

 been divided into several regions, known as the "Erie District." 

 "Allegany District," "Genesee District," and "Ontario District." 

 When completed the catalogue will contain the names of 1 2800 

 species and what is unusual in plant catalogues will include the 

 Cryptogams. The Phanerogams number 1217 species, the 10 



