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das normaste samsliigtingar.' — A. Callmc, Polygonum tomentosum 

 (lapatJiifolium) x P. Hydropiper. 



Bulletin of Torrey Bat. Club (Oct.). — J. Schreuk, The Haustoria 

 of Gerardia (1 plate). — J. B. Ellis & W. A. Kellermanu, ' Kansas 

 Fungi.' 



Flora (Nov. 11). — J. Miiller, ' Liclieuologisclie Beitrage' 

 {Pleurocybe, gen. nov.). — P. Gr. Strobl, 'Flora der Nebroden ' 

 (contd.). — (Dec. 11). J. Miiller, 'Eevisio Licheuum Escliweileria- 

 norum.' — (Dec. 21). J. Freyn, ' Phytograpliische Notizen ' (Viola 

 adriatica, n. sp. vel subsp. ; MeUnnpynun catalaunicum n. sp. vel 

 subsp. ; Euphrasia Willkommii, n.sp.). 



Garden (Dec. 6). — (Enothera marginata (ic. pict.), — (Dec. 20). 

 Bignonia Cherere (ic. pict.j. 



Gardeners' Chronicle (Dec. 5). — Rhododendron Toverence F. von 

 Muell., sp. n. (fig. 127). — W. G. Smith, 'Disease of Parsnips' 

 [Peronospora nivea Ung.), (figs. 124, 125). — (Dec. 13). A. J. 

 Wilson, ' The Potato Disease ' (figs. 130, 131).— (Dec. 20). Smilax 

 aspera var. (fig. 13-1). — (Dec. 27). Coelogyne Rossiana Kchb. f., 

 sp. n. ; Primula admontensis Gusmus (P. Auricula x Clusiana) ; 

 Heliotropiu7n incanum (?) var. glabra (fig. 140). — J. D. Hooker, 

 Pinus Jeffreyi (fig. 141). 



Journ. Royal Microscopical Soc. — G. Massee, ' Description and 

 Life-history of a new Fungus ' {Milowia (gen. nov.) nivea) ; 1 plate. 



Midland ISfaturalist. — W. B. Grove, ' On the PilobolidtB (concl.). 

 — J. E. Bagnall, ' A Fungus Foray in the Middleton District.' 



QHsterr. Bot. Zeitschrift. — H. Braun, '■ JSlelampyrum Moravicum, 

 n. sp.' — J. Velonovsky, ' Ziir bulgarischen Flora ' (Verbascum. gtan- 

 duligerum, Jasione glabra, spp.nn.). — J. Bubela, ' Teratologisches.' 

 — B. Blocki, ' Zur Flora von Galizien.' — E. Formanek, ' Zur Flora 

 Mahrens.' — E. Preissmann, ' Zur Flora von Karnteu.' 



Pharmaceutical Journal (Dec. 13 & 20). -- R. Cross & W. T. T. 

 Dyer, ' Eed Bark.' 



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November 6, 1884. — Sir John Lubbock, Bart., President, in the 

 chair. — A letter was read, intimating that the late President, 

 Mr. George Beutham, had bequeathed by his will a legacy of £1000 

 to the Society. — Mr. W. T. T. Dyer exhibited the following plants and 

 their products : — (1) Vaccinium ArctostajJiylos, from which the 

 Trebizonde Tea (" Tlie-du-Bn-Dagh ") is prepared at Amassia and 

 Tokat ; (2) Pueraria Thunbergiana from Corea, and the cloth made 

 from it; (3) Pachyrhiza sinensis ("Ko-poo"), from the fibres 

 of which the yellow and more expensive cloth is made ; (4) Den- 

 drohium Phahrnopsis Fitz., a coloured drawing from a plant obtained 

 by Mr. H. 0. Forbes, in Timor Laut. — -Mr. E. A. Eolfe afterwards 

 exhibited examples of British oak-galls produced by cynipidean 

 insects of the genus Neuroterus. These were : — (1) The silk button 



