VOL. V. MARCH, 1897. NO. 3- 



A JOURNAL OF BOTANY, WEST AMERICAN 

 AND GENERAL. 



EDITED BY 



WII.I.IS LINN JEPSON, 



Instructor in Botany, University of California. 



CONTENTS: 



Page 



A New Californian Bust E. W. D. Holway 31 



The Explorations of Hartweg in America . . Willis L. Jepson 31 

 Reviews and Criticisma. — Contribution Towards a Monograph of 



the Laboulbeniacese 35 



Analytic Keys to the Genera and Spe- 

 cies of North American Mosses . 37 



Index Desmidiacearum 38 



Short Articles. — A Correction in Nomenclature 38 



Californian Herb Lore 39 



Concerning an East American Violet .... 39 



The Sacred Thorn of Arizona 39 



The Sleepy Grass of New Mexico 40 



Vegetable Soaps 40 



Miscellaneous Notes and News 41 



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