306 RECORD OF SCIBNCP] FOR 1887 AND 1888. 



New York, deposited iu the New York State Museum at Albauy. The 

 cicatrices of th«^ leaves are well preserved in the specimen, and present 

 considerable diiference in form and arrangement on different parts of 

 the stem. 



Leo Lesquereux (151) describes several Carboniferous forms from 

 near Gadsden, Alabama. The following are the new species : Rhahdo- 

 carpus RtisselUi., p. 86, pi. xxix, f. 10, and Stigmaria Russellii, p. 87, pi. 

 xxix, f. 11. 



J. S. Newberry (196 and 200) describes some specimens of fossil 

 plants from San Juancito, Honduras, brought by Charles M. Kolker, 

 and other specimens sent by T. 11. Leggett. In the first paper these 

 bad been identified by the author, and were announced as representa- 

 tives of a llhjetic or Upper Triassic flora. In the article in the Ameri- 

 can Journal (260) fourteen species are mentioned, the following of 

 which are new: Otozamites lingui/ormis, p. 344, f. 9, 10; Encephalastos 

 (?) denticidatus, p. 346, f. 5 ; Sphenozamites robustus, p. 347, f. 12-14 ; 

 Sphenozamites (?) grandis, p. 347; Anomozamites elegafis, p. 348, f. 6-8; 

 Noggerathiopsis sp., p. 350. 



An abstract, very brief, is given in the Proceedings of the American 

 Association of a paper read by Professor Newberry (192) on the Cre- 

 taceous Flora of North America. 



Sir William Dawson (64, 68, 71) discusses the characters of the Cre- 

 taceous plants of the western territories of Canada and other parts of 

 British America. 



The flora of the Laramie group is discussed by L. F. Ward (266), and 

 a short review of the same by Leo Lesquereux (149) is given. Professor 

 Ward (266) describes a considerable number of new species, and illus- 

 trates others which have previously been described. The descriptions 

 were first published in this bulletin (266). The figures, however, with 

 the specific names were issued in connection with the author's paper in 

 the Sixth Annual Report of the U. S. Geological Survey for 1884 aiul 

 1885, entitled " Synopsis of the Flora of the Laramie Group," pages 

 399-518, sixty-five plates, as explained in the "Explanatory Kemarks," 

 pages 9-12 of the bulletin. The following new species are described 

 and beautifully illustrated : 



Spiraxis hivalriN, p. 14, pi. i, f. 3. 



Populus specio^a, p. 20, pi., v, f. 4-7. 



Po2)uhis av)hhirli!/)ich(i, p. 20, pi. vi, f. 1-8; pi. vii, f. 1-3. 



Populiis da})hllO(|e^tohh■s,l^. 20, pi. vii, f. 4-6. 



Populus oxyrhipicha, p. 21, pi. viii, f. 1,2. 



Popnliifi craspedodroma, p. 21, pi. viii, f. 3. 



Populus Whiter, p. 22, pi. viii, f. 4. 



Popiihtu hcderoideft, p. 22, pi. viii, f. 5. 



Popitlus anomala, p. 23, pi. viii, f. 7. 



Populus Grewiopsis, p. 23, pi. ix, f. 1. 



Populus ina'qualis, p. 24, pi. ix, f. 2. 



Quercus hicornis, p. 24, pi. ix, f. 3. 



Quercus Carhonensis, p. 25, pi. ix, f. ^, • 



