472 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Popular American plant names, Fannie D. Bergen (Boi. Gaz., 22 {1896), No. 6, 

 pp. 473-4S7). — The popular names are given for our plants from Ranunculaceae 

 through Composita^, the sequence of Gray's manual being followed. 



Terminology among the orders of Thallophytes, L. M. Underwood {Torrey 

 Bill., 23 (1S9G), Xo. 12, pp. 526-532). — The author criticises and compares the termi- 

 nology of von Tafel, Rehm, J. Schroeter, Zopf, Vines, and Warming, and gives his 

 own ideas expressed in a very simple terminology. 



FERMENTATIOl^— BACTERIOLOGY. 



On Bacillus mesentericus niger, J. Lunt {Centbl. Bakt. und Par. Allg., 2 {1896), 

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 ment on potatoes and thinks it probably identical with that recently described but 

 not named by Biel. ' 



Concerning the structure of the Cyanophyceae and bacteria, O. Butschli 

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Contribution to the study of yeasts of beer, E. Boullanger {Ann. Inst. Pas- 

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The yeasts, their morphological and physiological characters, E. Kayser 

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Concerning the action of diastase, etc., on the starch grain, .1. G:\i.v&s{Beitrage 

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On a new "oxydase" or soluble oxidizing ferment of vegetable origin, G. 

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A new soluble oxidizing ferment of vegetable origin, G. Bertrand {Compt. 

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Concerning a dextrin fermenting yeast and. its ultimate introduction into 

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Oxidizable compounds under the influence of the oxidizing ferments of fungi, 

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The effect of enzyms on the living cell and the theory of their action, C. Fermi 

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Influence of the reaction of the medium on the activity of the oxidizing fer- 

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Concerning the effect of salt upon the -working of phenols, J. W. Beckman 

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Action of the soluble oxidizing ferment of fungi on phenols insoluble in water, 

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The physiological conditions for the endogenous spore formation of Bacillus 

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The relation of antitoxins to their specific organisms, E. Klein {Centbl. Bakt. 

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On the resistance of bacteria to dry heat, A. Cambier {Ann. Micr., 1896, No. 2, 

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Concerning the influence of induction electricity on bacteria, E. von Freu- 

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'Centbl. Bakt. und Par. Allg., 2 (1896), No. 5, p. 137. 



