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restored and the species ])ecomes R. roccinea. He^pei aidhen is raised 

 from a subi^enus of the African Anthericwm to generic rank and con- 

 tains one species, H. Torre i/L Jlasthigsid is the name of a nevv genus, 

 separated from ScJio'iioIirioit to include S. album, Durand. Poh/(/o)ia- 

 tiitn lafifoliioh is ruled out as not being found in this country. In 

 iSniilaciiia, Mdianthiitni has been raised to generic rank and S. hifnlia, 

 var. C'fl//«(/^:/?.s/,s' becomes il/. ('(niadeiiKU. The I'epresentatives of the 

 genus Beaiirariica and many of the genus Daaylrrioii are included un- 

 der Noliiia. Lilt ii in (rnnji is added to ourtlora from the Peaks of Ot- 

 ter. The genus Calorhortn.^ stands second in the number of its spe- 

 cies, containing 82. A new genus, called Oakesia^ is made to contain 

 Uvularia m^isilifolid and l'. jinhcnila. I', flavo^ 8mith, cannot be dis- 

 tinguished from U. <iran(l>fi<>r<i , and hence is dropped i'rom tiie specif- 

 ic rank. The varieties <ilhaiii and declinatinu of Trllliirm crectviii are 

 also dro])ped and all included under the description of Trillium erec- 



fani. 



The entire order of Liiiaceir^ throughout the world, cojitains 180 



genera and 1900 species; 50 genera with 235 species are found in tlie 



United States and northward. Mexico adds 4 genera and 40 species, 



and Soutli America, 26 genera and 58 species. Hence in all America 



we have 80 genera and 333 species. Allinm, the largest and most 



widely distributed genus, contains 270 species. 



Experiments ON the jNutiution of Dkosera hotundieolia — In the 

 Journal of the Linnean Society i'or July, Francis Darwin publishes a 

 paper under the above title. The experiments are given in detail 

 and were of the same careful and laborious nature as those of his fa- 

 ther. He sums up in a lew words the conclusions that would seem to 

 follow: '•'It would seem that the great advantage accruing to car- 

 nivorous plants from a supply of nitrogenous food to tiie leaves is the 

 power of producing a vastly superior yield of seeds. Tliis \\U\ no 

 doubt partly explain the fact which lias been a stumbljng-ldock to 

 many, that insectivorous plants seem to thrive without animal food; 

 although, as I have slfowii, the fed j)b(nts are in reality and markedly 

 superior in general ajipearance. I venture to think that the above 

 experiments prove beyond (question that the supply of meat to I)ro- 

 mra is of signal advantage to the plants. There can be no doubt that 

 both DroKcra and other insectivorous plants i)ro(it in an analogous man- 

 ner from the capture of insects in a state of nature. 



Cypripediu.m with a second eaueelum — A short lime since a speci- 

 men of ('i/j>rij)(<liiiiii hai'luitinii was brought into the Lal)(>ratory of the 



