470 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



A brief account is given of tield experiments conducted during the 

 past year with pure cultures of tubercle bacilli " nitragin." The results 

 in 27 per cent of the trials were highly favorable to the use of "nitra- 

 gin," 12 per cent were unfavorable, while in the other trials the results 

 were negative. 



The genus Brodiaeaand its allies, J. G. IJakek {Gard. CInon., -scr. ;?, JO {1S96), 

 No. 51!), j). (iS7, fn/s. 4). — Critical notes are given of Brodiiea and allied genera, most 

 of ■\vLicb grow in the Pacific .States. 



A new Viburnum from Mi.s.souri, W. Deane and B. L. Kohinson (Hot. (iaz., 22 

 {1890), No. 2, 2)p. liiG, 167, pi. 1). — Vihnrnum demetrionis from western Missouri is 

 figured and described as new. 



A revision of the genus Tridax, B. L. Robinson and J. M. Greenman {Proc. 

 Amer. Acad. Arts and Sri., o2 (1S!>6), Xo. 1, pp. 3-10). 



A revision of the genus Zinnia, B. L. Robinson aud J. M. Greenman {Proc. 

 Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., 32 {ISOC), Xo. l.jyp. 14-SO). 



The Gramineae : Descriptions, figures, and uses of the grasses gro'wing spon- 

 taneously and cultivated in France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Switzerland, 

 T. HusNOT {Grantinces : Descriptions, i\(H(res et usuffes des Graminees spontanees etculti- 

 ve'es de France, Bel{/i(j>ic, lies Britani(fue, et Snissr. Cahan : 1S9G, pt. J, pp. 24, ph. S). 



Notes for the description of Hymenomycetes, M. Britzelmayr {Bot. Centbl., 

 68 {1896), Xo. 5, pp. 137-145). 



Mucor proliferus n. sp., W. Schostakowitsch {Ber. detit. hot. Ges., 14 {1896), 

 Xo. 8, pp. 260-263, pJ. 1). — This new sjiecics is described from Siberia, 



Histological studies of the Uredineae, Sappin-Trouffy {Le Botaniste, ser. 5, 

 1896, Xo. 2-5, pp. 59-244, Jigs. 69). — Studies are given of the following genera: 

 Uromyces, Pucciuia, Gymnosporangium, Triijhragmidium, Phragmidium, Melam- 

 psora, Theospora, Crouartium, Endophyllum. aud Coleosporiiim, together with a 

 genera] consideration of the nucleus, vegetative and reproductive apparatus, aud 

 fecundation. 



New species of tropical fungi, J. B. Ellis and B. M. Eyerhart (£wZ. Lah. Xat. 

 Hist. Iowa UniiJ., 4 {1896), Xo. 1, pp. 67-72). — Fourteen new species are described 

 from Mexico and Central America. 



On the color reaction of the cuticle of Lactarius turpis, V. 11a r lay {Bui. Soc. 

 Mycol France, 12 {1896), Xo. 4, pp. 156-159). 



The philosophy of species making, L. H. Bailey {Bot. Gaz., 22 {1896), Xo. 6, 

 pp. 454-462). 



Contributions to the anatomy of grass leaves, A. Grob {Bihliotheca Botanica, 

 1896, Xo. 36; ahs. in Bot. Cenihl., 68 {1896), Xo. 7, pp. 220-222).— ^t^nVms were made 

 of the leaves of Xardus stricta, Ghjceria jiuiians, Sesleria ccerulea, Olyra latifolia, and 

 Bamhusa rerticiUata. 



Concerning the alkaloids of the seed of Lupinus albus and L. angustifolius, 

 L. S. Danis {Inang. Diss, ilarhnrg, pp. 68). 



Investigations on certain organic acids in plants, A. Berg and C. Gerbkr {Bui. 

 Soc. Chim. Paris, ser. 3, 15-16 {1896), Xo. 18-19, pp. 1050-1055). 



On the formation of sugar in beets, F. Strohmer ( Oesterr. ungar. Ztachr. Zucke- 

 rind. nnd Landw., 1896, p. 589; ais. in Bot. Centbl, 68 {1896), Xo. 7, pp. 233-235). 



On the presence of tyrosin in certain mushrooms, E. Bourquelot and Y. Hak- 

 LAY {Bid. Soc. Mycol. France, 1? (1896), Xo. 4, pp. 153-156, jig. 1). 



The energy of living protoplasm, 0. Loew {London : Eegan Paul, French, Triibncr 

 4- Co., 1896, pp. 120). 



The chemistry of the living cell, A. Gautier {Die Chemie dcr lebenden Zelle. 

 Authorized translation, Wien : A. Hartleben, 1896, pp. IV, 130, figs. 11). 



Investigations on the division of the nucleus in the plant cell, C. Uegagny 

 {Bui. Soc, Bot. France, ser. 3, 3 {1896), Xo. 7, pp. 332-346). 



