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Bjissier. The author sinks Dolophragina, Fenzl., and 

 Brachystemma, Don, in Arenaria and bases the primary 

 subdivisions of the genus on the association of two char- 

 acters — the structure of the disk and the number of teeth 

 formed by the dehiscence of the ripe capsule. 



The annual election of officers of the California Academy 

 of Sciences was held January 6. David Starr Jordan suc- 

 ceeded Dr. Harkness who has been president for eight years. 

 The other officers are as follows: First Vice-President, 

 William E. Ritter; Second Vice-President, H. H. Behr; 

 Corresponding Secretary, J. O'B. Gunn; Treasurer, L. H. 

 Foote; Librarian, Chas. A. Keeler; Trustees, W. C. Burnett, 

 W. S. Chapman, C. F. Crocker, W. S. Keyes, E. J. Molera, 

 George C. Perkins, G. W. Stewart. 



The list of Insular "Floras" has received an interesting 

 addition in Dr. Cordemoy's Flore de VIsle de la Reunion 

 [Bourbon]: Paris, 1895. Out of a total of less than lOOO 

 Phanerogamia upwards of 200 are described as new. 172 

 species of Orcliids and about 220 Lycopods and Ferns are 

 enumerated, the Orchids more than doubling the number of 

 any other order of flowering plants. Reviewing the book in 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle of Dec. 21st Mr. Hemsley states 

 that very few genera are peculiar to either Bourbon or 

 Mauritius, but several are restricted to the two: peculiar 

 species are very numerous on both islands. 



An inventory of the Herbarium of the California Academy 

 of Sciences recently prepared indicates the following condi- 

 tion: number of mounted specimens, 45,234; unmounted 

 specimens, 15,476; determined specimens, 60,638; undeter- 

 mined specimens, 8,832. The number of specimens of Phse- 

 nogamia is 52,949, the number of species, 19,586. The 

 number of specimens of Cryptogamia is 7,689, the species 

 numbering 2,838. There are about 3,500 genera represented. 

 The total number of specimens in the Herbarium is 74,767. 



