MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. 63 



In the Third Supplement to the Synopsis of the Queens- 

 land Flora published in 1890, Mr. F. M. Bailey, Government 

 Botanist, described for the first time an edible species of 

 Citrus new to science, from Harvey's Creek, Russell River, 

 giving it the name Citrus inodoi^a. Experiments have 

 been made on the cultivation of this plant by the Queensland 

 Acclimatization Society, and the tree is favorably reported 

 on as a substitute for the West India lime, which its fruit is 

 said to equal in flavor, or for affording a stock on which to 

 graft or bud other Citrus species. 



In the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 

 (2d ser. v. 611-733, Oct. 3, 1895) Mr. M. E. Jones under the 

 title of " Contributions to Western Botany, No. VII," pub- 

 lishes an account of his collection of 1894 in the Great Basin 

 The number of new species and varieties discovered by the 

 collector and here described is 104. Astragalus comes in 

 for much attention, one third of the paper being devoted to 

 this genus. The work fails to recommend itself to advantage 

 in one particular in that the author's comments on the 

 "nomenclature question" do not betray an entire calmness 

 of spirit and are mixed up with his discussions of specific 

 limitations throughout the pages. There are also frequent 

 references to serials without citation of volume or page which 

 will prove an inconvenience to monographers and others. 

 We are glad to observe that a large amount of material was 

 collected as the basis of an 'extended report on geographical 

 distvibution and plant adaptation which it is intended to 

 work up in connection with similar material gathered in the 

 Great Basin since 1879. This report we trust that Mr. 

 Jones will soon give us since no one else has had such rare 

 opportunity for field work in the Utah region. 



A new serial, NoUzhlait des Konig. hotanisches Oartens 

 imd Museums zu Berlin, is being issued under the direction 

 of the staff of the Royal Garden and Museum at Berlin. It 

 is to be devoted to the botanical interests of the German 

 colonies, to the presentation of results which it is desirable 

 to place promptly before those interested, and to the publi- 

 cation of new species. 



