154 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ FEBRUARY 
ably the most detailed treatment ever published in America of a large and 
difficult genus chiefly of Old World distribution. The paper is well illus- 
trated both from drawings by the author and photographic reproductions. 
The closing pages of the report are occupied with an extensive supple- 
ment to the Catalogue of the Sturtevant Prelinnaean Library, compiled by 
Mr. C. E, Hutchings, and including several hundred titles.—B. L. ROBINSON. 
MINOR NOTICES. 
THE CURRENT NUMBER of the Minnesota Botanical Studies (Ser. IU, 
part II, pp. 209-273) contains the following papers: ‘The moss flora of the 
upper Minnesota River,” by Joun M. HorzinceRr, being a report of material 
collected under the auspices of the Minnesota Botanical Survey during ie 
summer of Igor, and including 96 numbers, 6 of which are new species; 
“Two new species of Fontinalis,” by J. CaRDoT; “Outline of the history of 
leguminous root nodules and rhizobia with titles of literature concerning the 
fixation of free nitrogen by plants. III,” by ALBERT SCHNEIDER; “ Report 
on two collections of Hepaticae from northwestern Minnesota,” by A. W. 
Evans, including 32 numbers; “Observations on the tide pool vegetation of 
Port Renfrew,” by S. A. SKINNER, in which, aside from the distribution of 
species, the conclusions reached were that the higher the elevation of the 
pool and the less exposed to wave action, the fewer the species found, though 
individuals may be abundant ; the more gradual the slope and the rougher — 
and more irregular the sides, the more abundant the plant life; and the — 
presence of pebbles and loose rocks on the bottom of a pool prevent the dis- 
tribution of plants over the bottom or far down the sides of the pool ; “Obser- 
vations on Adaria nana, sp. nov.,” by H. F. SCHRADER; “Contributions to 
a knowledge of the lichens of Minnesota. VIII. Lichens of the northern 
boundary,” by Bruce FInk, being a study of lichen formations, together 
with a list of 310 species and varieties with their stations; ‘‘ The Umbellales 
of Minnesota,” by W. A. WHEELER, showing 5 Araliaceae, 33 Umbelliferae, 
and 9 Cornaceae; “The Pteridophytes of Minnesota,” by HAROLD L. LYON, 
containing 74 numbers; “An addition to the knowledge of the flora of south- | 
eastern Minnesota,” by C. O, ROSENDAHL, being an extension of the work 
of the Botanical Survey, resulting in the addition of nearly 100 species © 
the state list; “A new species of Razoumofskya,” by C. O, ROSENDAHL.— 
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OTTo KuNTzE has revised Tom von Post’s Lexicon Generum Phanero- 
gamarum,* a work that has demanded a tremendous amount of drudgery» 
but which should be of corresponding service to taxonomists, Included 
the volume is Dr. Kuntze’s Codex brevis maturus of botanical nomenclature 
‘Post, Tom N, 
Vv Lexicon generum phanerogamarum inde 
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gitima internationali et systemate inter ee 
edio. Opus revisum et auctum ab Orro Kuntze. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlag 
Anstalt. 1904. Jf 10. 
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