44 ERYTHEA. 



better known as Torreya Californica. Four species of Juniperug 

 are found within the State, /. communis, J. Californica, J. Utahensis, 

 and J. occidentalis; and the same number of species of Cupressus, 

 C macrocarpa, C. Goveniana, G. MacNabiana and C. Lawsoniana. 

 The last is probably better known as Chamcecyparis Lawsoniana. 

 The species of Cupressus are difficult to distinguish from single 

 sprays, and almost impossible to delineate so as to show the subtle 

 differences that exist between them. The cones of Cupressus macro- 

 carpa, illustrated in the volume, do not represent the form common 

 in California, or they are not correctly drawn. In the plate the 

 cone scales are rounded in at the edges and could not be made to fit 

 together; they resemble somewhat an inverted saucer. As the 

 cones are known to the writer of this note, the cone-scales turn up 

 at the edges and fit exactly when placed together. Thuya gigantea 

 and Libocedrus decurrens finish the list of Californian Cupressineee. 

 The Taxodinese are represented by our two species of Sequoia, one 

 of which appears under the name of S. Wellingtonia and the other 

 (let us return thanks!) as S. sempervirens. 



It seems particularly unfortunate, that a strict adherence to the 

 rules of priority and synonyms laid down in the Preface to the "Silva" 

 should have compelled the author to replace a name so wellj known 

 and appropriate as Sequoia gigantea by one so distasteful, so foreign 

 to the country, and, in every way, so ill suited. It will be a long 

 time, if ever, before our "Big Tree" will be called by any other name 

 than Sequoia gigantea. The plate bears the old name, probably 

 having been engraved before the description was written. The dis- 

 placement of Torreya by Tumion is another case in point. 



The painstaking research and wonderful faculty of picking up 

 information about the trees in regard to their economic value, 

 properties, and so forth, are as noticeable in this volume as in all its 

 predecessors. — a. e. 



With the January number the Botanical Gazette added to its 

 staff" of associate editors a number of Old World botanists, including 

 Casimir De Candolle, J. B. De Toni, A. Engler, Leon Guignard, 

 Jinzo Matsumura, Fritz Noll, H. Marshall Ward, Eugen. Warming 

 and Veit Wittrock. 



