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verticilles foliaires des Spergules.' — G. Bouy, Centaurea mirabilis 

 (0. calcitrapa x C. pullata). — E. Prillieux, ' Puchyma Cocos en 

 France.' 



Bull. Torrey Bot. Club (Jan.). — F. V. Coville, U.S. species of 

 Fuirena. — N. L. Britton, Busby's S. American Plants (Inya 

 boliviano,, Licania pallida, Hirtella Burchellii, Rubus Rusbyi, spp.nn.). 

 E. L. Greece, 'Bibliographical Notes.' — Rhexia aristosa Britton 

 (1 plate).— (Feb.). J. I. & A. B. Northrop, 'Plant Notes from 

 Tadousac, Canada.' — E. L. Rand, 'Notes on Flora of Rangeley 

 Lakes.' — T. D. A. Cockerell, ' Castilleia.' — T. C. Porter, Aster 

 Torrey i, n. sp. (1 plate). 



Gardeners' Chronicle (Feb. 8). — Cypripedium siameme N. E. Br., 

 n. sp. — (Feb. 15). Colchicum procurcens Baker, n. sp. — ' Garden 

 Flowers of the Tudor Period.' — (Feb. 22). Trichopilia punctata 

 Bolfe, n. sp.— W. G. Smith, ' Action of Light on Plants ' (fig. 37). 



Journal de Botanique (Jail. 1). — G. Camus, 'Orchidees hybrides.' 

 — L. Guignard, ' Sur la localisation dans les Amandes et le Laurier- 

 cerise des principes qui fournissent l'acide cyanhydrique.' — N. 

 Patouillard, ' Contributions a la flore mycologique du Tonkin.' 



Journ. R. Microscopical Soc. (Feb.) — A. W. Bennett, ' Fresh- 

 water Algae and Schizophyceae of Hampshire and Devonshire ' 

 [Schizothrix anglica, Rhizoclonium geminatum, spp.nn.). 



Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschrift (Feb.). — E. v. Halacsy, ' Beitrage zur 

 Flora der Balkanhalbinsel.' — J. v. Szyszylowicz, Weinmannia Kar- 

 steniana & W. Mariquitce, spp.nn. — J. Freyn, ' Plantae Karoanae.' 

 — A. Hansgirg, ' Phytodyuamiscbe Untersuchungen.' — K. Bauer, 

 ' Untersuchungen fiber gerbstoffffihrende Pflanzen.' — P. Magnus, 

 'Moritz Winkler' (Feb. lb, 1812— Dec. 21, 1889).— E. Forrnanek, 

 ' Zweiter Beitrag zur Flora von Bosnien,' 



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February 6th, 1890.— Mr. Carruthers, F.B.S., President, in the 

 chair. — Mr. T. W. Kirk was elected a Fellow of the Society. — Prof. 

 Stewart made some remarks on the " pitchers " of Nepenthes 

 Mastersiana, upon which criticism was offered by Mr. Thomas 

 Christy, Prof. Howes, and Mr. G. Murray. — Mr. G. S. Boulger 

 exhibited a series of original water-colour drawings of animals and 

 plants of the Falkland Islands. — Mr. W. H. Beeby exhibited some 

 forms new to Britain of plants from Shetland. — Mr. C. B. Clarke, 

 F.B.S., then read a paper on the stamens and setaa of Scirpea, 

 illustrated by diagrams, which elicited a detailed criticism from 

 Mr. J. G. Baker, to which Mr. Clarke replied. — A paper was then 

 read by Mr. B. D. Jackson, which had been communicated by the 

 late Mr. John Ball, on the Flora of Patagonia, prefaced by some 

 remarks by the President on the loss which the Society had sus- 

 tained through his recent death. 



