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Vol. VIII. ^ ' No - 5 « 



f.#0 per Fear. &in#/e Number, 10 Cents. 



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Botanical Gazette. 



MAY, 1883. 



COHTE1TTS. 



SomeN. Am. Botanists. V. Jacob Bigelow. L. H. Bailey, Jr 217 



A New Phallus, by Calchbrenner (with plate). E. A, Rau 223 



Notes on Fresh Water Alga. W. G. Farlow 224 



General Conditions of Spontaneous Protoplasmic Movement. Th. W. Engelmann 225 



General Notes 226 



Fern Distribution in the U. S.— Castor Oil Wood.— The Shapes of Leaves. 



Editorial Notes 228 



■Current Literature 231 



Articles in Journals 232 



Editor : 



JOHN M. COULTER, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. 



Associate Editors : 



C. R. BARNES, Purdue University, LaFayette, Ind. 

 J. C. ARTHUR, Charles City, Iowa. 



INDIANAPOLIS: 



CARLON & HOLLENBECK, PRINTERS AND BINDERS. 



1883. 



