100 ERYTHEA. 



Correction. — Since the printing of my notes on page 79 preced- 

 ing, my attention has been called to the fact that the akenes of 

 Eriogonuvi pusilhim and its allies are truly lenticular. — K. B. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Lemmon are collecting this season in the 

 Yosemite region of the High Sierras. 



The late Dr. Bastin's chair in the College of Pharmacy of Phila- 

 delphia has been divided between Dr. Low and Prof. Henry Krfemer. 



Dr. Fischer von Waldheim succeeds the late Dr. Th. Batalin 

 as Director of the Imperial Botanical Garden at St. Petersburg, 

 Russia. 



Prof. W. A, Setchell examined during June the algal flora 

 of the coast near the mouth of the Russian River, California, with 

 very interesting results. 



Issues No. 17 and No. 18 of C. G. Lloyd's "Photogravures of 

 American Fungi," just received, are most excellent representations 

 of the open and closed forms of Scleroderma Corium (Gueis.) Grav. 



The post of Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Ceylon, 

 formerly filled by the late Dr. Trimen, has been placed in the 

 charge of Mr. J. C. Willis, M. A., Senior Assistant and Lecturer in 

 Botany in the University of Glasgow. 



P. A. Rydberg, of Columbia University, expects to spend a 

 part of the summer collecting in Montana. E. O. Wooton, a grad- 

 uate student of the same institution, goes to New Mexico to make 

 collections which he will offer for sale. 



Mr. S. B. Parish returned to San Bernardino, California, in the 

 latter part of June, from an extended trip through a large part of 

 San Diego County, including the mountains and seacoast. Many 

 valuable data were gathered concerning the distribution of the plants 

 of the region. 



