72 ERYTHEA. 



that the figures given were as yet tentative. This is in cor- 

 rection of the report on page 60 of our last issue. 



The fourth fascicle of the Phycotheca Boreali- Americana 

 or "A collection of dried specimens of the Algae of North 

 America " has just come to us. Among the 200 species of 

 North American Algse already distributed by Messrs Collins, 

 Holden and Setchell in this work, 23 are from the coast of 

 California, contributed by Mrs. J. M. Weeks of Pacific Grove 

 and Mrs. E. Snyder of San Diego. The Californian numbers 

 and species are as follows: — 46 Polysiplwnia Woodii Harv., 

 48 Microcladia horealis Rupr., 50 Erythrophyllum delesseri- 

 oides J. Ag., 76 Chcetomorpha cerea (Dillw.) Kuetz., 85 

 Olossophora Kunihii (Ag.) J. Ag., 86 Zonaria Toiirnefortii 

 (Lamour.) Farl., And., & Eaton., 90 Gelidium Coulteri'KaYY., 

 91 IridcEa laminarioides Bory, 96 CallUhamnion dasyoides 

 J. Ag., 100 Gloiosiphonia verUcillaris Earlow, 131 Postelsia 

 palmceformis Rupr., 135 Gelidium cartilagineum (L.) Grev., 

 136 Endocladia iimricaia (P. & R.) J. Ag., 137 Gigartina 

 horrida Earlow, 139 Chrysymenia pseudodichotoma Earlow, 

 144 Polysiphonia hipinnaia P. & R., 146 Dasya suhsecunda 

 Suhr, 147 Aniithamnion Jloccosum var. Pacificum Harv., 148b. 

 Centroceras clavulatnm (Ag. ) Mont., 172 Sphacelaria irihu- 

 loides Menegh., 176 Pelveiia fasUgiata (J. Ag.) De Toni, 179 

 Sargassum Agardhianmn Earlow, 199a & b. Prionitis lanceo- 

 lafa Harv. 



Volume IX of Sargent's "Silva of North America" has 

 appeared. This part contains the remaining Cupuliferse, and 

 the Salicinese. 



Dr. a. Herand has published in Paris a "Nouveau Dic- 

 tionaire des Plantes Medicinales." 



Prof. A. N. Prentiss, who recently resigned the head 

 Professorship of Botany in Cornell University, has been 

 made Emeritus Professor. His successor has not yet been 

 chosen. 



