16 BOTANICAL BULLETIN. 



The Botanical Contribution hy Dr. Gray, issued January 5tii, 1876, is remarka- 

 bly rich in new material. It contains the descriptions of 50 new species and 4 new 

 genera, besides tlie revision of several genera. The indefatigable Dr. Edward Pal- 

 mer has been -collecting in Lower California and on Guadalupe Island oft' Lower 

 California and has brought in a rich Jiarvest. Twenty-two new species and three 

 new genera prove his zeal and success. The new genera proposed are Palmerella 

 of the Lobeliacece, Henperelcen of the Oleaceca and HarpaijoneUa of the Bnrr(iginace<x. 

 Another new genus of the Burraginacece is described, called Echkllocavija. T. S. 

 Brandegee, of Hayden's Exploration of 1875. has added five new species to the flo- 

 ra of Colorado, and other parties three more, making an addition of eight new 

 species. Dr. Gray has also given us in this contribtition a revision of American 

 Specularice. Also a revision of the genus Collinsia in North America, making elev- 

 en species; a revision of North American Mimuli, making twenty-nine species, and 

 a revision of the genus Munarddla, with eleven sjjecies. Altogether, the contribu- 

 tion is one of unusual interest and a valuable addition to western botany. 



We have received a circular from Prof. Herbert E. Copeland, of Indianapolis, 

 Ind., announcing a "Summer School of Science and Physical Culture." The route 

 chosen is a most tempting one to botanists, and it is doubtful whether any other 

 route of similar extent could be selected which would present so rich and varied 

 a flora. The school leaves Indianapolis July 11th, goes by way of Manunoth Cave 

 to Lookout Mountain where it disbands August 22d. Prof. Copeland will have the 

 Botany of the Expedition in charge and will communicate to the Bulletin any 

 notes of interest. 



Books and Pamphlets Received. — Exploration of the Colorado River of the West 

 and its Tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the Direction of 

 the Smithsonian Institution. By J. W. Powell. Washington, D, C, 1875. 



Beport of a Beconnoissance of the Black Hills of Dakota, made in the Summer of 

 1S74. By William Ludlow, Capt. of Engineers. Washington, D. C, 1875. 



Beport of the Geological Surveij of the State of Missouri, including Field Work of 

 1873-1874, with 91 Illustrations and an Atlas. Garland C. Broadhead, State Geolo- 

 gist. Jeff"erson City, Mo., 1874. 



Botanical Contributions. By Asa Gray. Extracted from the Proceedings of the 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vol. XL January 5, 1876. 



Catalogve of the Plants of Ohio, including Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses and 

 Liverworts. Ey H. C. Beardslee. Painesville, Ohio, January, 1874. 



Bulletin of the J'orrey Botanical Club, New York, December, 1875. 



The Black Spruce. By Charles IL Peek, A. M. Read before the Albany Insti- 

 tute, May 4, 1875. 



The Nelumbium Luteum or Great American Water Lily. Its Value as an Orna- 

 ment to the Public Parks of Chicago. By E. M. Hale, M. D. Chicago, 111., 1871. 



Notes on the Big Woods. By Prof, N. H. Winchell. Extracted from the An- 

 nual Report of the State Horticultural Society for 1875. Minnesota. 



Bulletin of the United States National Museum. No. 1. — Check-List of Nerth 

 American Batrachia and Reptilia. By Edward D. Cope. Washington, D. C, 1875. 



Bulletin of the United States National Museum. No. 2. — Contributions to the Nat- 

 ural History of Kerguelen Island. By J. H. Kidder, M. D. Washington, D. C, 

 1875. 



Bidletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Surveij of the Territories. 

 Bulletin, No. 5. — Second Series. Washington, D. C, January 8, 1876. 



The Scientific Monthly. A Magazine Devoted to the Natural Sciences. Vol. I., 

 No. 3. December, 1875. E. II. Fitch. Editor and Proprietor. Toledo, Ohio. $3.00 

 a year. 



Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 

 Bulletin, No. 6. — Second Series. Washington, D. C, February 8, 1876. 



