VOL. XVI. 



September, 1891. 



NO. 9 



THE 



Botanical Gazette 



EDITORS: 



JOHN M. COULTER, University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind. 



CHARLES R. BARNES, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 



J. C. ARTHUR, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. 





CONTENTS: 



The Future of Systematic Botany.— John M. Coulter 243 



Botanical papers at the Washington meeting of the A. A. A. S : . . 255 



Botanical Club of the A. A. A. S 261 



The Botanical Section of the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Exper- 

 iment Stations.— Geo. F. Atkinson . . 264 



Briefer Articles 267 



Ohgonema: Sereno Watson. 



EfclTORlAI, 2 68 



Nomenclature and Authority. 



CT \ R S, ENT ^terature 26S 



a Mora of Texas.— Work from a pro- 

 ductive laboratory-— Minor Notices. 



°S? f E "ERS 272 



ol hat " ame shall be used? What is 

 an authority? 



Notes and News 272 



Personals. — Chlorophylline transpira- 

 tion.— National Arboretum.— Cleisto- 

 gamy of Polvgonum. — Expedition to 

 Liberia.— Flora of W. Va.— New Zea- 

 land Plants.— Respiration and Assimi- 

 lation in Cactaceae.— Brazil Agricultur- 

 al College.— Washington souvenir.— 

 Poisonous action of distilled water- 

 Monograph of Keteleeria . 



[ISSUED SEPTEMBER 15.) 



CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA. 



PUBLISHED BY THE EDITORS. 



Tracy, Gibbs & Co., Printers, Madison, Wisconsin. 



