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Pryor; A new Hong-Kong Melastomacea {Otanthera Fordii) by H. F. 

 Hance; Notes or Shropshire Plants, by W. Beckwith; Third Suppl. to 

 Ferns recorded in Grisebach's 'Flora of the British West Indies,' by 

 G. S. Jenman. Among short notes are recorded several new stations 

 for British plants. Among the Proceeding of the Linnean Society ap- 

 pears a short notice of Ur. Master's "Conifers of Japan," and Mr. 

 Bentham's classification of the Onhideoe. 



American Journal of Science, March. — Dr. Asa Gray gives one 

 of his very satisfactory reviews of Mr. Darwin's last work, "The 

 Power of Movement in Plants." It is one of those reviews that are too 

 long to re publish entire and too good to be mutilated. The book is 

 one that every botanist should read and the wonderful powers of the 

 seedling root tip are totally unexpected. As Mr. Darvvia saj s in con- 

 clusion : "It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the tip of the radi- 

 cle thus endowed, and having the power of directing the movements 

 of the adjoining parts, acts like the brain of one of the lower animals." 

 Dr. Goodale follows with several notes, the longest being a notice of 

 Baron Ferd. von Muller's Eiicalyptographia. 



ToRREY Bulletin, March. —Mr E. L. Greene emends the genus 

 Fendlera so as to admit a new species which he names F. Utahetisis It 

 is the same plant that Mr. Watson named Whippka Utahcnsis, but Mr. 

 Greene after careful study of fresh material feels confident it is a 

 Fendlej-a. Messrs. Ellis and Harkness describe several w^vi Fungi, 

 chiefly from New Jersey. Mr. G. Guttenberg has some notes on the 

 Flora of Presque Isle, Pa. 



The Vegetation of the Rocky Mountain Region, by Asa Gray 

 and Sir J. D. Hooker. — We can but notice the receipt of this pamph- 

 let, and promise a review in a subsequent Gazette. 



Check List of North American Polypetal.'e, by Harry N. Pat- 

 terson. — Mr. Patterson has compiled this list principally from Mr. 

 Watson's Bibliographical Index. It makes 20 closely printed pages, 

 with three columns to the page. Being a professional printer, of 

 course the typographical work is all that could be asked. For terms 

 see advertisment. 



Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Vol. II, Part II and Vol. Ill, Part I.— These volumes reflect great 

 credit upon the State, and the very enterprising academy that publishes 

 them. So long as Dr. Parry is an active member, we may expect 

 Botany to be well represented and so it is, with two of the ten plates 

 being figures of Lilinm Panyi, Watson. 



A New Work on American Ferns. — Mr. Lucien M. Underwood 

 has prepared a book on our native Ferns. It is intended as a manual 

 for self instruction and its methods are similar to those adopted in the 

 study of Flowering Plants. The price of the book is but one dollar. 

 Address L. M. Underwood, Bloomington, Illinois. 



