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Actinella (Hymenoxis) Texana, n. sp. John M. Coulter and / M. Rose. 

 Anaesthetics and transpiration . . . Conway MacMillan. 



Observations on Notholaena Nealleyi and Pringle's no. 1864/88 



Geo. E. Davenport. 



Sarcodes sanguinea Thos. Meehan. 



Erythrsea Pringleana, n. sp. . . . . Veit Wittrock. 



A new Aster from California (with plate xi.) . . /. N. Rose. 



A new Fomes from northern Montana (with plate xn.) F. W. Anderson. 



Silphium laciniatum B. L. Robinson. 



The propagation of Ranunculus lacustris . . Chas. A. Davis. 



Cornus Baileyi in Oregon Walter H. Evans. 



Simple mechanism to show geotropism . Goodivin D. Szvezey. 



Notes from Columbus, O. . • . Aug. D. Selby. 



Continuity of the protoplasm in the Chantransia-form of Batracho- 



spermum {i I lust.) Bradley M. Davis. 



A method of studying the growth of tubers Conway MacMillan. 



A monstrous form of the common field daisy . B. W. Barton. 



A suggestion on the proper terminology of the spermaphytic flower 



Conway MacMillan. 



A curious case of germination in Citrus decumana W. G. Farlow. 



Coursetia axillaris, n. sp. . . John M. Coulter and / N. Rose. 



Penetration of the host by Peronospora gangliformis {ill.) W. H. Rush. 



Notes on the pollination of Helianthus 

 An abnormal water pore (illust.) . 

 A new grass . '. 

 Fasciation in Cnicus lanceolatus (i I hist.) 



A new Eriogynia. Notes 



Oligonema 

 A neglected Spartina 

 Pentstemon Haydeni, n. sp. 

 A remarkable orange tree 



W. 



Walter 



. C. R. B. 



Geo. Vasey. 

 J. W. Tourney. 

 Wm. M. Canby. 

 Sere no Watson. 

 Geo. Vasey. 

 Sereno Watson. 

 Whitman Bailey. 

 Thomas Meehan. 

 Jacob Schneck. 

 Geo. F. Atkinson. 



Helianthus mollis . 



Further notes on the mutilation of flowers by insects 



A new Ravenelia from Alabama . . . ♦ 

 Cleistogamy in Polygonum acre (illust.) . T. H Kearney Jr. 



Mutilation of the flower of Tecoma radicans . Jacob Schneck. 



Sereno Watson, 



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Atriplex corrugata, n. sp. 

 Sterile flowers of Panicum clandestinum 

 Peculiar forms of proliferation in timothy (with plate xxvi.) 



J. W, 



Iris hexagona • • • • • • '• W. &. 



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3H 

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Thos. A. Williams. 346 



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EDITORIAL 



Themes for independent investigation, 28. 

 original work shall I do?" 86. 



Misleading analogies, 55. — "What 

 The utilitarian side of botany, 1 19. — A caution as to 



Indiana "reading circle" botany, 180— The three months' 



nomenclature, 151. — 



course in botany, 180. 



209. — Revised terminology, 238 



ance of plant physiology, 293.— 



A. A. A. S., 315.— Volume XVI. in retrospect, 347 



The opportunities of the Botanical Club, A. A. A. S., 



— Nomenclature and authority, 267. — Ignor- 

 The division of the section of biology of the 



