MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. 45 



Mr. C. F. Millspaugh, Curator of the Department of Botany 

 of the Field Columbian Museum, published in December, 1896, a 

 "Second Contribution to the Coastal and Plain Flora of Yucatan." 

 A number of new species are described and illustrated, one of these, 

 Cracca Greenmnnii, being dedicated to Mr. J. M. Greenman, who 

 has made several important contributions to Mexican and West 

 Indian botany. 



We have just received Vol. 1, No. 1, of the "Proceedings of the 

 Southern California Academy of Sciences," published in July, 1896. 

 In addition to minutes of the Academy's meetings, and various 

 official matters, this number contains a " Catalogue of the Plants of 

 Los Angeles County " (including the islands of San Clemente and 

 Catalina), by A. Davidson. The first list of the flora of Los An- 

 geles County was issued in October, 1892; and since that time many 

 additions have been recorded, and a number of new species described. 

 It is usual, in a census of the plants of a region, to segregate the 

 species and varieties, — a practise not followed in this catalogue, 

 which gives the number of species and varieties as 934, and the 

 number of pteridophytes as 27. A new hybrid, Audibertia stachy- 

 oides X polystachya, is described, accompanied by figures of the 

 flowers of the hybrid and of the parents. One nomen nudum, Buda 

 gracilis, appears. This slip is, however, of little consequence, since, 

 whether custom or priority determine, Buda would in neither case 

 be taken up. The List, we have no doubt, will be of much practical 

 use to the botanists of Los Angeles County, in their study of the 

 local flora; and we trust that in the Academy's herbarium a full 

 set of the plants ,on which the List is based, are to be found. 



We are in receipt of Fascicle I of "A Flora of Northwest 

 America," by Thomas Howell, which we expect to notice at greater 

 length in the April number. 



Another volume of the Garden Craft series, entitled "The Forc- 

 ing Book," has made its appearance. This is a manual of the culti- 

 vation of vegetables in glass houses, by Prof L. H. Bailey, the editor 

 of the series. $1.00. Macmillan & Co., New York. 



