Vol. XVI. November, 1891. No. 11 



THE 



Botanical Gazette 



EDITORS: 



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



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



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



CONTENTS: 



The sling-fruit of Cryptotsenia Canadensis.— ^,/. HiU 299 



Bacteria of the Melons.— Byron D. Hoisted 303 



Interesting anatomical and physiological researches 305 



Briefer Articles 311 I Current Literature 3*6 



Pentstemon Haydeni, n. sp.: Sereno Saccardo'sSyllogeFungorura.— A book 



iValson. — A remarkable orange tree: I for children.— A collector's guide. 



1 .Whitman Bailey. — Heiianthus Open Letters 3*8 



tnollis: Thomas Me'ehan. — Further Nomenclature from the practical stand- 



ttotes on the mutilation of flowers by 

 insects: Jacob Sckneck.—K new Rav- 

 eneha from Alabama: Geo. F. Atkin- 

 son.-- Cteistogamv in Polygonum acre: 

 T. H. Kearney, Jr — Mutilation of the 

 nower of Tecoma radicans: Jacob 

 Sen neck. 



Editorial 315 



The division of the section of biology 

 of the A. A. A. S. 



point. 

 Notes axv Xews 3*9 



Nicotine in tobacco.— Foreign botanic 

 gardens. — Diseases and enemies of 

 sircar cane.— Mexican ferns —Test for 

 acid excreted by bacteria. — Journal of 

 Mycology.— Diastase in leaves.— The 

 flora of Baja California.— Rust of pinks. 

 — Vziderwood's library —Herbarium of 

 cultivated plants. — Prizes.— Snot dis- 

 ease of tobacco. — Peach yellow* — 

 Greene on nomenclature. 



[Issued November 16. 1 



CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA. 



PUBLISHED BY THE EDITORS. 



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