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It is of special value tc Canadian botanists, from the comparatively 

 large number of rare and little known species figured, which are men- 

 tioned in Professor Macoun's Catalogue ; but which very few besides 

 the Macoun's, father and son, have ever seen. 



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The following is a list of the species mentioned in Prof. Macoun's 

 Catalogue which are figured in the present work : — 



Agrostis ffiquivalvis, Trin Macoun's Cat. No. 2778 (Deyeuxia.) 



" humilis, Vasey " " 3204 



Alopecurus alpinus, Smith " "2729 



" geniculatus, Z. 



var. robustus, Vasey " " 2730 



" Howellii, Vasey " under 2730 



" Macounii, Vasey " No. 2731 



" saccatus, Vasey " under 2730 



Calamagrostis Aleutica, Trvi " No. 2779 ( " ) 



" crassiglumis, Thiirb " " 2783 ( " ) 



" deschampsioides, 7>z;z. . . " " 2784 ( " ) 



" purpurascens, R. Br. ... " " 2791 ( " ) 



Deschampsia caespitosa, Beauv. 



var. arctica, Vasey . " " 2804 



vStipa occidentalis, Bol. " under 2738 



Trisetum canescens, Buckley " No. 2809 



" cernuum, Trin " " 2810 



The descriptions of the species are stated to be almost wholly the 

 work of Assistant Botanist, Prof. L. H. Dewey, and the beautiful 

 figures are drawn chiefly by Messrs. T. Holm, W. R. Scholl and F. 

 .Muller.— ]. F. 



2. The Portland Catalogue ok IMaine Plants. 



Under the auspices of the Portland Society of Natural History, 

 Prof. Geo. L. Goodale, and the late Rev. Joseph Blake, pubh'shed in 

 1868 the first edition of a "Catalogue of Maine Plants." The second 

 edition, just out, has been prepared by Mr. Merritt Lyndon Fernald, of 

 Cambridge, Mass., and contains additions to the ' old list,' besides 



