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Pacific Coast species, Rocella tindoria (L.) Ach., R. phycopsis Ach., 

 R. Jucijormis DC. and Schizopelte Californica Th. Fr. remain 

 unchanged, while Rocella leucophcea of Southern California is made 

 the type of the new genus Dendrographa Darbish. — w. a. s. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. 



We have to record the death of Dr. Wm. P. Gibbons, at Alameda, 

 May 17, 1897. He was one of the pioneer Californian botanists 

 and an early member of the California Academy of Sciences. A 

 sketch of his life will appear in our next issue. 



Miss Alice Eastwood, Curator of the Herbarium of the 

 California Academy of Sciences, returned in the middle of May 

 from a fortnight's collecting trip in the Santa Lucia Mountains, 

 California. The region of the southern limit of the Coast Redwood 

 was explored and many interesting observations on the range of 

 northern plants were noted. 



Mr. J. G. Baker, Keeper of the Kew Herbarium, gives a classi- 

 fied list of American Erythroniums with notes on the species, in the 

 Gardener's Chronicle of May 8, 1897 (Series 3, XXI, 299). Eleven 

 western species are listed, of which four are Californian. 



The third annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America 

 will be held in Toronto on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 17 and 

 18, 1897, under the presidency of Dr. John M. Coulter. The 

 council will meet at 1 p. m. on Tuesday and the first session of the 

 Society will begin at 3 p. m. The address of the retiring president. 

 Dr. Charles E. Bessey, will be given on Tuesday evening at 8 

 o'clock. The British Association for the Advancement of Science 

 will meet in Toronto, August 18 to 25. The opening address is to 

 be given on Wednesday evening, August 18. The Executive Com- 

 mittee expects a fairly large contingent of the members of the 

 Botanical Section of the B. A. A. S., including some Continental 

 botanists of note. It is probable, therefore, that this meeting will 

 give unusual opportunities for renewing or forming acquaintances 

 among British and Continental botanists. All foreign botanists 



